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Which choice best matches the idiomatic use of Get across?

  • at risk or in danger of being lost
  • to persuade someone to agree
  • to prepare a written document, plan, or list
  • to communicate an idea clearly
Correct answer(s):
  • to communicate an idea clearly

Pick the correct interpretation of Drop a hint.

  • a constant source of annoyance or trouble
  • to suggest something indirectly
  • to finish something before a deadline
  • to see something briefly
Correct answer(s):
  • to suggest something indirectly

Which answer gives the closest meaning of Get ahead?

  • to withdraw from a promise or agreement
  • to finish or end something
  • to annoy someone very much
  • to make progress or become successful
Correct answer(s):
  • to make progress or become successful

Choose the meaning that fits Eat humble pie.

  • to make sense or be logically correct
  • to admit that one was wrong and apologize
  • one’s husband, wife, or life partner
  • to happen
Correct answer(s):
  • to admit that one was wrong and apologize

What idea is usually expressed by Get along with?

  • to support someone or confirm what they say
  • to have a friendly relationship with someone
  • to make unrealistic dreams or plans
  • to suggest something indirectly
Correct answer(s):
  • to have a friendly relationship with someone

The idiom End in smoke is closest in meaning to which option?

  • to fail or produce no result
  • threatening in words but not harmful in action
  • the hidden or implied meaning
  • to offer help or information
Correct answer(s):
  • to fail or produce no result

What does Get at mean in common English?

  • to listen with full attention
  • to require or demand something
  • to admit that one was wrong and apologize
  • to mean or suggest indirectly
Correct answer(s):
  • to mean or suggest indirectly

Which choice defines Fall back on most accurately?

  • to rely on something as a backup
  • at the proper time, not immediately
  • impossible to obtain or too difficult to achieve
  • to succeed or happen as planned
Correct answer(s):
  • to rely on something as a backup

Select the best meaning for the phrase Get down to.

  • to be overwhelmed by strong emotion
  • to cancel something
  • to start doing something seriously
  • to fail or produce no result
Correct answer(s):
  • to start doing something seriously

What is the correct sense of Bring about?

  • to fight or try very hard
  • to cause something to happen
  • a guess made with little information
  • to listen with full attention
Correct answer(s):
  • to cause something to happen

Which meaning correctly matches Come round?

  • a sudden and unexpected event
  • in strong disagreement
  • to overcome a barrier or make important progress
  • to change one’s opinion or agree after some time
Correct answer(s):
  • to change one's opinion or agree after some time

In English usage, what is meant by Bring down?

  • to become confident in a new situation
  • an accidental mistake in speaking
  • to be overwhelmed by strong emotion
  • to reduce or cause something to fall
Correct answer(s):
  • to reduce or cause something to fall

Which option has the same meaning as Come up against?

  • a welcome and refreshing change
  • easily available or ready to use
  • to face a difficulty or opposition
  • to cause something to happen
Correct answer(s):
  • to face a difficulty or opposition

Which option shows the proper meaning of Bring forward?

  • to belong or be accepted in a group
  • a very short distance
  • to be in a difficult situation
  • to move something to an earlier time or present it for discussion
Correct answer(s):
  • to move something to an earlier time or present it for discussion

Choose the correct meaning of Come up with.

  • very different from something else
  • so worried or confused that one does not know what to do
  • to reduce or cause something to fall
  • to think of or produce an idea
Correct answer(s):
  • to think of or produce an idea

Which choice best matches the idiomatic use of Bring out?

  • temporarily
  • to reveal, publish, or make something noticeable
  • the same unpleasant treatment one has given others
  • to be watchful and ready for danger or action
Correct answer(s):
  • to reveal, publish, or make something noticeable

How should a reader understand Come what may?

  • a difficult or controversial issue
  • at risk or in danger of being lost
  • to move something to an earlier time or present it for discussion
  • whatever happens
Correct answer(s):
  • whatever happens

Which answer gives the closest meaning of Bring someone around?

  • to persuade someone to agree
  • from the very beginning
  • a constant source of annoyance or trouble
  • to produce good results
Correct answer(s):
  • to persuade someone to agree

What is the correct sense of Cut a long story short?

  • a person cannot easily change their true character
  • to withdraw from a promise or agreement
  • to tell only the main points
  • to reveal, publish, or make something noticeable
Correct answer(s):
  • to tell only the main points

What idea is usually expressed by Bring something to a close?

  • to hurry or start moving faster
  • to finish or end something
  • to make sense or be logically correct
  • to suffer the worst part of something
Correct answer(s):
  • to finish or end something