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For HSC English, what is the meaning of A cog in the machine?

  • To apply influence or force to make someone act
  • To create division or hostility between people
  • A situation likely to lead to failure, danger, or serious trouble
  • A small and unimportant part of a large system
Correct answer(s):
  • A small and unimportant part of a large system

Identify the correct meaning of the expression A counsel of despair.

  • A harmful cycle in which one problem causes another and makes the first worse
  • Because of the request or command of someone
  • Very obvious or easy to understand
  • To harm or criticize someone who helps or supports you
  • Advice that accepts failure and offers no real hope
Correct answer(s):
  • Advice that accepts failure and offers no real hope

What idea is expressed by A creature of habit?

  • A person who prefers fixed routines and familiar ways
  • To make something very clear and noticeable
  • As an extra addition
  • A collection of false statements
Correct answer(s):
  • A person who prefers fixed routines and familiar ways

Select the best explanation of A cut-throat competition.

  • Not in any possible way
  • Fixed and not open to change
  • Very severe competition in which people may act ruthlessly
  • A general practical method based on experience rather than exact calculation
Correct answer(s):
  • Very severe competition in which people may act ruthlessly

Which answer explains A dim view of correctly?

  • A disapproving or negative opinion about something
  • To act honestly, sincerely, and with fair intention
  • To try any small hope when desperate
  • In effect; almost completely
  • A personal benefit or strong stake in an outcome
Correct answer(s):
  • A disapproving or negative opinion about something

Which meaning best matches the idiom A foregone conclusion?

  • A personal benefit or strong stake in an outcome
  • To provide evidence or proof of something
  • A practical, realistic, and sensible way of dealing with something
  • A result that is certain before it happens
Correct answer(s):
  • A result that is certain before it happens

What does the phrase A full-fledged member mean in standard English?

  • A complete and officially recognized member
  • Hidden from public view or not openly known
  • At the beginning or edge of a new stage
  • A decisive moment when an important change begins
Correct answer(s):
  • A complete and officially recognized member

Choose the correct meaning of A great deal of.

  • A decisive moment when an important change begins
  • A warning action meant to prevent stronger action later
  • To try any small hope when desperate
  • To create division or hostility between people
  • A large amount or quantity of something
Correct answer(s):
  • A large amount or quantity of something

In English grammar, how should A hair’s breadth be understood?

  • To make something very clear and noticeable
  • A victory that brings little satisfaction or real benefit
  • To be in a difficult situation with very few choices
  • A very small distance, difference, or margin
Correct answer(s):
  • A very small distance, difference, or margin

Choose the correct meaning of Set out.

  • to start a journey, task, or plan
  • at the proper time
  • to think about the hopeful part of a situation
  • to return money or repay a wrong
Correct answer(s):
  • to start a journey, task, or plan

Pick the option that best matches Set up.

  • supporting or approving something
  • to examine or read something quickly
  • to deliberately start an argument
  • to arrange, establish, or create something
Correct answer(s):
  • to arrange, establish, or create something

In common English, what is meant by Put into practice?

  • to remain true or valid
  • to stay level with others or remain informed
  • because of something
  • to apply an idea or plan in real life
Correct answer(s):
  • to apply an idea or plan in real life

What is the correct sense of Put on airs?

  • to behave as if one is more important than others
  • to continue resisting or lasting
  • said to hope that good luck continues
  • sometimes but not regularly
Correct answer(s):
  • to behave as if one is more important than others

What does the idiom Put out usually mean?

  • to delay or stop progress
  • to understand how something is done
  • to extinguish something or stop it from burning
  • nervous or anxious
Correct answer(s):
  • to extinguish something or stop it from burning

Which choice shows the idiomatic meaning of Put up?

  • to provide a place for someone to stay
  • in serious difficulty or poor condition
  • to give special importance to something
  • having a friendly relationship
Correct answer(s):
  • to provide a place for someone to stay

Which answer best represents Read the room?

  • in a difficult situation with few choices
  • to establish the basic support for future success
  • the opposite is true
  • to understand the mood or situation around you
Correct answer(s):
  • to understand the mood or situation around you

How should a reader understand Rise and shine?

  • wake up and become active
  • before a particular time or event
  • to guide others or go first
  • very close to doing or experiencing something
Correct answer(s):
  • wake up and become active

Which choice gives the proper meaning of Run after?

  • to chase or pursue someone or something
  • altogether or as a total
  • to fail to take someone or something, or move ahead of them
  • complete or absolute
Correct answer(s):
  • to chase or pursue someone or something

What idea does Run away with express?

  • whatever happens or anyway
  • not to mention; even less
  • to win easily or take complete control of a contest
  • not able to be reached or obtained
Correct answer(s):
  • to win easily or take complete control of a contest

Which option has the same general meaning as Run short of?

  • to have too little of something
  • if something happens
  • to meet expectations or standards
  • slightly unwell or upset
Correct answer(s):
  • to have too little of something