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Formal Expression

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Identify the correct meaning of the expression Hold in abeyance.

  • A difficult and complicated problem
  • A very large and sudden improvement or change
  • To stop supporting a group and act independently
  • To suspend or postpone something temporarily
Correct answer(s):
  • To suspend or postpone something temporarily

Which option gives the closest meaning of Come into force?

  • A connected sequence of ideas in the mind
  • To conform or agree with rules, orders, or a group
  • To become legally or officially active
  • A personal benefit or strong stake in an outcome
Correct answer(s):
  • To become legally or officially active

Choose the correct meaning of At the behest of.

  • After a quick look
  • A very small distance, difference, or margin
  • To be in a very uncertain or dangerous state
  • To find one’s position or understand a situation
  • Because of the request or command of someone
Correct answer(s):
  • Because of the request or command of someone

What does the phrase Beyond the pale mean in standard English?

  • A very small distance, difference, or margin
  • Outside acceptable limits of behavior
  • At an important point when a decision or change is needed
  • To support or defend a person, idea, or cause
  • To become legally or officially active
Correct answer(s):
  • Outside acceptable limits of behavior

Which meaning best matches the idiom By default?

  • With serious risk to oneself
  • Much better than others of the same type
  • A career marked by both successes and failures or controversies
  • Automatically because no other choice is made
  • By a very narrow margin
Correct answer(s):
  • Automatically because no other choice is made

What does the phrase As a consequence of mean in standard English?

  • Trouble, conflict, or danger is developing
  • As a result of something
  • To act according to one’s beliefs despite pressure
  • A difficult and complicated problem
  • To reach a stage where one’s ability or value is fully shown
Correct answer(s):
  • As a result of something

Which answer explains At one’s behest correctly?

  • Because of someone’s request or order
  • To understand something after thought or investigation
  • To conform or agree with rules, orders, or a group
  • With serious risk to oneself
  • After taking all facts and circumstances into account
Correct answer(s):
  • Because of someone's request or order

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 answer explains A matter of principle correctly?

  • An issue based on a moral rule or firm belief
  • As an extra addition
  • To be abandoned, lost, or ignored
  • To fail completely or produce no result
Correct answer(s):
  • An issue based on a moral rule or firm belief

Select the option that best explains In principle.

  • Being discussed or doubted
  • Nobody knows; it is uncertain
  • Have no limits
  • In serious difficulty
  • In general idea, though not always in detail
Correct answer(s):
  • In general idea, though not always in detail

Select the option that best explains By virtue of.

  • Go beyond acceptable limits
  • Make progress by doing something original
  • Become mature or legally adult
  • Make someone remember something
  • Because of or by the authority of something
Correct answer(s):
  • Because of or by the authority of something

The phrase In view of is closest in meaning to which option?

  • nervous or anxious
  • considering something
  • to complete or survive something difficult
  • altogether or as a total
Correct answer(s):
  • considering something

What does the expression On behalf of usually mean?

  • against everyone
  • by accident
  • for no reason
  • representing someone else
Correct answer(s):
  • representing someone else