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HSC English Grammar

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In English grammar, how should At the helm be understood?

  • By a very narrow margin
  • In control or in a leadership position
  • A career marked by both successes and failures or controversies
  • To try any small hope when desperate
Correct answer(s):
  • In control or in a leadership position

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

For HSC English, what is the meaning of At the height of?

  • To support the person, plan, or side that fails
  • To expose a hidden scandal, secret, or truth
  • Something ugly or unpleasant that spoils an otherwise attractive place
  • During the most intense or advanced stage of something
  • A career marked by both successes and failures or controversies
Correct answer(s):
  • During the most intense or advanced stage of something

What does the phrase By fair means or foul mean in standard English?

  • By honest or dishonest methods
  • Very similar in character, nature, or behavior
  • Between two equally dangerous or difficult choices
  • To create division or hostility between people
Correct answer(s):
  • By honest or dishonest methods

Identify the correct meaning of the expression At the threshold of.

  • A personal benefit or strong stake in an outcome
  • Something done only to achieve a larger purpose
  • At the beginning or edge of a new stage
  • A clear practical example or warning
Correct answer(s):
  • At the beginning or edge of a new stage

Choose the correct meaning of By hook or by crook.

  • After taking all facts and circumstances into account
  • Basically or fundamentally
  • By any possible means
  • To return to the original position or situation
Correct answer(s):
  • By any possible means

What idea is expressed by Back the wrong horse?

  • To wait anxiously or expectantly
  • A person who prefers fixed routines and familiar ways
  • To begin to understand or deal with a difficult matter
  • To support the person, plan, or side that fails
Correct answer(s):
  • To support the person, plan, or side that fails

In English grammar, how should By no stretch of the imagination be understood?

  • A career marked by both successes and failures or controversies
  • As a result of something
  • Not in any possible way
  • To wait anxiously or expectantly
  • So honest or respectable that no one is likely to suspect wrongdoing
Correct answer(s):
  • Not in any possible way

Select the best explanation of Bear testimony to.

  • During the most intense or advanced stage of something
  • To stop supporting a group and act independently
  • To provide evidence or proof of something
  • A mysterious quality or feeling
  • To become successful or real after effort
Correct answer(s):
  • To provide evidence or proof of something

Which answer explains Behind the veil correctly?

  • Hidden from public view or not openly known
  • To provide evidence or proof of something
  • Because of the request or command of someone
  • To suspend or postpone something temporarily
Correct answer(s):
  • Hidden from public view or not openly known

Which meaning best matches the idiom Between Scylla and Charybdis?

  • To fail to continue or be abandoned
  • To begin to understand or deal with a difficult matter
  • Between two equally dangerous or difficult choices
  • A decisive moment when an important change begins
Correct answer(s):
  • Between two equally dangerous or difficult choices

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

Choose the correct meaning of Bite the hand that feeds you.

  • To become no longer popular or common
  • In a less favorable or weaker position
  • A loud public protest or strong complaint
  • To harm or criticize someone who helps or supports you
Correct answer(s):
  • To harm or criticize someone who helps or supports you

In English grammar, how should Blow the lid off be understood?

  • To expose a hidden scandal, secret, or truth
  • To demand an explanation or hold someone responsible
  • So honest or respectable that no one is likely to suspect wrongdoing
  • Something done only to achieve a larger purpose
Correct answer(s):
  • To expose a hidden scandal, secret, or truth

Which option gives the closest meaning of Break ranks?

  • To stop supporting a group and act independently
  • Because of someone’s request or order
  • An urgent effort to finish something before a deadline
  • To fail to continue or be abandoned
  • Central to the main issue or problem
Correct answer(s):
  • To stop supporting a group and act independently

For HSC English, what is the meaning of Bring into sharp focus?

  • To emphasize a point strongly and repeatedly
  • A warning action meant to prevent stronger action later
  • To reach a stage where one’s ability or value is fully shown
  • To make something very clear and noticeable
Correct answer(s):
  • To make something very clear and noticeable

Which meaning best matches the idiom An object lesson?

  • By any possible means
  • To be suitable for a need or purpose
  • Having nothing useful to do or feeling unsettled
  • A clear practical example or warning
Correct answer(s):
  • A clear practical example or warning

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

Choose the correct meaning of As a rule of thumb.

  • To provide evidence or proof of something
  • A small and unimportant part of a large system
  • As a general practical guide, not an exact rule
  • A connected sequence of ideas in the mind
Correct answer(s):
  • As a general practical guide, not an exact rule

Which meaning best matches the idiom At one’s peril?

  • A decisive moment that tests a person, plan, or situation
  • With serious risk to oneself
  • With general agreement
  • To conform or agree with rules, orders, or a group
Correct answer(s):
  • With serious risk to oneself