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HSC English Grammar

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What idea is expressed by By a long chalk?

  • Automatically because no other choice is made
  • By a large amount; not nearly close
  • To obey or be controlled by someone else
  • To manage to speak when others are talking a lot
  • To make something very clear and noticeable
Correct answer(s):
  • By a large amount; not nearly close

What does the phrase At pains to mean in standard English?

  • Making a careful or serious effort to do something
  • To have a natural talent for something
  • To receive unfair or worse treatment
  • To give little attention, sympathy, or consideration
Correct answer(s):
  • Making a careful or serious effort to do something

Select the best explanation of By any stretch of the imagination.

  • At the beginning or edge of a new stage
  • To apply influence or force to make someone act
  • By any possible interpretation or effort of thinking
  • To be in a very uncertain or dangerous state
Correct answer(s):
  • By any possible interpretation or effort of thinking

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

Which answer explains By common consent correctly?

  • To transform something completely
  • With general agreement
  • To suspend or postpone something temporarily
  • Very similar in character, nature, or behavior
Correct answer(s):
  • With general agreement

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

Which option gives the closest meaning of At every turn?

  • A starting point for discussion, study, or change
  • Having nothing useful to do or feeling unsettled
  • Again and again; everywhere one tries
  • A final desperate attempt to solve a problem or avoid failure
Correct answer(s):
  • Again and again; everywhere one tries

Identify the correct meaning of the expression Act in good faith.

  • To have a personal stake or benefit in something
  • To act honestly, sincerely, and with fair intention
  • To provide evidence or proof of something
  • An unpleasant fact or result that is difficult to accept
Correct answer(s):
  • To act honestly, sincerely, and with fair intention

For HSC English, what is the meaning of At first blush?

  • A cause of disagreement or argument
  • On first impression
  • In effect; almost completely
  • A change in method, plan, or direction
Correct answer(s):
  • On first impression

What idea is expressed by All things considered?

  • After taking all facts and circumstances into account
  • To demand an explanation or hold someone responsible
  • A simple practical method that is not exact or polished
  • To try any small hope when desperate
Correct answer(s):
  • After taking all facts and circumstances into account