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What is the figurative use of Make the best of?

  • to chase or pursue someone or something
  • in serious difficulty or poor condition
  • to monitor or record something carefully
  • to use a difficult situation as well as possible
Correct answer(s):
  • to use a difficult situation as well as possible

Which option has the same general meaning as Have the upper hand?

  • to stay level with others or remain informed
  • the opposite is true
  • to start a journey, task, or plan
  • to have an advantage over others
Correct answer(s):
  • to have an advantage over others

Which option correctly defines Go against?

  • for the purpose of doing something
  • to oppose or act contrary to something
  • to use a difficult situation as well as possible
  • to recommend or speak favorably about someone
Correct answer(s):
  • to oppose or act contrary to something

Which choice defines Get the better of most accurately?

  • to defeat or overpower someone or something
  • to suffer the worst part of something
  • to happen
  • to quarrel or stop being friendly
Correct answer(s):
  • to defeat or overpower someone or something

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

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

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

Select the best meaning for the phrase Bear fruit.

  • to solve the problem or work successfully
  • to produce good results
  • to contact someone
  • someone who criticizes without practical experience
Correct answer(s):
  • to produce good results

The idiom Better half is closest in meaning to which option?

  • to annoy someone very much
  • to defeat or overpower someone or something
  • by chance, either fortunately or unfortunately
  • one’s husband, wife, or life partner
Correct answer(s):
  • one's husband, wife, or life partner