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Which choice shows the idiomatic meaning of Lay the foundation?

  • to establish the basic support for future success
  • to return money or repay a wrong
  • to make a special effort to help or do something
  • not at all
Correct answer(s):
  • to establish the basic support for future success

Which answer best represents Lead the way?

  • to deliberately start an argument
  • to guide others or go first
  • to review or examine carefully
  • for the purpose of doing something
Correct answer(s):
  • to guide others or go first

Which choice gives the proper meaning of Have a lot on one's plate?

  • to move or progress at the same speed as others
  • nervous or anxious
  • to reserve something for a special purpose
  • to have many duties or problems to deal with
Correct answer(s):
  • to have many duties or problems to deal with

What does Build castles in the air mean in common English?

  • to communicate an idea clearly
  • threatening in words but not harmful in action
  • to make unrealistic dreams or plans
  • to finish something before a deadline
Correct answer(s):
  • to make unrealistic dreams or plans

Which choice defines An uphill task most accurately?

  • to cancel something
  • to fail to impress or succeed
  • a very difficult job or challenge
  • a welcome and refreshing change
Correct answer(s):
  • a very difficult job or challenge

Select the meaning of A pain in the neck.

  • a helpful friend
  • an annoying person or thing
  • a neck exercise
  • a pleasant surprise
Correct answer(s):
  • an annoying person or thing

What does the expression Take the lead usually mean?

  • to follow silently
  • to lose a race
  • to become the leader or move ahead
  • to stop working
Correct answer(s):
  • to become the leader or move ahead

Which meaning would a teacher expect for No pain, no gain?

  • rest brings every prize
  • pain is always good
  • success needs effort or hard work
Correct answer(s):
  • success needs effort or hard work

What does the idiom or phrase Practice makes perfect mean?

  • practice wastes time
  • repeated practice helps you improve
  • perfect work needs no effort
Correct answer(s):
  • repeated practice helps you improve

Which choice gives the meaning of Work hard?

  • to put a lot of effort into something
  • to sleep late
  • to break something
Correct answer(s):
  • to put a lot of effort into something

What does hit the books mean in this sentence: “I need to hit the books after lunch”?

  • Throw books away
  • Buy new books
  • Study hard
Correct answer(s):
  • Study hard

In the sentence, what does get down to business mean?
After getting a severe scolding from his mother, Karim got down to business.

  • joined his father’s business
  • began to work seriously
  • became businesslike
  • started a business
Correct answer(s):
  • began to work seriously