Learn and Examine Yourself

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Phrases and Idioms

1.	A speech full of too many words is------

A big speech

Maiden speech

An unimportant speech

A verbose speech

2.	Not many people can commit such a heinous crime in cold blood. ---- what dose the italicized idiom above mean?

in cool brain and calculated thought

so patiently and thoughtfully

so impatiently and thoughtlessly

stirred by sudden emotion

3.	Choose the appropriate meaning of the idiom ‘Swan song’?

First work

Last work

Middle work

Early work

4.	To read between the lines’ means-----

To read carefully

To read only some lines

To read quickly to save time

To read carefully to find out any hidden meaning

5.	You should show good manners in the company of young ladies. --Which is the appropriate phrase for the underlined expression above?

behave gently

practise manners

behave yourself

do not talk rudely

6.	The condition of most slum dwellers is so miserable that it cannot be described in words. ---- Which is the best phrase for the underlined expression above?

beggars description

cuts to the quick

boils down to this

keeps open house