Q51. He is in deep water and needs your help.
- great difficulties
- under the water
- a sea
- pain
✅ Correct Answer:
A [ great difficulties ]
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📖 Why?"deep water" meaning: in a difficult or awkward situation.
Q52. Choose the most appropriate meaning of the idiom "To cry wolf".
- To Cry copiously
- To raise false alarm
- To be frightened
- To scare people
✅ Correct Answer:
B [ To raise false alarm ]
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📖 Why?To cry wolf: to keep asking for help when you do not need it, with the result that people think you do not need help when you really need it.
Q53. If someone uses the idiom "a black sheep", he/she is talking about:
- a sheep that in black
- an unlucky person
- an ugly person
- None of the above
✅ Correct Answer:
D [ None of the above ]
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📖 Why?"a black sheep": a person who has done something bad that brings embarrassment or shame to his or her family.
Q54. When one is "airing dirty linen in public", the person is:
- discussing private affairs in public
- hanging out clothes in the open to dry
- standing up and fighting
- complaining
✅ Correct Answer:
A [ discussing private affairs in public ]
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📖 Why?"airing dirty linen in public": discussing or arguing about unpleasant or private things in front of other people.
Q55. If you talking about a "tit for tat" situation, you are:
- making someone angry
- doing harm as done to you
- rewarding people for the good done
- taking advantage of someone
✅ Correct Answer:
B [ doing harm as done to you ]
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📖 Why?"tit for tat": is an equivalent given in return, retaliation in kind.
Q56. He is ill at ease in his new position.
- not comfortable
- feeling sad
- angry
- callous
✅ Correct Answer:
A [ not comfortable ]
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📖 Why?ill at ease: awkward, uneasy, uncomfortable
Q57. "Don't try to throw dust into my eyes. You will not succeed."
- to protect my eyes
- blind me with dust
- to mislead or confuse me
- to blind me with dust
✅ Correct Answer:
C [ to mislead or confuse me ]
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📖 Why?throw dust into my eyes: to mislead or deceive someone.
Q58. Don't mix with the bad hats.
- people of bad character
- people selling bad hats
- people of poor status
- people with bad hats
✅ Correct Answer:
A [ people of bad character ]
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📖 Why?bad hats: someone who deliberately stirs up trouble, mischief-maker, trouble maker,
Q59. All our effort ended in smoke.
- to come to nothing
- to gain importance
- to praise oneself
- to reach target
✅ Correct Answer:
A [ to come to nothing ]
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📖 Why?ended in smoke: means to fail or be unsuccessful after a lot of effort.
Q60. The number increased by leaps and bounds.
- very fast
- very slw
- in details
- aimlessly
✅ Correct Answer:
A [ very fast ]
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📖 Why?leaps and bounds: Rapidly, or in fast progress.
