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📚 Idioms and Phrases Practice
Choose an answer, then open the short learning card. Learn the meaning of common idioms and phrases with short examples, memory clues, and exam-focused explanations.
Q1. It was such a strange affair that I could make head or tail of it.
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Q2. thought his skill would match up to Kashav’s bulk, but in the fight he was beaten neck and crop.
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Q3. His oily tongue has won him promotion.
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Q4. Those persons who are ready to sail close to the wind can be successful in life.
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Q5. He puts us in a He puts us in a real fix when he did not turn up to pick us up.
D. difficult situation
“puts us in a real fix” means puts us in a hard or troublesome situation.
Think: a "fix" is a tricky spot you can't easily get out of.
The broken car left us in a real fix on our road trip.
Q6. A good teacher should have the gift of the gab.
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Q7. She exhibited remarkable sang froid during the crisis.
composure
Sang froid means staying calm and in control. Composure is that calm self-control.
Think of staying cool, even when things are hot.
She showed with sang froid, choosing her words carefully during the crisis.
Q8. The meeting ended in fiasco.
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Q9. I raked my brain to solve this difficult problem.
raked my brain: to think very hard
Q10. My father strained every nerve to enable me to get settled in life.
The correct answer is: worked very hard.
'Strained every nerve' means to try with all one's effort and work very hard to achieve something.
Keep in mind that this phrase shows strong effort, not luck or money.
She strained every nerve to pass the exam.