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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.
Q11. He promised to look into the matter.
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Q12. Thousands put on a daily fight to keep the wolf from the door.
A. avoid starvation
The phrase means people are struggling to have enough food and money, so they must work hard to avoid starving.
Think of "wolf" as hunger at your doorstep—you must feed yourself.
During the drought, many families fought to keep the wolf from the door.
Q13. How did you break the ice in the party?
Initiate something
To break the ice means to start something that makes people feel more comfortable, usually a conversation.
Think of starting a small action to melt the awkwardness.
He told a joke to break the ice at the party.
Q14. The policy has been declared to be null and void.
A. Invalid
When something is null and void, it has no legal effect and is not valid.
Null and void = not valid.
The contract was declared null and void, so it is invalid.
Q15. The boy broke the window and took to his heels.
The boy broke the window and ran away.
“Took to his heels” means to start running away quickly.
Think: heels = running away fast.
When he heard the police, he took to his heels and disappeared.
Q16. Alice is very good at quant, but when she was watching a teacher's video she was taking it with a grain of salt.
To listen to something with considerable doubt.
Because “take it with a grain of salt” means not fully believing what you hear and doubting its truth.
Think: doubt with a pinch of skepticism.
I take his claims with a grain of salt until I see proof.
Q17. Failing in exam again and again even after putting all the hard work is bad blood.
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Q18. After reading the story time and again we are finally reading between the lines.
Understanding the hidden meaning
Reading between the lines means you notice what is not directly said and understand the real message.
Think of the gaps in the text as hidden messages.
She smiled and nodded, but I understood what she really meant; I was reading between the lines.
Q19. John keeps drawing on fancy about the banking job in government sector.
Use imagination
“Drawing on fancy” means using imagination or fanciful ideas about something.
Think: fancy = imaginative ideas.
She drew on fancy to imagine a perfect vacation.
Q20. Take Bull by its horn
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