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📚 Idioms and Phrases Practice
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✅ Correct Answer: B [ to try everything possible ]
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📖 Why?
The idiom "to move heaven and earth" means to make a supreme, extraordinary effort to achieve something, using every possible means or exerting the utmost effort to accomplish a difficult task.
Q12. To smell a rat
to experience a bad smell
to predict danger
to predict outbreak of plague
to be suspicious
✅ Correct Answer: D [ to be suspicious ]
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📖 Why?
"To smell a rat" means to suspect that something wrong is going on.
Q13. A leader should respect the opinion of the rank and file.
the poor people
the military personnel
the majority
the common people
✅ Correct Answer: D [ the common people ]
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Q14. Her fame spread far and wide because she was a talented singer.
Her fame grew
Her fame lessened
Her fame ended
Her fame began
✅ Correct Answer: A [ Her fame grew ]
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Q15. The old father brought home the moral of unity by asking each of his sons to break the bundle of sticks.
emphasised
voiced
declared
suggested
✅ Correct Answer: A [ emphasised ]
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✅ Correct Answer
emphasised
📖 Why?
The father stressed the idea that unity is stronger than a single stick.
💡 Remember
Think: unity makes the message stand out.
📝 Example
The coach emphasised the importance of teamwork during training.
Q16. A man of straw
a worthy fellow
a man of no substance
a very active man
a selfish Person
✅ Correct Answer: B [ a man of no substance ]
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✅ Correct Answer
a man of no substance
📖 Why?
The phrase describes someone who seems real or important but lacks real value or importance.
💡 Remember
Think of straw: it looks solid but isn’t heavy or real—so is a “man of straw.”
📝 Example
People talked him up, but he turned out to be a man of straw.
Q17. To wash ones dirty linen in public
to do some ugly work in Public
to insult in the presence of others
to discuss secret matters in public
to discuss private or embarrassing matters in Public, especially when quarreling.
✅ Correct Answer: D [ to discuss private or embarrassing matters in Public, especially when quarreling. ]
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Q18. For the first week, the apprentice felt like fish out of water.
frustrated
homeless
disappointed
uncomfortable
✅ Correct Answer: D [ uncomfortable ]
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Q19. I am all at sea.
out of reach
very happy
puzzled
drowning
✅ Correct Answer: C [ puzzled ]
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Q20. His dealings are all above board.
open
simple
decent
friendly
✅ Correct Answer: A [ open ]
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