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Seema is a little hard of hearing.

  • inaudible
  • deaf
  • disinterested
  • insensitive
  • Correct Option: B  [ deaf ]

    Remark: "Hard of hearing" refers to people with hearing loss ranging from mild to severe.

Everything was at sixes and sevens.

  • Disordered
  • Lost
  • Found
  • Time
  • Correct Option: A  [ Disordered ]

    Remark:

The policy has been declared to be null and void.

  • Invalid
  • Empty
  • Valid
  • Impossible
  • Correct Option: A  [ Invalid ]

    Remark:

"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 Option: C  [ to mislead or confuse me ]

    Remark: throw dust into my eyes: to mislead or deceive someone.

When I saw him in the morning, he looked like a duck in the thunderstorm.

  • entrapped
  • distressed
  • peaceful
  • timid
  • Correct Option: B  [ distressed ]

    Remark:

My friend was a person apt to act suddenly without thinking.

  • Impulsive
  • Excitable
  • Thoughtless
  • Violent
  • Correct Option: A  [ Impulsive ]

    Remark:

She exhibited remarkable sang froid during the crisis.

  • temper
  • irritation
  • composure
  • angry
  • Correct Option: C  [ composure ]

    Remark:

A good teacher should have the gift of the gab.

  • a good personality
  • a talent for acting
  • a talent for speaking
  • an interest in discipline
  • Correct Option: C  [ a talent for speaking ]

    Remark:

He had to pay through the nose for his new computer.

  • pay very high price
  • very cheap
  • moderate rate
  • profitable rate
  • Correct Option: A  [ pay very high price ]

    Remark: through the nose: pay much more than a fair price.

The boy broke the window and took to his heels.

  • The boy ran into the window.
  • The boy broke the window and ran away.
  • The boy broke the window and fell on his heels.
  • The boy broke the window with his heels.
  • Correct Option: B  [ The boy broke the window and ran away. ]

    Remark:

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