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IDIOMS AND PHRASES

Q-1) I am going to stay at home because I am feeling under the weather today.

(a) unhappy (b) depressed (c) irritated (d) sick

Q2. Gift of the gab

(a) eloquent (b) puzzling (c) deceptive (d) embarrassing

Q-3) Our manager is feared by everyone for he is as hard as nails.

(a) powerful (b) unrelenting (c) fearsome (d) strict

Q-4) He talked over the matter for an hour but without any result.

(a) assessed (b) fought about (c) discussed (d) surveyed

Q-5) Try to make do with what you have.

(a) do (b) produce (c) manage (d) create

Q-6) fits and starts

(a) continuously (b) not regularly (c) quickly (d) slowly

Q-7) Even in the middle of the fire he kept a level head.

(a) was sensible (b) was crazy (c) was self-centred (d) was impulsive

Q-8) A : Can you help me ? B : Sure, I’ll be finished with this in a second.

(a) be satisfied (b) be exhausted (c) be through (d) be thorough

Q-9) out of sorts

(a) out of reach (b) out of sight (c) not well (d) not rich

Q-10) Life is an event of give and take.

(a) make believe (b) always (c) giving (d) adjustment

Q-11) turn turtle

(a) turn like a turtle (b) over-turn (c) a game turtles play (d) slow like a turtle

Q-12) Smell a rat

(a) Smell a burned rat (b) Smell a rotten rat (c) Smell something right

(d) Suspect something wrong

Q-13) For a healthy and lasting friendship one must be on the same level.

(a) honest and sincere (b) mentally compatible (c) ready for sacrifices (d) equally rich

Q-14) My friend turned a deaf ear to my tale of loss and refused to help me.

(a) listened carefully (b) went far away (c) turned his ear away (d) paid no heed
Q-15) There was a job for me to cut my teeth on.

(a) to sharpen my wits (b) to try (c) to earn a decent salary (d) to gain experience

Q-16) Anand is a nice guy, but sometimes he really gets on my nerves.

(a) shakes my self–confidence (b) annoys me (c) makes me uncomfortable (d) makes me nervous

Q-17) His boss was always breathing down his neck.

(a) giving him strenuous work (b) abusing and ill-treating him (c) watching all his actions closely

(d) shouting loudly at him

Q-18) Tagore was a man of letters.

(a) a great writer of letters (b) an excellent letter dictator (c) proficient in literary art

(d) of wide contacts

Q-19) To speak one's mind.

(a) To talk about one’s ideas (b) To think aloud (c) To express one’s thoughts (d) To be frank and
honest

Q-20) They made no bones about acknowledging their debt to his genius.

(a) demanded compensation for (b) bury the bones (c) speak frankly (d) evasive

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