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Idioms and phrases - Test Set 7

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  1. Question 1

    In the same breath
    1. Try and hold your breath
    2. say teo contradictory things at the same time
    3. Able to get a foul smell
    4. Practice breathing exercises
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  2. Question 2

    You have put me in a tight corner by telling me to keep quite.
    1. An embarrassing situation
    2. A comfortable situation
    3. A difficult situation
    4. A secret place
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  3. Question 3

    Nip in the bud
    1. To destroy early
    2. To cut the buds
    3. To destroy late
    4. Not to destroy
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  4. Question 4

    Want to curl up and die
    1. Want to die comfortably
    2. Unable to sleep well
    3. Feel terribly ashamed and sorry
    4. Too tired from physical labour
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  5. Question 5

    Be at a loss for words
    1. Habituated to using difficult words
    2. Not know what to say
    3. Not aware of the language
    4. Lost the urge to speak
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  6. Question 6

    Blow one's own trumpet
    1. Follow others
    2. Praise oneself
    3. Condemn others
    4. Be self-relient
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  7. Question 7

    Spill the beans
    1. perform magic
    2. Give away a secret
    3. Work hard
    4. Waste money
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  8. Question 8

    Costs an arm of a leg
    1. rarely available
    2. easy to obtain
    3. nothing to lose
    4. vey expensive
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  9. Question 9

    Get out of hand
    1. get upseta
    2. give up something
    3. get out of control
    4. to complete a task
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  10. Question 10

    Lily-livered
    1. Brave
    2. Comical
    3. Not brave
    4. Naughty
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  11. Question 11

    Pooja tired to explain the problem, but soon she tird herself up in knots.
    1. Be forced to explain your actions and punished
    2. Become very confused when you are trying to explain something
    3. Make no progress in an arguments or discussion
    4. Won't modify an opinion or agree to even small changes that another person wants
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  12. Question 12

    By the skin of your teeth
    1. Confident of victory
    2. Kind towards the week
    3. Determind to strike
    4. Just barely
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  13. Question 13

    To bell the cat
    1. To feed pets
    2. To play with kids
    3. To love cats
    4. To face risk
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  14. Question 14

    Go back to the drawing board
    1. Mediate a task
    2. Accomplish a task
    3. Start over
    4. Leave a work unfinished
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