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Question 2892

A good teacher should have the gift of the gab.

Aa good personality

Ba talent for acting

Ca talent for speaking

Dan interest in discipline

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C. a talent for speakingExplanation not yet available.

Question 2891

He puts us in a He puts us in a real fix when he did not turn up to pick us up.

Afeel awkward

Bbad mood

Cmade us feel bad

Ddifficult situation

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D. difficult situationExplanation not yet available.

Question 2890

Those persons who are ready to sail close to the wind can be successful in life.

Ato take risk

Bto manage the situation

Cto work hard

Dto be regular

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A. to take riskExplanation not yet available.

Question 2889

His oily tongue has won him promotion.

Asoft speech

Bword power

Cflattery

Dfluency in speech

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C. flatteryExplanation not yet available.

Question 2888

thought his skill would match up to Kashav’s bulk, but in the fight he was beaten neck and crop.

Asoftly

Bcompletely

Cswiftly

Dprofoundly

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B. completelyExplanation not yet available.

Question 2887

It was such a strange affair that I could make head or tail of it.

Aface it

Btolerate it

Cremember it

Dunderstand it

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D. understand itExplanation not yet available.

Question 2886

Though he has a lot of money, yet all his plans are built upon sand.

Abased on inexperience

Bresting on immature ideas

Cresting on cheap material

Destablished on insecure foundations

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B. resting on immature ideasExplanation not yet available.

Question 2885

With the existing management the future of the company is in doldrums.

Adull

Bbright

Cuncertain

Dsecure

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C. uncertainExplanation not yet available.

Question 2884

He does not like to be friendly with Sarita, he always gives her a cold shoulder.

APushes her with his shoulder whenever they meet

BCreates all sorts of troubles for her

CInsults her in the presence of others

DTries to be unfriendly by taking no notice of her

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D. Tries to be unfriendly by taking no notice of herExplanation not yet available.

Question 2883

He was in a brown study and did not seem to catch my point.

Ain his study room

Babsorbed in reading

Cabsent – minded

Din a state of shock

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B. absorbed in readingExplanation not yet available.

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Idioms and phrases

A good teacher should have the gift of the gab.

He puts us in a He puts us in a real fix when he did not turn up to pick us up.

Those persons who are ready to sail close to the wind can be successful in life.

His oily tongue has won him promotion.

thought his skill would match up to Kashav’s bulk, but in the fight he was beaten neck and crop.

It was such a strange affair that I could make head or tail of it.

Though he has a lot of money, yet all his plans are built upon sand.

With the existing management the future of the company is in doldrums.

He does not like to be friendly with Sarita, he always gives her a cold shoulder.

He was in a brown study and did not seem to catch my point.

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