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71. In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase printed in the bold in the sentence, Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

Despite the highs and lows, life tends to average itself out.
  • balance itself

  • be unvarying

  • show equal value

  • show equal value

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72. In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase printed in the bold in the sentence, Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

On second thoughts she refused to accept his invitation.
  • On reconsidering

  • reviewing leisurely

  • moral grounds

  • moral grounds

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73. In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase printed in the bold in the sentence, Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

I stirred the hornet's nest by my honest statement.
  • responded to criticism angrily

  • caused anger in many people

  • stopped people criticizing someone

  • stopped people criticizing someone

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74. In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase printed in the bold in the sentence, Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

He knows how to break in horses.
  • rear

  • tend

  • train

  • train

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75. In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase printed in the bold in the sentence, Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

The judge declared the agreement null and void.
  • empty

  • annulled

  • unavoidable

  • unavoidable

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76. In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase printed in the bold in the sentence, Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

We should bury the hatchet and become friends.
  • obtain

  • influence friends

  • make peace

  • make peace

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In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom / Phrase printed in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/ Phrase.


Your remarks during the discussion added fuel to the fire.

  • got others angry

  • ignited the fireplace

  • worsened matters

  • worsened matters

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In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom / Phrase printed in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/ Phrase.

Why do you fight shy of me?



  • fight with

  • avoid

  • embarrass

  • embarrass


B.

avoid

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79.

In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom / Phrase printed in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/ Phrase.

They have latched on to tourism as a way of boosting the local economy


  • promoted

  • discovered

  • exposed

  • exposed

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80.

In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom / Phrase printed in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/ Phrase.

When he asked me the way to the cafeteria. I told him to follow his nose.


  • to find it by himself

  • to ask someone else

  • to follow me

  • to follow me

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