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  • Question
  • We were in hurry. The road being zigzag we had to cut off a corner to reach in time.


  • Options
  • A. To cut a portion of the road
  • B. To take a short cut
  • C. To go fast
  • D. To take an alternative route

  • Correct Answer
  • To take a short cut 


  • Idioms and Phrases problems


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    • 1. I am sure they will fight tooth and nail for their rights.

    • Options
    • A. with all their might
    • B. without any other weapon
    • C. resorting to violence
    • D. very cowardly
    • Discuss
    • 2. If you give John all your money, you are likely to burn your fingers.

    • Options
    • A. be unhappy
    • B. be happy
    • C. suffer
    • D. be ill
    • Discuss
    • 3. The old father brought home the moral of unity by asking each of his sons to break the bundle of sticks

    • Options
    • A. emphasised
    • B. voiced
    • C. declared
    • D. suggested
    • Discuss
    • 4. The new economic policy is likely to run into rough weather.

    • Options
    • A. create problems
    • B. encounter difficulties
    • C. confuse matters
    • D. makes things difficult
    • Discuss
    • 5. The rebels held out for about a month

    • Options
    • A. waited
    • B. retreated
    • C. bargained
    • D. resisted
    • Discuss
    • 6. Discipline is on the wane in schools and colleges these days.

    • Options
    • A. declining
    • B. increasing
    • C. spreading
    • D. spiralling
    • Discuss
    • 7. In spite of the efforts of all peace loving people, world peace is still a far cry.

    • Options
    • A. an impracticable idea
    • B. an abstract idea
    • C. out of reach
    • D. a long way off
    • Discuss
    • 8. I felt that it was a tall order to expect Monisha to go home alone at twelve in the night.

    • Options
    • A. Difficult
    • B. Too much
    • C. Customary
    • D. Simple
    • Discuss
    • 9. I cannot get along with a man who plays fast and loose.

    • Options
    • A. behaves in an unreliable and insincere way
    • B. has a loose tongue
    • C. lives a life of ease and luxury
    • D. does not know how to behave himself
    • Discuss
    • 10. There is no love lost between two neighbours.

    • Options
    • A. close friendship
    • B. cool indifference
    • C. intense dislike
    • D. a love hate relationship
    • Discuss


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