Q: Believe me, I am all at sea.

A: out ofreach

B: very happy

C: puzzled

D: drowning



Correct Option: C  [ puzzled ]

Remark:


Q: I am all at sea.

A: out of reach

B: very happy

C: puzzled

D: drowning



Correct Option: C  [ puzzled ]

Remark:


Q: The minister assured the agitating employees that he would look into their demands sympathetically.

A: discuss

B: watch

C: grant

D: examine



Correct Option: D  [ examine ]

Remark:
"look into": examine, investigate, study.


Q: The cops were on their toes throughout the day.

A: eager

B: alert

C: harried

D: quick



Correct Option: B  [ alert ]

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Q: Can you please __________ my website just before I publish it?

A: find out

B: go through

C: set out

D: look up



Correct Option: B  [ go through ]

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Q: She gave up the job after getting married.

A: abandoned

B: joined

C: started doing

D: none of these



Correct Option: A  [ abandoned ]

Remark:
"gave up": relinquished, surrendered


Q: I will oppose him very strongly

A: by the way

B: tooth and nail

C: all at once

D: in broad day light



Correct Option: B  [ tooth and nail ]

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Q: He says he has invented a time machine, which is clearly a load of cobblers.

A: Genuine

B: Great

C: Nonsense

D: Significant



Correct Option: C  [ Nonsense ]

Remark:
"A load of cobblers" is indeed an idiom, and it is commonly used to express that something is nonsense, untrue, or of poor quality.


Q: When one is "airing dirty linen in public", the person is:

A: discussing private affairs in public

B: hanging out clothes in the open to dry

C: standing up and fighting

D: complaining



Correct Option: A  [ discussing private affairs in public ]

Remark:
"airing dirty linen in public": discussing or arguing about unpleasant or private things in front of other people.


Q: Her fame spread far and wide because she was a talented singer.

A: Her fame grew

B: Her fame lessened

C: Her fame ended

D: Her fame began



Correct Option: A  [ Her fame grew ]

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