Now the grandparents have the children "on their hands."
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55%
A)in their care
16%
B)in trouble
10%
C)spanked
19%
D)to obey them
This last year, my company has made money "hand over fist".
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44%
A)with a lot of struggle
34%
B)at a huge rate
11%
C)poorly
11%
D)distribution
As soon as he "laid his hands" on all that money, he donated part of it to charitable institutions.
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12%
A)Stole
26%
B)Scattered
33%
C)Released
30%
D)took possession of
The beginning of a new generation of computer software is at hand.
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22%
A)Imminent
33%
B)Remote
23%
C)Current
22%
D)in someone's possession
Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase in inverted commas:
Do we have enough people "on hand" to help us move our stuff into the house?
Do we have enough people "on hand" to help us move our stuff into the house?
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17%
A)nearby
60%
B)available
17%
C)indisposed
6%
D)confident
The FBI told the local police that their case was "off their hands". The investigation was now a Federal matter.
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11%
A)lost by them
19%
B)improvised by them
41%
C)out of their jurisdiction
28%
D)out of their control
Honey, can you "hand me" the car key, please? It's right next to you on the table.
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12%
A)take to me
17%
B)make a copy of
66%
C)give me
5%
D)find me
Learning a foreign language goes "hand in hand" with International Business.
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27%
A)tossed from one hand to another
21%
B)in different directions
18%
C)individually
35%
D)together
Choose the correct meaning of the idiom/phrase from the given options. Don't count your chickens before the eggs have hatched
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16%
A) If you're good at something, better to avoid that
55%
B) Don't make plans for something that might not happen
16%
C) Not to come up to expectation
12%
D)Don't pull all your resources in one possibility
Fill with the correct relative clause for the following sentences:
He came with a friend ______ waited outside in the car.
He came with a friend ______ waited outside in the car.
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63%
A)who
14%
B)which
18%
C)whose
5%
D)None of these
Form a relative clause:
People live in Scotland. They are called Scots.
People live in Scotland. They are called Scots.
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17%
A)The people that live in Scotland are called Scots
23%
B)The people whose live in Scotland are called Scots
13%
C)The people which live in Scotland are called Scots
48%
D)The people who live in Scotland are called Scots
A dishwasher is a machine _____ washes dishes.
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28%
A)that
25%
B)which
42%
C)Both A and B
5%
D)who
The movie ______ last night on television is only about a year old.
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55%
A)I watched
15%
B)who I watched
12%
C)where I watched
18%
D)when I watched
There's the couple ______ dancing you liked so much.
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16%
A)that
37%
B)who
39%
C)whose
8%
D)None of these
Change the following sentences from direct speech to indirect speech:
Catherine : "Will you come to my party on Saturday?"
Catherine : "Will you come to my party on Saturday?"
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32%
A)Catherine asked me if I would come to her party on Saturday.
29%
B)Catherine asked if I would come to her party on Saturday.
30%
C)Both A and B
9%
D)Catherine asked if I would have come to her party on Saturday.
Elisha : "I saw Amy at the bank on Monday."
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36%
A)Elisha said she had seen Amy at the bank on Monday.
33%
B)Elisha said that she had been seen Amy at the bank on Monday.
16%
C)Elisha said she have seen Amy at the bank on Monday.
16%
D)Elisha told said she had seen Amy at the bank on Monday.
Sasha : "I am very tired."
Sasha said _______ very tired.
Sasha said _______ very tired.
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25%
A)she is
12%
B)she were
12%
C)she had been
52%
D)she was
The driver : "I'm going to turn right at the traffic lights."
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16%
A)The driver said he will be going to turn right at the traffic lights.
54%
B)The driver said he was going to turn right at the traffic lights.
27%
C)The driver said he is going to turn right at the traffic lights.
4%
D)The driver said he going to turn right at the traffic lights.
John : "I'll lend you my grammar book if you think it will help."
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41%
A)John said he would lend me his grammar book if I thought it would help.
26%
B)John said he will lend me grammar book if I thought it would help.
22%
C)John said he would lend me his grammar book if I think it would help.
11%
D)John said he would lend me his grammar book if I think it will help.