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ADVANCED VOCABULARY AND IDIOM QUIZ 01



Select the correct answer from the four alternatives given.


 

01. As times get harder we'll just have to pull in our.................

   A. waistlines B. ambitions C belts D. ideas


02. I'm doing badly. I'll have to pull my... up.

   A. stockings B. shoes C. socks D. trousers


03. The mud was... -deep.

   A. foot B. sock C. ankle D. toe


04. He's not a pushy person. He likes to take...

   A. things Iying down B. a back seat C. a long lie-in D. things backwards


05. Strikes..... prompt delivery.

   A. hold up B. stop back C. reverse D. hold down


06. Two items on the agenda were... until the next meeting.

   A. held over B. stopped over C. held back D put down


07. In hard times it's difficult to....

   A. stop drowning B. keep floating C. keep one's head above water D. stay above water


08. I just do not understand it. I can't make... of it

   A. long or short B. head or tail C. bottom or top D. fast or loose


09. Their profits are huge. They're... it.

   A. lifting B. manufacturing C. crowning D. coining


10 He bought his car on the... , by hire-purchase.

   A. now and now B. up and up C. never-never D. pay tomorrow


11. He has made a mistake, and must face the...

   A. hardship B. music C. noise D. play


12. Don't... horses in midstream.

   A. shoot B. over-burden C. gallop D. swop


13. This car has gone to..... It won't even start.

   A. the devil B. seed C. pot D. earth


14. The socialists wanted to... the rich.

   A drown B wet C. soak D. swamp

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