My little brother really … watch cartoons on Saturday morning.
a. likes
b. likes to (B)
Answer: (b
I … get up early in the morning, especially when it’s cold and dark.
a. hate
b. hate to
Answer: (B)
My sister … horror movies. She says they scare her too much. (English Grammar MCQs)
a. hates
b. hates to
Answer: (A)
See with half an eye: (To see without difficulty)
Anyone could have seen with half an eye that she was upset.
Serve one’s needs: (Meet one’s requirements)
This car should serve his needs well.
Set an example: (To establish as a model)
We must set an example for the children.
Set measure to: (limit)
I advised him to set measures to his ambitions.
Show one’s face: (Appear in public) Idioms And Phrases
After his irresponsible behaviour yesterday he dared not show his face again.
Pass away:
(Die) Amir’s father passed away last night.
Play with fire:
(To do something dangerous or risky) – She knew she was playing with by having an affair with a married man.
Pluck up courage:
(Become brave) – He finally plucked up courage and went to the Surgeon.
Of no avail
(Of no use)–My attempts to reform my brother was of no avail.
Of one’s own accord
(Of one’s own free will) – He has resigned his job of his own accord.
Of the first water
(Of the highest quality) – She was a beauty of the first water; He is a television journalist of the first thing about cars.
Off and on
(Irregularly; from time to time) – Waqqar comes to my house off and on.
On the eve of
(The day before; just before) – The unwilling bride escaped from her house on the eve of her wedding.
Maiden speech
(One’s first speech) – Mehreen’s maiden speech was a complete failure. She cut a sorry figure by forgetting her points.
Make a bolt for it
(Run away suddenly) – The prisoners made a bolt for it when the guard wasn’t looking.
Make a clean breast of
(To make full confession) – The judge will give the convict a lighter sentence if he makes a clean breast of his involvement. (ii) She resolved to make a clean breast of it before she died.
Make a clean sweep
(To get rid of everything unnecessary or unwanted) – The new manager made a clean sweep of all the lazy people in the department.
Keep a secret:
(Not tell anyone else) – I don’t think very high of him, but please keep it a secret.
Keep hold of:
(not let go) – You should have kept hold of the horse’s reins.
Keep one’s word:
(Abide by promises one has made; carry out undertakings or obligation into which one has entered) – You may depend upon his doing what he says, for he is a person who always keeps his word.
Kick up (a row, a fuss etc.):
(Make a noise, a row, a fuss etc.) – A crowd of youths outside the door were kicking up such a noise that we could scarcely hear ourselves speak.
Agony aunt
An agony aunt is a newspaper columnist who gives advice to people having problems, especially personal ones.
All in a day’s work
If something is all in a day’s work, it is nothing special.
Bad workers always blame their tools
“A bad worker always blames their tools” – If somebody does a job badly or loses in a game and claims that they were let down by their equipment, you can use this to imply that this was not the case.
Baker’s dozen
A Baker’s dozen is 13 rather than 12.
1) vis-a-vis :
(a) similar
(b) face to face
(c) contrary to the fact
(d) in good faith
Answer: (b)
2) Modus operandi
(a) successful operation
(b) unsuccessful mission
(c) mode or manner of doing a thing
(d) a clandestine operation
Answer: (b)
3) Ad valorem
(a) according to the-value
(b) according to utility
(c) according to cost
(d) according to demand
Answer: (b)
4) Aide-mémoire
(a) hearing aid
(b) without memory
(c) with sound memory
(d) notes to aid memory
Answer: (c)
5) Ad interim :
(a) finally
(b) ultimately
(c) unanimously
(d) in the mean time
Answer: (b)
Back out — to withdraw from a promise, contract : I felt grieved when he backed out of his promise to help me.
Back up — to support; to sustain : He backed up his report with relevant statistics.
Bear upon — to be relevant to : This argument does not bear upon the subject under discussion.
Blow up — to explode : The mine blew up and all the labourers working inside were killed.
— to reprimand or scold : If you continue to be negligent, the teacher will blow you up.
Break down — of a car; a piece of machinery; to go wrong so that it will not function : The car broke down on our way to Mumbai.
— to collapse; to succumb to uncontrollable weeping : She broke down completely on hearing the news of her husband’s death.
— to succumb to a nervous collapse through overwork or worry : He worked so hard that his health broke down near the examination.