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Which of the phrases (A), (B), (C) and (D) are given below sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is given and ‘No correction is required ‘, mark (E) as the answer.

Since it was her engagement party, Riya was dress to kill.

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    dresses to kill
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    dressed to kill
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    dressed to killings
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    dressing to killed
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    No correction required
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Answer : 2. "dressed to kill"

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Answer : 4. "to make a situation worse"

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Directions: In question four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentences. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and mark it is the Answer Sheet.

It was clearly a case of the pot calling the kettle black when Ram said that Jagjit was a thief.

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    Someone criticising another for a fault they have themselves.
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    A person accusing another of being black.
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    A person blaming another for something he has not done.
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    Both are guilty of the same mistake.
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Answer : 1. "Someone criticising another for a fault they have themselves."

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Directions: In question four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentences. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and mark it is the Answer Sheet.

The sight of the accident made my flesh creep.

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    worried me
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    frightened me
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    confused me
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    drew my attention
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Answer : 2. "frightened me"

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Directions (26): In each of the question given below a/an idiom/phrase is given in bold which is then followed by five options which then try to decipher its meaning. Choose the option which gives the correct meaning of the phrases.
Hang in there

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    To stop
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    Don't give up
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    Don't be late
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    Don't do hard work
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    To wait
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Answer : 2. "Don't give up"

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Select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.
A funeral poem 

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    Elegy
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    Pandemonium
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    Parody
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    Sonnet
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Answer : 1. "Elegy "

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Direction: In the question, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and mark it is the Answer Sheet.
To call it a day

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    to conclude proceedings
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    to initiate proceeding
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    to work through the day
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    None of the above
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Answer : 1. "to conclude proceedings"

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Directions: In question four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentences. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and mark it is the Answer Sheet.

He was all at sea when he began his new job..

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    happy
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    Sad
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    Puzzled
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    Triumphant
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Answer : 3. "Puzzled"

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