Correct Spelling, Idioms Flashcards

1
Q
  1. If you don’t ‘spill the beans’
    now, you
    might gonna regret it.
  2. spread rumors
  3. let out a secret
  4. plant some seeds
  5. none of the above
A

let out a secret

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  1. Hey, man, you are absolutely ‘barking up the wrong tree ‘here because I’m
    innocent.
  2. choosing the wrong dog
  3. giving up a fight
  4. accusing the wrong person
  5. setting up an event in a tree
A

accusing the wrong person

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  1. One proven way to beat an enemy is find his ‘Achilles heel’.
  2. secret strategy
  3. amulet
  4. strong point
  5. weak spot
A

weak spot

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  1. His new Ferrari ‘costs an arm and a leg’ so he is now looking for another job.
  2. very expensive
  3. got fired
  4. met an accident
  5. was stolen
A

very expensive

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5
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  1. He married a woman who was born with a silver spoon in her mouth’.
  2. born very beautiful
  3. born very poor
  4. born from a very rich family
  5. born very talkative
A

born from a very rich family

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  1. She has different investments
    because she ‘doesn’t want to put all
    eggs in one basket’.
  2. doesn’t want to put all
    resources in one possibility
  3. doesn’t want to cook everything
    at once
  4. doesn’t want to go bankrupt
  5. none of the above
A

doesn’t want to put all
resources in one possibility

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  1. Whenever his crush passes by the hallway, he’s having ‘butterflies in his stomach’.
  2. he feels sick
  3. he feels nervous
  4. he feels like flying
  5. he feels so handsome
A

he feels nervous

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  1. Even though they had a nasty fight, they decided to ‘bury the hatchet’ and move on.
  2. kill the enemy
  3. remember the past
  4. bury the dead
  5. forget the past quarrel
A

forget the past quarrel

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9
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  1. My father always reminds us, “don’t count your chickens before the eggs have hatched.”
  2. Don’t eat your eggs before they
    are cooked.
  3. Don’t make plans for
    something that might not
    happen.
  4. Don’t deal with your problems
    before they are solved.
  5. All of the above.
A

Don’t make plans for
something that might not
happen.

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  1. iphones became so popular not only to teens, even my grandparents ‘jumped on the bandwagon’ and bought some.
  2. ride on the gadget and sell Apple
  3. jump for technology and sell
    iphones
  4. joined the new trend and
    bought iphones
  5. bought Android and Apple
A

joined the new trend and
bought iphones

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