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Question 0

Tight

Answer 0

1) drawn or stretched tense;
2) difficult to deal with or manage;
3) Allowing a little place;
4) not generous with money;
5) drunk;
6) (of a market, etc.) in a condition in which demand is greater than supply: Money is tight because interest rates are high.
7) feeling tense or painful;

Question 1

Merely

Answer 1

Just, only, simply

Question 2

Stranglehold

Answer 2

1) an illegal wrestling hold by which an opponent’s breath is choked off.
2) any force that prevents action or development: a stranglehold on the economy.

Question 3

Wrestling

Answer 3

Bras de fer

Question 4

Swallow (v)

Answer 4

1) to take (food or liquid) down the throat with a muscular action (He couldn’t swallow the meat.)
2) [~ ( + up) + object] to take in so as to assimilate, absorb, or cause to disappear (He’ll be swallowed (up) in a crowd if he goes to such a big university.)
3) [~ + object] to accept without question, suspicion, or opposition
4) [~ + object] to keep in or suppress (emotion, pride, etc.) (He swallowed his anger and spoke quietly in reply.)

Question 5

Swallow (n)

Answer 5

1) an act or instance of swallowing

2) an amount swallowed at one time (one more swallow of this medicine.)

Question 6

vb, transitive : to see or represent as the same or similar; compare

Answer 6

Liken

Question 7

1) an outcrop of rocks that is entirely surrounded by older rocks
2) a person, thing, or part situated away from a main or related body
3) a person who lives away from his place of work, duty, etc

Answer 7

Outlier

Question 8

Late or too late

Answer 8

Belated

Question 9

A county (counties)

Answer 9

1) any of the administrative or geographic subdivisions of certain states, esp any of the major units into which England and Wales are or have been divided for purposes of local government
2) an electoral division in a rural area
3) obsolete the lands under the jurisdiction of a count or earl

Question 10

1) the act of taking something for granted or something that is taken for granted
2) an assuming of power or possession of something
3) arrogance; presumption
4) a statement that is used as the premise of a particular argument but may not be otherwise accepted

Answer 10

Assumption

Question 11

Swell (v)

Answer 11

1) to grow or cause to grow in size, esp as a result of internal pressure
2) to expand or cause to expand at a particular point or above the surrounding level; protrude
3) to grow or cause to grow in size, amount, intensity, or degree
4) to puff or be puffed up with pride or another emotion

Question 12

Rétrécir

Answer 12

Shrink

Question 13

Pattern

Answer 13

1) a decorative design, as for wallpaper, made up of elements in a regular arrangement: “children’s wallpaper with a pattern of rainbows.”
2) a recognizable combination of actions, qualities, etc., characteristic of a particular person or population: “the behavior patterns of teenagers.”
3) an original used as a guide: “The U.S. Constitution has been a pattern for many newly independent countries.”
4) anything designed to serve as a model or guide: “a pattern for the dress.”