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Subjects : english, trivia
Instructions:
  • Answer 40 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Be hopeful because difficult times always lead to better days. People sometimes say this to comfort somebody who's having problems.






2. To keep a promise


3. To invent something - especially in a dishonest or very imaginative way






4. A free choice in which only one option is offered; a choice between taking the option or not; 'take it or leave it'


5. To waste one's time in a hopeless enterprise


6. The most important fact in a situation






7. To destroy all possible ways of going back to a situation


8. Having to make a difficult decision between two things that are equally unpleasant






9. Having something that is not satisfactory is better than having nothing at all.


10. To respond with anger or impatience to someone's question or comment


11. A question which must be answered by reference to facts and evidence






12. To be very attracted to someone and begin to love them






13. Something that you say which means it is possible to do anything if you are very determined to do it


14. To try to make people believe that something is not very important - or that it is not likely to happen






15. An alcoholic drink that you drink to cure the pain in your head that was caused by drinking too much alcohol the night before






16. Plans or hopes that have very little chance of happening






17. To be very angry about something


18. To risk losing everything by putting all your efforts or all your money into one plan or one course of action


19. Money that you save is more valuable than money that you spend right away.; It is good to save money.






20. Practical and realistic






21. To be receptive to different opinions and ideas






22. To appear suddenly and unexpectedly






23. To speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong


24. Something that you say in order to warn someone not to ask too many questions about something






25. To exhaust the supply of: ran out of fuel.






26. Eccentric - unconventional






27. A person that is competent with many skills but is not outstanding in any particular one






28. To want to do something and to be able to do it






29. To make someone feel tired and less able to argue






30. This is what I think. I may not be correct. You should solicit additional opinions.


31. 1. to do something regularly - or to enjoy something 2. to take part in a competition






32. Used to tell someone to drive faster or to hurry






33. To put up with something painful or difficult






34. When the body confronts danger and freezes - people report seeing visual images of their lives






35. To describe a situation in a particular way






36. Deep and careful attention to private thoughts - especially about a moral problem






37. To catch a person at a time of carelessness






38. To meet someone you know when you are not expecting to meet them; to find accidentally






39. You should try to understand someone before criticizing them.


40. To tell someone something that is not true as a way of joking with them