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






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


3. To keep a promise


4. Practical and realistic






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






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


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






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


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


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






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






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


13. Be hopeful because difficult times always lead to better days. People sometimes say this to comfort somebody who's having problems.






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






15. To describe a situation in a particular way






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






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






18. To catch a person at a time of carelessness






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


20. The most important fact in a situation






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






22. To put up with something painful or difficult






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






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






25. To be very angry about something


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






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


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






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


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






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






32. To be receptive to different opinions and ideas






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


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


35. To appear suddenly and unexpectedly






36. Eccentric - unconventional






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






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






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


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