Test your basic knowledge |

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

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2. To put up with something painful or difficult






3. The most important fact in a situation






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






5. To appear suddenly and unexpectedly






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






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






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






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






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

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






12. Eccentric - unconventional






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






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






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

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16. Practical and realistic






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

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






19. To catch a person at a time of carelessness






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

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






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

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23. To describe a situation in a particular way






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






25. To keep a promise

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






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

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

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






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






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

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32. To be very angry about something

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






34. To be receptive to different opinions and ideas






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






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






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

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






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

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