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


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






3. To be very angry about something


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


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






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


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






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






9. The most important fact in a situation






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






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






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






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






14. To catch a person at a time of carelessness






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


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






17. To appear suddenly and unexpectedly






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


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






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


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


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


23. To keep a promise


24. To put up with something painful or difficult






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


26. To be receptive to different opinions and ideas






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






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






29. Eccentric - unconventional






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






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






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


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






34. Practical and realistic






35. To describe a situation in a particular way






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






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






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






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


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