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  • define: dreary
    depressingly dull and bleak or repetitive/uninteresting
  • use an idiom:The entrance exam was so hard that many students___ before they even finished it.
    fell by the wayside
  • define: barking up the wrong tree
    be pursuing a mistaken or misguided line of thought or course of action
  • Find a synonym: He has a wonderful PECULIAR AND UNUSUAL sense of humour.
    WHIMSICAL
  • USE AN IDIOM:He'll _________ once I show him the sales figures for this quarter. I WAS RIGHT ALL THE TIME
    SWALLOW HIS WORDS
  • provide an antonym for highbrow
    lowbrow
  • provide a synonym of captivating
    enchanting
  • DON'T ______ You know he cannot win the elections
    BACK the wrong horse
  • Choose the idiom which means: "to describe exactly what is causing a situation or a problem/to be just right".
    to hit the nail on the head
  • define: whimsical
    playfully unusual or fanciful, especially in an appealing and amusing/ acting or behaving in a capricious mannerway.
  • define:be spot on
    completely accurate or correct
  • define: fall by the wayside
    If someone falls by the wayside, they fail to finish an activity, and if something falls by the wayside, people stop doing it, making it, or using it
  • Find a synonym: Readers of tabloids are less interested in politics and less likely to tune into INTELLECTUAL conversation
    highbrow
  • define: strike the right note
    say or do something in a way that that is very suitable for a particular audience or occasion.
  • use an idiom:We ____ with the project the other day and it was my fault. Let's start again
    got off on the wrong foot
  • What will you say if you have to admit that something you have said has been proved to be wrong.
    I have to swallow my words.
  • provide a synonym of fascinating
    intriguing
  • Find a synonym: Taylor's latest CD presents the listener with a CATCHY AND FASCINATING mixture of musical styles.
    INTRIGUING
  • Choose the synonym of "elaborate". (highbrow/intricate/impenetrable/whimsical)
    intricate
  • provide the antonym of comprehensive, transparent
    impenetrable
  • define:primitive
    very basic, simple or unsophisticated in terms of comfort, convenience, or efficiency
  • use an idiom:The commercial _______ with its target audience, and was one of the most highly rated spots of the year.
    struk the right note
  • Find a synonym: Feminist organizations and the media appeared almost INCOMPREHENSIBLE to us.
    IMPENETRABLE
  • The police spent three months ________ on the murder investigation. The suspect they had in mind was far from being the murderer
    barking up the wrong tree
  • define: Get off on the wrong foot
    make a bad start at something, especially a task or relationship
  • define: backing the wrong horse
    making a wrong or inappropriate choice/choosing an unsuccessful alternative
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