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  • use an idiom:The entrance exam was so hard that many students___ before they even finished it.
    fell by the wayside
  • 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
  • provide the antonym of comprehensive, transparent
    impenetrable
  • define:primitive
    very basic, simple or unsophisticated in terms of comfort, convenience, or efficiency
  • provide an antonym for highbrow
    lowbrow
  • define:be spot on
    completely accurate or correct
  • define: dreary
    depressingly dull and bleak or repetitive/uninteresting
  • define: barking up the wrong tree
    be pursuing a mistaken or misguided line of thought or course of action
  • Find a synonym: Feminist organizations and the media appeared almost INCOMPREHENSIBLE to us.
    IMPENETRABLE
  • define: backing the wrong horse
    making a wrong or inappropriate choice/choosing an unsuccessful alternative
  • Find a synonym: Taylor's latest CD presents the listener with a CATCHY AND FASCINATING mixture of musical styles.
    INTRIGUING
  • Find a synonym: Readers of tabloids are less interested in politics and less likely to tune into INTELLECTUAL conversation
    highbrow
  • 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
  • DON'T ______ You know he cannot win the elections
    BACK the wrong horse
  • define: Get off on the wrong foot
    make a bad start at something, especially a task or relationship
  • 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.
  • USE AN IDIOM:He'll _________ once I show him the sales figures for this quarter. I WAS RIGHT ALL THE TIME
    SWALLOW HIS WORDS
  • 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
  • provide a synonym of captivating
    enchanting
  • Choose the synonym of "elaborate". (highbrow/intricate/impenetrable/whimsical)
    intricate
  • define: strike the right note
    say or do something in a way that that is very suitable for a particular audience or occasion.
  • 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
  • provide a synonym of fascinating
    intriguing
  • 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: He has a wonderful PECULIAR AND UNUSUAL sense of humour.
    WHIMSICAL
  • define: whimsical
    playfully unusual or fanciful, especially in an appealing and amusing/ acting or behaving in a capricious mannerway.
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