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