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Question : 6

With might and main

a) with full risks

b) with full force

c) having full confidence

d) with full blessings

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Answer: (b) 

with full force

With might and main = with all one's power or strength; to the best of one's ability; with as much effort as possible.

Look at the sentence : They shouted with might and main but nobody came to rescue them.

Question : 7

Ruffle somebody’s feather

a) gamble

b) escape responsibility

c) annoy somebody

d) show contempt for

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Answer: (c)

annoy somebody

Ruffle somebody’s feather = to cause someone to be upset.

Look at the sentence : Mohan ruffled a few feathers when he suggested cutting the teacher’s salaries.

Question : 8

Cut short

a) delete

b) praise

c) interrupt

d) slice into small pieces

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Answer: (c)

interrupt

Cut short = to have to stop doing something before it is finished.

Look at the sentence : Their conversation was cut short by the arrival of more guests.

Question : 9

Bad blood

a) war

b) ill feeling

c) threatening attitude

d) in an infected state of being

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Answer: (b) 

ill feeling

Bad blood = feelings of hate between people because of arguments in the past.

Look at the sentence : There has been bad blood between the two families for years.

Question : 10

A laughing stock

a) an object of laughte

b) a storehouse of joke

c) an object of desire

d) a stock of high value

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Answer: (a) 

an object of laughter

A laughing stock = someone or something that seems stupid or silly, especially by trying to be serious or important and not succeeding.

Look at the sentence : Another performance like that and this team will be the laughing stock of the league.

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