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For each of the following sentences four alternatives are given. You are required to choose the correct meaning of the idiom or phrase given or underlined in the sentence. To talk through one's hat

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For each of the following sentences four alternatives are given. You are required to choose the correct meaning of the idiom or phrase given or underlined in the sentence. To talk through one's hat

A).  To speak fluently

B).  To talk nonsense

C).  To talk wisdom

D).  To speak at random

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For each of the following sentences four alternatives are given. You are required to choose the correct meaning of the idiom or phrase given or underlined in the sentence. A close shave

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For each of the following sentences four alternatives are given. You are required to choose the correct meaning of the idiom or phrase given or underlined in the sentence. A close shave

A).  A lucky escape

B).  A clean shave

C).  A well guarded secret

D).  A narrow escape

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For each of the following sentences four alternatives are given. You are required to choose the correct meaning of the idiom or phrase given or underlined in the sentence. To turn over a new leaf

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For each of the following sentences four alternatives are given. You are required to choose the correct meaning of the idiom or phrase given or underlined in the sentence. To turn over a new leaf

A).  To change completely one's course of action

B).  To shift attention to new problems after having studied the old ones thoroughly

C).  To cover up one's fault by wearing new marks

D).  To change the old habits and adopt new ones

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For each of the following sentences four alternatives are given. You are required to choose the correct meaning of the idiom or phrase given or underlined in the sentence. I cannot conceive of a time when I was without a refrigerator

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For each of the following sentences four alternatives are given. You are required to choose the correct meaning of the idiom or phrase given or underlined in the sentence. I cannot conceive of a time when I was without a refrigerator

A).  Imagine

B).  Give birth

C).  Understand

D).  Depend

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For each of the following sentences four alternatives are given. You are required to choose the correct meaning of the idiom or phrase given or underlined in the sentence. The old beggar ran amuck and began to throw stones at the passerby.

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For each of the following sentences four alternatives are given. You are required to choose the correct meaning of the idiom or phrase given or underlined in the sentence. The old beggar ran amuck and began to throw stones at the passerby.

A).  became desperate

B).  ran about wildly

C).  become annoyed

D).  felt disgusted