It is high time we canceled our marketing campaign as it hasn’t helped to _____ in sales for months.
VC: T43

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English
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8th Grade
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Easy
Giang Hang
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15 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
beat the drum
change tack
move the needle
tip the scales
Answer explanation
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
I think I will _____, it is unacceptable for a student to hold a racist attitude towards his teacher
pick his moment
get the brain in gear
tick off on his fingers
tell him a thing or two
Answer explanation
TELL sb A THING OR TWO: correct / confront so abt them or their mistaken belief/ incorrect pov
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
After the 7th tim Ally came late to work, the teacher lost her patient and hauled him over...
woods
boiling water
the coals
the fire
Answer explanation
HAUL SB OVER THE COALS: speak angrily about sb
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The green protest is expected to _____ steam after the minister allows the construction of a shopping center in place of the park.
carve up
clock up
take up
pick up
Answer explanation
PICK UP STEAM: become gradually more powerful, active, etc
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
It is hard to understand what led to a prejudicial attitude and _____ hatred of women in a person brought up in a progressive family like him.
innocuous
foul
obnoxious
pathological
Answer explanation
PATHOLOGICAL: not easily upset/ worried by a difficult situation; calm
OBNOXIOUS: very unpleasant or rude
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
With a record of 22000 flying hours, Callaghan proved to be an ... and shrewd pilot for these storms
imperturbable
inimitable
impermeable
unshakeable
Answer explanation
IMPERTURBABLE: not easily upset / worried by a difficult situation; calm
INIMITABLE: very unusual or of very high quality and therefore impossible to copy
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
. In this story, the criminal is depicted as a person with a genius mind and a _____ pleasure in watching others suffer.
perverted
stoic
dexterous
ascetic
Answer explanation
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