Direction.
In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the idiom / phrase and bold italicised in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom / phrase.
gets carried away
starts discussing something irrelevant
loses her temper easily
does not really understand anything
B. starts discussing something irrelevant
To offer some a thing which he cannot appreciate
To bring something good before the eyes of a greedy person
To spend racklessly on a useless fellow
To indulge in fruitless endeavours
To speak abruptly
To accept immediately
To grasp eagerly
To become contemptuous of
To earn more and more
To work constantly
To keep the conversation going
To make the best use of
To have a good height
To be honest in any business deal
Having no debts
To try to be beautiful
like taking the duck to water
like bursting out suddenly
like dropping the duck in the water
like easily and naturally speaking
To speak fluently
To talk nonsense
To talk wisdom
To speak at random
take a firm stand
take a light stand
take a heavy stand
take a shaky stand
he will get an offical reprimand from the authority.
he will be rewarded by the authority.
he will tender his resignation to the authority.
he will be entrusted with an official job.
To be hopeless
To be highly perplexed
To be completely conversant with
To count things
To come to compromise with someone
Constant source of annoyance to someone
To put someone at ease
To desert someone in his difficulties
By the use of force
By the use of trickery
By cheating and deception
By practical experience which is rather rough
Anything which eludes or deceives
To act in a childish way
To act in a foolish way
To have desires unbacked by efforts
To win
To accept a challenge
To accept defeat
To endure something
forming a group
have a good understanding
not on good terms
stop loving
one has a green tatto on the thumb
to have a natural intrest in gardening
one is articstic
ones nails are painted green
To listen eagerly
To give false alarm
To turn pale
To keep off starvation
To be very ancient
To be wise tand learned
To be old but foolish
Not being worth the age
to be very friendly
to have bitter enmity
to be very familiar
to be unknown
To work hard to achieve ones aim
To afford hope or ground for expecting a good result
To busy oneself in a way which cannot lead to any profitable result
To advance ones position in life
To rest for sometime
To give no importance to someone
To remain in a comfortable position
To be kept waiting for sometime
To take him as a model
To steal something valuable
To follow the dictates of someone
To conform to others standard
To hide oneself
To oppose
To avade disgrace
To say plainly
took a firm stand
expressed her displeasure
scolded her badly
got irritated
only rich person
together
selected people
Everybody without distinction
To eulogise
To chatise
To condemn
To rebuke
To show signs to cowardice
To seek peace
To show arrogance
To become polite
To take up agricultural farming
To take a difficult task
To get entangled into unnecessary things
Take interest in technical work
hard days
of mental pressure
happy days
days of preparation
Neat and clean
Outspoken
A ready-made thing
Garrulous
was counter productive
had a strong impact
made on stubborn
had little success