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.
was counter productive
had a strong impact
made on stubborn
had little success
D. had little success
Music as sweet as a song of birds
A melodious song in praise of someone
Praise of a woman by her lover
Last work of a poet or musician before death
like taking the duck to water
like bursting out suddenly
like dropping the duck in the water
like easily and naturally speaking
To refer to
To take for granted
To raise objections
To be discussed
To be cautious
To be accurate and precise
To be careful of ones accounts
To be careful of ones personality
knelt
surrendered
kept standing
refused to yield
To come to compromise with someone
Constant source of annoyance to someone
To put someone at ease
To desert someone in his difficulties
To sidetrack the issue
To quarrel over trifles
To indulge in over-refined arguments
To find faults with other
To put people in utter surprise
To captivate them unexpectedly
To exploit peoples agitation
To bring out something sensational attracting peoples attention
put up a colourful mast
refused to climb down
took over the ship
decided to abandon the ship
at enmity
to be puzzled
at friendship
real cause
To gain prominence
To praise oneself
To confess without of reserve
To destroy before it blooms
To ride with furious speed
To adopt flase means to succeed
To work hard for a small accomplishment
To earn money by all means
A task difficult to perform
A bid problem
A royal summon
A big demand
To take up agricultural farming
To take a difficult task
To get entangled into unnecessary things
Take interest in technical work
A man of no substance
A very active person
A worthy fellow
An unreasonable person
To punish a person severly for his arrogance
To grapple courageously with difficulty that lies in our way
To handle it by fierce attack
To bypass the legal process and take action according to ones own whims
more than seventy years old
less than seventy years old
seventy years old
eighty years old
To see signs of plague epidemic
To get bad small of a bad dead rat
To suspect foul dealings
To be in a bad mood
waited for a response to
claimed credit for
disassociated themselves from
seemed eager to continue
honest and straightforward
a dishonest person
boasting person
a man with arrogance
To trap wanted criminal with great difficulty
To catch a dangerous person
To meet with disaster
To deal with a person who is more than one's match
To have a good height
To be honest in any business deal
Having no debts
To try to be beautiful
caused destruciton
caused disease
caused hardship
caused floods
To drink little
To drink alone
To be a drunkard
To drink in the company of others
To find one's roots
To return to place of rest
Back to original position
To emphasise
To defeat
To oppose
To create chaos
To change the sorry scheme
To win
To accept a challenge
To accept defeat
To endure something
in a difficult situation
in a closed room
in a small field
in a meadow
To exert hidden influence
To tease someone
To speed up
To start something
To comment
To criticise
To keeep on talking
To keep on insulting