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Instructions: Choose the correct answer.



1
The term "beg" came from someone back-forming             .

begging
beg your pardon
beggar
begged

2
To spill the beans means...

to reveal or tell a secret.
to tell or reveal a secrete.
to be hiding looking.
to be hiding something.

3
If he is driving you up the wall, you could say...

"He's driving me crazy."
"He's selling me short."
"He's abandoning me."
"He's underestimating me."

4
In America, you order a jug of juice.

true
false

5
In U.K. English - Traffic lights are sometimes found at an\a           .

intersection
crossroads

6
Which idiom means to under estimate someone?

sell someone short
spill the beans
drive them up the wall
sell someone down the river

7
Where do you drive on a motorway?

United Kingdom
America

8
Which mishearing lead to the term kitty-corner?

catty-corner
catercorner
kittycat
kitty-angle

9
If you sell someone down the river, you are...

revealing a secret to them.
annoying them.
abandoning them.
underestimating them.

10
What is the origin of "messuage"?

a misrendering of massage
a misrendering of menages
a misrendering of massauge
a misrendering of menage





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