SSCCGL english language and comprehension

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SSCCGLENEL12017856

In the following question, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

Cold comfort

  • absurdity

  • deception

  • slight satisfaction

  • foolish proposal

Solution

C.

slight satisfaction

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SSCCGLENEL12017857

In the following question, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

To be all at sea

  • a family voyage

  • lost and confused

  • in the middle of the ocean

  • a string of islands

Solution

B.

lost and confused

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SSCCGLENEL12017858

In the following question, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

A bolt from the blue

  • a delayed event

  • an inexplicable event

  • an unexpected event

  • an unpleasant event

Solution

C.

an unexpected event

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SSCCGLENEL12017859

In the following question, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

To bite the dust

  • eat voraciously

  • have nothing to eat

  • eat roots

  • None of these

Solution

D.

None of these

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SSCCGLENEL12017860

In the following question, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

To take to one's heel

  • to talk slowly

  • to run away

  • to march forward

  • to hop and jump

Solution

B.

to run away