Month: June 2015

Exercise 204 #Synonym

Given below are five sentences, with each sentence having a word highlighted. Your task is to find the meaning of that word amongst the four options given.

Exercise 204

  1. The dramatic decade straddles many worlds.
    1. An object that fits into the top of a bottle to close it.
    2. A small decorative object in house
    3. To exist within, or include, different periods of time, activities or group of people.
    4. The place where something important comes from
  2. The books covers three epochal events that shaped the political landscape and discourse of the country.
    1. A very large see monster.
    2. A period of time in history, especially one during which important events or changes happen.
    3. To criticize somebody or something very strongly
    4. Not socially acceptable, but often still attractive despite this.
  3. Winter gripped the capital, wrapping it in a sheet of mist.
    1. Hold somebody or something tightly
    2. To interest or excite somebody
    3. Never end or improve
    4. A person’s intelligence
  4. The daily routine of my work life carries on unabated.
    1. Used as a friendly way of addressing sb.
    2. Connected with the earliest origins of life
    3. Without becoming less strong
    4. To give a long cry
  5. I still remember the sting of my school master’s cane.
    1. The darkest part of a shadow
    2. No longer having an effect or influence.
    3. Born dead
    4. Any sharp pain in your body or mind

ANSWERS
1-c
2-b
3-a
4-c
5-d

IELTSBAND7

Are You Loaded For Bear ?

You need not to simply prepare for IELTS, you need to be answer,”are you loaded for bear”. What do I mean? Read more and find the answers.

A beam in your eye
Sentence-: before questioning someone, be sure you don’t have a beam in your eye.
Meaning-: a fault that is greater in yourself than in the person you are finding fault with.
Off beam
Sentence-: it really takes a strong support system to bring you back when you are off beam.
Meaning-: on the wrong track
Loaded for bear
Sentence-: you must be loaded for bear before you give your IELTS exam.
Meaning-: fully prepared for any eventuality, typically a confrontation or challenge
Beard the lion in his den
Sentence-: it is easy to win with a cat, what makes the difference is whether you beard the lion in his den.
Meaning-: confront or challenge someone on their own ground
Like a bear with a sore head
Sentence-: my brother is like a bear with a sore head
Meaning-: very irritable.
Curiosity Killed The Cat
Sentence-: It is good to be patient because sometimes even curiosity can kill the cat.
Meaning-: being too inquisitive led to an unpleasant situation
Cut Corners
Sentence-: I want you to save some money for darker times but I don’t want you to cut corners.
Meaning-: to do something badly in order to save money
Devil’s Advocate
Sentence-: The way he speaks and argues, it looks like he is devil’s advocate.
Meaning-: to counter someone’s argument
Don’t put all your eggs in one basket
Sentence-: It is good to take risks but it is stupid to put all the eggs in one basket.
Meaning-: Don’t put all your resources in one possibility
Drastic times call for drastic measures
Sentence-: If you want to get a band 9 in IELTS remember, drastic times call for drastic actions.
Meaning-: if you are extremely desperate to achieve something you need to put in drastic actions

So go on, be loaded for bear and then beard the lion in his den.

Why Learn Idioms?
IELTSBAND7

The Nearest Word #Vocabulary

Vocabulary plays a very important role in IELTS. Considering this questions to find

The Nearest Word

are given.
QUESTION:
For each of the following sentences, choose the option that is closest in meaning to the word bold

  1. There were people during 1930s who were staunch nationalists.

    1. Strong and loyal in your opinions or attitude
    2. A force of attraction that causes people to move towards each other.
    3. Relating to or connected with money
    4. The study and measurement of time
  2. The national flag is unfurled by the president on 15 august every year.

    1. To take things out of something.
    2. Not seen or noticed
    3. To open something that is tightly curled or rolled.
    4. A person or thing that puts seeds in the ground
  3. He seems to compensate for the forefathers who disdained the poor.

    1. To form a wrong opinion about someone or a situation
    2. The feeling that somebody or something is not good enough for your respect
    3. Intended to help people remember and respect important person or event in the past
    4. Impressive to look at
  4. The police came to confiscate all our possessions.

    1. To officially take from something from somebody, especially as a punishment.
    2. A thing that causes disease
    3. Not very polite or educated or fashionable
    4. Making you unable to think carefully
  5. The inspector was astounded.

    1. To surprise or shock somebody.
    2. A number by which other number is divided
    3. A short horse with strong legs
    4. To be a perfect example of something.

ANSWERS
1-a
2-c
3-b
4-a
5-a

IELTSBAND7
323,GMS Road, Above Axis Bank,
Near Ballupur Chowk,Dehradun.
Call Now-: 08439000086, 08439000087

Full Of Beans

Life is meant live in full of beans. Go on read more and find out what I mean by “full of beans”.

Your guess is as good as mine
Sentence-: If you really know the answer tell me, otherwise your guess is as good as mine.
Meaning-: To have no idea about a particular thing
Whole Nine Yards
Sentence-:I don’t want a piece of it from here and there; I want the whole nine yards.
Meaning-: all of it
Hear something straight from the horse mouth
Sentence-: You may either make guesses here and there or hear to something straight from the horse mouth.
Meaning-: To hear something from authoritative person.
Taste Of Your Own Medicine
Sentence-: It is easy to command but the real you is discovered only when you have tasted your own medicine.
Meaning-: something happens with you that you were doing with someone else
Take a grain of salt
Sentence-: There will be many who will advice you; it is your choice whether to follow it or take a grain of salt.
Meaning-: to not take something seriously
On your beam ends
Sentence-: you need to make sure that when you are on your beam ends, you have ways to work it out.
Meaning-: near the end of your resources
Full of beans
Sentence-: Archit is always full of beans.
Meaning-: lively; in high spirits
Give someone beans
Sentence-: The teacher gave archie some beans when he came late for three days in a row.
Meaning-: Scold or deal severely with a person
A hill of beans
Sentence-: what others think of you must be a hill of beans for you.
Meaning-: something of little importance or value
Beat a hasty retreat
Sentence-: he beat the hasty retreat when Avinash offered him alcohol.
Meaning-: withdraw, typically in order to avoid something unpleasant

Why Idioms?
IELTSBAND7

1 2 3 4 5 … 7