English Language Skills: Vocabulary and Spelling

The phrase 'come to see' is an idiomatic expression that means to visit someone or to go somewhere to meet someone. For example, 'She came to see her grandmother' means she visited her. 'Visit' is the most appropriate replacement word.

The idiom 'come to blows' means to start fighting physically, usually after an argument escalates. For example, 'The argument got so heated that they came to blows.' 'Fight' is the most appropriate single-word replacement.

The phrase 'come to stand still' means to cease movement or action. Among the options, only 'stop' directly conveys this meaning of halting motion. 'Visit', 'fight', and 'recoup' describe active actions, while 'true' is an adjective describing accuracy.

To 'compensate what is lost' means to recover or make up for a loss. 'Recoup' specifically means to regain or recover something that was lost, often money or resources. 'Visit' and 'fight' are unrelated actions, while 'stop' and 'true' don't convey recovery.

Something 'consistent with reality' aligns with facts or actual existence. 'True' directly means in accordance with fact or reality, making it the perfect match. The other options are verbs ('visit', 'fight', 'stop', 'recoup') that don't describe alignment with reality.

To nag means to complain continuously or annoy someone with persistent fault-finding. Epidemic means widespread disease, annihilation means total destruction, repress means to suppress, and survive means to live through. Nag is the only word that means to complain continuously.

Annihilation means complete destruction or total ruin. Epidemic is a widespread disease, repress means to hold back, survive means to continue living, and nag means to complain. Annihilation (from Latin 'annihilare' meaning to reduce to nothing) is the only option meaning complete destruction.

An epidemic is a contagious disease that spreads rapidly through a population. Annihilation means destruction, repress means to suppress, survive means to live, and nag means to complain. Epidemic (from Greek 'epi' + 'demos' meaning upon people) specifically refers to widespread contagious disease.

The phrase 'continue to live' means to remain alive or to stay in existence. Among the options, 'survive' is the only word that directly matches this meaning. 'Epidemic' refers to a widespread disease, 'annihilation' means complete destruction, 'repress' means to suppress, and 'nag' means to annoy repeatedly - none of which relate to continuing to live.

The expression 'control desire' means to hold back or restrain strong wants or urges. 'Repress' means to hold back or suppress something, which fits perfectly. 'Epidemic' is about disease spread, 'annihilation' is total destruction, 'survive' means to continue living, and 'nag' means to annoy - none relate to controlling desire.