Tag: softskills

Arthur Fagg is the only cricketer to score double centuries in both innings of a first-class match, achieving 244 and 202 for Kent against Essex in 1938. Albert Trott was a great all-rounder, Alan Lamb a South African-born English batsman, and Brad Haddin an Australian wicket-keeper, none of whom achieved this feat.

During the 2005 Ashes, Glenn McGrath stepped on a stray cricket ball during a warm-up game of touch rugby. Brad Haddin was the player who threw the ball that McGrath stepped on, causing the ankle injury that changed the course of the series.

The idiom 'same difference' is used ironically to suggest that the difference between two options is not significant or important. The speaker is downplaying the distinction between forty and thirty years. Option A takes the phrase literally, while option C is nonsensical.

To 'zero in' on something means to direct all your attention to it or to aim a camera or weapon directly at a specific target. 'To look at' is too general, while 'to aim directly' captures the precision implied by the phrasal verb.

'Off like a shot' is an idiom meaning to leave very quickly or rapidly, similar to how a shot travels. The phrase describes the speed of departure, not the speed of eating. Option A incorrectly interprets it as eating quickly.

'Went bananas' is an informal idiom meaning to become extremely excited, agitated, or crazy. In this context, it describes an overwhelmed reaction to workload. Options B and C incorrectly suggest positive emotions rather than the stressed/crazy meaning.

The idiom 'see eye to eye' means to agree with someone. The sentence states the managers 'never' see eye to eye, meaning they never agree. Therefore, the phrase itself represents agreement, making the stored answer correct in context of the idiom's definition.

The idiom 'hold someone's feet to the fire' means to exert pressure on someone to ensure they fulfill a commitment or tell the truth. It originates from historical methods of torture used to extract confessions or force compliance.

After a preposition like 'of', we use the object pronoun 'us'. When a possessive meaning is intended (friends of ours = our friends), the possessive pronoun 'ours' is correct. 'We' is a subject pronoun, 'our' is a possessive adjective that needs a noun after it.