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Multiple choice softskills communication

write away for something

  1. they are disorganized and chaotic

  2. to send for something from a distant place

  3. arguing or competing ruthlessly

  4. shout as loudly as you possibly can
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

'Write away for something' means to send a request by mail to a distant place to obtain something, such as information, catalogs, or products. Option B correctly captures this meaning of sending for something from a distant place. Options A, C, and D describe different concepts (disorganization, ruthless competition, shouting) unrelated to the idiom.

Multiple choice softskills communication

whole nine yards

  1. very less amount

  2. the entire amount

  3. promise publicly to attempt

  4. have a grievance
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

'The whole nine yards' means the entire amount, everything possible, or going all the way. Option B correctly captures this meaning of the entire amount or everything. Options A, C, and D refer to different concepts (small amount, promising, having a grievance) that contradict the idiom's meaning.

Multiple choice softskills communication

will never fly

  1. something will not succeed

  2. don't get worried by anything

  3. Similar to ahead of the pack

  4. it is the very best or finest
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

'Will never fly' is an idiom meaning something will not succeed, work, or be accepted. This could refer to ideas, proposals, or plans. Option A correctly captures this meaning of something not succeeding. Options B, C, and D describe different concepts (not worrying, being ahead, being the best) unrelated to the idiom.

Multiple choice softskills communication

Hand in glove

  1. hang someone out to dry

  2. they are much better

  3. extremely close relationship

  4. difficult to find
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The idiom 'hand in glove' describes a perfect, harmonious relationship between two things or people - like how a hand fits precisely into a glove. Option A means to abandon someone, B is incorrect, and D is unrelated to the idiom's meaning.

Multiple choice softskills communication

Peanut gallery

  1. order of importance or rank

  2. you pay a very high price for it

  3. meets the required standard

  4. An audience that interrupts, boos or heckles a performer, speaker
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The 'peanut gallery' originally referred to the cheapest (often rowdy) seats in a theater, and now metaphorically means critics who interrupt or heckle from the sidelines. Options A, B, and C are unrelated to this historical idiomatic expression.

Multiple choice softskills communication

Rat race

  1. ruthless, competitive struggle for success

  2. red-carpet treatment

  3. something special happens

  4. something is reduced
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The 'rat race' refers to the fierce, exhausting competition for success, wealth, or status in modern urban life - like rats racing frantically in a maze. Options B, C, and D are unrelated idioms or meanings.

Multiple choice softskills communication

Nervous Nellie

  1. people get down to the nitty

  2. new lease of life

  3. excessively worried or apprehensive

  4. like the thorns on the stem
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

A 'Nervous Nellie' is someone who is excessively worried or apprehensive, often to the point of irrational fearfulness. Options A and B are unrelated phrases, and D is not the correct meaning.

Multiple choice softskills communication

senile

  1. Pertaining to old age

  2. severe

  3. sober

  4. to provide
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Senile means relating to the physical and mental deterioration associated with old age, particularly cognitive decline. Options B, C, and D are unrelated meanings.

Multiple choice softskills communication

prospect

  1. a possibility

  2. a doctrine

  3. very old

  4. tiresome
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

A prospect is a possibility or likelihood of something happening in the future - an anticipation or potential for development. Options B, C, and D are incorrect meanings.

Multiple choice softskills communication

oblivion

  1. omnipresent

  2. a place filled with peace

  3. supernatural

  4. act of forgetting
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Oblivion refers to the state of being forgotten or unknown, often implying complete erasure from memory or consciousness. Options A, B, and C are incorrect - omnipresent means everywhere, and supernatural means beyond natural laws.