Expressions

1. The kinglet would ___________ the account of his income and expenditure at the end of every year. When he noticed new items of expenditure, he would ___________the cost of each item.   (reckon up, gave up, look over)
Ans – look over, reckon up

2. The council suggested that the only way ___________ the criminal was to dismiss the guard. The guard was dismissed but the criminal did not run away. So one of the ministers decided to tell him ___________ to do so. (straight out, to look over, to get rid of)
Ans – to get rid of, straight out

3. The criminal was asked to run away. But the criminal said that people would _____ on him if he did so. He also said that he had _____of working. (got out of the way, turn their backs, be hanged)
Ans – turn their backs, got out of the way

4. The women of Adwani resisted the felling of trees. Besides, they decided to teach forestry to the forest officials. They _______ lighted lanterns although it was _______ .(broad day light, held up, put behind)
 Ans – held up, broad day light

5. Three priests were sitting on Gonzalo‘s usual bench in the park and talking. Gonzalo said that they were _________ time. He could not tolerate their sitting on his bench and ____________ . (resign himself, idling away, take liberty)
Ans – idling away, resign himself

6. Gonzalo and Laura were annoyed with each other in the beginning. Gonzalo told Laura that she could not ______________ and comment on his actions. However, the pinch of snuff he offered to her tried to ______________ between them. (know by heart, take liberty, make peace)
Ans –

7. The quarrel between Tammanna and Basavaiah rose to such a pitch that it started to _______ all their supporters. When Basavaiah forcibly acquired Tammanna‘s land, Tammanna was advised by his supporters to _______ to the police. (take recourse, push in, suck in)
Ans – suck in, take recourse

8. Tammanna _______ everything and went to a far off place. Basavaiah was left with no reason to live. After some time Basavaiah _______ . (gave up, chance upon, passed away)
Ans – gave up, passed away

9. The narrator says he conceived the story ‘The Gardener‘ _______ . The old man he met in a coconut grove had come to the garden seeking work. The owner needed a man exactly like him and asked the old man to _______ . (in a flash, stay on, vanish into thin air)
Ans – in a flash, stay on

10. Borges says that it would be wonderful to write a history of book. He will ______ . However he says that an eighty-three-year-old man cannot ____________ of this kind for himself. (set a project, keep it in mind, take for granted)
Ans – keep it in mind, set a project

11. In Brazil, the number of motor vehicles is growing by ____________ , almost as if cars were distributed free of charge to ___________. (all and sundry, turn a deaf ear, leaps and bounds)
Ans – leaps and bounds, all and sundry

12. In Brazil, the drivers are, in fact, on the _____ for the pedestrians. As soon as a driver notices a pedestrian step off the pavement, he regards him as ____ . (fair game, to get into, look out) 
Ans – look out, fair game
13. The deer looked into Mikes‘s eyes and bowed deeply. It was no ____. He thought that
if they see people bowing all the time, they _____ the habit too. (get into, come up, chance gesture)
Ans – chance gesture, get into,
14. Marcus knew that he would win but didn‘t want _________ a single vote. So he asked his campaign boys to go one at a time and put in their ballot papers. At this time Roof was weighed down by guilt but pretended ___________ . (to be in high spirits, to throw away, pass by)
Ans – to throw away, to be in high spirits

15. Roof was ___________ as he had sworn on iyi that he would vote for Maduka. However, on the day of election he wanted to hide it. Therefore he did not ___________ his calm and confidence. (give up, face lit up, in a fix)
Ans – in a fix, give up
16. In the heart of rural Pudukottai, young woman _____the roads on their bicycles. Jameela Bibi, who has ____ cycling told the reporter that it was her right. (taken to, give up, zip along)
Ans – zip along, taken to

17. Sheela Rani Chunkath included mobility _____ the literacy drive. People made dirty remarks but the neo-cyclists _______ to these remarks. (turned a deaf ear, to come off, as a part of)
Ans – as a part of, turned a deaf ear
18. A lot of women were unable to wait for ladies‘ cycles. Therefore they had to _____men‘s cycles. They knew that bicycles would ____time wasted in waiting for buses.(cut down on, put up with, go in for)
Ans – go in for, cut down on

19.  (paid no attention, taken to, zip along, hit out)

In the heart of Pudukkottai, young women ________the roads on their bicycles. Jameela bibi , who has_______cycling, told me, “I know people made dirty remarks when I started cycling but I________."

(zip along, taken to, paid no attention)

20.  (serves him right, put on, while away time)

Every Sunday, don gonzalo would--------the hunting dress and go to one of his estates taking his gun and his dog to---------in hunting.
(put on, while away time)


21. (puts on, hands out, took to it)

Juanito______ the book to Don Gonzalo. ______the glasses and takes out a magnifying glass to read the book. 
(hands out, puts on)

22. (hard put to, hit upon the idea, in a fix)
Roof was______when he was in the voting booth. He was turn between loyalty to Marcus and the fear of Iyi. Then he______of tearing the ballot paper into two and put each half into the two boxes.
( in a fix, hit upon the idea)

23.  (shied away, try their luck, well-versed)

Tammanna  was_____in agriculture. So, it was not necessary for the owner to toil hard in the farm and he____from hard work.
(well-versed, sheid away)