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What is the meaning of the idiom "break a leg"?

to feel a strong pain in one of your legs 20% (11 votes)

to fall off of something 11% (6 votes)

to cry about something depressing 5% (3 votes)

to teach about human anatomy 2% (1 vote)

to say good luck 63% (35 votes)

The answer to the poll is:
to say good luck

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What does the word "shatter" mean?

to be very cold - 2% (1 vote)
to break at once into small pieces 76% (37 votes)
a very high pitched sound 6% (3 votes)
something that covers a window to provide protection from the sun 12% (6 votes)
to drive with one flat tire 4% (2 votes)

The correct answer is:
to break at once into small pieces

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Choose the Correct Sentence:

I have gone to the class but I can't now because it's too late. 16% (10 votes)

I would have been gone to the class but I can't now because it's too late. 13% (8 votes)

I would have gone to the class but I couldn't now because it's too late. 19% (12 votes)

I would have gone to the class but I can't now because it's too late. 52% (33 votes)

The correct answer is:
I would have gone to the class but I can't now because it's too late.

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Which is the most common and correct way to write a date in English?

May 5 2003 - 13% (9 votes)
5 May, 2003 - 9% (6 votes)
May 5, 2003 - 63% (42 votes)
5, May 2003 - 6% (4 votes)
May, 5 2003 - 9% (6 votes)

The correct answer is:
May 5, 2003

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Complete the sentence with the correct verbs:
Yesterday, the robber _________ the bank and ________ over five-thousand dollars.

enters, stealed - 3% (4 votes)
entered, steal - 9% (11 votes)
had entered, stole - 39% (46 votes)
entered, stealed 31% (37 votes)
has entered, stole 18% (21 votes)

The correct answer is:
had entered, stole

Note: steal is an irregular verb and therefore the past tense is stole and not stealed.

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Find the word that goes in the sentence: Melanie is missing and my mom thinks she has been _______________ by aliens.

sold - 5% (3 votes)
resuscitated - 11% (6 votes)
abandoned - 9% (5 votes)
escorted - 9% (5 votes)
abducted - 67% (38 votes)

The correct answer is:
abducted

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Which word is a synonym for "happy"

dismayed - 5% (5 votes)
merry - 61% (59 votes)
wretched - 4% (4 votes)
bummed - 7% (7 votes)
joyless - 22% (21 votes)

The correct answer is:
merry

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How Many Letters are in the English Alphabet?

22 - 11% (7 votes)
24 - 19% (12 votes)
25 - 3% (2 votes)
26 - 56% (35 votes)
28 - 10% (6 votes)

The correct answer is:
26 letters

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Choose the phrasal verb which means:
“many bad things happening at once”:

Right as rain 12% (7 votes)
Raining cats and dogs 17% (10 votes)
Rain on your parade 12% (7 votes)
When it rains, it pours 55% (33 votes)
Come rain or shine 5% (3 votes)

The correct answer is:
When it rains, it pours

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The results of the poll are:

The tree has been blowed swiftly in the wind for ten days. (21% - 5 votes)

The tree has blowing swiftly in the wind for ten days. (4% - 1 vote)

The tree have blown swiftly in the wind for ten days. (4% - 1 vote)

The tree have been blowed swiftly in the wind for ten days. (8% - 2 votes)

The tree has blown swiftly in the wind for ten days. (63% - 15 votes)

The correct answer is:
The tree has blown swiftly in the wind for ten days.

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