English language puzzles

JaneFairfax · 2009-02-28 10:10:08

Jai Ganesh · 2009-02-28 18:15:37

Answers to #784, #785, #786, #787, #788, #789, #790, and #791:-
All the answers are correct, JaneFairfax!!!

#793. What does the expression 'dime a dozen' mean?

#794. What does the idiom 'bury the hatchet' mean?

#795. What does the idion 'play to the gallery' mean?

#796. What is a 'bakers dozen'?

#797. What does the idiom 'burn the midnight oil' mean?

#798. What does the expression 'annus mirabilis' mean?

#799. What does the idiom 'chip off the old block' mean?

#800. What does the idiom 'climb on the bandwagon' mean?

#801. What does the verb 'stutter' mean?

#802. What does the verb 'beckon' mean?

Jai Ganesh · 2009-03-02 01:40:05

#803. What does the verb 'expostulate' mean?

#804. What does the adjective 'intransigence' mean?

#805. What does the noun 'ennui' mean?

#806. What does the idiom 'at large' mean?

#807. What does the noun 'effrontery' mean?

Jai Ganesh · 2009-03-02 20:29:58

#808. What does the idiom 'at the drop of a hat' mean?

#809. What does the idiom 'cry wolf' mean?

#810. What does the idiom 'make no bones about' mean?

#811. What does 'dilation' mean?

#812. What does the noun 'subterfuge' mean?

SanJ · 2009-03-03 04:54:48

Answers:
#793. Easy to obtain because it is of little value.

#794. to make peace with someone and stop arguing or fighting.

#795. to perform in a manner that will get the strong approval of a audience or congregation.

#796. 13, one more than a proper dozen (i think)

#797. to stay up very late working or studying.

#798. a fateful year

#799. similarity between father and son in character.

How do you hide the text Ganesh??

SanJ · 2009-03-03 05:31:55

#800. to do something because it is popular and everyone is doing it.

#801. to speak faltering.

#802. summon with a wave, nod, or some other gesture.

#803. to reason earnestly with someone against something that person intends to do or has done.

#804. a person who refuses to agree or compromise.

#805. feeling bored by something tedious

#806. as a whole

#807. audacious behavior that you have no right to

Jai Ganesh · 2009-03-03 19:31:17

SanJ,
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Answers to #793, #794, #795, #796, #797, #798, #799, #800, #801, #802, #803, #804, #805, #806, and #807:-

All the answers other than the answer to

are correct! I don't say answer #798 is totally wrong, but it is often used to denote a wonderful year, or a miraculous year!

Jai Ganesh · 2009-03-03 20:06:23

#813. What does the noun 'potpourri' mean?

#814. What does the adjective 'ribald' mean?

#815. What does the adjective 'contrite' mean?

#816. What is an 'atelier'?

#817. What does the verb 'vouchsafe' mean?

SanJ · 2009-03-04 04:34:59

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JaneFairfax · 2009-03-04 05:26:31

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Jai Ganesh · 2009-03-05 02:17:32

Answers to #777, #808, #809, #810, #811, #812, #813, #814, #815, #816, and #817:-
Answer #777 is correct, JaneFairfax!
Answers #808 to #817 are all correct, SanJ!
However, I feel the answer

would be more appropriate.
Well done, both of you! Your performances have been ...

Jai Ganesh · 2009-03-05 03:07:56

#818. What does the adjective 'taciturn' mean?

#819. What does the noun 'trepidation' mean?

#820. What does the noun 'quicksand' mean?

#821. What does the noun 'vortex' mean?

#822. What does the verb 'catapult' mean?

#823. What does the idiom 'Don't Put All Your Eggs In One Basket' mean?

#824. What does the idiom 'Drive someone up the wall' mean?

#825. What does the noun 'senility' mean?

Jai Ganesh · 2009-03-09 17:25:29

#826. What does the verb 'culminate' mean?

#827. What does the verb 'evict' mean?

#828. What does the adjective 'expedient' mean?

#829. What does the idiom 'against the clock' mean?

#830. What does the idiom 'cut to the chase' mean?

Jai Ganesh · 2009-03-11 00:38:57

#831. What does the verb 'teem' mean?

#832. What does the verb 'pullulate' mean?

#833. What does the noun 'stamping ground' mean? (Also called 'stomping ground')

#834. What does the noun (pl.) 'glitterati' mean?

#835. What does 'aliter' mean?

#836. What does the noun 'juxtaposition' mean?

#837. What does the noun 'haemorrhage' mean?

#838. What does the adjective 'dogmatic' mean?

Jai Ganesh · 2009-03-12 06:01:02

#839. What does the noun 'cacophony' mean?

#840. What does the noun 'solicitude' mean?

#841. What does the noun 'firmament' mean?

Jai Ganesh · 2009-03-14 03:51:51

#842. what does the adjectve/adverb 'ajar' mean?

#843. What does the noun/verb 'sleuth' mean?

#844. What does the adjective 'surreptitious' mean?

#845. What does the noun 'cohort' mean?

JohnnyReinB · 2009-03-14 16:01:50

Hey Ganesh! Long time no see!

Last edited by JohnnyReinB (2009-03-14 16:03:06)

Jai Ganesh · 2009-03-14 20:01:18

Hi JohnnyReinB!
Welcome back! Missed you a lot!

Jai Ganesh · 2009-03-14 20:03:32

Answers to #821, #822, #825, #826, #827, #830, #831, #836, #837, #838, #839, #842, #843, and #845:-
Almost all the answers are correct, JohnnyReinB!
All other than #842 and #845.

#846. What does the noun 'epistemology' mean?

#847. What does the noun 'epidemiology'mean?

#848. What does the idiom 'down to the wire' mean?

#849. What does the idiom 'break a leg' mean?

#850. Who is a 'ritter'?

JohnnyReinB · 2009-03-14 20:11:12

Jai Ganesh · 2009-03-14 20:13:24

Answers to #846, and #849:-
Both correct, JohnnyReinB!

Jai Ganesh · 2009-03-14 21:57:35

#850. What does the idiom 'at one's wit's end' mean?

#851. What does the idiom 'make ends meet' or ' make both ends meet' mean?

#852. What does te noun 'sanctum sanctorum' mean?

Jai Ganesh · 2009-03-15 00:26:22

#853. What does 'faux pas' mean?

#854. What does the phrase 'Quid pro quo 'mean?

#855. What does the expression 'De minimis' mean?

Jai Ganesh · 2009-03-17 05:14:35

#856. What does the adjective 'putrid' mean?

#857. What does the noun 'sphincter'mean?

Jai Ganesh · 2009-03-17 05:22:16

$858. What does the adjective 'staccato' mean?

#859. What does the noun 'delicatessen' mean?

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