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Idioms Related To Communication SpeechSet 34

1Go round in circles
2TO HAVE NO IDEA, DO NOT KNOW THE ANSWER TO A QUESTION
3The nervousness felt by a speaker or performer in front of others.
4What does it mean if someone is "harping" on you?
5If someone says "Take it with a grain of salt," what do they mean?
6What does 'getting along' mean in a social context?
7And Korra and her boyfriend, Mako, have been .....
8Choose the correct definition for "on condition that":
9Stop [ ..... ] when I'm talking, Hailey!
10He's very busy
11Can you speak up?Means .....
12According to the text, which of the following values best explains why Americans are often seen as assertive in their communication?
13You have a real gift of the ....., have you considered career in politics?
14The pupils listened attentively to their headmistress during the assembly.
15Consists of praising a person immoderately, against one's own conviction, for an ulterior motive.
16"Well, that won't do you no good if Curley wants to plug himself up for a fighter." (pg. 29)
17An economic protest in which colonists refuse to buy British products
18What does it mean when someone "plays devils advocate"?
19The ..... is that we need to increase sales by 15% to meet our annual target.
20Fill in the blank with the most appropriate euphemistic phrase: She didn't ..... when she told him what she thought of his proposal.
21Which idiom means 'to do something without preparation or plans, to improvise'?
22What does "hang up" mean?
23Choose the correct idiom for the following meaning."Chat for a considerable length of time"
24"To shop about" means .....
25What does "fight your corner" mean?
26He spoke ..... during the seminar.
27A: I'm going to study in NY for two years.B: Oh, I'll sure miss you. .....
28It means to get more followers on social media.
29A device to reduce the shock or pain of bad news is called a(n) .....
30MELANIE ASKED HER WORK TEAM TO ..... OF THE GROUP PROJECT WHILE SHE WAS TRAVELING.
31The leader put down his agitated party workers with a high hand. 'With a high hand' means-
32The unexpected meeting seemed to happen purely (a).
33The prospective buyer called without an appointment on ..... that he would catch them in.
34Journalists who attempted to find corruption or wrongdoing in industries and expose it to the public.
35Which of the following means "Refusing to follow the laws in a peaceful way."
36Complete the joke with a suitable idiom below:One woman I know hasn't spoken to her husband for ten years-she can't .....
37CORRECT MEANING:A day is too short, "after i retire is too long. There's got to be a middle way.
38Pretending to have capability or intention one doesn't. Bluffing is an act of deception that is not usually seen as immoral because it takes place in the context of a game where this kind of deception is consented to in advance by the players.
39What is the meaning of the following idiom? "go in one ear and out the other"
40"a cock and bull story"
41There are three important points we must .....
42(Redefreiheit)
43We heard that the couple broke up after a blazing .....
44Today we call that type of accusation .....
45Keep abreast means ..... a. If you keep abreast of things, you stay uninformed about developments.b. If you keep abreast of things, you stay informed about developments.c. If you keep abreast of things, you stay informed about things.d. If you keep abreast of things, you stay informed about life
46What phrase means, 'I understand'?
47You can say "in a nutshell" if you want to:
48Beggars can't be choosers.
49The skill "how to break the ice" is involved in .....
50"The camera loves me" means .....
51"Bite your tongue" means .....
52We have serious economical problems, to put it ..... way, we're broke.
53This expression is used when the person you have just been talking about arrives.
54The idiom "has a heavy foot" means
55You can't stay ..... any longer-you need to choose which of the two candidates we should hire.
56"Check your phone" means to pay for your phone.
57Choose the best option to complete the sentence: My uncle pulled a few ..... and got me a job in the company where he works.
58Tom decided to break the ice at the party. What did Tom do?
59A gathering of people for political purposes.
60Fill in the blank with the correct idiom: When Mrs. Black is tired, she just ..... and never really makes a clear point.
61The news .....