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Idioms With Set Run TurnSet 1

1Which phrase means to give the true version of events?

2The word (run dowm) means

3To "run away with" means to ..... A) lend B) stealC) borrow

4Choose the best interpretations for the statement:My father has set his heart on a roast chicken dinner for Christmas. This means that my father .....

5"To refuse a request or an offer / To reduce the amount of sound or heat"

6The ..... of that generation was definitely more obedient than today's.

7'Turn down' means .....

8Turn up can mean .....

9In the sentence: "My car keys turned up after two weeks."to turn up means .....

10What does 'press on (with) something' mean?

11She's so sensitive that even a small comment can set her .....

12To "set your sight" on something means to ..... something.A) aim for B) look forC) ask for

13I invited her to join our trip to Trang An, but she refused my invitation.

14The phrase "turn a blind eye" means to

15After recovering from his illness, Ali ..... and learned to appreciate others.

16Every New Year's Eve, they ..... to celebrate the coming year, lighting up the sky.

17"Just wait until the next Olympics, the inventor thought. With Doug's feet and my paper innersoles, he'll run all of them into the ground."What does the idiom "run all of them into the ground" mean?

18To begin to do

19"Set in one's ways" best matches which definition?

20Everything Washington did set a .....

21To refuse an offer or request

22I can't find my dictionary at the moment. I hope it will ..... up soon.

23Run across

24If you don't run, you will (a) the train.

25One thing happening after another

26What does "run a meeting" mean?

27To start to have a quieter way of life, living in one place =

28To cause an activity or event, often a series of events, to begin or happen

29He promised the teacher he would turn ..... a new leaf and behave himself.

30What does "run out of" mean?

31True or False:The phrase 'ran into' has the same type of meaning in both 'He ran into the house' and 'He ran into his old friend.'

32My teacher has ..... my request to have a new set of books displayed in the library.

33To have a final, often surprising, result.

34Settle on

35What does the idiom "Turn up like a bad penny" mean?

36"We set foot in new house yesterday." Find out the "Idiomatic Expression" in the sentence:

37What does "run in the family" mean?

38Run out of steam

39Run out of

40His familiarity with cat food commercials has led him to reject generic brands of cat food

41To set off

42..... a dream into reality

43What does turn off mean?

44Discourage/ make someone not interested in something

45What does "set a goal" mean?

46Turn up, is:

47In order to provide training for the staff in the department everyone had to do a turn in the hot seat.A. experience responsibility B. experience pleasure C. experience hard work D. experience boredom

48Set in the stone is .....

49What does it mean to "set the world on fire"?

50If you set the wheels in motion for something, you .....

51Which phrase means "incriminate someone" ?

52MY CAR IS OF DIESEL.

53Farmers are angry because of the low prices at which government agencies are buying their products. Let's wait for the dust to ..... before we negotiate with them.

54What does "turn down" mean in the context of volume?

55Let's wait here for her; I'm sure she'll .....

56Let me set the record ..... on all the talk in the media about my business relationship with the key accused in the scandal.

57"settle a score"

58What does the structural criterion for set-expressions show?

59That car must have set Joe ..... quite a bit; it's top of the range.

60A. turn into B. come up C. contribute to D. take in

61Paul's results have been excellent this year. He's really turned over a new ......