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9. ____________means to say something in a joking way, to tease, fluster, or to deceive somebody temporarily.
A. “To pull one’s leg”
B. “To keep a straight face”
C. “To make a cat laugh”
D. “To ride one’s high horse”
10. The allusion
____________can be used to refer to a person who submits to indignities and
sufferings without any thought or act of rebelling.
A. “a Cinderella”
B. “a Sherlock Holmes”
C. “an Uncle Tom”
D. “an Oliver Twist”
11. “That’s a budding theory” illustrates the metaphor that
______.
A. “Ideas are people”
B. “Ideas are products”
C. “Ideas are plants”
D. “Ideas are resources”
12. “Blue” may connote ____________.
A. jealousy and envy
B. negative qualities
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