1His activities are always ............... suspicion.
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The idiom "above suspicion" means that nobody is likely to suspect someone of doing something wrong.
2How are you going to account ............... your absence at the meeting?
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The phrasal verb "account for" means to explain the reason "for" something.
3The job interview was very easy, and I am sure that I ............... it.
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The verb "aced" means did very well in a test, interview, or similar situation.
4The no-confidence motion was an ............... test for the Prime Minister.
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The idiom "acid test" means a decisive test that proves the true value or quality of something.
5She ............... a taste for ballet during her trip to Spain.
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The phrase "acquired" a taste for something means that someone gradually started to like it.
6Wages have increased ............... the board.
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The idiom "across" the board means affecting everyone or everything in a group.
7Her friend often teases her for not ............... her age.
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The idiom "acting" your age means behaving with the maturity expected of your age.
8That child has started acting ............... again.
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The phrasal verb "acting up" means behaving badly or causing trouble.
9The things that she said about your boyfriend do not ............... to anything.
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The phrasal verb "add up to" means amount to or result in, so "do not add up to anything" means they amount to nothing important.
10Dad advised me ............... buying a new car.
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The phrase "advised" someone "against" something means recommended that they should not do it.
11He is afraid of his own ...............
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The idiom "afraid of his own shadow" means that he is very easily frightened.
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- His activities are always above suspicion.
- How are you going to account for your absence at the meeting?
- The job interview was very easy, and I am sure that I aced it.
- The no-confidence motion was an acid test for the Prime Minister.
- She acquired a taste for ballet during her trip to Spain.
- Wages have increased across the board.
- Her friend often teases her for not acting her age.
- That child has started acting up again.
- The things that she said about your boyfriend do not add up to anything.
- Dad advised me against buying a new car.
- He is afraid of his own shadow