Practice NAT English questions with answers and explanations.
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'Meticulous' describes great attention to small details.
A very careful person checks work precisely.
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English conventionally uses the collocation 'make a decision.'
Collocations are word combinations preferred by established usage.
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In this sense, 'transparent' means clear or readily understood.
'Obscure' means unclear or difficult to understand.
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'Shed light on' means clarify or help explain something.
It is a fixed figurative collocation.
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'Alleviate' means to reduce pain, difficulty, or severity.
The policy is expected to lessen the burden.
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The idiom means saying or identifying precisely what is correct.
It describes accuracy in understanding a problem.
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'Inevitable' describes something that cannot be prevented.
'Unavoidable' has the same essential meaning.
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'Call off' means decide that a planned event will not take place.
The event is cancelled.
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'Expand' means to become larger or more extensive.
'Contract' means to become smaller.
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'Thorough knowledge' is a natural collocation meaning complete and detailed understanding.
The other choices do not combine naturally with 'knowledge' here.
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An ambiguous statement can be understood in multiple ways.
It lacks one clear, definite meaning.
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The idiom informally describes feeling unwell.
It is not a literal reference to weather conditions.
