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English idiom
The audience held their breath as the magician started to saw a woman half.

Idiom definition
The audience watched anxiously as the magician started to saw a woman half.

Correct answer: (a) watched anxiously

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English idiom
The police officer called out to the driver to hold on until he arrived.

Idiom definition
The police officer called out to the driver to wait until he arrived.

Correct answer: (c) wait

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English idiom
In the end she lost her temper and told her daughter to hold her tongue.

Idiom definition
In the end she lost her temper and told her daughter to be quiet.

Correct answer: (d) be quiet

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English idiom
There's no need to change any of the regulations this year as the old ones will still hold good this year, too.

Idiom definition
There's no need to change any of the regulations this year as the old ones will still be all right this year, too.

Correct answer: (b) be all right

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English idiom
I don't know what it is exactly but she seems to have some kind of hold over him.

Idiom definition
I don't know what it is exactly but she seems to have some kind of control over him.

Correct answer: (a) control over

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English idiom
He holds it against her that she never let him move house and start a new job.

Idiom definition
He blames her that she never let him move house and start a new job.

Correct answer: (d) blames

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I think your best plan is to hold off making a decision until you know if you have passed the examination.

Idiom definition
I think your best plan is to delay making a decision until you know if you have passed the examination.

Correct answer: (a) delay

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English idiom
It was a very difficult race but the jockey held his own right until the end.

Idiom definition
It was a very difficult race but the jockey did as well as the others right until the end.

Correct answer: (b) did as well as the others

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English idiom
Once he starts to talk about his favourite subject, he will hold forth until he is stopped.

Idiom definition
Once he starts to talk about his favourite subject, he will speak endlessly until he is stopped.

Correct answer: (c) speak endlessly

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English idiom
The trouble is that whenever he's with strangers he always holds in his feelings.

Idiom definition
The trouble is that whenever he's with strangers he always restricts his feelings.

Correct answer: (b) restricts

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