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Lost her head #1 (permalink) Mon Jan 10, 2005 5:12 am   Lost her head
 

Test No. incompl/inter-61 "Losing It (1)", question 5

She panicked when she skidded on the ice, lost her ......... and crashed into the tree.

(a) control
(b) brain
(c) head
(d) skull

Test No. incompl/inter-61 "Losing It (1)", answer 5

She panicked when she skidded on the ice, lost her head and crashed into the tree.

Correct answer: (c) head
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Lost her head #2 (permalink) Mon Jan 10, 2005 10:44 am   Lost her head
 

This means panicked and couldn't think properly,
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Lost her head #3 (permalink) Sun Dec 18, 2005 7:40 am   Lost her head
 

hi,

Why not use 'lost her control'? Is it supposed to b some accepted phrase??

thanx
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Lost her head #4 (permalink) Sun Dec 18, 2005 9:30 am   Lost her head
 

Sangeetha wrote:
hi,

Why not use 'lost her control'? Is it supposed to b some accepted phrase??

thanx
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Hi,

There are two expressions: lose your head and lose control . There is no possessive adjective with the second one.

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