I've tried to use a swear word here!

[Sweary]

English Idioms and Expressions, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #40 "American Slang Words (14)", question 1

The teenagers next door make a lot racket when their parents are out of town.

(a) play a lot of tennis
(b) eat a lot of food
(c) make a lot of noise

English Idioms and Expressions, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #40 "American Slang Words (14)", answer 1

The teenagers next door make a lot of noise when their parents are out of town.

Correct answer: (c) make a lot of noise
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I've tried to use a swear word but it doesn't work here.

Sweary

[Lost_Soul]

Hi,
Don't spit profanities. Swearing is bad !

Incidentally, I reckon you might have made a slip-of-the-pen:
shouldn't it be make a lot of racket

[Yankee]

[Lost_Soul]

Hi, Amy

I have to keep a "low" profile because the software of this forum does not allow me to have large signatures in my profile :)
(it is a pun, I guess.)

[Yankee]

Hi Alex

I suspected that might be the reason (or at least one of them). :lol:

Hats off to you. The ability to successfully play with words this way is often not easy for a non-native speaker.
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[Lost_Soul]