What does the tramp mean here?

Agelina · Thu Dec 01, 2005 10:33 am *What does the tramp mean here?*

ESL/EFL Test "Story (1)", question 10

The tramp turned ......... to be a distant relative but hadn't said anything to the old lady because he knew she was completely deaf.

(a) into
(b) out
(c) down
(d) to

ESL/EFL Test "Story (1)", answer 10

The tramp turned out to be a distant relative but hadn't said anything to the old lady because he knew she was completely deaf.

Correct answer: (b) out

Your answer was: n/a
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what's the tramp meaning here?
thanks
Agelina

Alan · Thu Dec 01, 2005 10:36 am *Tramp*

Hi English Learner,

A tramp is usually someone who is very poor and has very old clothes and probably sleeps in the open air.

Alan
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Zarinamo · Fri May 30, 2008 10:35 am *What does the tramp mean here?*

I didn`t understand the usage of phrasal verb "turn out" here. Does it mean tryed??? Could you pls.explain me..

Alan · Fri May 30, 2008 10:47 am *What does the tramp mean here?*

Hi,

'Turn out to be' means to become someone/something that you didn't imagine before. Example: I din't recognise her name because she had since married but when I met her, she turned out to be Mary, the girl I was at school with many years ago.

Alan
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Zarinamo · Sat May 31, 2008 6:26 am *What does the tramp mean here?*

Thanks a lot..

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