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What does stroll mean? #1 (permalink) Mon Dec 26, 2005 0:22 am   What does stroll mean?
 

English Language Proficiency Tests, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #103 "Synonyms for walk", question 2

When they were younger, they used to ......... in the park with their kids every weekend.

(a) stagger
(b) stroll
(c) meander
(d) halt

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ESL/EFL Test #103 "Synonyms for walk", answer 2

When they were younger, they used to stroll in the park with their kids every weekend.

Correct answer: (b) stroll
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What does stroll mean? #2 (permalink) Mon Dec 26, 2005 2:16 am   What does stroll mean?
 

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Stroll = walk leisurely and with no apparent aim.
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What does stroll mean? #3 (permalink) Mon Aug 17, 2009 8:18 am   What does stroll mean?
 

What about "to meander"? What's wrong with it? Doesn't it mean to walk about aimlessly?

"Some days, I meander in the park to watch the ducks..."
"You can amble and meander in the park and be almost blissfully unaware of city and signs of development..."
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What does stroll mean? #4 (permalink) Mon Aug 17, 2009 8:24 am   What does stroll mean?
 

Hi RB,

'Meander' as you suggest, is to stroll in no particular direction. The word actually comes from the name of a Greek river that twists and turns as it takes a winding course through the land.

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What does stroll mean? #5 (permalink) Mon Aug 17, 2009 8:41 am   What does stroll mean?
 

Alan wrote:
Hi RB,

'Meander' as you suggest, is to stroll in no particular direction. The word actually comes from the name of a Greek river that twists and turns as it takes a winding course through the land.

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Hi Alan,
I thought it was what "they" were actually doing in the park, when they were younger. :)
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What does stroll mean? #6 (permalink) Mon Aug 17, 2009 9:34 am   What does stroll mean?
 

Hi RB,

That's debatable. I don't think you would use 'meander' in that sense because 'they' are essentially taking their children for a walk. 'Meander' also has this underlying idea of confusion and lack of direction as if the person who meanders is not sure where they are going. In the test sentence the point is that 'they' are not going on a strenuous walk.

Hope that makes sense.

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What does stroll mean? #7 (permalink) Wed May 11, 2011 23:32 pm   What does stroll mean?
 

Question Number 1 and 6 have a problem ….
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What does stroll mean? #8 (permalink) Wed May 11, 2011 23:42 pm   What does stroll mean?
 

And what would that problem be, Samy?
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What does stroll mean? #9 (permalink) Wed May 11, 2011 23:48 pm   What does stroll mean?
 

Hi Samy,

I can't see anything wrong with question 6, but you are right about question 1. When you select the right answer then check the score, the test indicates that you chose a completely different answer.
I also think that there is more than one correct option for question 7 (b and d)

EDIT; Sorry Mister M - I was exploring the questions when you posted your reply!
I don't seem to have access to this test. Do you?
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What does stroll mean? #10 (permalink) Thu May 12, 2011 0:00 am   What does stroll mean?
 

Yes, I was editing 6d from 'wandered' to 'strolled' to prevent 6d as a possible answer. As for #7, do you think 'pacing in the mountains' (7d) is a correct option? Is that a Briticism?

Can't do anything about the glitch in #1, sorry. Slava will have to deal with that one.
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What does stroll mean? #11 (permalink) Thu May 12, 2011 0:48 am   What does stroll mean?
 

Mister Micawber wrote:
As for #7, do you think 'pacing in the mountains' (7d) is a correct option? Is that a Briticism?


Pacing in the mountains? Perhaps the test has more of a glitch than first appears. This is what I see for question 7:

They spent their first day as a married couple ......... about the streets of Venice as tourists.

(a) striding
(b) gadding
(c) tottering
(d) wandering


I think 'gadding' and 'wandering' would both work in that context.
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What does stroll mean? #12 (permalink) Thu May 12, 2011 3:40 am   What does stroll mean?
 

Aha! There are 2 tests with the same name. Someone already changed 'gadding' to 'goading', but 'goad' is not a verb of perambulation, so I have changed it again to:

7. They spent their first day as a married couple ..... about the streets of Venice as tourists.

(a) blundering
(b) slinking
(c) tottering
(d) wandering


I hope we've got it under control now. (I also fixed some spacing and other problems, so we might look at them again after the database update, just to be sure we haven't crossed wires.)
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What does stroll mean? #13 (permalink) Thu May 12, 2011 7:23 am   What does stroll mean?
 

Thanks. I suspect that I just couldn't find it in the database last night.
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