I did my dead level best

[Kati Svaby]

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #330 "English Slang Idioms (51)", question 9

"I know I'm late turning in my project. This is the first time I've used that computer program, but I did my dead level ......... to get it to you on time," Jay said.

(a) deal
(b) best
(c) effort
(d) crunch

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #330 "English Slang Idioms (51)", answer 9

"I know I'm late turning in my project. This is the first time I've used that computer program, but I did my dead level best to get it to you on time," Jay said.

Correct answer: (b) best
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This is the first time I've used that computer program, but my dead level best to get it to you on time.=
If you try your hard level best as hard as you possibly could to do something.
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We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage.

[Kati Svaby]

What does dead level bestmean?

It's very complicated, at any rate for me, but I give what I found in brief:

1. When something is dead level he made something with high precision.../Yahoo/
2.Very best effort..../Yahoo/
3.I just uploaded new recordings with dead level best.../Facebook/

By chance it helps who has not idea about it. / as me./
Kati Svaby
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We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage.