the Big Apple.

[Kati Svaby]

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #282 "English Slang Idioms (4)", question 2

John booked his trip to New York. It had been over nine years since he had been to the Big ..........

(a) Apple
(b) City
(c) Squalor
(d) Circus

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #282 "English Slang Idioms (4)", answer 2

John booked his trip to New York. It had been over nine years since he had been to the Big Apple.

Correct answer: (a) Apple
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Big Apple =/n/ /sing/= New York City /Oxford Dictionary/
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kati Svaby
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