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by BlastRoom
Read and choose the foreign phrases that English writing uses every day, from bona fide to quid pro quo.
#english_9_10
25 questions
One question set, multiple game modes. Tap any game to see it in action. Not sure which to pick?
Answer to place stones and capture territory.
Outrun the snow together.
Earn blasts, then hunt the other team.
Answer to earn energy, then climb.
The class blasts through walls together.
Bid on mystery lots. Most money wins.
Sell tours. Nice, standard, or a total scam.
Answer, restock, and serve the rush.
More correct answers pulls the rope your way.
Answer, then shoot down the alien wave.
Answer, then tap to leap the frozen ridge.
"The council gave the contractor carte blanche on the interior fittings." What did the contractor get?
"The mayor said she had nothing against the stadium per se, only against the site chosen for it." What does per se mean there?
"The committee discussed parking ad nauseam before anyone raised the budget." How did the committee discuss parking?
"The audit makes a prima facie case that the supplier missed the deadline." What does that say about the case?
"By the third week of rehearsals the cast had a real esprit de corps." What did the cast have?
"The principal takes a laissez-faire approach to the clubs and steps in only when asked." What kind of approach is that?
"Reviewers called the novel's closing chapter a tour de force." What are the reviewers saying about it?
"Ninth graders tutor seventh graders in math, and vice versa in studio art." What does vice versa signal?
"After a long debate the board voted to keep the status quo and left the bell schedule untouched." What did the board vote for?
A senator agrees to vote for a bill after its sponsor promises to fund a bridge in her district. Which phrase names that trade?
At a formal dinner a guest starts eating before the host has sat down, and the table goes quiet. Which phrase names what the guest just committed?
A buyer's offer on a house arrives with a bank letter proving the money is really there. Which phrase describes that offer?
A wedding invitation needs a line meaning "please reply." Which letters do that job?
Walking into a library she has never entered, a student feels certain she has stood in that exact spot before. Which phrase names that feeling?
Two negotiators step out of the larger meeting and talk alone in a side room for ten minutes. Which phrase names that conversation?
A package left the warehouse Tuesday and is riding a truck somewhere between two cities right now. Which phrase describes where it is?
A diplomat is ordered out of the country and told she is no longer welcome at any official function. Which phrase describes her standing?
The last line of a contract says the quoted price holds only if delivery happens before June. Which phrase names that added condition?
Which sentence uses its phrase incorrectly?
Which sentence uses its phrase incorrectly?
Which sentence uses its phrase incorrectly?
Which sentence uses its phrase incorrectly?
A teacher wants to say "that is" before restating a rule in plainer words. Which of these does that job?
A speaker wants to say "and so on" at the end of a list she does not intend to finish. Which phrase says that?
A friend shrugs and says "that's life" after the trip is canceled. Which phrase says the same thing?
Crack the passcode before the zombies get in.
Answer, then swat bugs for bonus points.
Race through questions at your own speed.
Same question on every screen. Fastest wins.
Pick a tile, answer, hit bonuses and steals.
Phrases and Clauses
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