LAT English Flashcards

24 sample cards from the English deck

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1. What does the phrasal verb 'call off' mean? Use it in a sentence.

   'Call off' means to cancel. Example: 'The strike was called off after negotiations.'

2. What does the phrasal verb 'put up with' mean?

   'Put up with' means to tolerate or endure something unpleasant. Example: 'She had to put up with the noise.'

3. What is the difference in meaning between 'break down' and 'break up'?

   'Break down' means to stop functioning (a car breaks down) or to lose emotional control; 'break up' means to end a relationship or to disperse/scatter (the meeting broke up).

4. Identify and correct the preposition error: 'He is married with a doctor.'

   Incorrect. The correct form is 'He is married to a doctor.' We marry 'to' someone, not 'with'.

5. Identify and correct the preposition error: 'She is good in mathematics.'

   Incorrect. The correct form is 'She is good at mathematics.' We are good 'at' a skill or subject.

6. Identify and correct the preposition error: 'I am looking forward to meet you.'

   Incorrect. The correct form is 'I am looking forward to meeting you.' 'Looking forward to' is followed by a gerund (verb-ing), not the base verb.

7. Identify and correct the preposition error: 'He died from cancer.' (standard usage)

   Standard usage prefers 'He died of cancer.' We die 'of' a disease; 'die from' is used for injuries or external causes (e.g., 'died from his wounds').

8. What is a synonym? Give a synonym for the word 'abundant'.

   A synonym is a word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word. A synonym for 'abundant' is 'plentiful' (also 'ample', 'copious').

9. Give a synonym for the word 'candid'.

   'Frank' or 'honest' (also 'forthright', 'straightforward').

10. Give a synonym for the legal-context word 'litigation'.

    'Lawsuit' (also 'legal proceedings', 'legal action').

11. What is an antonym? Give the antonym of 'transparent'.

    An antonym is a word opposite in meaning to another word. The antonym of 'transparent' is 'opaque'.

12. Give the antonym of the word 'benevolent'.

    'Malevolent' (also 'cruel', 'unkind').

13. Give the antonym of the word 'concise'.

    'Verbose' or 'wordy' (also 'lengthy', 'rambling').

14. What is a one-word substitution for 'a person who studies and interprets law / one qualified to practise law'?

    A 'jurist' (one learned in law) or 'lawyer/advocate' (one who practises law). For one who is studying law: a 'law student'.

15. What is the one-word substitution for 'a government by the people'?

    A 'democracy'.

16. What is the one-word substitution for 'one who does not believe in the existence of God'?

    An 'atheist'. (One who believes the existence of God is unknowable is an 'agnostic'.)

17. What is the one-word substitution for 'a person who can speak two languages'?

    A 'bilingual' person. (One who speaks many languages is 'polyglot' or 'multilingual'.)

18. What is the one-word substitution for 'an official count of the population'?

    A 'census'.

19. What is the one-word substitution for 'words written on a tomb / in memory of a dead person'?

    An 'epitaph'.

20. What does the idiom 'to let the cat out of the bag' mean?

    To reveal a secret, often accidentally.

21. What does the idiom 'a blessing in disguise' mean?

    Something that seems bad or unfortunate at first but results in something good.

22. What does the idiom 'once in a blue moon' mean?

    Very rarely; something that happens only on rare occasions.

23. What does the idiom 'to beat about the bush' mean?

    To avoid coming to the point; to talk around a subject instead of addressing it directly.

24. What does the legal-flavoured idiom 'to take the law into one's own hands' mean?

    To punish someone or enforce justice yourself, without the legal authority to do so.

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