TOEFL Questions

Read through the following ten sentences and choose the correct meaning for each key word:

1 - Excuse me, may I enquire what time your restaurant closes tonight?

2 - I'm happy to let you know that even though the top was loose it stayed on.

3 - They had to restrain the young boy from climbing into the washing machine. He could have been badly hurt.

4 - Why does the conversation always revert back to Chinese food. I hate it!

5 - If you have a grievance about having to work while we're travelling, please tell me.

6 - A fight ensued after the men argued over payments of a debt.

7 - She was in agony after her visit to the dentist. She couldn't eat for days.

8 - Chubby cheeks look cute on babies.

9 - Racing drivers will always accelerate as much as possible in the final lap.

10 - We always collaborate with them to make sure our products are a hit.

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• 1 - Enquire (verb):
  
  to show a feeling
  to ask for information
  to finish
  to interrupt what someone is doing
  
  
• 2 - Loose (adjective):
  
  something that is not big.
  too pleased or satisfied about something you have achieved
  not firmly fixed in place
  a person or team that does not win a game or competition
  
  
• 3 - Restrain (verb):
  
  to stop or control the actions of someone
  to make something smaller in size
  to start something again
  to do something although there is a chance of a bad result
  
  
• 4 - Revert (verb):
  
  to go back, to return
  to taste something you don't want to
  to close somthing quickly
  to think about something carefully
  
  
• 5 - Grievance (noun):
  
  a very strong wish to continually get more of something, especially food or money
  a quality of moving in a smooth, relaxed and attractive way
  a place in the ground where a dead person is buried
  a complaint or a strong feeling that you have been treated badly
  
  
• 6 - Ensue (verb):
  
  to pay a company to protect yourself against risk
  to behave according to the usual standards of behaviour
  to take legal action against a person or organization
  to happen after something else, especially as a result of it
  
  
• 7 - Agony (noun):
  
  loss of honour and respect
  the feeling you have when you need to eat
  strong physical or mental pain or suffering
  a state of extreme happiness
  
  
• 8 - Chubby (adjective):
  
  thin and delicate, often in a way that is attractive
  extremely fat
  thick, strong, solid or strongly made
  fat in a pleasant and attractive way
  
  
• 9 - Accelerate (verb):
  
  to not be on time
  to finish something successfully or to achieve something
  to move faster
  to discover; to make certain
  
  
• 10 - Collaborate (verb):
  
  to keep happening
  to talk about something
  to hit something
  to work with someone else for a special purpose