Real friends, genuinely wanting the best for the organisation, ___________ different garbs.
Answer: A
Correct answer: come in
Come in different garbs means to appear in different guises - friends are not always recognisable as such.
Clad in, dressed in and clothed in are all past participles needing are before them, so none can stand as the finite verb the sentence lacks.
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The car we were travelling in _________ a mile from home.
Answer: B
Correct answer: broke down
A vehicle that stops working breaks down.
Break off is to stop speaking or to sever, break into is to enter by force, and break up is to end a relationship or a gathering.
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What are you _________ in the kitchen cupboard?
Answer: D
Correct answer: looking for
Look for means to search for, which is what one does in a cupboard.
Look in means to pay a short visit, look on is to watch without taking part, and look to is to rely on.
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I did not see the point of _________ waiting for them, so I went home.
Answer: A
Correct answer: hanging around
Hang around means to wait idly, which is what the speaker saw no point in.
Hang on means to wait a moment or to hold tight, hang up is to end a telephone call, and hang together is to be consistent.
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He lost confidence and _________ of the deal at the last minute.
Answer: A
Correct answer: backed out
Back out means to withdraw from an agreement, which is what losing confidence at the last minute leads to.
Back down is to abandon a claim in an argument, and backed on and backed onto describe a building's aspect.
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The prisoner showed no _________ for his crimes.
Answer: C
Correct answer: remorse
Remorse is regret for one's own wrongdoing, and it is what a prisoner would be expected to show.
Hatred, anger and obstinacy are all feelings a prisoner might have, but none of them is regret, which is what for his crimes calls for.
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