_______________ lands have no market.
Answer: B
It is barren.
Barren land produces nothing, so it has no market value. A baron is a nobleman, and the two words are pronounced alike.
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The Titanic set ______ from Southampton on her maiden voyage.
Answer: B
It is sail.
To set sail is to begin a voyage. A sale is a selling, and the two sound the same.
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Things are not as they _________.
Answer: B
It is seem.
To seem is to appear to be. A seam is a line of stitching, and the two are pronounced identically.
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A delicious fruit is the French _______________.
Answer: A
It is pear.
A pear is the fruit - the French variety being a well-known one. A pair is two of a kind, and the two sound the same.
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After he had been ill for several days, his face was ______.
Answer: B
It is pale.
Pale means having lost colour, which illness does to a face. A pail is a bucket, and the two sound the same.
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A tiger in its ___ is more dangerous than three tigers in the open.
Answer: A
It is lair.
A lair is a wild animal's den. A layer is a thickness of something spread out; the two are near-homophones rather than exact ones.
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Have you ever eaten chow ______ noodles?
Answer: C
It is mein.
Chow mein is the fried-noodle dish, from the Cantonese for fried noodles. A mane is the hair on a horse's neck, and main means chief.
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A favourite orange is the ______.
Answer: B
It is navel.
A navel orange has a small secondary fruit at its end that looks like a navel. Naval means of the navy, and the two are pronounced identically.
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There is a ________________ in my eye.
Answer: B
It is mote.
A mote is a speck of dust - the mote in thy brother's eye. A moat is a ditch round a castle, and the two are pronounced identically.
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Every month there is a used clothes ___ at Toji Temple in Kyoto.
Answer: B
It is sale.
A sale is an occasion for selling. A sail belongs to a boat, and the two are pronounced identically.
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