We must try our best to ____________ away all prejudices.
Answer: B
It is cast.
To cast away is to throw off. Caste is the social division, and the two are pronounced alike in most accents.
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I did not have a _________.
Answer: B
It is heart.
The heart is the organ, and figuratively the seat of feeling. A hart is a male deer, and the two are pronounced alike.
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The ________ has a short tail.
Answer: B
It is hare.
A hare is the long-eared animal with a short tail. Hair grows on the head, and the two sound the same.
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The flesh of Kangaroo sells very ____________.
Answer: B
It is dear.
Dear means expensive as well as beloved - selling dear is selling at a high price. A deer is the animal, and the two are pronounced alike.
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He told me the _________ of a fox.
Answer: B
It is tale.
A tale is a story. A tail is what an animal has behind, and the two sound the same.
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The travellers had a terrible journey along the ______ road.
Answer: A
It is tortuous.
Tortuous means full of twists and turns, which is what a mountain road is. Torturous means causing torture - one letter apart, and the pair most often confused in English.
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The children have been playing for ______ hours.
Answer: A
It is two.
Two is the number, which is what a count of hours requires. Too means excessively or also, and cannot follow for in this way.
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What is the ______ of it?
Answer: B
It is price.
The price is what something costs. A prize is what is won, and the two differ by one letter and one sound.
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Please ________ for me.
Answer: A
It is pray.
To pray is to address God. Prey is an animal hunted, or the verb to prey upon; the two are pronounced alike.
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We ______ the orange with a knife.
Answer: A
It is peel.
To peel is to strip off the skin. A peal is the ringing of bells, and the two sound the same.
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