The _________ is cast, the answer is clear.
Answer: A
It is die.
The die is cast - Caesar's words at the Rubicon - refers to the die of a pair of dice, thrown and no longer to be recalled. To dye is to colour, and the two are pronounced identically.
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Grandfather was a _________ and healthy man.
Answer: B
It is hale.
Hale means sound in health, surviving chiefly in hale and hearty. Hail is frozen rain or a greeting, and the two sound the same.
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Something which is sacred is also __________.
Answer: A
It is holy.
Holy means sacred. Wholly means entirely, and the two are near-homophones distinguished only by the vowel.
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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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The miners were digging for iron__________.
Answer: B
It is ore.
Ore is rock from which metal is extracted. An oar is used to row, and the two are pronounced identically.
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The flowers give off a beautiful ________.
Answer: A
It is scent.
A scent is a smell. A cent is a coin and sent the past tense of send; all three are pronounced alike.
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An unmoving object is said to be ______.
Answer: A
It is stationary.
Stationary with an a means not moving. Stationery with an e is writing materials - remember that envelopes and stationery both have an e.
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Please ___________ for me outside the cinema.
Answer: A
It is wait.
To wait is to stay until someone comes. Weight is heaviness, and the two are pronounced identically.
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Dale bought a new ___________ to cut his lawn.
Answer: A
It is mower.
A mower cuts grass. More means a greater quantity, and the two merely resemble each other in spelling.
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She was unhealthy and looked very ___________.
Answer: B
It is pale.
Pale means having little colour, which is how illness leaves a face. A pail is a bucket, and the two sound the same.
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