01) Do you like the frog's leg?02br 02br 01i00____02i00 them, I really don't know02br 02br 00a) Never trying02br 02br 00b) Not to have tried02br 02br 00c) Never having tried02br 02br 00d) Never had tried02br 02br 00--> I think a and c are both sensible. But is it possible to pick one out here? Any different ideas?02br 02br 002)If you pay for the movie, I'll 01i00___02i00 for dinner02br 02br 00a) snap02br 02br 00b) sprout02br 02br 00c) spark02br 02br 00d) spring02br 02br 00I'm in the dilema... My dictionary doesn't mention the four words as "paying"02br 02br 003) The teacher told Sue her comments were interesting but not___02br 02br 00a) stimulating02br 02br 00b) synthetic02br 02br 00c) relevant02br 02br 00d) peripheral02br 02br 00I think c and d both make sense, I chose d... But am I wrong?02br 02br 004) The boy didn't fall even though he was ___ on the edge of the cliff02br 02br 00a) peering02br 02br 00b) presiding02br 02br 00c) perceived02br 02br 00d) poised02br 02br 00--> I choose c, what about you?02br 02br 005) And two questions about this sentence:02br 02br 00" 01font00To reject folk tales as historical evidence02font00 because they cannot be dated and situated with precision like other historical documents is to 01b00turn one back's on one of the few points of entry into the previous century.02b02br 02br 00How can to infinitive stand at the beginning of a sentence? And I don't understand what they mean in bold, either. Please help me. Thanks in advance050030srchttp://www.usingenglish.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif
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02br 02br 004) D > 'Poised' = situated. 02br 02br 005) Do you remember Hamlet's soliloquy "To be or not to be, that is the question"? 02br 00 "To turn one's back on something/somebody" is to ignore, or even betray.
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01) C > You are correct.02br 02br 002) D > 'Spring' is a casual term for 'pay'.02br 02br 003) C > 'Stimulating' fits, but the context calls for 'relevant'.02br 02br 004) D > 'Poised' = situated. 'Perceived' = seen.02br 02br 005) Do you remember Hamlet's soliloquy "To be or not to be, that is the questio