Wednesday, September 1, 2010

EngQuizzitive-24 (vocab) : Answers

This week's vocab quiz was based on french words or phrases used in English language.

Hope you enjoyed solving the same.

 
Answers :
  1. The cafe is a favourite rendezvous for artists.The meaning of rendezvous is :a prearranged meeting place
  2. We gave the contractor carte blanche to modernize the kitchen.The meaning of carte blanche is : unconditional authority
  3. Her family is all doing well with the eldest two girls having worked this year as au pair girls in Germany.The meaning of au pair is: both 2 and 3
  4. Her book presents an interesting mélange of ideas.Melange means:both 1 and 3
  5. Old-timers watched the stock-market crash with a distinct sense of déjà vu.The meaning of the french word deja vu is a feeling that one has been in a place or had a specific experience before

8 comments:

  1. isn't the answer of the 5th question option 2?

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  2. Dear ma'am,
    I think there is something wrong with the 5th answer. Shouldn't it be option 2.

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  3. Bonjour!
    If we can have more of french words.:)
    Regarding
    Deja vu: why not the 2nd option?.
    I though Deja vu is the experience of thinking that a situation had occurred before.

    Melange: can also be hodgepodge?

    Regards,
    Jay

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  4. Hello Maam,

    Please explain the 5th Q. as there is no such option as 1 & 3 and I guess the answer is the 2nd option-'a feeling that one has been in a place or had a specific experience before'....!

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  5. Hello mam....answer for last question does not have both 1 & 3 as option...i think the right answer is 2nd option...can you please confirm

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  6. Hello people,

    My apologies for juxtaposing the two options.The answer for the 4th is 1 and 3 but for the 5th one is 2nd.

    It just proves a fact we after all human and can err.

    Thanks alot.

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