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Yang5s1 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Be on the mend/prowl/make/rise?

Some poeple are questioning how he maneges to live such a lavish lifestyle with the salary he gets. There are rumours that he is on the ________.

A.mend
B.prowl
C.make
D.rise

Is "C" the correct answer?
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None of those answers really seem right to me in that context, but I suppose the test writer intended 'make'. on the prowl : searching stealthily. on the make : seeking to improve one's social or financial position, usually at the expense of others or of principle.

— Mister Micawber

  • None of those answers really seem right to me in that context, but I suppose the test writer intended 'make'.
  • on the prowl : searching stealthily.
  • on the make : seeking to improve one's social or financial position, usually at the expense of others or of principle.
  • on the mend : recovering from an illness.
  • improving in general, as a state of affairs on the rise : Fig.
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None of those answers really seem right to me in that context, but I suppose the test writer intended 'make'.

on the prowl:
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