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Match the sentence in Column ‘A’ with the meanings of ‘hope’ in Column B :
A | B | ||
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1. | Will you get the subjects you want to study in college? I hope so |
(i) | a feeling that some good will probably happen. |
2. | ‘I hope you don’t mind my saying this, but I don’t like your argument.’ |
(ii) | thinking that this world happens (it may or may not have happened). |
3. | This discovery will give new hope to HIV/AIDS sufferers. | (iii) | stopped believing that this good thing would happen. |
4. | We were hoping against hope that the judges would not notice our mistakes. |
(iv) | wanting something to happen (and thinking it quite possible). |
5. | I called early in the hope of speaking to her before she went to school. |
(v) | showing concern that what you say should not offend or disturb the other person: away of being polite. |
6. | Just when everybody had given up hope, the fisherman came back, seven days after the cyclone. |
(vi) | wishing for something to happen, although this is very unlikely. |
1. (iv)
2. (v)
3. (i)
4. (vi)
5. (ii)
6. (iii)
A | B | ||
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1. | Will you get the subjects you want to study in college? I hope so |
(iv) | wanting something to happen (and thinking it quite possible). |
2. | ‘I hope you don’t mind my saying this, but I don’t like your argument.’ |
(v) | showing concern that what you say should not offend or disturb the other person: away of being polite. |
3. | This discovery will give new hope to HIV/AIDS sufferers. |
(i) | a feeling that some good will probably happen. |
4. | We were hoping against hope that the judges would not notice our mistakes. |
(vi) | wishing for something to happen, although this is very unlikely. |
5. | I called early in the hope of speaking to her before she went to school. |
(ii) | thinking that this world happens (it may or may not have happened). |
6. | Just when everybody had given up hope, the fisherman came back, seven days after the cyclone. |
(iii) | stopped believing that this good thing would happen. |