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The very title of Evelyn Waugh’s Sword of Honour trilogy suggests a robust and (i) _________tale, and the bare outline seems to fit, as the protagonist Guy Crouchback serves as a commando, trains as a paratrooper, and is dispatched to Yugoslavia to aid the partisans. In fact, however, Crouchback is an extraordinarily (ii) _________ man, ill-at-ease with his younger and more (iii) _________ fellow officers, and almost never motivated by appetite or impulse.
| Blank (i) | Blank (ii) | Blank (iii) |
| (A) pell-mell | (D) effete | (G) vigorous |
| (B) red-blooded | (E) venerable | (H) puerile |
| (C) avant-garde | (F) literary | (I) timorous |
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18 Oct 2018, 16:56
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Please explain. I chose red-blooded, venerable, and timorous.
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Broke piece by piece the sentence will make you more clear.
The very title of Evelyn Waugh’s Sword of Honour trilogy suggests a robust and (i) _________tale,
Here, the trilogy whatever it is the trilogy the sentence talks about is robust AND you need a word that fits in the same line from the first three choices avant-gard is suddenly out: it has no sense. Avant gard is a movement of art or else on the frontline. pell-mell means disorganized (a thing) so is not in the same fashion. B is the right fit in the first blank
and the bare outline seems to fit, as the protagonist Guy Crouchback serves as a commando, trains as a paratrooper, and is dispatched to Yugoslavia to aid the partisans.
here, we do have a description of the main character of the tale. So, positive.
In fact, however, Crouchback is an extraordinarily (ii) _________ man, ill-at-ease with his younger and more (iii) _________ fellow officers, and almost never motivated by appetite or impulse.
Notice here the contrast word however that suggest is coming to a shift in the sentence in a negative sense or in the opposite sense. Now, Crouchback is ill-at-ease which means is inexperienced so the best word following this is effete or worn. Then, we do have a contrast between him and the fellow officers that is more motivated or vigorous. Instead, he is never motivated.
Hope now is more clear to you.
Regards
The very title of Evelyn Waugh’s Sword of Honour trilogy suggests a robust and (i) _________tale,
Here, the trilogy whatever it is the trilogy the sentence talks about is robust AND you need a word that fits in the same line from the first three choices avant-gard is suddenly out: it has no sense. Avant gard is a movement of art or else on the frontline. pell-mell means disorganized (a thing) so is not in the same fashion. B is the right fit in the first blank
and the bare outline seems to fit, as the protagonist Guy Crouchback serves as a commando, trains as a paratrooper, and is dispatched to Yugoslavia to aid the partisans.
here, we do have a description of the main character of the tale. So, positive.
In fact, however, Crouchback is an extraordinarily (ii) _________ man, ill-at-ease with his younger and more (iii) _________ fellow officers, and almost never motivated by appetite or impulse.
Notice here the contrast word however that suggest is coming to a shift in the sentence in a negative sense or in the opposite sense. Now, Crouchback is ill-at-ease which means is inexperienced so the best word following this is effete or worn. Then, we do have a contrast between him and the fellow officers that is more motivated or vigorous. Instead, he is never motivated.
Hope now is more clear to you.
Regards
