Direction: Choose the one among the following alternatives which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase given in quotation marks. He didn’t tell me directly, but “reading between the lines”,…
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Direction: Choose the one among the following alternatives which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase given in quotation marks.
He didn’t tell me directly, but “reading between the lines”, I think he is not happy with them.
- Reading slowly and haltingly
- Understanding the sense rather than the actual words
- Understanding the meaning of words and not the sense
- Reading superficially
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B - Understanding the sense rather than the actual words
'Reading between the lines' means grasping the implied meaning rather than the literal words, as when someone does not say directly that he is unhappy. Taking the words and not the sense is the opposite of the idiom, and it has nothing to do with reading slowly or superficially.
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