Craft and StructureHardWord for accepting something unpleasant without complaint
Craft and Structure practice question
The islanders ____ the winter ferry timetable with a shrug: two sailings a week, weather permitting, has been the rule for as long as anyone remembers.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. tolerateCorrect
- B. celebrate
- C. contest
- D. design
Answer: A. tolerate
A shrug at a long-standing hardship: tolerate.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. celebrate
- A shrug is not a celebration.
- C. contest
- Contesting would not be shrugging.
- D. design
- They don't set it.
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