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WAEC SSCE - English Language - 1989 (Objective)

Question 1 Report

After each of the following sentences, a list of possible interpretations of all or part of the sentence is given. Choose the interpretation you consider appropriate for each sentence .
Chika escaped the accident by a hair's breadth
Answer Details
The appropriate interpretation for the sentence "Chika escaped the accident by a hair's breadth" is that Chika narrowly escaped the accident. The phrase "by a hair's breadth" is an idiom that means a very close call or a narrow escape.