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WAEC SSCE - English Language - 1993 (Objective)

Question 1 Report

After each of the following sentences, a list of possible interpretations of the sentence is given. Choose the interpretation that you consider most appropriate for each sentence.
The students were advised to face their studies and let sleeping dogs lie. This means that the students should
Answer Details
The correct interpretation is: leave matters as they are now. The phrase "let sleeping dogs lie" means to avoid stirring up old issues or problems, and to leave things as they are in order to avoid causing trouble. In this context, the advice to the students is to focus on their studies and not to bring up any issues that could potentially cause problems or distractions.