Meanings (ES + gloss)
cuestionario • examen • prueba • test
A competition in the answering of questions.
Once all six friends are clear that the topic of Janet's story is a pub quiz, we launch into talk around this topic, combining factual information about quizzes we have participate…
We came second in the pub quiz.
prueba • pruebita • quiz
A school examination of less importance, or of greater brevity, than others given in the same course.
For many it is hard to envision a scenario where a student completes an online quiz (or test) without using their smartphone, tablet, or other device to look up the answers, or ‘sh…
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Meanings (ES + gloss)
engañar
To hoax; to chaff or mock with pretended seriousness of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure questions.
'Now, Puddock, back him up—encourage your man,' said Devereux, who took a perverse pleasure in joking; 'tell him to flay the lump, splat him, divide him, and cut him in two pieces—…
he quizzed unmercifully all the men in the room—
examinar • interrogar • probar • testear
To question (someone) closely, to interrogate.
He quizzed the suspect for around half an hour.
This week members return to the chamber to quiz the government on the Zimbabwe election, teacher shortages, backlog of asylum applications and improving the system for dementia dia…
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