Question 50: Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. Question 16. Students are restrained from eating bananas prior to an exam for ________ of failing ‘like sliding on a banana skin’.
Knowledge of fixed phrases
For fear of st/ doing st: for fear of, for fear of
=> Students abstain from eating bananas before the exam for fear of failing like a banana peel.
Other structures to note:
Slide on a banana skin/peel: slide a banana peel => embarrass yourself
prior to sth: before something
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