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Salim had a nasty experience using social media.

Repugnant means extremely distasteful. Its synonyms include abhorrent, revolting, repulsive, repellent and offensive.

In the novel 'The Life Changer', Bint was encouraged to take French at the primary level because her parents believed that language acquisition at an early age is relatively easy. This is based on the concept that younger children have a higher ability to absorb and learn new languages.

Emphatic stress usually emphasis contrast, thus the right option should contain a word that contrasts with the emphasized word.

The word 'inflexible' means unwilling to change or compromise. Therefore, the nearest meaning to 'inflexible' among the options is 'unyielding'.

A shrewd person is able to understand and judge a situation quickly and to use this understanding to their own advantage. The nearest opposite word is gullible.

The correct phrase to use is 'held up'. 'Held up' is a phrasal verb that means to be delayed or obstructed. So, 'The guest would have arrived earlier but he was held up in traffic' is the correct sentence.

Emulate means to match or surpass, typically by imitation. Its synonyms include imitate, copy, reproduce, mimic, mirror, echo and follow.

The correct preposition to use after 'better' in this context is 'as'. When comparing roles or functions, 'as' is used. For example, 'He works better as a manager than as a clerk.' Therefore, the sentence should read 'He was both a writer and a politician, but he was better as a singer.'

Brother is the correct answer. The sound present here is pronounceable from the 'TH' in 'these' /ð/ (not /d/ as in 'drug' or /\theta/ as in 'thanks').

In this case, 'importance', 'contribute', and 'deposit' all have the stress on the second syllable. However, 'reservoir' has a different stress pattern with the stress on the third syllable, making it the correct answer.

The correct answer is - Did the union congratulate the ousted president? The option without the emphatic word - ELECTED is the correct answer.

He was known as the quiet one.

The correct answer is - Does a good description exclude specific nouns?. The option without the emphatic word - INCLUDES is the correct answer.

The underlined letter(s) in the word 'pleasure' is 's'. The consonant sound of 's' in 'pleasure' is /ʒ/ (as in 'vision'). Among the options, the word 'seizure' has the same consonant sound /ʒ/.