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A little; a small amount of something. I want just a little sugar in my tea.

Broke down means to fail to function; cease to be useful, effective Since the opposing parties could not come to an agreement, the peace talks broke down

'' confidence in'' is used for indicating ones trust in a person, a group of persons, or a procedure. Children often have implicit confidence in their parents.

When you see "would have" in a sentence it means that the action didn't actually happen, because something else didn't happen first. The speaker didn't stay at home (first action) because she didn't hear the news (second action)

“In bed” means that you are not just on your bed but also very much ready to sleep. It implies that you are under under the sheets. "On the bed" means "on the surface" of the bed. The person or object is not under any covering. With "on," there is always an article, or a possessive, or other determiner. "On" never appears alone with "bed."

If you shake off something that you do not want such as an illness or a bad habit, you manage to recover from it or get rid of it. To succeed in any business, one must be prepared to shake off one's lazy habits.

No one in his right senses will swallow live coals.

''was" is used for things that could have happened in the past or now and correctly fills the gap One of the clever pupils was able to solve the problem.

Question tags turn a statement into a question. They are often used for checking information that we think we know is true. Usually if the main clause is positive, the question tag is negative, and if the main clause is negative, the question tag is positive. He has stopped being foolish, (Positive) hasn't he?(negative)

Mine; is used to refer to a thing or things belonging to or associated with the speaker. I maintain that the property in question is mine.

Neither means that, not the one nor the other of two people or things; not either. Although Sylvester and John promised to be here, neither has turned up.

In this sentence, the word "where" is used to indicate a location or place. It is commonly used to refer to a place where something or someone is located or resides. In this context, "where" is the most appropriate word to complete the sentence because it specifies the location of the house where the person lives.

"It's high time (that) we left " means, we are still in the room, but in our mind's eye, we see ourselves in the past, as having already left, and that's why "left" is used. "left" refers to the past, which is where the thoughts are: We should have left before now; We shouldn't have stayed until now.

Since you have lost your birth certificate, you have to go for an affidavit. ''For'' correctly fills in the gap. To go for something means getting that thing

We often use question tags when we expect the listener to agree with our statement. In this case, when the statement is negative, we use a positive question tag. Hence it would read; The musicians have not arrived from Sierra Leone,(negative) have they? (positive)