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Siddhartha Ghosh

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Why portray is not the answer?

Question:
DIRECTIONS: For each of the following sentences five alternatives are given. You are required to choose the correct meaning of the idioms/ phrases/ phrasal verbs given in bold and underlined.

Almost all the novels of Charles Dickens draw heavily on his childhood experiences.

Options:
A) make use of
B) portrays 
C) delineates 
D) praises 
E) None of these
Solution:
Ans: (a) make use of

Draw heavily on means to use information or your knowledge of something to help you do something

Eg: His novels draw heavily on his childhood.

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