| Word | till |
|---|---|
| QType | F |
| Sentence | In the first half of 1959, the suffering was so great that the central government permitted remedial measures, like allowing peasant families to ________ small private plots of land for themselves part time. |
| Source | The Guardian |
| Source URL | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/nov/29/burma-riot-police-mine-protest |
| Source Title | Burma: riot police move in to break up copper mine protest |
| Choices | rivet | divine | till | polish |
| Correct Answer | till |
| Definition | In this question, till is a verb that means to work land as by ploughing to make it ready for cultivation. |
| Blurb | The noun till means the same as "cash register." When you work at the store long enough, they'll let you operate the till. When you pay taxes to your town, they go into the local till, or government fund, for community improvements. Till is also used as a verb, meaning to work the land, to get it ready for planting and harvesting. Till can also be used to mean "until," which makes things a bit confusing. So, technically, you could have a sentence like: Don't touch the till till you take the customer's money. |
| Level | 1 |
| Frequency | 0.047619048 |
| Page Frequency | once / 21 pages |
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