Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the nearest in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentences:

A lorry larger than an elephant was stuck on the bridge.

  • A as large as an elephant
  • B carring an elephant
  • C that looked like an elephant
  • D with elephantiasis
  • E of enormous proportions
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The correct answer is E. of enormous proportions

The phrase "larger than an elephant" means that the lorry is bigger in size than an elephant.

The option that has the nearest meaning to this phrase is "of enormous proportions."

This means that the lorry is of a very large size or scale.

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