English Language · Idioms and Phrases
Select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the bracketed idiom: He didn't tell me directly, but [reading between the lines], I think he is not happy with them.
- 1Reading superficially
- 2Understanding the meaning of words and not the sense
- 3Understanding the sense rather than the actual words✓
- 4Reading slowly and haltingly
Correct answer
Understanding the sense rather than the actual words
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