Question

Choose the correct meaning of the given phrase:
“To keep one’s temper”

a)To become angry
b)To be in a good mood
c)To preserve one’s energy
d)To be aloof from
e)None of these

Answer 1

Hint: The word ‘temper’ is ‘a person’s state of mind seen in terms of their being angry or calm’.

Complete step-by-step answer:

The phrase “To keep one’s temper” means ‘to refrain from becoming angered, enraged, or upset due to some provocation’, or ‘to maintain one’s composure despite being upset or angry.’

Option a “To become angry” is the opposite of the given phrase and hence, it is incorrect.
Option b “To be in a good mood” is not the exact meaning of the given phrase. “To lose one’s temper” This phrase means to refrain from being angered, it does not mean to be in a good mood. Thus, option b is incorrect too.

Option c “To preserve one’s energy” means to not do things that involve loss of energy like talking too much, or being involved in unnecessary chaos, and this is not the same as “To keep one’s temper”.

Option d “To aloof from” someone or something means ‘being remote or distant from someone or something’. This is not what “to keep one’s temper means”.

Therefore, the answer is e “None of the above”.


Note: Option c “To be in a good mood” is not the same as the given phrase. To not be angry does not equal being in a good mood definitely.