Which of the following words should come at the place marked as (A) in the above paragraph to make it grammatically correct and meaningful? Also, the word should fill in the two sentences given below to make them contextually correct and meaningful. (i) She stood out of his way, barely abl

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Which of the following words should come at the place marked as (A) in the above paragraph to make it grammatically correct and meaningful? Also, the word should fill in the two sentences given below to make them contextually correct and meaningful. (i) She stood out of his way, barely able to care for a child and at a loss as to what to do with a boy on the __________ of becoming a teenager. (ii) He found the country on the __________ of revolution; but the wisdom of the new monarch saved the situation and won back the Magyars.

Accepted Answer

verge. “On the verge of” is the correct idiomatic expression meaning very close to happening. It fits both sentences naturally: a boy on the verge of becoming a teenager, and a country on the verge of revolution.

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