Question

In the following sentence , a part of the sentence is underline. Beneath each sentence, four different ways of paraphrasing the underlined part are indicated. Choose the best alternative among the four options.
The management can still hire freely but cannot scold freely .

• A. cannot scold at will
• B. cannot umbrage
• C. cannot take decision to scold
• D. cannot scold wilfully

Answer 1

The correct option is A cannot scold at will

In the given sentence, cannot scold freely implies that the management cannot scold their employees without a strong reason or at their will. Although they can take decision to scold ('c' is incorrect), umbrage means to offence which stands wrong as per the context ('b' is incorrect), wifully does not fits in the sentence.

Correct option is 'a'.