JAMB - English Language (1979 - No. 36)
Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined words :
After completing half of the journey, all the travellers could do was trudge along
After completing half of the journey, all the travellers could do was trudge along
walk lazily
run briskly
walk and stop intermittently
walk wearily
walk with determination
Explicació
The phrase "trudge along" suggests a slow, laborious, and weary walking, typically due to exhaustion or fatigue. In this sentence, the travellers have completed half of the journey, and the word "trudge" indicates a tired and heavy way of walking. Option D, "walk wearily," closely is closest in meaning to "trudge along." "Walk wearily" means walking with a sense of tiredness or weariness and is close to the idea that the travellers could only proceed with a certain level of fatigue after completing half of the journey.