. Can you close one of the windows, please? I'll catch a cold sitting in this …all da

[ali7772016]

[FONT=&quot].[/FONT][FONT=&quot] [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Can you close one of the windows, please? I'll catch a cold sitting[/FONT][FONT=&quot] [/FONT][FONT=&quot]in this ……….all day
[/FONT][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot]a. flood b. [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot]breeze [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot]c. wind [/FONT][FONT=&quot] d. draught[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot]
Is breeze ok?
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[GoesStation]

No, that's not the word the test-writer is looking for.

 

[ali7772016]

The answer written is draught......right. I thought it (drought).

 

[GoesStation]

Unwelcome cold air blowing through a window is often described as a draft (in AmE). Breeze means light wind, too, but in a favorable way. For example, If you sit near the window, you can feel the breeze.

 

[Rover_KE]

Check out 'The Draughty Room' by Dora Jarre.

 

[GoesStation]

Also note that draught and draft are pronounced the same. Drought is not; it rhymes with out. Its gh is silent.

 

[emsr2d2]

In addition to the pronunciation difference, "drought" has a completely different meaning from "draught/draft".