Sentence Completion

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While travelling on the highway my car had a flat tyre; to _________ , it started to rain and I got drenched.

befuddle me

add to my complexities

perplex me further

make matters worse

✅ Correct Option: 4

Clue: A flat tyre, then RAIN piles on. We need an idiom for 'adding to existing misfortune'.

Answer: Option 4 - 'to make matters worse'. Standard idiom for a second misfortune stacking onto the first.

The other options ('befuddle me', 'add to my complexities', 'perplex me further') all signal CONFUSION. But the speaker isn't confused - he's unlucky. The situation is getting worse, not more puzzling.

Tip: When three options share a meaning that doesn't quite fit the sentence, the odd one out is usually the answer.

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