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8

The council seems to have

in for a lot of criticism lately.

9

Please

on with what you were saying.

be up to,

boil down to, cash in on,

do away with,

fall back on,

fall behind with, go back on, get away with,

keep on at, look

back on,

look forward to, run out of

1

Now we have got a computer, we can

the old

filing system.

2

He‘s lost his job and he is

with his mortgage

repayments.

3

He‘s trying to avoid paying tax, but he won‘t

it.

4

In her autobiography, she

her life in India.

5

We‘ve booked a holiday in Spain, and we‘re

it very

much.

6

I‘ve

sugar; I must go and get some more.

7

What on earth have you

? You‘re as white as a sheet.

8

He promised to do it, but now he wants to

his word.

9

It the new scheme fails, we can always

the old one.

Exercise 16. a) Supply the missing preposition in the

following phrases

1

He accelerated rapidly in order to catch up

the car in front.

2 The firm always checks up _

everyone's background before they

will offer him or her a job.

3 Children will always get up _

mischief if you don't watch them.

4

I know it is noisy here, but we'll just have to put up _

it.

5 I know that I behaved badly, but I promise I'll make up __

it from

now on.

6

I decided to drop in __

Simon on my way home.

7

She is ill: she has gone down __

influenza ('flu).

8

I'm afraid I've run out __

bread.

9 He has been so absorbed in his hobbies that he has fallen behind

his

work.

10 I never liked that old chair, so I've done away ___

it.

A

B

1

come up with

a a climax

2

fall behind with

b a good idea

3 go back on

c an interesting life

4

cash in on

d your word

5

keep up with

e a popular trend/a fashion

6

build up with

f the truth/your responsibilities

7

face up with

g the news/what is happening

8

stand up for

h your reputation/your name

9

look back on

i what you believe in/your rights

10 live up to

j the rent/the Hire Purchase

payments

1.

Don‘t let the fire ____.

Every Friday , they _

for a meal together._

2.

I would like to

before 5 o‘clock possible.

Rob a bank? You will never

get with it!

3.

A few years ago, we

_____ on people with regional accents.

He went outside and

_____ looked down the road to see if the

postman was there.

7.

Don‘t forget to ______ all the lights before you go.

I was really _____ by her unkind remarks.

8.

We had to ______

a side street to avoid the traffic jam.

The council ______

our proposal for a public enquiry.

9.

I‘ve always wanted to ______ the stage.

Your story interests me. Do ______ with it.

10.

It was the second time he had ______ the subject.

After his wife died, he ______ the children on his own.

1 How much does the bill

_?

4. When will the first issue of the new magazine

?

5

Miniskirts are silly. I was surprised that they

.

6

We were stuck until Joy

with a good idea.

8 I

some old love letters when I was clearing out

the desk.

9 If you

your orders exactly, everything will be all right.

10

I can‘t

sums in my head. I need a calculator.

11

What time do you usually

in the morning?

12

She has_

very well: she is now manager of the

13

The mail has been

by the rail strike.

14

She boarded the bus at Charing Cross, and

at Oxford

Circus, (two possibilities)

15 Some teachers know their subject, but have difficulty in ___

it

to their students.

16

Let's go for a walk to

an appetite for lunch.

17

_tightly! If you let go, you might fall.

18 Close your eyes and

your hand, and see what I have got for

you.

1. The Union

_negotiations when the management

refused to increase their offer.

2. I don't want to give up smoking completely,

but I am trying to

_.____ _____

3. She

and cried when she heard the sad news.

4. It is very rude to

when people are talking.

5. Business has

a lot lately: turnover is down 15 per

cent last year.

6. The meeting

after three hours and everyone went

for a drink.

7. This new proposal completely

_our original

planning.

8. My children are forever

_and hurting themselves.

9. Operator, we've been

_.Could you reconnect me,

please.

11 We try to

with our neighbors in everything they do.

The trouble is that they are richer than we are!

12.The old man told me to

from his daughter, but I just

had to see her again.

13.Will you come to the airport to

me____?

14. Even though he was tortured, the prisoner refused

to

to their demands.

them

.!

16. I think she is horrible: I don't know what her boyfriend

her

17 The notice said '

THE GRASS_‘, but everyone

ignored it and walked across the lawn to get to the gate.

18 The gas

the most unpleasant smell, so we opened all

the windows.

Verbs

Definitions

1 brush up

a) fall asleep

2 butt in

b) interrupt

3 clear off

c) wait or stand in a place

4 doze off

without any purpose

5 end up

d) refresh your knowledge

6 explain away

e) leave suddenly

7 hang about

f) stop talking

8 patch up

g) separate

10 shut up

h) make a mistake

11 slip up

i) criticize, shout at

12 split up

j) draw attention to yourself in

13 tell off

a vain or boastful way

14 wear off

k) try to persuade someone

15 wind up

that nothing really happened

l) repair the damage done by

a fight or quarrel

1

I was so tired that I just _____ .

2

He started by disliking her and

by marrying her.

3

‗Can I

there? I think you are wrong.‘ (said in a

conversation)

4

Why is that man

outside our house? Do you think he‘s

a burglar?

5

I‘ve forgotten most of my Portuguese. I must

it

_again._______

6

She decided to

the company, sell her house and retire to

Mallorca.

8

Everybody was talking at once, but they

when the

chairman came in.

9

John and Mary

several

months ago, but I think they will soon be back together again.

10 I paid more than I needed to for my car insurance. I

___

_by not asking for a discount.

11

The children were very noisy, so they were

_

for misbehaving.

12

As the effects of the

, she began to come round.

15

He

liked to

by riding his bicycle without holding the

handlebars.

14

It was not going to be easy to ______

the lipstick which his

wife had found on his collar!

15

John and Mary

their quarrel and became friends

again.

Group 1

Idioms

Definitions

1 It‘s all over.

a) We have finished ( or our

relationship has)

2

They‘re off!

b) He‘s coming soon.

3

It‘s off.

c) I‘m very tired.

4

I‘m all in.

d) It‘s finished.

5

We‘re through.

e) What‘s wrong?

6

He‘s away.

f) The race has started.

7

He‘ll be along soon.

g) It‘s mislaid, but not

lost.

8 It‘s around here somewhere.

h) He is in another place

9 What‘s up?

i) It‘s not fresh ( of meat,

fish etc.)

Croup 2

10 What's on?

j) What is the subject (of the story,

film etc.)?

11 What's it about?

k) What (strange thing) is he

talking about?

12 He's out.

1) What is his town (country) of

origin?

13 He's back.

m) He has returned

14 What is he up to?

n) What is the purpose of it?

15 Where is he from?

o)

What program ( film etc.)

are they showing?

16 What is it for?

p) I‘m completely on favor.

17 I'm all for it.

q) He‘s not at home, in his office etc.

18 What‘s he on about?

r) What strange thing is he doing?

6.cut down 7. turn on 8. cut

off

9. turn away 10. turn out

5.

1.make out

2. hold off 3. make up

4. hold on to

5. hold on

6.

make up for

7. hold out

8. make for

9. hold out

6.1. keep off

2.keep out 3. keep back

4.keep on at

5. keep on

6.

back out of 7. keep down

8. back up

9. keep up

7.

1 out 2. off

3.down 4. up

5.into

8.

1 no (out)

2 no (put up with) 3 yes

4 no (up) 5 no (back) 6 no

( back) 7 no (on)

9.

1. no ( round) 2 yes 3 no (off) 4 no ( come) 5 yes ( have

come) 6 no ( over) 7 no come

round) 8 yes (compare back)

11. 1. give back 2 pass up

3 give out 4 pass out

5 give up (and

threw) 6 give away 7 give off

8 give in

12.1 give

2 take 3

hold

4 pull

5 turn

6 do

7

make 8 bring

9 set 10 cut 11 take

12 turn

13

break

14 get

15 come

16

look 17

lie

13. 1. fill

2 drop 3 break

4 stand

5 turn

6 come

7 call 8 fit

9

16 a)1 with

2 on 3 to

4 with 5 for 6 on 7 with

8 of 9 with

10 with

b)`1b 2j

3d 4e 5g

6a ( up to, there‘s a misprint)

7f 8i

9c

10h

17 1go out

2 get away

3 look down

4 get across 5 take off

6 get

back 7 put off 8 turn down

9 go on 10 brought up

11 stand for

12 put off

b) 10 work out 11get up

12got on 13 held up 14 get out/off

15 getting it 16 work up 17 hold on 18 hold out

19 a) 1 broke off 2 cut down

3 broke down

4 break/cut in 5 fallen

off 6 broke up 7 cuts across

8 falling down

9 cut off