Homework

BLOW OUT - BRING UP - COME FORWARD- DO WITHOUT - GET ACROSS-GET OVER - GO THROUGH - HOLD ON _LET OFF - MAKE UP - PUSH FOR - RUN DOWN - SEND FOR - SIT OUT - TAKE ABACK - TURN OUT
1. My lawyer has __gone through__________________ all the documents I gave him, but he can\'t find the right
one.

>>correct
2. The trade unions are __sent for_________________ a rise in salary, but the employers don\'t want to
give it to them.

>>The trade unions are pushing for a rise in salary, but the employers don\'t want to give it to them.
3. Thousands of people __make up__________________ to see the royal family, who were in the country
for the first time.

>>Thousands of people turned out to see the royal family, who were in the country for the first time.
4. It was the first time he got caught so the teacher ___let___________ him __off___________ with a warning.

>>correct
5. We were __taken aback__________________ when Jerry said he was getting married. Nobody had really expected it.

>>correct
6. I can\'t __do without_________________ coffee in the morning. I need at least 2 cups to get going.

>>correct
7. When I was walking across the street a car sped by and almost ___ran_________ me _down________.

>>correct
8. It took her a few months to __get over__________________ her husband\'s death.

>>correct
9. Could you please ____get across________________? Mr. [Name] is on the other line.

>>Could you please hold on? Mr. [Name] is on the other line.
10. The couple finally __came forward_________________ after they had been quarreling about irrelevant
things.

>>The couple finally made up after they had been quarreling about irrelevant things.
11.A week after the incident the neighbor ____turned out________________ with some new information.

>>A week after the incident the neighbor came forward with some new information.
12. I ____pushed for________________ the manager because I thought the sales assistant gave me wrong
information.

>>I sent for the manager because I thought the sales assistant gave me wrong information.

13.When he got his birthday cake, he ___blew out_________________ all the candles on it.

>>correct
14. She finally ____brought_______ most of what she was saying ____up___________ to the audience.

>>She finally got most of what she was saying across to the audience.
15. I don\'t like the performance either, but I guess we\'ll just have to ______hold____ it ___on_______.

>>I don\'t like the performance either, but I guess we\'ll just have to sit it out.
16. His grandparents _____sit_______ him ____out________ after his biological mother had left him.

>>His grandparents brought him up after his biological mother had left him.