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Expand your English Vocabulary – Part
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PART 2
a) He couldn’t have done it ……………..….. you.
……………..….. a doubt, they are the most adorable couple I know.
There isn’t any milk left, so we’ll have to manage ……………..….. .
b) To do that job you need to have a very specific skill ……………..….. .
They’re going to ……………..….. off early in the morning to not waste any time.
The film is ……………..….. in Los Angeles in the 1990s.
c) I’m ……………..….. saying that you could have tried harder.
We arrived at the airport ……………..….. in time to catch the plane.
The café I’m talking about is ……………..….. around the corner.
d) The film was 15 years in the ……………..…... It took him longer than he expected.
She is constantly ……………..….. up excuses for not doing her homework.
Pedro Almodóvar has been ……………..….. films since the 1980s.
JOKE NO 2: I ……………..….. got fired from my job as a ……………..….. designer. I left
……………..….. ……………..….. a scene.
ACTIVITY NO 3 – PHRASAL VERBS
A preposition is missing from each of the 12 phrasal verbs below. Complete the
gaps using four different prepositions. Use each preposition three times. Then,
answer the questions below.
• live up ……….
• look forward ……….
• take care ……….
• put up ……….
• check up ……….
• do away ……….
• look down ……….
• get rid ……….
• look up ……….
• get away ……….
• cut down ……….
• run out ……….
a) Which phrasal verbs can you use in a criminal context?
b) Which phrasal verb collocates with ‘mess’?
c) Which phrasal verb collocates with ‘expectations’?
d) Which phrasal verb collocates with ‘caffeine’?
e) Which phrasal verb collocates with ‘facts’?
f) Which two phrasal verbs are antonyms?
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