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1.

  While the women got busy in the kitchen, the men ______ doing nothing.
               
    (A) stood on  
(B) stood apart
    (C) stood around  
    (D) stood between  
               
2.   "What are you ______, Darren ? You've been rummaging in your closet for hours," said his mother.
               
    (A) looking in  
(B) looking for
    (C) looking past  
    (D) looking to  
               
3.   "I can't believe I ______ it. I should have known Jeff would never have asked me out if it wasn't for a dare," said a distraught Rosie.
               
    (A) waited for  
(B) make for
    (C) look for  
    (D) fell for  
               
4.   Once the verdict of guilty was handed down, Terry ______ to prove that his brother had been framed for a crime that he did not commit.
               
    (A) waited about  
(B) planned about
    (C) set about  
    (D) wished about  
               
5.   The King ______ the witch's spell and she proceeded to tell him to kill the Queen.
               
    (A) fell under  
(B) fell into
    (C) fell after  
    (D) fell over  
               
6.   When the spy saw that the police officers were catching up with him, he ______ a  sprint.
               
    (A) broke apart  
    (B) broke in
    (C) broke off  
    (D) broke into  
               
7.   His refusal to let her look at his passport ______ alarm bells in Harry's head.
               
    (A) set off  
    (B) set about
    (C) set between  
    (D) set on  
         
8.   Edward's lawyer has arrived to ______ the terms of his prenuptial with his fifth wife.
         
    (A) go with  
    (B) go over  
    (C) go into  
    (D) go under  
         
9.   "You go ahead, I will ______ with you in a minute," said Kelly to her son.
         
    (A) turn up  
    (B) catch up  
    (C) wake up  
    (D) walk up  
         
10.   Thor ______ his old piano teacher at the symposium and caught up with him over lunch.
         
    (A) ran down  
    (B) ran into  
    (C) ran up  
    (D) ran between  
         

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