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Fill in the
blanks in the sentences below with suitable prepositions to form
the correct idiomatic expressions. The meanings of the
expressions are given in brackets at the end of the sentences. |
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All his plans to make a lot of
money fell ______. ( failed ) |
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The smaller pupils gave ______ to
the bully. ( yielded ) |
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I gave ______ my old clothes to the
poor. ( parted with ) |
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The man could not get ______ his
losses at the stock market and so he tried to kill himself. (
could not deal with ) |
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His boss told him to get ______
with the Arshad contract immediately. ( attend ) |
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Don't give ______ now ! You're
winning ! ( surrender ) |
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Just go ______ and eat. Don't wait
for me. ( advance with what you want to do ) |
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I do not like people who go ______
on their word. ( break their promises ) |
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The accident held him ______ for
four hours. ( delayed ) |
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Our boss told us to keep ______ the
excellent work. ( maintain ) |
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We will kill that rascal if we lay
our hands ______ him. ( catch ) |
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He did badly in the examination and
let everyone ______. ( disappointed ) |
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All those who do well in life are
those who look ______. ( think about what is going to happen in
the future ) |
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She was looking ______ to seeing
her husband. ( anticipating ) |
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The prefects looked ______ every
pupils bag. ( inspected ) |
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The police warned us to look ______
for a big, dark, heavily bearded man. ( watch out ) |
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During the long ceremony, a few
people passed ______. ( fainted ) |
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Their father passed ______ more
than fifteen years ago. ( died ) |
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The football match was put ______
to next week. ( postponed ) |
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He put ______ with his sister when
he studied in Singapore. ( lodged, stayed ) |
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Answers |
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fell through |
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gave in |
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gave away |
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get over |
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get on |
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give up |
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go ahead |
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go back |
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held up |
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keep up |
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lay on |
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let down |
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look ahead |
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looking forward |
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looked through |
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look out |
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passed out |
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passed away |
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put off |
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put up |
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