All these years I’m practising basketball, I’m trying to become a better player.

Choose: He never does any work, I’m sure he’s going to get / he’s getting the sack.

Reports of unusual animal behaviour prior to the occurrence of earthquakes have been recorded in literature dating as (1) back as 1784. However, to (2) , there has been very little in-depth scientific research into the phenomenon.

People often manage to advance their careers by ? the right people and telling them what they want to hear.

Paraphrase: Could you tell her my address if, by any chance, you see her. Should ...

Paraphrase: I wouldn’t have been able to afford to go to university except that my grandmother left me some money. But for...

Paraphrasing: That play I went to see last night was [trying something new] in its use of dialect.

There is a real need to raise consciousness about the influence of the media on our lives. Many of us are still largely ?? of the influence of the media on our lives and this needs to change.

What's wrong? Supposing they would have got married, wouldn’t the day have come when they got bored with each other?

Paraphrasing: If the weather is unfavourable, do you have any [other suggestions to replace our original] plans?

Explain: get by on a shoestring budget

Explain: get off the beaten track

It was t. a. g. whether we would get to the airport in time.