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Amazingly Easy Phrasal Vebs

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We’ve come the wrong way, we’d better ___________________. (return to a previous position, reverse)

turn back

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Here, you can ___________________ me on the chair to my left. (be seated at the side of someone)

sit next to

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____________________ me so I can look into your beautiful eyes. (sit directly on the other side)

sit opposite

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We’ll have to __________________ this report very carefully. (study, read)

go through

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In the days of rationing, what we didn’t have, we just had to _______________. (not have)

do without

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He __________________ like I’d known him for years but we’d only just met. (give the impression)

made out

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I’m sick of having to _______________ all the time. (pay)

fork out

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We’ve invited Daniel’s friends for a __________________ tonight. (stay at a friend’s house overnight)

sleep over

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If you don’t like it here, perhaps you should ________________ for another job. (search elsewhere, investigate an area)

look around

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He keeps __________________ sick but I don’t think there’s anything wrong with him. (to telephone work)

ringing/ calling/ phoning in

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I’m a bit _________________ at the moment; could you come back later? (busy)

tied up

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I’m worried about you; you seem to be ________________ far too much. (accept responsibility, accept work)

taking on

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We __________________ the campsite if anybody had seen our dog. (investigate by asking)

asked around

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Hippies had the idea of ____________________ of university.(leave before completing studies)

dropping out

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It’s time you got married and _____________________. (behaved sensibly, become calmer)

settled down

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After taking a lot of time of work, it can be difficult to _____________________ old routines. (to return to regular habits and activities)

settle back into

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