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Sam and Fred are ______________________ (considering) going to the beach.
thinking of
Kate and Izzy like the idea, and they plan to ______________________ (start the journey) at 10 a.m. on Saturday.
set off
Sam is worried about his brother’s car, and he thinks they should ______________________ (not take something with them) because they have too much stuff.
leave something behind
Kate says ‘______________________!’ (expression used to tell someone to do something faster) because she is impatient to leave.
Come on
They need to go to a petrol station to ______________________ (make full) the tank.
fill up
Sam tells Fred not to eat in the car because he is ______________________ (making it dirty or untidy).
messing it up
Fred promises he’ll ______________________ (clean it until it is back to its original state).
clean it up
They have no more petrol and the engine is so hot that Sam thinks it might ______________________ (explode).
blow up
They ______________________ (stop the car by the side of the road) to wait until it ______________________ (becomes less hot).
pull over, cools down
They explain that the car ______________________ (stopped working, for a car or machine).
broke down
And they will have to ______________________ (return) the next day to get it!
go back
I’ve just taken this pizza out of the oven. Wait until it is less hot. DOWN I’ve just taken this pizza out of the oven. Wait until it has ______________________________.
cooled down
If a car catches fire, it might explode. UP If a car catches fire, it might ______________________________.
blow up
Don’t make a mess in my room! UP Don’t mess ______________________________!
up my room / my room up
There was a problem with the car, so they stopped temporarily by the side of the road. OVER There was a problem with the car, so they ______________________________ by the side of the road.
pulled over
We’ll have to leave early if we want to arrive by lunchtime. SET We’ll have to ______________________________ early if we want to arrive by lunchtime.
set off
