This PV means: "to be given an amount of money to live on during financially difficult times" My parents gave me some money to ........ me over until my grant for university arrived.
carry
tide
cover
lead
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This PV means: "to talk at length in a boring, monotone way" The Manager gave another of his boring speeches today and must have droned ........ for an hour at least.
along
on
through
out
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This PV means: "to gradually develop an appetite" After a nice long walk in the hills we'll have worked ........ an appetite.
up
through
along
out
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This PV means: "to depend on something in order to be successful" The deal is almost complete. It all ........ on the Chairman agreeing to sign.
stands
hangs
sits
rests
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This PV means: "to persuade (someone), through logical argument, to agree with you or do something" We can't afford to lose such a valuable colleague. Can't we .......... with her not to resign?
logic
go
reason
meet
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This PV means: "to remove money from a source" He was suspended from work following allegations that he was ........ off money from the company accounts.
stripping
siphoning
slicing
weaning
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This PV means: "to close down a business"A decision was made to wind ........ the business as it was very close to being bankrupt.
out
in
up
through
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This PV means: "to protrude" The building consists of a patchwork of balconies ........ out from flat, featureless walls.
jutting
pressing
pointing
hanging
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This PV means: "to be given a job that you do not want" I got .......... with a load of extra work today because Frank was off sick.
pressed
saddled
slapped
packed
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This PV means: "to give out" I've got this really irritating colleague at work who is always ........ out advice when it's not wanted.
putting
dishing
laying
spreading
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This PV means: "to become unnoticed" The army uniform is designed so that the soldiers ........ in with their surroundings.
slip
blend
slide
make
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This PV means: "to show that you are not connected to someone or something to avoid trouble" The company were very keen to dissociate themselves ........ the shamed director to avoid any bad publicity.
off
behind
out
from
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This PV means: "to revise" I'm staying in tonight to swot ............ phrasal verbs before tomorrow's test.
in on
up on
away for
up with
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This PV means: "to think about something for a period of time"I wouldn't brood ........ the bad news if I were you. Just forget it and get on with your life.
in
with
for
on
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This PV means: "when two people in a relationship become less close" Since I moved to a new city, Alan and myself have drifted ........ and rarely keep in contact.
back
away
off
apart
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This PV means: "to warm yourself up" I was freezing cold and as soon as I got in I sat in front of the fire to thaw ........ .
