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"How old is Eva?" "I'm not sure, but she must be ______ ______ _______ forty." (nearly)

getting on for

If he says that again I'll _______ him _______ — I swear it! (kill him)

do him in

You're not going to wear a mini-skirt are you, Jane? They _____ ______ years ago. (stopped being fashionable)

went out

I tried smoking a pipe once, but I never really ______ ________ it. (liked)

took to

Let's _______ ________ Paul and Jan tonight. It's been ages since we last saw them. (go and visit)

call on

The power point was behind the piano, which made it very difficult to _____ _____ (reach)

get at

I think I'll go somewhere for the weekend. Things have been ______ me _______ lately, so a change of air will do me good. (making me depressed)

getting me down

"What does 'misogynist' mean, Allan?" "I've no idea, Jill. You'd better ______ it _______ in the dictionary. (find out its meaning)

look it up

The house I live in __________ _________ _________ the l5th century. (dates from)

goes back to

Clive was really ________ _________ when he failed his proficiency exam (upset)

cut up

No one really believed it when the news came through that the "Titanic" had ______ _______ on her maiden voyage. (sunk)

gone down

If you _________ _______ 25 from 100, you're left with 75. (subtract)

take away

We knew he wasn't English as his accent _______ him _______ (betrayed him)

let him down

You'd better not drink that milk, Joe. It's ______ _______ (turned sour)

gone off

John can't come with us tonight after all. It seems he's _____ ______ _____ a cold. (caught)

come down with

I was offered a job in Leeds but I _______ it _______ because I didn't want to move away from Hastings. (refused it)

turned it down

I can't stop now but I'll ______ _______ later on my way home from work. (pay a short visit)

look in / drop by