CAE Expert Phrasal nouns-Level C1 | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

The city council has been accused of covering up a major corruption scandal.// There are accusations of a..................scandal in the city council.

...cover-up of a major scandal

The police are cracking down on burglaries in businesses in the city centre at the moment.//There has...on burglaries in businesses n the city centre recently..

been a (major) crackdown

Nobody was aware of what was going on in the office.//Nobody seemed .....

...to know about/be aware of the goings-on at the office.

As soon as she got to the airport she checked-in.// She went to...arriving at the the airport.

...check-in on ...

It looked like a scene from an era gone by.//It looked like a scene from......

an era gone-by.

Firstly, they ran through the regulations for the competition.//Firstly, there was a......of the regulations for the competition.

run-through

We decided to have the food that was left over from the day before for dinner.//We decided to .....for dinner.

have left-overs for dinner.

Burglars broke into the office last night and stole two computers.//There was a...at the office last night...

break-in

As soon as I set out o knew there would be problems.//Right from the...I knew it would be difficult.

outset

The economic crisis caused the government to fall.//the economic crisis caused the...of the government!

downfall

every time I buy ink for my printer, they rip me off and charge a fortune! Printer ink cartridges are an absolute...!

Printer ink cartiridges are an absolute...rip off

Crowds of people looked on as the police arrested the man.// Crowds of...watched as the police arrested the man.

onlookers

The theatre group really let me down with their performance Saturday night.// The play on Saturday night...

... was a real let down.