Every time my sister is late, she ___________ a different excuse.
makes up
makes it up
To preprare for our exam, you should _______________ phrasal verbs
read up on
read them up
Laura spent six weeks in Rome, but she didn't ___________ much Italian.
pick up
pick it up
Whenever Helen misses a deadline, she __________ a crazy excuse.
makes up
makes it up
Lin is great at languages. She _____________ so easily!
picks them up
picks up
I am sorry to __________ , but I'm disappointed you can't come to my party.
bring these up
bring this up
I spent the weekend _______________ history.
reading up on
reading it on
I am having trouble _________________ ideas about what to do next weekend.
coming them up with
coming up with
A number of interesting topics ___________ in the discussion.
came it up
came up
As soon as the teacher ____________ our mistake, everything made more sense.
pointed out
pointed it out
Hardly anything interesting ___________, even though we talked for two hours.
came up
came them up