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B2 Reading Part 4 Phrases

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  • She finally surrendered to their demands. GAVE: She finally _________ their demands.
    gave in to
  • The bag is too heavy for me to carry. ENOUGH: The bag ________ for me to carry.
    isn’t light enough
  • He tolerated the noise. PUT: He _____________ the noise.
    put up with
  • She is looking forward to the holidays. EXCITED: She ___________ the holidays.
    is excited about
  • He discovered the truth. FOUND: He _________ the truth.
    found out
  • They postponed the meeting. PUT: They __________ the meeting.
    put off
  • They must finish the work by Friday. FINISHED: _________ finished by Friday.
    The work must be finished
  • He invented an excuse for being late. MADE: He _________ for being late.
    made up an excuse
  • She admires her older sister. LOOKS: She ____________ her older sister.
    looks up to
  • They performed the experiment. CARRIED: They _________ the experiment.
    carried out
  • She left early to catch the train. SO: She left early ___________ the train.
    so that she could catch
  • We ran out of milk. DIDN'T: We _____________ milk left.
    didn’t have any
  • He refused the job offer. TURNED: He _________ the job offer.
    turned down
  • I last saw her two years ago. SINCE: It _________ I last saw her.
    has been two years since
  • He arrived late for the meeting. TURNED: He __________ for the meeting.
    turned up late
  • The car broke down on the way. STOPPED: The car ____________ on the way.
    stopped working
  • I hadn't seen such a beautiful view. NEVER:______ I seen such a beautiful view.
    Never had
  • He stopped smoking. UP: He _______ smoking.
    gave up
  • She looks after her younger brother. CARE: She ___________ her younger brother.
    takes care of
  • "I will help you, "he said. PROMISED: He ____________________me.
    promised to help
  • She got on with her homework. DOING: She ____________ her homework.
    continued doing
  • This book is more interesting than that one. AS: That book is__________ this one.
    not as interesting as
  • The weather was so bad that we stayed indoors. SUCH: __________ that we stayed indoors.
    It was such bad weather
  • The police are investigating the case. LOOKING: The police __________ the case.
    are looking into
  • If we don’t leave now, we’ll miss the bus. UNLESS: ____________, we’ll miss the bus.
    Unless we leave now
  • She started playing tennis last year. TOOK: She __________ tennis last year.
    took up
  • She is interested in reading. INTEREST: She ___________ reading.
    has an interest in
  • He started learning Spanish. BEGIN: He ____________ Spanish.
    began to learn
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