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What is the synonym for 'mortgage' based on the provided text?
What is the synonym for 'mortgage' based on the provided text?
Which phrase means 'to put an end to something'?
Which phrase means 'to put an end to something'?
What does 'embed' mean in the context provided?
What does 'embed' mean in the context provided?
What does 'hit the nail on the head' mean?
What does 'hit the nail on the head' mean?
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Which option is a synonym for 'prompt' based on the text provided?
Which option is a synonym for 'prompt' based on the text provided?
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What does the phrase 'make ends meet' mean?
What does the phrase 'make ends meet' mean?
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What is another term for 'tournament'?
What is another term for 'tournament'?
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Which word is a synonym for 'steady'?
Which word is a synonym for 'steady'?
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What does 'draw the line' mean?
What does 'draw the line' mean?
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Which phrase is equivalent to 'get on someone's nerves'?
Which phrase is equivalent to 'get on someone's nerves'?
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What is another term for 'efficient'?
What is another term for 'efficient'?
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'Come round' is equivalent to which of the following?
'Come round' is equivalent to which of the following?
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Study Notes
Phrasal Verbs
- Account for: explain
- Bring in: provide
- Bring on: bring about
- Blow about: rumor
- Call at: stop or inquire
- Come about: happen
- Die out: extinct
- Do up: decorate
- Get off with sb: begin a sexual relationship
Idioms and Expressions
- Hit the nail on the head: do something exactly right
- Have egg on one's face: feel embarrassed
- Get butterflies in one's stomach: feel nervous
- In hot water: in trouble
- Good egg: trustworthy person
- Pour cold water on something: lessen enthusiasm
- Fly off the handle: get angry easily
- Blow one's trumpet: show off
- Make up one's mind on something: make a decision
- Give a thought about: think about
- Put a stop to something: end it
- Be rushed off one's feet: very busy
- Pat yourself on the back: praise yourself
- Put someone off something: make someone lose interest
- Take/have priority over something: give importance
Vocabulary
- Mortgage: loan
- Crisis: disaster
- Alter: modify
- Rodent: type of mammal
- Embed: implant
- Blueprint: plan
- Defect: weakness
- Cleft: divided
- Punctual: on time
- Postgraduate: after graduation
- Administer: manage
- Client: customer
- Dissolve: liquidfy
- Coastal: relating to the coast
- Precipitation: rain
- Prolong: extend
- Crop: produce
- Mount: climb
- Indeed: truly
- Function: utility
- Seminar: meeting
- Tournament: competition
- Cope with: deal with
- Attach: connect
- Instinct: natural ability
- Operate: run
- Procrastinate: delay
- Prehistoric: before written records
- Tremendous: incredible
- Exploit: use for an advantage
- Consumer: user
- Expertise: skills
- Filament: thin thread
- Steady: regular
- Latter: second
- Absorb: soak up
- Shelter: protect
- In turn: in sequence
- Agricultural: relating to farming
- Surplus: excess
- Efficient: effective
- In the nick of time: just in time
- Beyond belief: unbelievable
- Provided that: as long as
- Evacuate: leave a place
- Determine: ascertain
- Epidemic: widespread disease
- Renovate: repair
- Splendor: grandeur
- Call the shot: control
- Knock it off: stop annoying
- Draw the line: set limits
- Put up with: tolerate
- Keep pace with: catch up with
- Get on someone's nerves: annoy
- Its up to O: it depends on
- Declared for/against: support/object
- Come up with: handle
- Take down with: knock down
- Give in: submit
- Give off: radiate
- Give out: end
- On account of: because of
- In place of: instead of
- On behalf of: represent
- On one's own: alone
- Come round: visit
- Come about: happen
- Come away: leave
- By far: until now
- By all means: certainly
- Out of (number): one of (number)
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Test your knowledge of English phrasal verbs by matching the given verbs with their meanings. From 'account for' to 'pour cold water on', see if you can correctly pair each verb with its corresponding explanation.
