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20 Cards in this Set
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I missed the train because I ______ ______
(sleep longer than you usually do) |
SLEPT IN
(sleep in) |
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I'm so tired! I ______ ______ ______ a good night's sleep
(need or want sth) |
COULD DO WITH
(could do with sth) |
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"Why are you ______ ______ ?"
- "I have an important interview." (wear nice, smart clothes, often for an important occasion) |
DRESSED UP
(dress up) |
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Although Sam ______ _______ of school, he became
a very successful businessman. (leave school, a course, etc, before it's finished) |
DROPPED OUT
(drop out) |
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What a pity the summer ______ almost ______ .
(be finished) |
IS .... OVER
(be over) |
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She takes the kids to school every day and ______ them ______ too.
(go and get sb/sth; collect) |
PICKS .... UP
(pick sb/sth up) |
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I was in a music shop yesterday and I ______ ______ my old piano teacher
(meet sb by chance) |
BUMPED INTO / RAN INTO
(bump into sb; run into sb) |
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I bought lunch to ______ ______ _______ cancelling our date.
(compensate for sth) |
MAKE UP FOR
(make up for sth) |
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Wow! ______ ______ that gorgeous guy standing by the bar!
(look at sth/sb to see if you like it/them) (informal) |
CHECK OUT
(check out sth/sb) |
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She let her children ______ ______ to see the end of the film.
(go to bed later than usual) |
STAY UP
(stay up) |
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He felt a lot better once he had ______ ______ smoking.
(renounce sth; stop doing sth that you regularly do) |
GIVEN UP
(give up sth) |
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We're going to a posh restaurant so we need to ______ ______ .
(wear nice, smart clothes, often for an important occasion) |
DRESS UP
(dress up) |
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What time ______ the film ______ ?
(be finished) |
IS .... OVER
(be over) |
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VIP ______ ______ Very Important People
(be an abbreviation or symbol of sth |
STANDS FOR
(stand for sth) |
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The great food in the restaurant didn't ______ ______ ______ the rude service.
(compensate for) |
MAKE UP FOR
(make up for sth) |
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I'm going to ______ _______ the new shopping centre this afternoon. Do you want to come?
(look at sth/sb to see if you like it/them) |
CHECK OUT
(check out sb/sth) |
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He's always ______ ______ his expensive cars.
(show sth/sb you are proud of because you want people to admire it/them) |
SHOWING OFF
(show off sth/sb) |
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It's going to be a difficult match. I don't know if our team can ______ it ______ .
(succeed in doing sth difficult) |
PULL .... OFF
(pull off sth) |
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Our company ______ ______ ______ some fresh new talent.
(need, want sth) |
COULD DO WITH
(could do with sth) |
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I've just ______ ______ for a cookery course. It starts next week.
(register) |
SIGNED UP
(sign up) (NB: remember 'sign' rhymes with 'fine' and 'mine' ; ) |
