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Find appropriate Phrasal verb for " Be patient "

  • Hold out
  • Lay off
  • Hold on
  • Hand out
  • Correct Option: C  [ Hold on ]

    Remark: "hold on" means "be patient.
    e.g:"Please hold on for a second; I'll be right with you."

Find appropriate Phrasal verb for " Resist "

  • let down
  • Hold out
  • Look upto
  • Hold over
  • Correct Option: B  [ Hold out ]

    Remark: "hold out" means "to resist."
    e.g: "He held out and didn't accept the unfair offer."

On account of overwork, he is __________.

  • run down
  • runs down
  • ran out
  • run up
  • Correct Option: A  [ run down ]

    Remark:

Her supporters began to _________ and she was left alone.

  • fall over
  • fall away
  • fall off
  • fall on
  • Correct Option: B  [ fall away ]

    Remark: "fall away": To stop supporting or interacting with someone.

You should ________ your bad habit of smoking.

  • get down
  • give in
  • give up
  • go up
  • Correct Option: C  [ give up ]

    Remark: "give up": to stop doing, quit,

The weary traveller ________ the door of a deserted house in a forest. (Phrasal verbs)

  • Knocked down
  • knocked off
  • knocked at
  • knocked out
  • Correct Option: C  [ knocked at ]

    Remark:

The two bothers fell out, after their father's last will was brought out by the attorney.

  • quarreled
  • separated
  • attacked each other
  • yielded
  • Correct Option: A  [ quarreled ]

    Remark: "fell out" meaning: differ, quarrel, spar, squabble

To look quickly through a book is an important study skill.

  • to skim
  • to summarize
  • to outline
  • to paraphrase
  • Correct Option: A  [ to skim ]

    Remark: "to skim ": To read, study, or examine superficially and rapidly.

"Call up" means:

  • recollect
  • anticipate
  • befriend
  • invite
  • Correct Option: D  [ recollect ]

    Remark: "Call up": recall knowledge from memory (remember, retrieve).

Oliver was always running down his brother Orlando.

  • snub (some one)
  • speak ill of
  • defeat
  • hurt physically
  • Correct Option: B  [ speak ill of ]

    Remark: Similar meaning: criticize, speak badly off
    Opposite: praise

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