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📚 Phrasal Verbs Practice
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Q1. His father advised him to be fair and square in his dealings lest he should fall into trouble.
"fair and square": honestly and according to the rules.
Q2. Oliver was always running down his brother Orlando.
Similar meaning: criticize, speak badly off Opposite: praise
Q3. The two bothers fell out, after their father's last will was brought out by the attorney.
"fell out" meaning: differ, quarrel, spar, squabble
Q4. I have hit upon
hit upon: discover, come up with, think of, conceive of.
Q5. I saw through the trick.
saw through: to understand the truth about someone or something and not allow yourself to be deceived:
Q6. Instead of "tolerance" we can say:
bear with: be patient or tolerant with someone.
Q7. The detective suddenly ________ a useful clue.
"Come across" in this sense means to find or encounter something by chance or unexpectedly.
Q8. "Finding by chance" is expressed by which of the following phrasal verb?
"Come upon": to find or meet someone or something, unexpectedly:
Q9. We have no alternative plan to ________ on.
the phrase "to fall back on" means to have an alternative or contingency plan in case the original plan does not work out.
Q10. Faith bears ________ a man.
"bears up" means Support, Encourage, embolden