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📚 Phrasal Verbs Practice
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Q1. One must CONTINUE study to shine in life.
"carry on": to continue doing.
Q2. The prisoner who escaped from the prison is FREE.(Phrasal verbs)
"at large": on the run (especially of a criminal or dangerous animal)
Q3. Peter _______ at seven o'clock.
"get up" means rise from bed after sleeping.
Q4. When teacher requested students to clean the blackboard, Sarita immediately replied " Do not stare at me".
What is meaning of stare ?
look — to direct your eyes at something; to see or notice. In this sentence, "stare" means to look steadily at someone.
Stare is a stronger form of looking. The option "look" gives the basic meaning: to see with the eyes.
Use look for general seeing; use stare for fixed or intense looking.
She looked at the painting for a long time.
Q5. By his virtuous life, he has made amends for his past actions.
compensated for — to make up for past actions or wrongs.
In the sentence, his good life now balances or makes up for his earlier actions.
Use 'compensate for' when you mean making amends or making up for something.
He worked extra hours to compensate for the time he missed.
Q6. When the boy was put into a boarding school, he quickly fell into line without his usual indiscipline behaviors.
"fell into line": starts to follow the rules, behave according to expected standards of behaviour.
Q7. She gave up the job after getting married.
"gave up": relinquished, surrendered
Q8. You read the letter repeatedly.
time and again — means repeatedly; many times.
The sentence shows you read the letter many times, i.e., time and again.
Use it to describe actions done many times in the past or present.
She checked the email time and again but found no reply.
Q9. He rose to power through flattery.
by means of — using; via.
The sentence says he rose to power through flattery, meaning flattery was the method used. "By means of" means using that method.
Use "by means of" to talk about how something is done.
She explained the success by means of hard work and luck.
Q10. His honesty was doubted.
"called in question": to cause doubts about something