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📚 Phrasal Verbs Practice
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Q51. The party high command wanted to stave off an open battle.
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Q52. No one but his conscience advised him to come back to earth.
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Q53. Ramesh takes after his father.
"takes after" means resemble a parent or ancestor.
Q54. The country's economy is beginning to look up now.
"look up": to become glad, hopeful, brighten, glow.
Q55. I cannot put up with that nasty fellow.
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Q56. To look quickly through a book is an important study skill.
"to skim ": To read, study, or examine superficially and rapidly.
Q57. As she was turning out papers she came across the letter she had been looking for.
"came across": to meet or find someone or something by chance.
Q58. She tries very hard to keep up with her rich neighbours.
"keep up with": to maintain contact or relations with someone.
Q59. Satish bore away many prizes at the school sports.
A. won — to win prizes or be victorious in a competition.
The sentence uses "bore away" meaning Satish won many prizes; "won" is the simple past form of win.
Use "won" for past tense of win; "bore away" is old-fashioned and means the same here.
He bore away the trophies after the race. (He won them.)
Q60. I see him once in a blue moon.
"once in a blue moon": not very often