Phrasal Verbs
they had to ---------- off the concert because of the storm!
Call off
This small island was once a quarantine station and a military base.
Angel Island
💸💪🦵
Cost an arm and a leg
He appears -------- (be) the thief that the police are looking for.
to be
This word sounds like PALLET but it's a board an artist mixes paint on.
PALETTE
I --------- across an old friend at the market yesterday.
Stumble across
This building was once the tallest in the city and looks like a needle.
Transamerica Pyramid
🐖✈️
When pigs fly
He resisted -------- (go) to church.
going
This word sounds like CAPITAL but it's the building where the house and senate are.
CAPITOL
She can't -------- -------- with his constant complaining any longer.
put up with
This neighborhood was once a center for Irish immigrants and boxing in the early 1900s!
The Mission District
🍎👁️
The apple of my eyes
The committee postponed ---------- (review) the proposal until next week.
reviewing
This word sounds like SIGHT but means a reference in an academic article.
CITE
He finally ------- on the secret, even though he tried to keep it hidden.
let on
This famous food was invented in San Francisco during the gold Rush.
Sourdough bread
👄🔫
Bite the bullet
They are fully committed to --------- (improve) workplace safety.
improving
This word sounds like BORN but means carried or tansported.
BORNE
After their argument, they ------------ things up and became friends again!
patched things up
in 1859, this man declared himself the EMPEROR OF THE UNITED STATES and was buried in SF.
Emperor Norton
💀🐦🐦 🗿
Kill two birds with a stone
He seems ------------- (forget) the entire conversation.
to have forgotten
This word sounds like SORE but means ascent and flying in the sky.
SOAR