Phrasal verbs
Sales ______ _______ quickly and the company became very successful.
took off
The restaurant is good but it isn't particularly/rather cheap.
particularly
I have the opinion that….
think
I _______ _______ _____ going to the party because I said that I was ill.
got out of
It was a fairly/fairly a difficult test.
a fairly
He ____________ to kill me.
threatened
My interest in football _______ ________ when I was a child and I went to many games with my father.
came about
The food wasn't very good/was pretty good. I won't return.
wasn't very good
My mother ________ that I go to the dentist although I didn't want to.
insisted
Children don't read as much as before. I _____ it _____ _____ the fact that they spend more time using technology.
put down to
It was a little cold/a pretty cold so I wore my coat.
a little cold
He _________ me of the danger but I didn't listen.
warned
When I was unemployed, I ______ ______ _____ my savings to help me pay the rent.
fell back on
It weather is a bit/pretty terrible most of the time.
pretty
I ________ breaking the window because I was afraid to _______ to it.
denied…..admit