Phrasal verbs
I finally managed to ... him ... in Manchester.
a. stay in touch with
b. track down
c. catch up with
track down
actions speak louder than words means:
a. What you do is more important than what you say
b. don't start talking until you have thought about what you want to say
c. to talk about the most important thing
a. What you do is more important than what you say
You can run an a... on your PC that will find the files and burn them to a CD.
a. apartment
b. appliance
c. application
c. application
The project aims to reduce traffic c... .
congestion
береговой?
coastal
I must ... ... with you some time.
a. catch up
b. get across
c. bump into
catch up
__________________ and everybody loves to see her.
Моя подруга - душа компании________________ .
My friend is the life of the party and everybody loves to see her.
Моя подруга - душа компании, и всем нравится с ней видеться.
We'll have to bring our equipment u... t... d... .
up to date
They bought their new home in an u...-a...-c... neighbourhood.
up-and-coming
the part near the centre of a large city, which often has social problems:
a. issue
b. residential
c. inner-city
c. inner-city
to manage to speak to someone
I rang three times, but couldn't g... h... o... her.
get hold of
cause a lot of damage, destruction, or confusion
The river flooded and w...ed h... o... the towns situated on its banks.
wreaked havoc on
She b...ed furiously at the memory of the conversation.
blushed
Watch out for oncoming _ _ _ _ _ _ _ s.
vehicles
Once we have kids, we’ll probably move to the s...s.
suburb
become involved in sth undesirable
a. sweep sth away
b. get caught up in sth
c. cave in
get caught up in sth
to gradually accept a sad situation, often the death of someone you love:
I think he's still c... t... t... w... the death of his wife.
coming to terms with
... (formal) something that delays or stops the progress of something
SYNONYM obstacle
impediment
to try to deal with a problem
Successive governments have failed to ... the question of homelessness.
tackle
to leave someone or something somewhere, sometimes not returning to get them
They were forced to ... the car.
abandon
to destroy something completely
Whole villages ... ... ... in the fighting.
were wiped out
to get a chance to say something
When Mary paused in her monologue, I was finally able to ___ a ____ in ______ about my own weekend!
get a word in edgeways
to talk to someone as if they are less intelligent than you or not important
I wish politicians wouldn't t.. d... t... us as if we were idiots.
talk down to someone
to think about something when you make a decision or plan
_______ _________ __________
take sth into consideration
in a way that is connected with the environment
... damaging chemicals
environmentally