EXERCISE 37d, Review — Complete the sentences with these nouns from previous sections. To check their meanings, review the section number given after each one.

blowup, 33	get-together, 26	grown-up, 10	put-down, 36
breakup, 28	giveaway, 28	lockout, 30	rundown, 36
cutout, 31	going-over, 26	lockout, 29

 

1. The movie critic told the director that watching his new movie was worse than going to the dentist. That was quite a ___________.

2. The ___________ of the huge company created several smaller companies.

3. We're having a little ___________ tonight. Would you like to come?

4. Only ___________ are allowed to drink alcohol.

5. The ___________ ended after the workers agreed to a 10 percent pay increase.

6. I heard a big ___________ in Nancy's office. I wonder what the problem was.

7. The drug dealers had a ___________ on every corner.

8. Timmy told his mother that he hadn't eaten any cookies, but he had chocolate all over his face, so she knew he was lying. The chocolate on his face was the ___________.

9. Before you spend $13,000 on a used car, I suggest that you give it a thorough ______.

10. Carlos made paper ___________ shaped like dinosaurs.

11. The police chief gave the mayor a _______ of the previous month's crime statistics.

EXERCISE 37e, Review — Complete the sentences with these phrasal verbs from previous sections. Be sure the phrasal verbs are in the correct tense. To check their meanings, review the section number given after each one.

calm down, 36	fall down, 36	hold against, 35	narrow down, 35
catch on, 33	fool around, 35	leave behind, 35	pull off, 33
do away with, 31	go by, 35	live with, 35	put down, 36
empty out, 32	go down, 36	make of, 35	sit down, 36

 

1. My best friend, Heather, really likes Mike, but Mike asked me to go to the dance with him. I hope Heather doesn't ________ it ________ me.

2. The real estate agent has shown us several houses, but we've ________ it _______ to three that we really like.

3. Mike took the wastebaskets outside and ________ them ________.

4. Before we go to the beach, let's ________ ________Tom's house and see if he

wants to come with us.

5. Maria's a fast learner. She had never played chess before, but she ________ ________ right away.

6. No one thought I could get 100 on the test, but I ________ it ________.

7. Nothing like that ever happened before. I didn't know what to ________ _______ it,

8. You can really screw up your computer with that program, so don't ________ ________ with it unless you know what you're doing.

9. Pets aren't allowed where we're moving, so we're going to have to ________ our dog ________.

10. Polio has been almost completely ________ ________ ________.

11. ________ ________ that jerk for fifteen years was horrible.

12. Joe was so upset after the accident that it was twenty minutes before he ________ ________ enough to tell the police officer what happened.

13. Be careful on that icy sidewalk — you don't want to ________ ________ and break your neck.

14. In the summer the sun doesn't ________ ________ until 9:00 in the evening.

15. I'm going to ________ $4,000 ________ on my new car and finance the rest.

16. I've been standing all day. I need to ________ ________.

38. FOCUS ON: the verb keep and adverbs and adverbials showing degrees of variability

Phrasal verbs with keep

Several phrasal verbs are based on the verb keep, and it is important to understand that the essential meaning of keep in these phrasal verbs is no change. As you study these verbs, remember than in each meaning of each verb something is not changing, something is continuing in the same direc­tion or in the same manner, or something is staying in the same place or in the same condition.