XII. Below are four more particles: ahead, apart, about, by.

1. Making progress: get ahead.

• The only way to get ahead is to move to another company.

2. Undoing or Collapsing: fall apart, take apart (two meanings).

• Their marriage seems to be falling apart.

• At the conference he took apart my essay.

• The workers take apart and reassemble large bits of furniture.

2. Changing opinions: bring about.

• The Administration helped bring about a peaceful settlement.

2. Being prepared, Surviving and Visiting: drop by, get by, put by, stand by.

• If you want to see our flowers in the garden, just drop by.

• She can't get by on such a small income.

• I have a little money put by for a rainy day.

• Rescuers were standing by to provide any necessary help.

Ex. 1. Choose the right phrasal verb to complete the following defini­tions.

1. To means to pay a short informal visit, often without warning.

2. If an organization, system or relationship , it eventually ends in failure.

3. To ... something ... means to cause it to happen.

4. If you ... something ... , you separate it into its parts.

3. If you something such as an argument, you analyze it thoroughly to show

its weaknesses.

3. To means to save a sum of money or a supply of something to use it later.

7. If you , you are ready to help or take action if necessary.

8. If you , you are successful in your career.

9. To means to continue to live, often in spite of difficulties.

Ex. 3. Translate the sentences from Russian into English.

1. Он разобрал часы, чтобы отремонтировать их. 2. Если вы хотите добиваться успехов в вашей работе, прислушивайтесь к советам более опытных товарищей. 3. Хунта осуществила государственный переворот (coup d'etat ['ku: dei'ta:]). 4. Их компания терпит крах из-за сильных конкурентов. 5. Давай заглянем к Смитам на обратном пути; они купили новую мебель. 6. Правительство приказало войскам быть наготове. 7. Мы постараемся обойтись без вашей помощи. 8. Комиссия раскритиковала их отчет. 9. Она начала откладывать деньги на поездку в Италию.

XIII. Below are three more particles: forward, through, to­gether.

1. Looking to the Future and Presenting something: bring forward, go forward, look forward to, put forward.

• We ask the director to bring the meeting forward to 7 o'clock.

• Preparations were going forward for the annual Theatre Festival.

• We are looking forward to seeing Brian again.

• The government put forward a plan for national recovery.

2. Completing and Being thorough: pull through, put through, think through.

• The doctors pulled her through along illness.

• They put through the first nuclear arms agreements.

• He has really thought the business through in his mind.

2. Being in groups and Organizing things: get together, pull together, put to­gether.

• I think we can get together in summer.

• Pull yourself together and stop behaving like a baby.

• It will be difficult to put a team together.

Ex. 1. Choose the right phrasal verb to complete the following defini­tions.

1. If you form something such as unity from different things or people, you ... them ... .

1. If you a meeting or an event, you arrange for it to take place

earlier.

3. To ... something ... means to consider it thoroughly, together with all its possible effects.

3. When someone who is very ill , then recover.

3. To means to continue with something planned.

4. When you ... yourself ... , you control your feelings and behave calmly.

5. To something means to expect and usually hope to enjoy it.

6. When people , they meet to spend time together.

3. If you an idea, you state it so that people can discuss it.

10. To means to make a law be passed by law-making body.

Ex. 2. Match up phrases on the left with those on the right.

1.	The council gave us permission	a.	out of bits of food left over.
2.	Only after several weeks were	b.	for the chairmanship.
	the doctors certain
3.	We've thought the matter	c.	Don't let them see you like this.
	through
4.	Mother is skilled at putting a	d.	in putting the new law through
	meal together		the committee.
5.	The election will be brought	e.	that mother would pull through.
	forward
6.	Several people have been put	f.	to arrange the birthday party.
	forward
7.	We should have no difficulty	g-	to go forward with our building
			plan.
8.	Pull yourself together!	h.	to hearing from you soon.
9.	We are looking forward	i.	as so many people are on holiday.
10.	They should get together with	J-	and can come to a decision.
	Edith

Ex. 3. Translate the sentences from Russian into English.

1. Подходящее решение было выдвинуто председателем правления. 2. Нам надо собраться вместе, чтобы продумать нашу дальнейшую политику. 3. Конкурс был перенесен на более ранний срок из-за экзаменов. 4. Комиссия продолжала проверку компании. 5. Мы с нетерпением ждали отпуска, чтобы уехать в горы. 6. Он с трудом выжил после аварии. 7. Здесь написано, что эту игрушку могут собрать дети от 5 до 7 лет. 8. Возьми себя в руки, иначе ты не сможешь сдать экзамен по вождению. 9. Дума постоянно принимает законы, но не контролирует их выполнение.