184 Substituting phrasal verbs for other expressions peg chapter 38

Replace the words or phrases in bold type by phrasal verbs. Some of the sentences may sound awkward as they stand.

1 If you don't allow me to enter I'll break down the door.

2 He regarded her for a moment and then said, 'She is too tall.'

3 The line was so bad when I telephoned him that I couldn't understand what he said.

4 Will you take care of the garden while I am in hospital?

5 I don't believe a word of his excuse; I'm sure he invented it.

6 He's had the best doctors available but he won't recover unless he has the will to live.

7 Be careful! The tree's going to fall!

8 Never postpone till tomorrow what you can do today.

9 I regard him as the greatest living novelist.

10 He dressed himself in uniform for the occasion.

11 He keeps hearing strange footsteps in the house, so he has hired a private detective to investigate the matter.

12 She was sitting opposite me in the bus but she pretended not to see me.

13 Whenever you are in Paris, do go and visit my sister.

14 Why was she looking so annoyed?

15 The Albert Hall was erected in memory of Queen Victoria's husband.

16 I can't offer hospitality to you all because my flat is too small.

17 Suppose you telephone the station and ask them.

18 He disparages his own garden but he likes other people to praise it.

19 She is in poor health after working for three years without a break.

20 The village is so small that we are always meeting our friends accidentally.

21 It is the first time that he has encountered any opposition.

22 Peter's leaving. Why don't you apply for his job?

23 There is something wrong with the television set; we'd better summon an electrician.

24 A man who has always led an open-air life would find it difficult to be contented in

an office job.

25 I am feeling rather tired today because I stayed out of bed later than usual last night.

26 You are not allowed to offer yourself for election to Parliament if you are under eighteen, a lunatic, or a bankrupt.

27 He lost his reputation and all his money but he had good friends and they continued to support and help him.

28 The father was thoroughly dishonest and the son resembles him. He has already been in the courts for stealing.

29 He started playing golf as he thought it would help him socially.

30 I used to believe his tall stories; now he rarely succeeds in deceiving me.

31 It is silly to abandon a good job like yours, just because you don't like the coffee in

the canteen.

32 They rejected her application because they preferred a man for the job.

33 The factory normally makes clocks and watches but during the last war it produced precision instruments for aeroplanes.

34 The chairman brought his speech to an end by thanking the staff for their hard work.

35 Take a pencil and paper and calculate how long it will take us to reach London from here.

36 He undertook evening work to make some extra money but at the end of the year he was completely exhausted, and had to abandon it.