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Make appropriate answers for these
questions using the phrasal verbs in brackets. |
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What happened to sales of color TVs
in the first part of the year ? ( shoot up ) |
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Why are you looking so depressed ?
What's happened ? ( lay off ) |
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Is John still going to play in the
match on Saturday ? ( pull out ) |
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Won't your father stop you coming
to the party ? ( get round ) |
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What do you think IBN is going to
do next ? ( take over ) |
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How's life at the moment ? ( pick
up ) |
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You are looking happy ! Why ? (
take off ) |
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Are you still going to sell your
car to that guy you met last week ? ( fall through ) |
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What are you going to do about your
low profits this year ? ( cut back ) |
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Answers |
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They shot up by 50%. |
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I was laid off on Friday. |
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No, he's pulled out because he is
still having problems with his leg. |
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No, there are ways of getting round
him. |
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I'm sure it will take over one or
two small European companies. |
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It's picked up since I met this
girl called Cindy at a party a few weeks ago. |
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Sales of our newest product have
taken off. It's amazing ! |
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No, that's all fallen through. We
couldn't agree on a price. |
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One thing we are going to do is cut
back on the number of administrative staff. |
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