Miscellaneous3

Miscellaneous3

COME ACROSS / RUN INTO

CATCH ON

Why did the fidget spinners catch on ¹ so fast?

We were teasing Jim, but he was slow to catch on ² that we were joking.

CATCH UP WITH

Will Western industry ever catch up with¹

Japanese innovations?

He was off school for a while and is finding it hard to catch up .

I stopped & waited for her to catch up²

KEEP UP WITH

(continue to be informed about sth)

He’s never made an effort to keep up with current events.

DROP OFF

We dropped our luggage off at the hotel and went sightseeing.¹

I must have dropped off during the show, because I don’t remember how it ended. ²

The demand for mobile phones

shows no signs of dropping off.³

He dropped out of school when he was 16.

Multiple Choice

It took Jennifer a long time to _____ to the fact that Mary was taking advantage of her.

• burst out

• keep up with

• catch on

• bump into

Multiple Select

I had to walk fast to____________him.

• keep up with

• run into

• keep pace with

• catch up to

• catch on

Multiple Choice

Industry executives believe that the company’s products will ________ as customers become more security conscious.

• burst out

• catch on

• keep up

• come across

Multiple Select

We ___________ Amy when we were in town last week.

• came across

• ran into

• burst out

• bumped into

• caught on

Multiple Choice

I'll come to your house tonight and __________your cake pan.

• drop off

• keep up

• drop out

• bump into

COMPLY WITH

If someone or something complies with an order or set of rules, they are in accordance with what is required or expected

There're serious penalties for failure to 

comply with the regulations.

CUT OFF

One of the goals of the campaign is to cut off the enemy from its supplies.

The rebels have cut off electricity from the capital.

When you do get through, you've got to say your piece quickly before you get cut off.

CUT OUT

I cut it out and pinned it to my studio wall.

We should base our policies on cutting out waste.

TO BE CUT OUT

If you are not cut out for a particular type of work, you do not have the qualities that are needed to be able to do it well.

He doesn't feel he is cut out to be a leader.

I left medicine anyway. I wasn't really cut out for it. 

Multiple Choice

I'm going back to school because I always regretted _______college.

• dropping off

• dropping out of

Multiple Select

The US has threatened to ________economic and military aid.

• cut off

• comply with

• keep pace with

• drop out

Multiple Choice

This new system should _____ the time spent in meetings.

• cut out

• cut off

• cut down

• cheer up

• burst out

Multiple Choice

Rather than being openly confrontational with his parents, he just quietly-and perhaps unconsciously-refused to _______their demands.

• burst out

• cut off

• cheer up

• comply with

Multiple Choice

The current advice to pregnant women is to cut out alcohol.

• drink less alcohol

• stop drinking alcohol

Multiple Choice

After his wife died, he_____ himself ______ completely from the rest of the world.

• cut - off

• cheered - up

• caught - on

• cut - down

Multiple Choice

I'm not __________an office job.

• cut down on

• cut off

• cut out for

• cut out

Multiple Select

Tick the wrong matching(s)

• cut out - stop doing sth bad for your health

• cut down - reduce

• cheer up - be happy

• comply with - require

• catch on - become popular

Jonny FELL OVER a small rock and FELL DOWN the mountain. He couldn’t stop himself, and eventually FELL OFF the cliff and INTO the sea. The ambulance rescued him, but the door was open and he FELL OUT of the ambulance and ONTO the road.

FALL THROUGH

If Tom's project had been successful, his career plans wouldn't have fallen through.

FALL INTO

Over breakfast at my motel, I fell into conversation with the owner of a hardware shop. 

We've fallen into the habit of getting up late on Saturday mornings.

FALL OUT

She'd fallen out with her boyfriend over his ex-girlfriend.

FALL DOWN ON

If an argument, organization, or person falls down on a particular point, they are weak or unsatisfactory on that point.

I'm quite good at speaking Chinese, but I fall down on the written work.

FALL FOR

Why do anime girls fall for losers?

FALL TO BITS

FALL TO PIECES

FALL APART

Multiple Choice

Small firms that _______ technologically can be rapidly wiped out.

• fall into

• fall over

• fall behind

• fall off

Multiple Choice

He is too smart to_____that trick.

• fall into

• fall for

• fall off

• fall down

Multiple Choice

When his wife left him, his world _______.

• fell behind

• fell down

• fell off

• fell apart

Multiple Choice

The studio planned to make a movie of the book but the deal ____________.

• fell through

• fell off

• fell out

• fell for

Multiple Choice

She ______doing yoga after she befriended a yoga instructor.

• fell out

• fell into

• fell behind

• fell through

Multiple Choice

The local authority is ________ the job of keeping the streets clean.

• falling for

• falling off

• falling down on

• falling over

Multiple Choice

Jung and Freud _______when Jung disagreed with some of Freud's central theories.

• fell behind

• fell through

• fell down

• fell out

GROW OUT OF

The idea for the story grew out of a strange experience I had last year.²

Lucas says he wants to join the army when he turns 18, but I hope he'll grow out of the idea.³

play up x play down

PULL DOWN

They pulled down the warehouse to build a new supermarket.

PULL OFF

It takes skilled 

negotiators to pull off a deal like that.

KEEP AWAY

KEEP OUT

KEEP OFF

Evil eye beads are believed to keep away the evil eye.

The yard was fenced in to keep out wolves.

They lit a fire to keep off wild animals.

RIP STH UP

Teens have taken to ripping up their jeans

RIP SO. OFF

Bob's tickets cost 

much less than ours - I think we've been ripped off.

SEND FOR

Do you think we should send for a doctor?

Multiple Choice

Luckily, I remembered to _______the price tag before handing Sara her gift.

• pull over

• send for

• rip off

• drop off

Multiple Choice

The automobile factory _____ five hundred people _____from work.

• sent - for

• ripped - off

• laid - off

• pulled - over

Multiple Choice

I think you've got a flat tire. You'd better__________.

• send for

• pull over

• rule out

• drop off

Multiple Choice

Everyone _____ the film ____as this timeless, flawless classic, but I've always thought it to just be a confusing mess.

• plays - up

• cuts - down

• piles - up

• lays - off

Multiple Choice

I _________ an information packet that will show us all the options.

• laid off

• ripped off

• sent for

• grew out of

Multiple Choice

My novel ________ a short story I'd written as a kid.

• grew out of

• falls for

• cuts out

• complies with

STAND FOR

What does P.S. stand for?

STEP DOWN

The director of the Los Alamos National Lab is stepping down after some problems in lab management. 

TELL OFF

Is it bad to tell your dog off when it does sth wrong?

TURN OUT / UP / DOWN / IN /OVER

Sometimes things don't turn out the way we think they're going to.

I turned the volume up.

I thanked him for the offer but turned it down.

The teacher is waiting for students to turn in their essays.

The King may turn over some of his official posts to his son.

 Even when she didn't say anything you could see her turning things over in her mind.

WORK OUT

FIGURE OUT

l don't have to be a detective to figure that out.

WEAR OUT

My dog has a lot of energy so I like to chase him until he wears out and goes to sleep

WEAR OFF

(fade away)

Most of my make up wore off before I got to the party.

WIND UP / END UP

If he keeps stealing he's going to wind up in prison

WRITE OFF

The World Bank is being urged to write off debts from

developing countries.

Multiple Choice

It was a difficult time, but eventually things ______ all right.

• stepped down

• wrote off

• turned out

• wore off

Multiple Choice

James was one of those kids who was always getting________ for swearing at school

• told off

• sorted out

• figured out

• worn out

Multiple Choice

Within ten years the theme park was_______ £20 million.

• falling into

• turning over

• ruling out

• figuring out

Multiple Choice

He was forced to _______ from his post.

• i

• i

• ğ

Multiple Choice

The traffic starts ____around this time

• pulling over

• falling apart

• piling up

• turning down

Multiple Select

My boots are beginning to _______

• fall apart

• rule out

• wear off

• wear out

• fall over

Multiple Choice

Management has been _____the possibility of job losses.

• playing down

• standing for

• turning out

• piling up

Multiple Select

The effects of the anaesthetic were starting to _________.

• wear out

• fade away

• wear off

• play down

Multiple Choice

AIDS ________Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.

• complies with

• falls for

• writes off

• stands for

Multiple Choice

The Inland Revenue _______£900 million in unpaid taxes.

• wrote off

• turned off

• told off

• wore off

Multiple Choice

We need to_______ how we’re going to get there.

• work out

• stand for

• play up

• pile up

Multiple Choice

This recent wave of terrorism has _______any chance of peace talks.

• pulled over

• stepped down

• ruled out

• turned on