Vocabulary: damage and repair

Describe damage & repair

The bookcase was falling to pieces but I managed to put it together again.

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They knocked the building down. now they're going to put up a block of flats in its place.

My shirt was torn to bits in the washing machine. I tried to sew it up, but in the end I had to throw it away.

Part of the fence has blown down in the wind. I hope I can put it up again.

There was a scene in the film where a car blew up and the house next to it burnt down.

The car ran into a tree. Fortunately, no one was hurt, but the car was a write-off.

Two young guys stopped outside the bar; broke the door down and smashed the place up. It was terrible for the owners, who had just spent a lot of money smartening it up.

Multiple Choice

He ought to smarten ...........

• pieces

• apart

• himself away

• himself up

• himself together

Multiple Choice

The car had to be written ......

• pieces

• apart

• away

• off

Multiple Choice

The wind blew the tree ......

• down

• apart

• away

• off

Multiple Choice

You should throw these eggs ......

• pieces

• apart

• away

• off

Multiple Choice

She tore the letter to ......

• pieces

• apart

• away

• off

Multiple Choice

The chair broke, but I managed to put it ...

• together

• apart

• on

• off

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This sheet is torn

bits.

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Ali: What happened to the old flats?

Umar: They

them down and rebuilt them.

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Ali: Where's Mike?

Umar: He's out in the garden, smashing

some boxes.

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Ali: Did the police have to break into the flat?

Umar: Yes, they had to break the door

.

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If you don't want those CDs, why don't you throw them

?

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The document was too old; it just fell to

.