Phrasal Verbs & Idioms

"Set off" means...

• invent

• cancel

• continue, carry on

• start a journey

"Call off" means...

• recognise

• stop doing something

• cancel

• mention something

"Put forward" means...

• make a suggestion or proposal

• recognise

• postpone

• give someone the right to have something

"Make out" means

• recognise

• invent

• continue, carry on

• to be slower than

Over a hundred people ________________ for the news conference

• took off

• showed up

• gave in

The clock is completely broken. I’ll try to ______________ it

___________ and fix it.

• pick out

• set up

• take apart

• cheat on

John told me that he didn’t steal but I didn’t ________________ his lies.

• talk down to

• pay for

• fall for

Erich is very sick at the moment but I am sure he’ll ________________

• give in

• pull through

• take off

• go along with

It took the woman a few minutes to COME ROUND after she had fainted .

• continue doing

• discuss in detail

• regain consciousness

• leave

Joe CAME INTO a lot of money , which changed his life completely.

• find by chance

• inherit

• suffer

• earned