M 10 Reading Vocabulary

to react to something that has happened or that you have noticed

• pick up on

• pitch in

• lay down

When I bought this house, all my friends___________ to help fix it up.

• laid down

• pitched in

• picked up on

I can _______you _______for a couple of nights until you find a decent hotel at a reasonable price.

• put up

• lay down

• pitch in

The EU has ___________ tough standards for waterquality.

• laid down

• pitched in

• picked up on

He asked me to _________ (eepknaeyeutoorf) any houses to rent.

She is _________about buying only organic food.

• adamant

• unanimous

The board made a(n) __________decision to reject the recommendations.

• unanimous

• adamant

pull one's weight

• To contribute to a groupactivity or project in proportion to one's abilities or role.

• To try your best to get fitter

• To be uncontrollably putting on extra kilos

Honestly, I never expected this play to be so successful from the _________.

• outset

• downset

• outcome

• downtown

__________ (irentorpscet), we shouldn't have invested so heavily in one sector, but there's no way we could have known about some of the risks.