Vocachat with Hemmingway: Old Man at the Bridge

"Now that she's a teenager, she never asks for our help. She thinks she can take care of herself."

Which phrasal verb can replace the underlined expression?

• look out for

• take after

• get ready for

• look after

"Are you a Republican or a Democrat?"

Another way to ask the same question is:

• Do you like politics?

• What's your policy preference?

• What politics have you?

• What's your political affiliation?

PETER: Have you been drinking?

JADE: No way! Why?

PETER: You ______ all the way up here.

JADE: That's because I'm not used to wear high heels.

• staggered

• ran

• looked

I'll never play beach soccer again. I could bearly walk in that deep sand, I was ___________.

• running

• ploding

• jumping

• walking heavily

You need to buy new wheels for my bike. The ________ are really rusty, it may be dangerous riding it in such conditions.

• spokes

• tiers

• saddle

• pedals

I was not trying to insult you, I just ________ a fact.

• yelded

• built

• declared

• stated

Prince William and Kate Middleton seem really happy together, even though they have very different backgrounds: while he's a noble since birth, she was a _________.

• student

• peasant

• duchess

• poor

My professor disapproved of my project. Now I'll have to write a new one _________.

• from the ground-up

• last week

• across the bridge

• from the very beginning