Phrasal verb Unit 32+33

It cost Oscar and Nina a huge amount of money to put three children ....... college.

• through

• in

• to

• off

Artem sailed ............... all his exams at school with flying colours.

• out

• through

• in

• up

[phr.v] Meaning: (informal) pass but only just

• sail through

• scrape through

• put through

• get through

I'm afraid you'll have to cross my name ...... the list for the trip next Saturday.

• out

• off

• over

• to

The college basketball team always seems to cream ...... the best athletes and other sports suffer as a result.

• off

• up

• down

• out

She was so brilliant, she left all the other students .....

• downward

• out

• over

• behind

The end-of-semester marks in each year all count .... your final degree.

• into

• towards

• in

• to

I like Professor Watson's lectures; they're so clear. His ideas don't come .... nearly as well in his books.

• in

• across

• down

• up

He was on the borderline between pass and fail, but his poor attendance on the course counted ...... him and they failed him in the end.

• on

• across

• against

• into

Since her marriage ended, she has buried herself ... her work.

• in

• under

• up

• over