Test unit 6-10

You may begin to wonder if having a baby was the right thing to do and whether you'll ever get back on an even _____.

Luckily the bomb was intercepted. The consequences if it hadn't been hardly _____ thinking about.

As a manager, you have to put your _____ down sometimes, or your staff will walk all over you.

Stephen has been putting classic literature on a _____ ever since college, so he gets really judgmental of other genres he deems to be inferior.

I used to be close friends with Tiffany, but once she started dating my ex-boyfriend, it really drove a _____ between us.

The town center was once populated with local artists, but large retail stores have since _____ them out.

• let

• dealt

• squeezed

• pressed

By ignoring your feelings you are only _____ up trouble for yourself.

• cropping

• storing

• sticking

•   piling

Don't be too eager to lavish praise _____ your children unless they've truly earned it, or else they could end up with an inflated ego or sense of entitlement.

• up

• out

• onto

• upon

He would _____ brutal punishments to any child who misbehaved.

• deal out

•   go off

•       mop up

•    take up

The divorce _____ me up for a long time.

• shored

•  screwed

• rolled

• chucked