Is the World a Battlefield? Phrasal Verbs

In North Korea, the president there is always trying to __________ his reserves of Weapons of Mass Destruction. (WMD)

• straighten out

• involve in

• boss around

• build up

Some people would ___________ about injustices but others would prefer to keep a low profile.

• carry out

• speak out

• boss around

• run with

Louis XVI was ___________ by the French Revolution.

• brought down

• carried out

• centre around

• involved in

Some of the politicians who led Brexit said the UK left the EU as more powerful countries would ____________ the smaller ones.

• run with

• bring down

• involve in

• boss around

The Taliban ____________ a devastating terrorist attack on 9/11 that changed the world we live in.

• brought down

• ran with

• built up

• carried out

Britain's success in the Second World War _____________ their excellent intelligence which some say shortened the war by 4 years.

• involved in

• carried out

• centred around

• brought down

Ecuador became ______________ an international problem when Julian Assange escaped to their London Embassy.

• carried out

• centred around

• involved in

• straightened out

The truth be told, we have never ____________ all of the problems that resulted from the First and Second World Wars.

• bossed around

• built up

• straightened out

• centred around

Anne Frank used her famous diary to __________ about the horrors of Nazi occupation.

• centre around

• speak out

• build up

• involve in

There are many Hollywood movies like Platoon (1986), Rescue Dawn (2006), and Casualties of War (1989) that ___________ the events of the Vietnam War (1955-75).

• run with

• speak out

• centre around

• build up