5_2 Chapter

Question 1

to go to the place that someone is leaving from in order to say goodbye to them

Answer 1

see sb off

My parents saw me off at the airport.

Question 2

To cut someone or something off means to separate them from things that they are normally connected with.

Answer 2

cut sth off

Remember to cut off the fat before you fry the steak.

If this bill is not paid within five days, your gas supply will be cut off.

The aim was to cut off the enemy’s escape route/supplies.

Question 3

to leave a place and go somewhere else

If a light or a machine goes off, it stops working

Answer 3

go off

She’s gone off on holiday with Tony.

The lights went off in several villages because of the storm.

Question 4

to use or do (something) in a way that is not very serious I’m not really a painter

Answer 4

mess about/aroung (with sth)

Question 5

To relax or spend time idly; to do nothing or very little

Answer 5

laze around/about

t’s a gorgeous day outside, so you kids get off your butts and quit lazing around!

Question 6

(of an object) be left carelessly out of place.

Answer 6

lie around/about

“I became irritated at the pills and potions lying around the house”

Question 7

If you hang around, hang about, or hang round, you stay in the same place doing nothing, usually because you are waiting for something or someone.

Answer 7

hang around/about

Question 8

used to tell someone to go away in a rude way

Answer 8

clear off

Clear off or I’ll call the police!