Chapter 10

Question 1

Agree on

Answer 1

Consent to, accept (an agreement or the terms of a business deal) (=settle on)

Question 2

Back out of …

Answer 2

Change one’s mind about, break a promise about, withdrew from

Question 3

Call … off …

Answer 3

Cancel, stop, bring an end to

Question 4

Cash… in

Answer 4

get cash instead of, sell (usually bonds or stocks, redeem

Question 5

Check up on …

Answer 5

Examine to discover the facts about

Question 6

Cheer up

Answer 6

Become cheerful, become happy and pleasant

Question 7

Count on

Answer 7

Depend on, rely on, expect, to be sure of

Question 8

Deal with

Answer 8

Do business with, buy from or sell to

Question 9

Fill … in …

Answer 9

Write in (blanks, etc.), complete by writing n

Question 10

Find … out …

Answer 10

Discover, learn

Question 11

Go up

Answer 11

Increases (prices), become higher

Question 12

Help out

Answer 12

Assist, provide help

Question 13

Lay … aside

Answer 13

Keep for later use, save, put away (Put … aside: Same meaning)

Question 14

Live off

Answer 14

Exist on what is earned from, exist on available funds or land

Question 15

Live through

Answer 15

Exist in spite of (something difficult or unpleasant)

Question 16

Live up to

Answer 16

do (whatever is promised), act according to

Question 17

Make off with

Answer 17

steal, take, go away with (something that is probably not one’s own)

Question 18

Part with

Answer 18

Give away or sell (something that one likes)

Question 19

Pay … down

Answer 19

pay part of the cost of when one buys

Question 20

Pay off

Answer 20

1. Produce a profit

2. Pay all that one’s own

Question 21

Pitch in

Answer 21

Help, assist, provide help (informal) (=Help out)

Question 22

Put … in …

Answer 22

1. Spend, use (time)

2. Include, add

Question 23

Run out of …

Answer 23

Use all of, have no more

Question 24

Sell out

Answer 24

Sell, sell all of

Question 25

Settle on

Answer 25

Consent to, accept, decide on (the arrangement or the terms of a business deal) (=agree)

Question 26

Shop around

Answer 26

Examine several possibilities before buying something

Question 27

Shut … down …

Answer 27

Close, stop operating (a business or a factory)

Also: Some business shut down and then reopen

Question 28

Single … out

Answer 28

Select, choose (usually just on)

Question 29

Sleep on

Answer 29

Delay or postpone (a decision) until the next morning

Question 30

Stick to

Answer 30

Persist in, continue doing

Question 31

Turn … down …

Answer 31

Refuse, decline, not accept (an invitation)

Question 32

Turn out

Answer 32

And result, get (good or bad) results, eventuate