Chapter 9

Question 1

bog … down …

Answer 1

be slowed, be hindered, become stuck

Also: The plans bogged down

Question 2

Build … up …

Answer 2

Make strong or large or successful, create slowly, develop, cause to increase

Question 3

do … over …

Answer 3

Do again, repeat (an action or a series of actions), repeat in a better way

Question 4

Drop … off

Answer 4

Become less, be reduced (prices, sales, etc.)

Question 5

Fix … up …

Answer 5

Repair, pu into working order, improve the appearance of

Question 6

give … up …

Answer 6

stop (doing something), abandon, relinquish

Question 7

go into …

Answer 7

Enter, begin ,start (a business, an activity or a condition)

Question 8

help out

Answer 8

assist, provide help

Question 9

Hold out for

Answer 9

Insist on getting before coming to an agreement

Question 10

inch along

Answer 10

Move very slowly, move a small distance in time

Question 11

lay … off …

Answer 11

drop (someone) from employment for a while

Question 12

Live on …

Answer 12

Exist on; have enough food, etc. to survive

Question 13

pay … off

Answer 13

pay all that ones owes

Question 14

plan on …

Answer 14

make plans or preparations for (usually followed by an -ing word)

Question 15

save … up

Answer 15

save a small amount at a time

Question 16

send for …

Answer 16

ask (someone) to come or bring

Question 17

Set … up …

Answer 17

Start, establish (set up shop = start a small business)

Question 18

Sign up

Answer 18

Write one’s name on a paper agreeing to do something

Question 19

slacken off

Answer 19

become less (as sales, business, profits, etc.), become slower. (Slack off is also used)

Question 20

Sleep on

Answer 20

Delay or postpone (a decision) unit the next morning (often in the phrase sleep on it)

Question 21

Take … over …

Answer 21

1. Become responsible for, take charge of, become the owner of

Question 22

Tune … up…

Answer 22

Adjust properly, cause to operate smoothly and correctly (usually a machine or a musical instrument)

Question 23

Work out

Answer 23

1. Proceed satisfactorily, be or become acceptable or successful
2. Do physical exercise, run or lift weights, etc., to exercise the body

Question 24

work … out …

Answer 24

develop with someone else (an arrangement, etc.), make adjustments in a plan, etc.

Question 25

Work … up …

Answer 25

Develop (a plan, a business, etc.) (often=build up or work out)

Question 26

Talk over

Answer 26

Consider what to do about, make an analysis of, discuss seriously and in detail