PHRASAL VERBS

Question 1

Practice and improve your skills or knowledge of something

Answer 1

Brush up (on)

Question 2

Change your opinion or decision because someone has persuaded you to agree with them

Answer 2

Come (a)round (to)

Question 3

accept sth and try to deal with it

Answer 3

Face up to

Question 4

Suddenly have an idea, discover something by chance

Answer 4

Hit upon

Question 5

See, hear or understand someone or something with difficulty, suggest, imply

Answer 5

Make out

Question 6

Think carefully ab sth over a period of time

Answer 6

Mull over

Question 7

Learn the truth about something by considering all the separate bits of information you have

Answer 7

Piece together

Question 8

Solve a confusing or complicated problem by thinking carefully about it

Answer 8

Puzzle out

Question 9

Get information on a particular subject by reading a lot about it

Answer 9

Read up (on/about)

Question 10

Study something very hard, especially for an exam

Answer 10

Swot up (on)

Question 11

Understand and remember something that you hear or read, accept something as real or true, trick someone into believing something that is not true

Answer 11

Take in

Question 12

Consider a problem or decision carefully

Answer 12

Think over

Question 13

Consider the facts about something in an organized and thorough way

Answer 13

Think through

Question 14

Invent or imagine something, especially an excuse

Answer 14

Think up