phrasal verbs

Question 1

come into

Answer 1

enter

Question 2

check out of a hotel or clinic

Answer 2

pay the bill and leave

Question 3

if you check in or are checked in at a hotel or airport

Answer 3

go to the desk and report that you have arrived

Question 4

cut down on

Answer 4

to reduce the amount of sth

Question 5

get out (information or money) (from a person)

Answer 5

to extract

Question 6

If you can opt in to something, you are able to

Answer 6

choose to be part of an agreement or system

Question 7

draw up

Answer 7

to prepare a written document, such as a list or contract

Question 8

go away

Answer 8

to travel to a place and spend time there

Question 9

If you get along with someone, you have a

Answer 9

friendly relationship with them.

Question 10

If you go out, you

Answer 10

you leave your home in order to do sth enjoyable

Question 11

If you look up a fact or a piece of information

Answer 11

you find it out by looking in something such as a reference book or a list.

Question 12

If you say or shout look (…) ! to someone, you are (…) that they are in (…)

Answer 12

out
warning them
danger.

Question 13

When a vehicle or driver pulls over, or when a police officer pulls them over, the vehicle (…) of the road and (…) there

Answer 13

moves closer to the side, stops

Question 14

creep (…):
to begin to (…) or (…) something

Answer 14

in/into
happen
affect

Question 15

She is used to dealing with all kinds of people in her job.
deal with:
to (…) in a (…) (…) or (…) to (…) you are (…) to, managing, etc.

Answer 15

take appropriate action
particular
situation
according
who
talking

Question 16

The rain stopped and the sun came out.
when the (…), moon or stars come out, they (…)

Answer 16

sun
appear

Question 17

If you go on like this you’ll end up in prison.
to (…) (…) in a (…) or situation (…) of a (…) or period of time

Answer 17

find
yourself
place
at the end
process

Question 18

you’ll get a lot of use out of that gun
get something out of somebody/something:
to (…) or (…) something (…) (…) somebody/something

Answer 18

gain
obtain
good
from

Question 19

The gun went off by accident
go off:
to (…)

Answer 19

explode

Question 20

He had put on false eyebrows and false hair
put on:
to (…) yourself in something

Answer 20

dress

Question 21

You ought to get out of the house more.
get out (of something):
to (…) or (…) of a place

Answer 21

leave
go out

Question 22

Stuart really gets around—last week he was in Dubai and this week he’s in Paris.
get around:
to (…) from (…) or from (…)

Answer 22

move
place to place
person to person

Question 23

Police are looking into the disappearance of two children.
look into sth: to (…) something

Answer 23

examine

Question 24

She left out an ‘m’ in ‘accommodation’.
leave out:
to (…) or (…) somebody/something in something

Answer 24

not include
mention

Question 25

Her mother never referred to him again.
refer to:
to (…) or (…) about somebody/something

Answer 25

mention
speak

Question 26

You’re a popular girl, Grace, and a lot of the younger ones look up to you.
look up to sb:
to (…) or (…) somebody

Answer 26

admire
respect

Question 27

The local kids hang out at the mall.
hang out:
to (…) (…) in a (…)

Answer 27

spend
a lot of time
place

Question 28

As children we were very close, but as we grew up we just drifted apart.
drift apart:
to (…) (…) friendly or (…) somebody

Answer 28

become
less
close to

Question 29

They met up again later for a drink.
meet up:
to (…) somebody, especially (…)

Answer 29

meet
by arrangement

Question 30

Guess who I ran into today!:
run into:
to (…) somebody (…)

Answer 30

meet
by chance

meet: to be in the same place as somebody

Question 31

Few people can count on having a job for life.
count on:
to (…) somebody to do something or to (…) that something (…)

Answer 31

trust
be sure
will happen

Question 32

I’m not going to put up with their smoking any longer.
put up with:
to (…) somebody/something that is (…), unpleasant

Answer 32

tolerate
annoying

Question 33

her famous song, ‘Stand by your man’
stand by:
to (…) somebody or (…) with them, (…) in (…)

Answer 33

help
be friends
even
difficult situations

Question 34

They talked over the proposal and decided to give it their approval.
talk over:
to (…) something (…) and completely, especially (…) reach an agreement or (…)

Answer 34

discuss
carefully
in order to
make a decision

Question 35

We hit it off straight away.
hit it off (with somebody):
to (…) a (…) friendly (…) with somebody

Answer 35

have
good
relationship

Question 36

They seem to get along with each other.
get along

Answer 36

hit it off

Question 37

She doesn’t want to go back to her husband
go back (to):
(…) or (…)

Answer 37

return
come back (to)

Question 38

to work (…) a problem
:
to (…) the (…) to something

Answer 38

out
find
answer

Question 39

The cat (…)bbed itself against my legs.
(…)b/:
to (…) your hand, a cloth, etc. (sth), (…) and forwards (…) a (…) while (…) it

Answer 39

ru
ru
/rʌb/
move
backwards
over
surface
pressing

Question 40

The gemstones are cut and (…)lished by master craftsmen.
(…)lish/:
to (…) something (…) and (…) by (…) it

Answer 40

po
po
/ˈpɑːlɪʃ/
make
smooth
shiny
rubbing