Phrasal verbs, collocations, phrases, patterns

Question 1

practise and improve your skills or knowledge of sth

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 sth by chance

Answer 4

hit upon

Question 5

think carefully about sth over a period of time

Answer 5

mull over

Question 6

learn the truth abt sth by considering all the separate bits of infor u have

Answer 6

piece together

Question 7

solve a confusing/ complicated problem by thinking carefully about it

Answer 7

puzzle out

Question 8

get infor on a particular subject by reading a lot about it

Answer 8

read up (on/ about)

Question 9

study sth very hard, especially for an exam

Answer 9

swot up (on)

Question 10

understand and remember sth

deceive sb

Answer 10

take in

Question 11

invent or imagine sth (especially an excuse)

Answer 11

think up

Question 12

to think very hard or for a long time about something

Answer 12

rack one’s brain(s)

Question 13

a result that is certain to happen

Answer 13

foregone conclusion

Question 14

believing, usually wrongly, that something is true or is happening

Answer 14

(be) under the impression that…

Question 15

to make an effort to remember something

Answer 15

make a mental note of something

Question 16

a wrong idea about something, or something you believe to be true that is not true

Answer 16

under the misapprehension