Phrasal verbs vocabulary unit 1close-up

Question 1

blow away

Answer 1

impress somebody

Question 2

break through

Answer 2

manage to get past something that is in your way

Question 3

come up against

Answer 3

face a problem

Question 4

pull off

Answer 4

succeed in doing something

Question 5

fall through

Answer 5

not happen

Question 6

get ahead

Answer 6

make progress

Question 7

hang on

Answer 7

wait

Question 8

knuckle down

Answer 8

start working or studying hard

Question 9

go for it

Answer 9

decide to do something

Question 10

have (got) a lot on one’s plate

Answer 10

have a lot to do

Question 11

work around the clock

Answer 11

work day and night

Question 12

by a mile

Answer 12

by far

Question 13

be under fire

Answer 13

facing criticism

Question 14

go without a hitch

Answer 14

happen without any problem

Question 15

get there

Answer 15

succeed

Question 16

do the trick

Answer 16

solve a problem

Question 17

go all out

Answer 17

try one’s hardest

Question 18

do one’s best

Answer 18

try as hard as you can

Question 19

get the green light

Answer 19

be told you are allowed to do something

Question 20

go places

Answer 20

likely to become famous or successful

Question 21

wise up

Answer 21

realise the truth about a situation

Question 22

a no-brainer

Answer 22

something very easy to do or understand

Question 23

streetwise

Answer 23

able to deal with life and dangers in a big city

Question 24

dumb down

Answer 24

make something easier to understand

Question 25

box clever

Answer 25

behave in a careful and cunning way to get what you want

Question 26

a bright spark

Answer 26

somebody who says or does something that they think is clever but is stupid