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Question 1

rake in

Answer 1

Earn a lot of money.

That man selling chocolate underwear is raking it in!

Question 2

rake up

Answer 2

Talk about a painful experience from the past.

Why does he keep raking up my divorce?

Question 3

range over

Answer 3

Cover a wide spectrum of topics.

His talked ranged over everything from zoology to anthropology.

Question 4

reach out

Answer 4

Make contact with a person or group.

I have tried to reach out to Mandy but she is just too depressed.

Question 5

read back

Answer 5

Read something you have written to check it.

I read back over my report and it was full of silly errors.

Question 6

read into

Answer 6

Find a meaning in something that is not intended.

I read into his statement that he feels very guilty.

Question 7

read up

Answer 7

Study something.

I have to read up as much as possible about beer-making.

Question 8

reckon on

Answer 8

Take into account.

We made dinner for only three people. We didn’t reckon on my sisters coming too.

Question 9

reckon with

Answer 9

Deal with.

If you treat my daughter badly, you’ll have me to reckon with.

Question 10

rent out

Answer 10

Hire one’s possessions to someone.

I will have to rent out the spare room to make some money.

Question 11

ride on

Answer 11

Gamble, risk money on something.

I have nearly a million dollars riding on that land deal.

Question 12

ride out

Answer 12

Survive bad weather or a terrible situation.

The fishermen rode out the storm in a small bay and then sailed on.

Question 13

ride up

Answer 13

(Clothes) Move up the body.

This skirt rides up too much.

Question 14

ring back

Answer 14

Telephone someone again.

Jon is not here at the moment, can you ring back later?

Question 15

ring off

Answer 15

End a phone call.

He sounded so depressed that when he rang off, I went round to see him.

Question 16

ring round

Answer 16

Telephone a lot of people, shops, businesses, etc.

To get the best price, it’s best to ring round as many companies as possible.

Question 17

ring up

Answer 17

1. Telephone somebody.
   I will ring you up after you get home.
2. calculate total amount to pay.
   She rang up our purchases quickly and we left.

Question 18

rip off

Answer 18

(Informal) Cheat someone.

He ripped me off selling those tickets for twenty dollars. They were worth about five!

Question 19

roll back

Answer 19

Move back, remove.

Seeing my old school friends last week really rolled back the years.

Question 20

roll by

Answer 20

To pass.

Years just roll by when you are in prison doing nothing.

Question 21

roll in

Answer 21

Arrive at regular intervals.

Requests for that new song are just rolling in.

Question 22

roll on

Answer 22

To hope to come soon, to arrive quickly.

Roll on summer! Then we can have a nice holiday!

Question 23

roll up

Answer 23

(Informal) Arrive.

I waited for you for two hours and then you roll up without even an apology.

Question 24

root about

Answer 24

Search for in a very active way.

My sister is rooting about in her wardrobe looking for that dress she wore for the wedding last summer.

Question 25

root out

Answer 25

Get rid of a bad thing.

The conservative party needs to root out the extremists that ruin its image.

Question 26

rub in

Answer 26

Force something humiliating, embarrassing to be remembered.

Don’t rub in the fact that he doesn’t have a job!

Question 27

rub off

Answer 27

To be less bright, amazing, etc.

The new boss’s initial friendliness has begun to rub off.

Question 28

rub off on

Answer 28

Have an influence on someone, something else.

Don’t socialize with Gary. His dishonesty is starting to rub off on you.

Question 29

rub out

Answer 29

Erase, cancel out.

That’s not correct what you have written. Rub it out.

Question 30

rub someone up (the wrong way)

Answer 30

To irritate, annoy somebody.

Your brother really rubs me up the wrong way. I can’t stand him.

Question 31

rule out

Answer 31

To declare as impossible.

In the current economic climate, we have to rule out any pay rises.

Question 32

run across

Answer 32

To meet by chance.

If you run across Giles, say hello, won’t you?

Question 33

run away

Answer 33

Escape, flee.

He ran away from three orphanages when a child.

Question 34

run back over

Answer 34

To discuss again.

Let’s run back over the plan again so everyone is clear about what is involved.

Question 35

run behind

Answer 35

To be late, behind schedule.

The new roof is running behind schedule by about two weeks.

Question 36

run down

Answer 36

1. Hit someone with a vehicle.
   Be careful! You almost knocked that woman over.
2. Find after a long search.
   I finally ran her down in Donegal.
3. Say unkind things about a person.
   Your wife is always running her sister down.

Question 37

run for

Answer 37

Contest an election.

The senator decided to run for President.

Question 38

run in

Answer 38

Begin using a machine slowly at the start.

Make sure you run in that car for at least two weeks.

Question 39

run on

Answer 39

1. Time to pass quickly.
   Time is running on, let’s finish up now.
2. Use as a source of energy.
   This calculator runs on solar energy.

Question 40

run out

Answer 40

1. Come to a finish, an end.
   Our time has run out. We must conclude here.
2. Finish supplies of something.
   We have run out of petrol. Walk to the nearest filling station.
3. Abandon.
   He ran out on his two kids.

Question 41

run through

Answer 41

1. Go over a piece of work again.
   I don’t understand very well. Run through it again.
2. Play a piece of music.
   Run through it without the drums.

Question 42

run to

Answer 42

Adds up to.

The bill for all of that runs to over a thousand dollars.

Question 43

run up

Answer 43

Cause to accumulate.

She ran up a huge phone bill ringing her boyfriend in Peru.