synonym

Question 1

cause

Answer 1

bring about (How can we bring about a change in attitude?)

Question 2

transact, continue

Answer 2

carry on (I want to carry on with my courses.)

Question 3

accomplish, conduct

Answer 3

carry out (We need to carry out more research. A survey is now carried out nationwide)

Question 4

clarify

Answer 4

clear up (There are a couple of points we need to clear up before the meeting begins.)

Question 5

happen

Answer 5

come about (How did this situation come about?)

Question 6

find

Answer 6

come across (I’ve never come across anyone quite like her before. I came across an old diary in her desk.)

Question 7

find accidentally

Answer 7

come by (How did you come by these pictures? Jobs were hard to come by.)

Question 8

say, publish; produce

Answer 8

come out with (The things he comes out with are so funny!)

Question 9

Think of an idea

Answer 9

come up with (Is that the best excuse you came up with?; We have been asked to come up with some new ideas.)

Question 10

reduce

Answer 10

cut down on (Cut down on fatty foods if you want to lose weight.)

Question 11

understand

Answer 11

figure out (Can you figure out how to do that?)

Question 12

discover

Answer 12

find out (Did you find out weather there are any seats left?)

Question 13

emit, stop

Answer 13

give up (Darren has decided to give up football at the end of this session.)

Question 14

follow

Answer 14

go after (Joe went after her to make sure she was unhurt.)

Question 15

return

Answer 15

go back (I think we have to go back now. I felt so sick I just want to go back to my bed.)

Question 16

precede

Answer 16

go before (In some ways this program improves on what has gone before.)

Question 17

decrease

Answer 17

go down (His income went down last year. Computers have gone down in price.)

Question 18

continue, happen

Answer 18

go on (Hw went on working until he was 91. One of the actors unwell and couldn’t go on with the performance.)

Question 19

review

Answer 19

go over (I had gone over and over what happened in my mind,)

Question 20

experience, penetrate

Answer 20

go through (When are you going through a crisis, it often helps to talk to someone.)

Question 21

increase

Answer 21

go up (Train fares have gone up., Blood sugar levels go up as you digest food.)

Question 22

continue

Answer 22

keep on (You just have to eep on trying.)

Question 23

remain current

Answer 23

keep up (How long can the economic boom keep up?)

Question 24

exclude, omit

Answer 24

leave out (She outlined the case to him, being careful not to leave anything out.)

Question 25

seek, search

Answer 25

look for (I am looking for Steve - Have you seen him? Detectives are still looking for the escaped prisoner.)

Question 26

investigate

Answer 26

look into (Police are looking into the disappearance of two children.)

Question 27

resemble

Answer 27

look like

Question 28

examine

Answer 28

look over (Do you have a few minutes to look these samples over?)

Question 29

locate information

Answer 29

look up (Look up the words in your dictionary. I’ll just look up the train times.)

Question 30

respect

Answer 30

look up to (I’ve always looked up to James for his courage and determination.)

Question 31

understand with difficulty

Answer 31

make out (He could just make out a dark shape moving towards him. As far as I can make out, he’s never been married.)

Question 32

invent, compose, constitute

Answer 32

make up (Women make up only a small proportion of the prison population.)

Question 33

select

Answer 33

pick out (She picked out a navy blue dress.)

Question 34

show, indicate

Answer 34

point out (He was always very keen to point out my mistakes.)

Question 35

postpone, delay, procrastinate

Answer 35

put off (The match has been put off until tomorrow because of bad weather.)

Question 36

tolerate

Answer 36

put up with (She put up with his violent temper.)

Question 37

eliminate

Answer 37

rule out (The police have ruled out the possibility of suicide.)

Question 38

find accidentally

Answer 38

run across (I ran across him at a conference in Milan. I ran across some old love letters while I was cleaning out a cupboard)

Question 39

meet by accident

Answer 39

run into (Guess who I ran into in town today!)

Question 40

arrange

Answer 40

set up (I’ll set up an appointment for you.)

Question 41

appear unexpectedly

Answer 41

show up (She showed up, apologizing for being late.)

Question 42

state in detail

Answer 42

spell out (The report spelled out in detail what the implications were for the teachers.)

Question 43

represent

Answer 43

stand for (What does ATM stand for?)

Question 44

protrude

Answer 44

stick out (The children were so thin their ribs stuck out.)

Question 45

consider

Answer 45

take into account (These figures do not take account of changes into the rate of inflation.)

Question 46

assume control

Answer 46

take over (His only reason for investing in the company was to take it over. Ruth moved into our apartment and promptly took over.)

Question 47

occur

Answer 47

take place ()

Question 48

think carefully

Answer 48

think through (The policy has not been taught through properly.)

Question 49

discard

Answer 49

throw away (I never throw cloths away. I shouldn’t have thrown away the receipt.)

Question 50

mention briefly

Answer 50

touch on (The report touched on the relationship between poverty and poor health.)

Question 51

test

Answer 51

try out (I’m trying out a new computer.)

Question 52

transform

Answer 52

turn into (The sofa turns into a bed. A few weeks later, winter had turned into spring.)

Question 53

conclude

Answer 53

turn out (It was a difficult time but eventually things turned out all right.)

Question 54

discover

Answer 54

turn up (Eventually my watch turned up in a coat pocket.) Turn up/down the radio! means to turn a switch on or off.

Question 55

finish

Answer 55

wind up (OK, just to wind up, could I summarize what we’ve decided?)

Question 56

exercise

Answer 56

work out (He works out with weights twice a week)

Question 57

report

Answer 57

write up (I have to write up my report before the meeting.)