Unit 3. Phrasal Verbs

Question 1

To start doing something that needs a lot of time and energy

Answer 1

to get down to smth / doing smth

Question 2

To make progress

Answer 2

to get on / along with smth

Question 3

To study or practise in order to get back the skill that has been lost

Answer 3

to brush up (on) smth

Question 4

To fail to keep level with others

Answer 4

to fall behind smb (with smth)

Question 5

To do all the work that hasn’t been done;

to reach the same standard as smb else

Answer 5

to catch up with smb;

to catch up with / on smth

Question 6

To leave, withdraw from a course of instruction

Answer 6

to drop out

Question 7

To give smth to a person in authority

Answer 7

to hand in

Question 8

To distribute

Answer 8

to hand out

Question 9

To read, examine quickly

Answer 9

to look through

Question 10

To examine in detail

Answer 10

to go through

Question 11

To compensate for something

Answer 11

to make up for smth

Question 12

Autumn term ends on 18 December.

Answer 12

We break up on 18 December.

Question 13

Spring term begins on 8 January.

Answer 13

We go back on 8 January.

Question 14

To register for smth.

Answer 14

To sign up for smth.

Question 15

To not complete a course.

Answer 15

To drop out.

Question 16

Course essays must be submitted.

Answer 16

Course essays must be written up.

Question 17

They will expell you.

Answer 17

They will throw you away.

Question 18

Continue to do smth.

Answer 18

To keep smth up.

Question 19

If a question or a subject … In an exam, that question is asked or questions about that subject are asked in the exam.

Answer 19

To come up in the exam.

Question 20

(informal) Quickly try to learn the main facts about a subject, especially before an exam.

Answer 20

To mug up on the key points.

Question 21

(informal) Learning as much as you can about smth., especially before an exam.

Answer 21

Swotting up on everything…

Question 22

Practicing and improving your skills or your knowledge of smth.

Answer 22

polishing up the most important areas

Question 23

Learnt by absorbing it rather than studying it.

Answer 23

Picked up.

Question 24

Move slowly or take too long doing sth.

Answer 24

hang about/around

Question 25

Put down the telephone

Answer 25

hang up (on) smb

Question 26

Continue to have

Answer 26

hang on to smth

Question 27

Keep hold of smth

Answer 27

hang on

Question 28

Wait or be present near (a place) doing nothing.

Answer 28

hang about/around

Question 29

To depend on smth.

Answer 29

hang on smth

Question 30

To find support or help in.

Answer 30

to hang on to

Question 31

To pay close attention to smth.

Answer 31

to hang on smth

Question 32

T begin to understand how to do smth or how to use a system, esp. by practising.

Answer 32

to get the hang of smth

Question 33

To tell smb to wait for a very short time.

Answer 33

to hang on (a minute/ a moment)

Question 34

To make smb wait a long time for something you are not really going to give them.

Answer 34

to keep someone hanging on

Question 35

To continue doing smth in spite of difficulties.

Answer 35

to hang on