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choose the correct word:
If you've got time, I could show you in/around the old part of the city
If you've got time, I could show you around the old part of the city
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choose the correct word:
The service was slow and the bill was incorrect. I put it down for/to poor management
The service was slow and the bill was incorrect. I put it down to poor management
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choose the correct word:
You'd better tear that cheque up/out into small pieces so that no one can cash it
You'd better tear that cheque up into small pieces so that no one can cash it
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choose the correct word:
Do you fancy going to the pizza place, or shall we just eat into/in as usual?
Do you fancy going to the pizza place, or shall we just eat in as usual?
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choose the correct word:
I don't feel I can really count on/in Alec to do the work in the way we agreed.
I don't feel I can really count on Alec to do the work in the way we agreed.
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choose the correct word:
We were planning a big barbecue and Aiden put me down for/on making the salads.
We were planning a big barbecue and Aiden put me down for making the salads.
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choose the correct word:
I haven't got much work, so payments on the house are eating in/into my savings.
I haven't got much work, so payments on the house are eating into my savings.
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choose the correct word:
You'll never succeed in business if you keep putting yourself down/up all the time
You'll never succeed in business if you keep putting yourself down all the time
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Complete the definitions.
She took against me means 'she began to D... me for no particular reason
She took against me means 'she began to DISLIKE me for no particular reason
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Complete the definitions.
He put me up to it means 'he encouraged me to do something W...
He put me up to it means 'he encouraged me to do something WRONG/STUPID/BAD
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Complete the definitions.
The helicopter put down near the river means 'the helicopter L... near the river
The helicopter put down near the river means 'the helicopter LANDED near the river
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Complete the definitions.
She talked me out of leaving means she P... me not to leave
She talked me out of leaving means she PERSUADED me not to leave
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Complete the definitions.
The dog was put down means 'the dog was K... by an injection
The dog was put down means 'the dog was KILLED by an injection
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Complete the definitions.
She put my address down means she W... down my address
She put my address down means she WROTE down my address
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Complete the sentences with the correct particle.
I worked ... what he meant.
The sun came ... at 5.00.
Show us ... the exhibition.
Don't count ... him for help
- I worked OUT what he meant.
- The sun came UP at 5.00.
- Show us A/ROUND the exhibition.
- Don't count ON him for help
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Complete the sentences with the correct particle.
Put his name ... on the list.
I tore the note ... deliberately
What do you put it ... to?
He talked me ... buying the car.
- Put his name DOWN on the list.
- I tore the note UP deliberately
- What do you put it DOWN to?
- He talked me INTO/OUT OF buying the car.
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Muž ve směnárně mě připravil asi o 10 €
The man in the bureau de change did me out of about €1O
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(phrasal verb)
= to be careful to notice someone or something interesting
... his latest movie, out next month.
Watch out for his latest movie, out next month
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(phrasal verb)
= to publicly oppose something or someone
= vystupovat proti
More and more people are ... what is a very unpopular piece of legislation.
More and more people are standing out against what is a very unpopular piece of legislation.
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(phrasal verb)
= to enter a room suddenly and without warning, interrupting the people or activity inside
= vpadnout
Katya ... him without warning.
Katya burst in on him without warning.
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(phrasal verb)
= to consider something as a reason to have a bad opinion about someone or something
He made a mistake, but I don’t ... him – we all make mistakes.
He made a mistake, but I don’t hold it against him – we all make mistakes.
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(phrasal verb)
= to not punish someone who has committed a crime or done something wrong, or to not punish them severely
= nechat vyklouznout
Instead of a prison sentence they were ... with a fine.
Instead of a prison sentence they were let off with a fine.
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(phrasal verb)
= to stop someone from getting or keeping something, especially in a dishonest or unfair way
= připravit někoho o něco
Pensioners have been ... millions of pounds as a result of the changes.
Pensioners have been done out of millions of pounds as a result of the changes.
do someone out of something
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co znamená: do someone out of something
připravit někoho o něco
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V horách si musíte dávat pozor na hady.
In the mountains you have to watch out for snakes.
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Je velmi důležité postavit se proti diskriminaci, zejména na pracovišti.
It's crucial to stand out against discrimination, especially in the workplace.
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They weren't supposed to be there, but the police let both of them ... .
They weren't supposed to be there, but the police let both of them off.
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Měli jsme schůzku, když k nám vtrhla uklízečka.
We were having a meeting when the cleaner burst in on us.
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Oženil se s dívkou, do které jsem byl zamilovaný, a já se mu to snažím nemít za zlé.
He married the girl I was in love with; I try very hard not to hold it against him.
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