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2. He usually sleeps after lunch. (buckles down, nods off)3. We saw the plane land. (settle down, touch down)4. I told her to beware. (pass out, watch out)5. Someone should intervene before the situation gets worse. (pull in, step in)6. They waited until the train left. (logged off, pulled out)7. Don"t let them escape . (get away, wear off)8. We were worried when she fainted. (moved out, passed out)9. The barometric pressure has stopped rising. (leveled off, settled in)10. I hope you will all help. (give in, pitch in)Answers5. For each of the following sentences, substitute the appropriate phrasal verb given inbrackets for the underlined word or phrase. For example:He refused to support what I had said. (back up, hold back)He refused to back up what I had said.The game was canceled because of the rain. (called off, phased out)The game was called off because of the rain.1. He raised a difficult question. (brought up, filled up)2. She is good at assessing people. (buttering up, sizing up)3. We should de·emphasize the dangers of the situation. (hand down, play down)4. I am returning the raincoat I borrowed. (backing up, giving back)5. The wine had been diluted. (played down, watered down)6. I want to organize my photographs. (sort out, try out)7. We discussed the situation. (shouted down, talked over)8. May I test your bicycle? (point out, try out)9. You can collect the tickets at the box office. (fill up, pick up)10. I erased the notes in the margins of the book. (bailed out, rubbed out)ii. Do you think they invented the whole story? (hung up, made up)12. She summarized what we had learned so far. (sounded out, summed up)Answers6. The following sentences contain transitive phrasal verbs which consist of verbsfollowed by adverbs. Rewrite each sentence, changing the object of the verb to apronoun, and placing the pronoun object in the correct position in the sentence. Forexample:I picked up the clothes.I picked them up.1. We ironed out the difficulties.2. She called up her sister.3. We sent back the material.4. He sent out the invitations.5. I gave away the bicycle.6. She brought along her younger brother.7. We wrote down the answer.8. She let in the cats.9. He turned over the stone.10. We emptied out the baskets.

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