Ранее в рамках этой книги мы обращались к теме словообразование. На этот раз в фокусе устойчивые сочетания с глаголами.
Упражнение на лексику на мотивам книге upgrade your English vocabulary
1. If you continue breaking the rules, you will get punished sooner or later.
2. I used to overeat, but I managed to break the habit in the end.
3. They had had an argument by the time they met at work yesterday.
4. I’ve just been given a $100 pay rise after the successful completion of the previous task.
5. There’s no point in getting upset. We have one more time to succeed.
6. Do you have any other ideas to put forward? The situation is steadily worsening.
7. She took first prize in a painting competition which was held by an art school.
8. They agreed that they would take it in turns to look after the baby.
9. Her secretary had trouble with the printer that was why I came home late.
10. She really broke her mother’s heart when she decided to immigrate.
11. Take a deep breath and relax. The situation is not so bad as you paint it.
12. As it was getting colder, we decided to put on warmer clothes.
13. One of my books has gone missing. I need to find it so as to hand in the book in the library.
14. We finally got permission from the council to start building a new hospital for the local area.
15. I was having a chat with an old friend when they turned up and started asking questions.
16. Can I have a cold drink, please? The temperature is going up.
17. I give you my word that you will never, ever regret about trusting me.
18. I think her father’s going deaf. You should speak up while communicating with him.
19. The skies went dark and it began to rain. We had to postpone the trip.
20. Would you mind taking a photo of us? The view here is breathtaking.
21. It would be nice for you to run faster and break the local record.
22. He was due to give a lecture on physics that evening.
23. He got angry at the message that we hadn’t passed the entrance test.
24. It was she who broke that unpleasant news about the dismissal to the former employees.
25. He asked me to give his regards to all of you. He bears our proposal in mind.
26. Her hair is starting to go grey. It’s high time she started painting it.
27. Charles got a shock when he saw our terrible situation with no positive outcome in mind.
28. I’d have gone mad if I was stuck at home all day long. It is good to know that COVID-19 is almost over.
29. The new director took office in December. We should get used to him by now.
30. Could you give me a lift to the station, please? I am all out of time.