Основной целью изучения материалов олимпиад прошлых является создание учебных «кругов» позволяющих обеспечить повторение ранее изученного материала.
Упражнение на фразовые глаголы
1. Months wore on, and still he heard no news of his family.
2. Once you retire, it’s important to get into some hobby.
3. The winners’ names were given out on the radio last night.
4. He lost his job and fell behind with/on his rent.
5. The engine will take half an hour to cool down.
6. The first time she skied, she took to it.
7. Thieves have made away with the contents of the safe.
8. Calm down, Jane. Don’t get carried away.
9. The forest fire gave off thick black smoke.
10. I think I’m coming down with a cold — I’ve been coughing all day.
11. She’s expected to bring out a new novel next year.
12. We may find we come up against quite a lot of opposition from local people.
13. The sudden breeze made the candles blow out.
14. Graham ran into someone he knew at school the other day.
15. Ben grabbed the fire extinguisher and put the fire out.
16. We’ve been trying to get back to you, Tom, but we think we took your number down incorrectly.
17. She’s really thrown herself into this new job of hers.
18. These figures don’t make sense — haven’t we slipped up somewhere?
19. Can you put me through to customer services, please?
20. The Council plans to knock the library down and replace it with a hotel complex.
21. I’m worried that his car has broken down, or worse still, that he’s had an accident.
22. Everyone has come across the sort of problem which seems impossible to solve.
23. Going home that night, Dr Renshaw turned over the facts of the case.
24. Mary felt shy about asking John out.
25. They were putting on a concert to raise money for the new church roof.
26. The tins had to be kept away from dampness.
27. I can’t seem to knuckle down to my studies these days — there are too many distractions.
28. None of the ideas that I put forward have been accepted.
29. It is extremely difficult to get through this amount of work in such a short time.
30. The letter «x» is often used to stand for an unknown number.
31. When I was sent to prison, I really felt I had let my parents down.
32. When she started her career, she gave herself over to her job.
33. Drop in/by whenever you’re in the neighborhood.
34. The explosives went off without warning.
35. Which of you children broke the window — come on, own up?
36. Too many teenage girls are ending up as single parents.
37. If you put any more in that suitcase, you won’t be able to do it up!
38. Please put down my name for a free ticket.
39. At that time, we were living on $50 a week.
40. Don’t forget to switch off before you leave.
41. What were the children doing while all this was going on?
42. She needs something to build up her confidence again.
43. Researchers point out that fish contain a type of fat that is good for you.
44. They’re trying to figure out the politics of this whole situation.
45. I came into a lot of money on my aunt’s death.
46. He brought up a subject rarely raised during the course of this campaign.
47. The radio station had an open line on which listeners could call up to discuss various issues.
48. When his money was gone, he held up a gas station with a toy gun.
49. We wanted to book a villa, but it fell through.
50. We went through hell trying to find an answer.
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