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The key answer of exercise 10

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 6 - Language focus for the textbook New Headway Upper-Intermediate - Workbook with authors Liz Soars, John Soars and Paul Hancock from Oxford University Press

Question

Which prepositions go with the words on the right in these two tables?

Answer

A

  • below / on average
  • in debt
  • under arrest
  • below / over / under 75%
  • below freezing
  • over / under 18 years old
  • on / against the advice of
  • under pressure
  • in business
  • under new management

B

  • at / by midnight
  • during / in the night
  • at / in / from the beginning
  • by / during / in the winter
  • at / by the weekend
  • in / on time
  • in a fortnight's time
  • during / in the rush hour
  • in his forties
  • at / by the end of the week