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The key answer of exercise 7

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 5.2 - Truth or myth? for the textbook Speakout Advanced - Students' Book with authors Antonia Clare and J. J. Wilson from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Read the review again and underline multi-word verbs with back, around, away, off, over, down, on, up and out.
  2. Look at some common meanings of particles in multi-word verbs. Complete the table with the meanings in the box.

Answer

a)

  • looked back
  • stood around
  • Take away
  • Switch off
  • thought it over
  • boils down
  • carry on
  • speeds up
  • find out

b)

  • (up) increase or improve
  • (on) continue
  • (off) remove, cancel or end something
  • (out) be in the open
  • (down) decrease or reduce
  • (away) removal or disposal
  • (back) return (to the past)
  • (around) with no direction or aim
  • (over) think or talk about

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