Fill in the blanks with an adverb particle or preposition and complete the phrasal verb.
1Before taking the test, you should brush ............... your grammar.
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"Up on" completes the phrasal verb "brush up on", meaning review or refresh your knowledge before a test.
2She was against the idea; however, she came ............... after much persuasion.
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"Around" completes the phrasal verb "come around", meaning change your opinion and agree.
3Somebody has to come ............... an ingenious solution to plastic pollution.
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"Up with" completes "come up with", meaning produce an idea or solution.
4She could not face ............... the challenges.
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"Up to" completes "face up to", meaning accept and deal with something difficult.
5I couldn't figure ............... why she behaved like that.
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"Out" completes "figure out", meaning understand or discover the reason for something.
6Suddenly they hit ............... a brilliant idea.
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"Upon" completes "hit upon", meaning suddenly think of or discover an idea.
7I couldn't make ............... what he said.
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"Out" completes "make out", meaning understand something heard or seen.
8I mulled ............... the proposal for quite some time.
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"Over" completes "mull over", meaning think carefully about something.
9He tends to swot ............... the day before the exam.
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"Up" completes "swot up", meaning study hard, especially before an exam.
10I was taken ............... by his charm.
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"In" completes "taken in", meaning deceived or fooled.
11By ............... information gathered from various sources, the police managed to solve the crime.
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"Piecing together" means combining separate pieces of information to understand what happened.
12You should think ............... your decision carefully.
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"Over" completes "think over", meaning consider something carefully before deciding.
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- Before taking the test, you should brush up on your grammar.
- She was against the idea; however, she came around after much persuasion.
- Somebody has to come up with an ingenious solution to plastic pollution.
- She could not face up to the challenges.
- I couldn’t figure out why she behaved like that.
- Suddenly they hit upon a brilliant idea.
- I couldn’t make out what he said.
- I mulled over the proposal for quite some time.
- He tends to swot up the day before the exam.
- I was taken in by his charm.
- By piecing together information gathered from various sources, the police managed to solve the crime.
- You should think over your decision carefully.