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                 to establish a personal rapport with
                 to combat this weakness of mine I…
                 a gig
                 to fall out with somebody
                 to look up to
                 to pick up
                 to drop off
                 to pull a plug on
                 to/a lack
                 Keep up the good work!
                 to keep at this
                 Hear me out!
                 Don’t beat yourself up (about)!
                 Bring me up to speed!
                Exercise 546. Ask questions, make a sentence negative.
                Collin’s meticulous parent abandoned one goal of his only because he fell
                out with his partner.
                Who_____________________________________________________?
                Whose___________________________________________________?
                What ____________________________________________________?
                When____________________________________________________?
                Why_____________________________________________________?
                What__________________________________________________for?
                Who___________________________________________________for?
                Where____________________________________________________?
                Exercise 547. Put the verbs into the correct tenses.
                1.  Honestly,  Grant’s  persuasive  son-in-law  (would  rather/had
                    better/should) (to run) this by his boss, as this piece of information
                    (to be) extremely important for the upcoming negotiations.
                2.  Apparently, Bob’s diligent daughter (not to run) this by him and as a
                    result she (not to have) a decent cover letter (to send) to her potential
                    employer last week.
                3.  By the way, Allan’s bored customer (to get used to/to be used) to a
                    steady  source  of  income  these  days,  as  two  years  ago  he  (used
                    to/would) (to work) almost for free.
                4.  Naturally,  Rayan’s  meticulous  accountant  (to  brush)  up  his
                    communication skills, as he (to have) a meeting with the savviest
                    shareholder today at 13.45.
                5.  Besides, Norton’s frugal daughter-in-law (to get used to/to be used
                    to/used to) (to research) common interview questions last year, as she
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