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Vocabulary Phrasal verbs and noun collocations
1 Choose the correct verb to complete these sentences from the reading.
But companies have run / ended / stood / kicked up against a vexing problem: to
1
continue achieving this success, they have to pour more and more resources into the
effort over time.
Persistently high rates of profit give big firms plenty of money to knock / plough /
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slam / blast into fancy research labs, …
3 In some ways, the accumulation of knowledge can stand / revert / hold / scale
back progress.
2 Read the following story about Ignaz Semmelweis’s life-saving medical discovery.
Match a sentence beginning 1–10 with an appropriate ending a–j. The nouns in italics
are common collocates of the phrasal verbs.
1 Recently, I was flicking a up with a solution to postpartum infections in his clinic.
2 As I did so, I stumbled b forward a scientific explanation for his discovery.
Ignaz Semmelweis came through the pages of a book on scientific discoveries.
3 c
Handwashing brought with fierce resistance from the medical community.
4 d
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He wrote a book drawing out little hope that his idea would ever receive acceptance.
5 e
6 But he was unable to put f across the story of a 19th-century Hungarian obstetrician.
7 As a result, his theory met g round to his way of thinking, but not until after his death.
8 His fellow doctors threw h down the number of cases of puerperal fever, he noted.
9 And Semmelweis held i out the suggestion that they should disinfect their hands.
10 People would later come j on his observations and outlining his conclusions.
3 S P E A K Work in pairs. Study the sentences in Exercise 2. Cover up endings a–j. Take
turns to read out the beginnings 1–10 and complete the sentences from memory.
4 Write the infinitive form of the phrasal verbs from Exercise 2 next to their meaning. https://english0905.com/private/
bring down
1 reduce something
2 reject something
3 change your opinion and agree with someone
4 receive a certain reaction, often negative
5 think of something such as an idea or plan
6 find something by accident
7 use experiences you have acquired in the past
8 suggest something or offer an idea or reason
think that something may or may not happen
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10 quickly look through written material
5 Complete each gap in 1–5 with the infinitive form of an appropriate phrasal verb from
Exercise 2. The nouns in bold are common collocates of the phrasal verb.
1 When writing the television series, Adams was able to
his experience as a teacher, as well as interviews
carried out with former colleagues.
2 The government’s main aim this year is to the
cripplingly high rate of inflation and cost of living that are plaguing the economy.
The proposed development is likely to criticism
3
from the local media, and opposition from residents and environmental groups.
4 The defence lawyer was confident the judge would
the main charges against her client, in particular the claims of professional
misconduct and legal malpractice.
5 Before we can our ideas and proposals to the
board of directors, we need to an effective strategy
for implementing them and a solution to the issue of cost.
6 S P E A K Describe a theory, an innovation or an invention which was originally rejected
but later accepted.
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