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Exercises
93.1 Which meanings do these underlined verbs have?
1 Hewentoncomposingmusictillhiseighties.continued
2 Shewassosuspiciousthatsheusedtogothroughhispocketseverynight.
3 Thedogwentforthepostman.
4 Wehadplannedameetingbutitnevercameoff.
5 Icameacrossaphotoofmygrandmothertheotherday.Ilookjustlikeher.
6 Iwishyou’dstopgoingonatme!
7 Iwassurehe’dgoforaholidayinGreeceratherthanstayathome.
8 Doesthistopgowiththesetrousers?
9 Nobodyhascomeupwithasolutiontotheproblemsofar.
93.2 Choose one of the expressions in B to complete each of the sentences.
1 IfounditreallyhardtomakeupmymindbutintheendIcame to a decision.
2 Whenhisgrandmotherdies,he’llcome
3 Afterfouryearsoffighting,thecivilwarfinallycame
4 Halfwayupthesteephill,thebuscame
5 Theysaythatlongskirtsarecoming again.
6 Thetelephonefirstcame nearly150yearsago.
7 Ifounditverydifficulttocome myfailure.
8 Aswedroveroundthecornerthehousecame
93.3 Replace the underlined expressions with one of the expressions in D.
1 Idon’tneedtosaythatwewishyouallthebestinthefuture.Itgoeswithoutsaying
2 Theytookalotoftroubletoavoidmeetingeachother.
3 I’vebeenextremelybusyalldayandI’mlongingforashowernowandtorelax.
4 Idohopehewillbesuccessfulinhisnewbusiness.
5 Everyonesaysthattheyweretogetherthatnight.
6 Thefilmisgooduptoapointbutitdoesn’ttackletheproblemdeeplyenough.
93.4 Match questions on the left with the responses on the right.
1 Whydon’tyouandOlliegoon? c a Anytimeaftereight.
2 Howdidhecomebysomuchmoney? b Thefirmwentbankrupt.
3 Didtheplangothrough? c We’llcatchyouup.
4 What’stheworstpainyou’veevergonethrough? d Arichauntofhisdied.
5 Whydidthatfactoryclosedown? e No,peoplevotedagainstit.
6 WhenshouldIcomeroundtoyourplace? f Itlookslikeademonstration.
7 What’sgoingonoverthere? g WhenIbrokemywrist.
93.5 Over to you
Complete the sentences in a way that is true for you.
1 I hope I make a go of .
2 My exam results will come out .
3 My … shoes go with my .
4 I never want to go through again.
5 As my English course goes on, .
6 It’s not easy to come to terms with .
7 I’ve come to the conclusion that learning English .
8 I came across a new English word recently. It was .
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