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📚 Phrasal Verbs Practice
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Q51. Never _________ upon the marginalized. (phrasal verb)
"look down": to consider that person to be inferior or unimportant (disrespect).
Q52. After a prolonged suffering he passed away.
"passed away" is a polite and gentle term used to say that someone has died.
Q53. We should ____________ for a rainy day. (find appropriate Phrasal verb)
"Put something by": to preserve and store something.
Q54. The thief ___________ with the ornaments. (find appropriate Phrasal verb)
"Made off": to leave quickly, usually in order to escape.
Q55. The actress said that it sometimes took her two hours to _________ her make-up.
put on — to apply or wear something, e.g., makeup.
The sentence means she takes time to apply her makeup, not to film or delay it.
Use "put on" for applying or wearing something.
She put on her makeup before going on stage.
Q56. The secret information was ________ from me.
"held back": to refrain from revealing.
Q57. The minister assured the agitating employees that he would look into their demands sympathetically.
"look into": examine, investigate, study.
Q58. They decided to _________ his number in the yellow pages.
"look up": search for information in a reference book or on a computer:
Q59. There was a _________ on the midnight train.
"Hold up": Delay
Q60. Ramesh was called upon to explain guilt.
"called upon": call on somebody to do something.