Phrasal verbs and expressions : work

1.I can’t……………….he left so suddenly without telling anybody. It really baffles me.

2.Here’s a calculator-can you……………………………much money we owe the part-time staff,

please?

3.I’m afraid it’s just not……………………..me and my new boss. We’ve had three rows already

4.I can’t……………………………..enthusiasm for his plan. It just seems to me like a real waste of
time and money.

5.Come on, calm down. It’s not worth getting yourself

all………………………………………………….such a small issue.

6.Sarah…………………………………….the gym three times a week. I don’t know where she

finds the Energy.

7.I haven’t told Alex I don’t want to go to the party yet-I’m……………………..it. He’ll be so upset
when I do tell him.

8.It’s better for you to travel to work by train, I think. Using your car
will…………………………………………to expensive.

9.If you want to………………………………..appetite before dinner, why don’t you go and chop
up some wood for the stove?

10.You’ve got it…………………………………, haven’t you ?You know exactly what you have to
do in order to get promoted, don’t you?

11.The assessment wasn’t much of a challenge to Sarah, and she made short/small work of it,
finishing the whole thing in a matter of hours.

12.You’ll have your work cut /pulled out to change the filing system here. I don’t see how on earth
you can do it.

13. I see that the firemen are working to regulation /rule again. I know they deserve a pay rise but I
don’t think this is the way to get it.

14. I’m working my fingers to the skin /bone trying to make enough money to live on. I don’t think
I can carry on like this.

15. Calm down !Don’t work yourself into a frenzy /fuss, simply because you think you may lose
your job!

16. I’m trying to work up the courage /bravery to go and tell my boss what happened.

17.Try rubbing the tablecloth with salt. Salt works wonders /surprises with wine stains.

18. I need to keep myself in good shape. In my category /line of work, accidents can happen if you
aren't one hundred per cent fit.
19.He tried to persuade me to steal the computer disk for him, but I told him to do his own immoral
/dirty work

20. I’m so tired of always being given the donkey /mule work to do that I’m thinking of looking for
another job

Phrasal verbs and expressions : run

1.By chance I met someone I hadn’t seen for years. I………………….for years

2.”Soon we’ll have no more fuel “she said. She said

we……………………………………………..fuel

3.He spent much more money than he could afford while he was at college. While
………………………………debt.

4.There was a lot of unexpected opposition to the government’s proposal. The government’s
………………………..unexpected opposition

5.A car hit and seriously injured an old woman today.

An……………………………………………..today

6.I disapprove of the way my colleagues say unpleasant things about me. I object
…………………………………………….by my colleagues

7.Try to control your imagination. Don’t ………………………………………………with you

8.Could I explain again quickly what you have to do ?

Would you mind…………………………………………………..again ?

9. Don’t eat those mushrooms because I think they may be poisonous.

If you ………………………………………………………….poisoned (risk )

10.There will be enough supplies if we are careful.

As long……………………………………………………………of supplies (short )

11.The woman’s scream really frightened me.

My ………………………………………………………………..the woman’s scream (blood )

12. The problems we’ve been having are very ordinary, and we’ll have no difficulty solving them.
These problems are very………………………………………and we can solve them easily (mill )