I.

1. off
2. after
3. against
4. down
5. up
6. off
7. after
8. up
9. out
10. behind
11. down
12. up
13. off
14. away
15. off
16. off
17. out
18. off
19. over
II.
1) She knew that she was behind the group, but she hoped to catch up with it in a few months.
2) The police are after the bank robbers.
3) I used to like fried potatoes, but now I am against unhealthy food.
4) He must be somewhere about, look for him in the garden.
5) I was up the whole night because of the sore throat.
6) Excuse me, but I must be off, I can be late for the performance.
7) 1 wonder why he refused to explain his being late, now he is in for rebuke.
8) I see that you are after something. I want you to know that I will back you up in any case..
9) In order to retain their market share, British companies have to beat off cheap foreign
imports. 10) No wonder that the young mother is so tired, she has been up since morning.
11) Look at the clouds it seems to me that we are in for bad weather.
12) There is a new play on at the Ivan Franko Theatre.
13) The euro was slightly up in relation to dollar.
14) She is away on holiday now and will come back in about a week.
15) When I was writing an article about the director, I knew that I was in for trouble.
16) People think that the price of air travel will be up this year.
17) Can you give me some sugar? I am sorry, but I am out of sugar.
18) You never know what this boy is after. He is always in trouble.
19) I had an extra ticket for the perform- ance that was on at the Lesya Ukrainka Theater.
20) The subway fare will be up this year.
21) A Frenchman came to see his friend and asked whether his friend was in. He was actually
in, but not up.
22) What is up? Is something wrong?
23) I was surprised to find out that the party was off on Saturday.
24) The doctor is away now, he is making his rounds.
25) Is John up yet? - Yes, he is an early riser.
26) There were six other candidates for the job, but she beat them off.
27) It is up to parents to bring up their children properly.
III.
1) up;
2) out;
3) up;
4) up;
5) around/about;
6) out;
7) away;
8) up;
9) out;
10) up;
11) up;
12) away;
13) up;
14) up;
15) away;
16) up;
17) up.
IV
1) My wife backed me up over my decision to quit my job.
2) The crowd backed away as the terrorist blew himself up.
3) When I told Jerry that I'd had an accident with his car, he blew up.
4) We had to back up a long way and try a different route.
5) For more information about how to back up your data, see Help and Support Center.
6) The racing car blew up after it crashed into the fence
7) I was really angry when he blurted out the secret.
8) The construction company used dynamite to blow the old building up.
9) When Steve passed the beautiful. girl hitchhiking on the freeway, he immediately stopped
the car, backed up, and offered her a ride.
10) Back up your files, so that you can restore them if a virus damages them.
11) I backed the car up several hundred yards.
12) Uncle Joe blew up the balloons for the Christmas party.
13) He does what he wants and ignores the consequences, because his parents are there to
bail him out.
14) Terrorists intended to blow up the parliament when the president was speaking there, but
police foiled the plans.
15) In Max's neighborhood, if you don't blend in, you'll get beat up.
16) I don't understand. It's not like her to blow up over a silly little row like that.
17) More volunteers are needed to blow up balloons and distribute posters.
18) Every parent, at least once, has had the little darling blurt out something that was said in
private that was never intended for others to hear.
19) Two men beat Fred up and left him lying unconscious on the pavement.
20) Mr. Trent hated his house, so he blew it up with dynamite and built a new one instead.
21) The new manager made a big mistake when he started bossing the staff about.
22) We have to blow 50 balloons up for the party.
23) You will have to back up for me to get out.
24) She bosses everyone about.