Phrasal Verbs With Not Doing Things Complete the sentences with the following particles. out, off, up, from, away 1. It was a horrible day. I just want to blot ______ the memory of it. 2. You can’t back ______ in the last minute. They’re expecting us. 3. The match was called ________ due to the bad weather. 4. Come on! Don’t chicken _______. Go there and ask her out! 5. His mom was heartbroken when he dropped ________ of school. 6. I’m fed up with him. He always ducks ________ of every programme that I organise. 7. I couldn’t believe it! When I tried to complain, he just fobbed me _______ with a lame excuse. 8. Don’t even hope to get ______ of the meeting. 9. He feels like he misses ______ on so many important events in his son’s life. 10. Despite being confident, she shies ______ from telling her boss her opinion. 11. She was so pissed off. That guy from her office stood her _____ again. 12. You can’t just walk _____ from the problems. You have to face them. Key: 1. out 2. out 3. off 4. out 5. out 6. out 7. off 8. […]
|
to back out |
kihátrálni |
|
to blot sg out |
kitörölni |
|
to call sg off |
elhalasztani valamit |
|
to chicken out |
kihátrálni, meghátrálni |
|
to drop out |
kimaradni, lemorzsolódni, kiesni |
|
to duck out of |
kihátrálni |
|
to fob sy off |
lerázni valakit |
|
to get out of |
kihúzni magát valamiből |
|
to miss out on |
lemaradni valamiről |
|
to shy away from |
visszariadni valamitől |
|
to stand sy up |
felültetni valakit |
|
to walk away from |
kisétálni egy rossz helyzetből |
