Ex. 9. Insert the correct prepositions. Use a dictionary. Translate into something.

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 527.

1. They have abandoned their former policy, which is tantamount ...

admitting that it was wrong.

2. Even adults know that the military budget could be augmented from the extra revenues ensuing ... inflation and the ruble's deeper than expected slump.

3. His new farm buildings encroach ... his neighbour's land.

4. I hammered away ... the problem all afternoon.

5. I wouldn't pin too many hopes ... that.

6. Don't try and pin the blame ... me.

7. While one of the thieves engaged the guard ... conversation, the others crept into the factory.

8. The railways are about to embark ... a major programme of modernization.

9. Strange-smelling gases emanated ... holes in the garden.

10. Julia is endowed ... both beauty and brains.

11. It is a long report, but it really boils down ... a demand ... higher safety standards.

12. In the end he was so desperate that he stooped ... flattering her.

13. A stranger who said he was my mother's son's mother's husband's daughter's father's brother had arrived to lay claim ... the fortune.

14. Mr Drinkmore felt elated ... this sudden and unexpected success.

15. Mary laughed, exultant ... John's misfortune.

16. When we find the stolen vehicle we shall, of course, make sure that it is restored ... the rightful owner.

17. She confined herself ... using the phone only once a day because the telephone bill had been so high.

18. She will be remembered as someone who was always prominent ... the anti-apartheid movement.

19. As a result of the financial collapse many people are stuck ... worthless investments.

20. The mine owners coerced the workers ... going back to work by threatening to close down the mines completely.

21. Parents should try to avoid imposing their own beliefs and moral values ... their children.

22. Mr Dolby thinks that just because he is the boss he can force his opinions ... everybody.

23. Most new electrical goods are bought ... credit.

24. They occasionally have time to relax, but it is never more a short respite ['respit] ... the daily grind.

25. I waited until there was a break ... the storm before running.

26. Murray felt he needed a break ... studying, so he arranged a holiday in South America.

27. Ted didn't want to go to dance, but he got cajoled ... it by his girlfriend.

28. My house is insured ... fire.

29. He tried to atone ... his rudeness by sending her some flowers.

30. Helen was so engrossed ... what she was doing she didn't even hear the doorbell ring.