Ex.24 Use the multi-word verbs below to correct the following sentences.

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How multi-word verbs work

Ex.23 Which of the above expressions could you use in the following situations?

Ex.22 Look at the expressions below. Which ones are similar in meaning? How would you express the same idea in your own language?

Idiomatic expressions

1. A wolf in sheep's clothing.
2. There's no arguing about tastes.
3. Beauty is only skin deep.
4. You can't go by appearances.
5. One man's meat is another man's poison.
6. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

a. You think a piece of modern sculpture is ugly but your friend thinks it's beautiful.

b. Your sister is in love with a man who seems very nice and friendly, but you think that underneath he's a horrible, selfish person who only wants her money.

c. You meet someone who gives the impression of being very poor. You find out later that in fact this person is very rich.

d. You meet an attractive looking person who seems very nice, but you later find out this person is unkind and unfriendly.

up

The particle up can be used with some verbs to give the idea of completion:

We'd better drink up.The bar closes in five minutes.

Inthis sentence, drink up = finish drinking. Several verbs use up in this way.

eat up tidy up wash up dry up clean up clear up

a. Look at all these dirty dishes. I really don't feel like doing them. Could you eat them up?

b. My room looks like a bomb hit it. I can't find anything. I must dry it up.

c. 'Tidy up all your vegetables or you won't grow big and strong,' my mother used to tell me.

d. After the party her friends offered to help her wash up the mess.

e. I'll wash the dishes if you clean them up.