Minor Mulri-word Verb Combinations

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VBRB + ADJECTIVE COMBNATIONS

SURJECT VERB+ ADJECTTVEIlIt AMISS/coME/coAMISS 'to be wrong, enexpected, ut of order'. Thedoctorsaid there

was nothing amiss with her.I lnW rdrg qx?6 anisvlstvE npw bn ao mv ury.

tlri Hrpro - 'to be knowledgableabout(a subject)'He likes to be hip to the latest styles npopttlar music.

IltuiAKEvEN 'to show neitherprofit nor loss' We need o taket 5,2000 eachperformancejust to break even.

IltuiAK LOOSE 'to escape'Threeprisonersbroke ooseas theywerebeing taken o anotherprison this morning.

tc beocrrp ffive;cr1of cuxrol Walencerol


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co RIGIIT - 'to work correctly,result as one plaruredor wished'cO wRoNG- 'to fail to work correctly'Go SCOT-FREE'to escape unishment'Both the menwent to prison, but the boyswent

scot-f-ree n accountof their age.G() SHORT 'not haveenough' f there sn't enoughbeer or everyone, omeonewill just

have to go short.(;o sICK nnntrI, / FALL SICK nmOnT SICK rlrn ttI, - 'to declareoneselfuntit for work

or duties,not necessarilytnough llness'3ffi ruihwymen have efisedto vvork.and 150 othershavegonesick.

cO STBADY 'to havea regularsocialor sexual elationship'Jim and Mary havebeengoingsteady or a year now.

(;o s't'ItAIGH't'-to live honestlyafter one hasbeena criminal' After threeyears n prisort,theonner ewel thiefdecidedogostraight, rul utoka ob witha buildinginn.

KItIiPCOOL/REMAINooL/STAYCooL - 'to remaincalm' Thesoldier's couroge waspartlycausedby hisability to keep cool in the ace of danger.

Klilil' MUM/QUIET 'to remainsilent about something'Thedirector has been keepingntu.nrabont the irm's future plans.

KIiEPFIT - 'to cause o becomeor remain healthy' Whatdo you do to keep it?N{AKECERTAIN/SURB'to be sure of the truth of something' Make certain that this is the

right road.LIE rALLow - 'to be rested rom producingcrops' Weproducewheatand other cropson this

field for a few years and then we let it lie fallow.l.IE Low - 'to hide,as to escaperom police; to be placed n a lower position' You'dbetter

lie low for a few weeksuntil thepolice havestopped ooking or you.I'LIiADGUILTY 'to admit one'sguilt in a court of law' How do you plead - gttilty or not

guilty?S'I'AY UT 'to remain n oneplace' sn't it tinrc we stayedput in a city or more than three

yearsat a time?


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STAND TILL- 1 'to stand or remain without moving'2 to stayatthesameevelcr rate Prodrctionhnsstoodsill a theactory

since the men begandemandinghigher wages.

SUBJECT + VBRB + OBJECT + COMPLEMENT

rll{IrAKN SHORT/CUT SHORT 'to end somethingsuddenly' I nt afraid I must break thisconversLtion hort. I have o 8o now.

tltuNc N Low - 'to force someonento a humbleposition' The crttel rulers of old Russiawere brought ow by the determined ction of thepeople.

DRwENCRAZYluan- 'to cause omeoneo becomemad' Terribleexperiencesn childhoodat last droveher crazy,and shehad to be kept in a specialhospital,

Klitin N oanx/rrruru/qtilET 'to keepa secret' If I tell youthesecretwill you promise tokeep t dark?

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TAKEN BASY 'to refuse to be worried by' Take t easy, here's no needto be nervous.'ruRNNLoosE - 'to free (somebodyor an animal' someone urned the lion looseront itscege,and it has beenwandering all over the town.

VERB - VERB COMBINATIONS

In these diomaticconstructionshe second erb is nonfinite,andmay be eitheran infinitive:nrake do with, make (ly) do, let (N go, let (IV)be, letfleavego of sb/sthc'rr participle,with or without a following preposition:put paid to 'to destroy' lnt afraid ttdssudden .letweetherhasput paid to oltr gardenparty.get rid ofbe/havedone with 'to be finished,leaveN standing znatnonadmaSiti'seudN packing 'sendsb.away;dismiss rom a job,knock N flyingget (t{) going

VERBSGOVERNING TWO PREPOSTTIOI{Sdevelop rom N into Nstrugglewith N for Nconrpete ith N for Napply to N for Ntalk to N aboutN

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