ANSWERS TO PHRASAL REPLACEMENT (1)

1.

If you don't allow me to enter I'll break down the door.

 

If you don't LET me IN I'll break down the door.

2.

He regarded her for a moment and then said, 'She is too tall.'

 

He LOOKED AT her for a moment and then said, 'She is too tall.'

3.

The line was so bad when I telephoned him that I couldn't understand what he said.

 

The line was so bad when I RANG him UP that I couldn't understand what he said.

4.

Will you take care of the garden while I am in hospital?

 

Will you LOOK AFTER the garden while I am in hospital?

5.

I don't believe a word of his excuse; I'm sure he invented it

 

I don't believe a word of his excuse; I'm sure he MADE it UP.

6.

He's had the best doctors available but he won't recover unless he has the will to live.

 

He's had the best doctors available but he won't PULL THROUGH unless he has the will to live.

 
 

7.

Be careful!! The dog is standing behind you.

 

LOOK OUT!! The dog is standing behind you.

8.

Never postpone till tomorrow what you can do today.

 

Never PUT OFF till tomorrow what you can do today.

9.

I regard him as the greatest living novelist.

 

I LOOK ON him as the greatest living novelist.

 

I LOOK UPON him as the greatest living novelist.

10.

He dressed himself in uniform for the occasion.

 

He PUT ON uniform for the occasion.

11.

He keeps hearing strange footsteps in the house, so he has hired a private detective to investigate the matter.

 

He keeps hearing strange footsteps in the house, so he has hired a private detective to
LOOK INTO
the matter.

12.

She was sitting opposite me in the bus but she pretended not to see me.

 

She was sitting opposite me in the bus but she LOOKED THROUGH me.

 
 

13.

Whenever you are in Paris, do go and visit my sister.

 

Whenever you are in Paris, do LOOK UP my sister.

 

Whenever you are in Paris, do LOOK my sister UP.

14.

Why was she looking so annoyed?

 

Why was she looking so PUT OUT?

15.

The Albert Hall was erected in memory of Queen Victoria's husband.

 

The Albert Hall was PUT UP in memory of Queen Victoria's husband.

16.

I can't offer hospitality to you all because my flat is too small.

 

I can't PUT you all UP because my flat is too small.

17.

Suppose you telephone the station and ask them.

 

Suppose you RING UP the station and ask them.

18.

He disparages his own garden but he likes other people to praise it.

 

He RUNS DOWN his own garden but he likes other people to praise it.

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