[IE I] Vocab unit 8

Match the verbs in Column A with the phrases in Column B.

• in with the wrong crowd

• playing

• truant

• dabbling

• with drugs

• falling

Match the verbs in Column A with the phrases in Column B.

• up to no good

• rebelling

• a criminal record

• getting/having

• against authority

• getting

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• mallicious rumours

• pulling

• up on one another

• ganging

• a strop

• spreading

Match the verbs in Column A with the phrases in Column B.

• rash decisions

• acting

• on the spur of the moment

• making

• one over on your peers

• getting

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• no thought for anyone

• vying

• for attention

• sparing

• the class

• flunking

Match the verbs in Column A with the phrases in Column B.

• around

• having

• the rules

• flouting

• a run in with the law

• sleeping

Using completed phrases matched in previous questions to fill in the gaps.

l am (a)   and it's looking very likely that I'll have to repeat.

Using completed phrases matched in previous questions to fill in the gaps.

Why must you persist in (a)   ? One of these days you will get caught and wind up in serious trouble.

Using completed phrases matched in previous questions to fill in the gaps.

lf I catch your son (a)   again, Mrs White, he will automatically be expelled; his attendance record is already appalling.

There has never been a worse time to be in the house-buying game. Well, never, that is, assuming you are a first-time buyer. lf you are an investor, you will likely be rubbing your hands with glee; after all, demand for rental properties has seldom been so strong.The average age of first-time buyers in the U.K. has now risen to 37, and this is a particularly shocking ​ (a)  
when one takes into consideration the fact that parents are stumping up more and more funds towards their children's first house purchases. The reason for this is that the ​ (b)   of the funds banks expect first-time buyers to put up by way of a ​ (c)   has increased considerably in recent years and can be 25% or more, depending on the individual circumstances of the applicant(s). But it is not that banks are being difficult or greedy per se; it is simply a matter of sensible lending.

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