Study the tables, then choose the correct prepositions in the sentences below

pay forto suffer or be punished for something you have done pay offto pay smb to do smth illegal or dishonest and keep quiet about it pay outto pay a lot of money for smth pay overto make an official payment of money

run for smthan attempt to win or gain smth, especially to get elected to a political post run off withto steal smth run awayto leave a place, especially secretly, in order to escape from smb or smth

get in(to)gain (smb’s) admission to place/event get away withto not be caught or punished for smth you have done wrong get outto escape from somewhere get downto make smb feel unhappy and depressed get down toto finally start doing smth that needs a lot of time and energy

1. These people should pay for/off their crimes.

2. I can get into/down the Guinness Book of Records for the shortest law career in history.

3. The top power brokers in the country are considering asking you to run for/away United States senator, Adam.

4. He paid for/out good money to educate his son at a boarding school.

5. The solicitor arranged for Clancy’s share of inheritance to be paid for/over to him

6. They were going to make her pay for/out the rest of her life.

7. Then I found out that he had run for/off with all my savings.

8. Nobody has ever got down/out of this jail.

9. He had run off with/away from home at the age of thirteen.

10. It took time to arrange for someone to pay you off/for to deliver it.

11. I don’t know how they manage to get out of/away with paying such low wages.

12. Heran away/off witha book from the library.

13.All this waiting and delay is really getting her down to/down.

14. After Christmas I’m going to get down to/into some serious job hunting.

Put in the correct prepositions

1. Adam Warner was aware … a lot of changes in his life.

2. Adam Warner was puzzled… something.

3. There was no doubt in Adam’s mind that Michael Moretti would have been found guilty … if fate had not intervened in the form of Jennifer Parker.

4. If Jennifer was working … Moretti, he would have protected her … reasonably plausible story

5. It was a prize that took years to attain, and Adam was not … to deprive someone … it unless he was certain there was justification.

6. I’ve have been assigned to investigate your part … the Michael Moretti trial, Miss Parker.

7. There would be a trial panel … three attorneys who would make their recommendation … the Disciplinary Board which would make its report … the Board … Governors

8. I’m empowered to investigate and recommend … or … disbarment proceedings.

9. Peabody & Peabody was a large, prestigious firm, one that young lawyers dreamed … being invited to join

10. She was kept waiting … two hours, and was finally ushered … the office … Mr. Peabody.

11. A few moments later the door opened and the butler returned, accompanied … a tiny middle-aged man

12. She was consumed … loneliness.

13. Jennifer walked the streets, watching pedestrians hurrying … the warmth … their homes and families, and she ached … a feeling of emptiness.

Discussion

Agree or disagree to the statements. Give your arguments for or against them.

There is a pleasure in power.

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