EXERCISE 23c — Write answers to the questions using phrasal verbs, participle adjectives, and nouns from this section. Be sure the phrasal verbs are in the correct tense.

1. The union members are on strike, and some will not go back to work unless they get the 10 percent raise they demanded in the beginning. What are the union members doing?

2. Some union members accepted a 7 percent raise and went back to work, but not the union members in Question 1. What would you call the union members in Question 1?

3. Jim and his sister had a big fight, but they apologized to each other, and now everything is okay. What did Jim and his sister do?

4. Jake stopped going to high school before he graduated. What did Jake do?

5. In Question 4, what is Jake?

6. You considered buying either a Toyota or a Nissan, and then you made your decision. What did you do?

7. My elbow is very sore, so my doctor told me to play less tennis. What did my doctor tell me?

8. Most of the Democrats will vote in favor of the new law, but a few are resisting pressure to vote yes. What are the Democrats who don't want to vote yes doing?

9. In Question 8, what are the Democrats who don't want to vote yes?

10. Mr. and Mrs. Ortega went to a party and didn't come home until 3:00 a.m. What did they do?

11. The explorer's supply of food and water has to last for three months. What does the explorer's supply of food and water have to do for three months?

12. Erik invented a funny story for his daughter. What did Erik do?

13. In Question 12, Erik's funny story wasn't true. How would you describe it?

14. Mr. Flores cheats on his taxes, but so far he hasn't been caught. What has Mr. Flores done so far?

15. There are a log of big trucks on the road, so when you drive, you have to be careful. What do you have to do when you drive?

16. The police are going to start working harder to prevent crime. What are the police going to do?

17. In Question 16, what can you call the plan to work harder to prevent crime?

EXERCISE 23d, Review — Complete the sentences with these phrasal verbs from previous sections. Be sure the phrasal verbs are in the correct tense. To check their meanings, review the section number given after each one.

1. Do you want these baby clothes? My daughter has ________ ________ _______ them.

2. It's always a good idea to ________ ________ installing a new software version until they get all the bugs out.

3. Get a paper towel and ________ ________ the grape juice you spilled.

4. I'm not sure what I will do. I have to ________ ________ it.

5. I have a lot of work to do, so I probably won't ________ ________ until 4:00.

6. The twins look exactly like each other. How do you ________ them ________?

7. The walls of this fort are ten feet thick. No one could ________ ________.

8. We finished our card game, and Sean ________ ________ the points.

9. The new law is ________ ________ reducing air pollution.

10. I need to fix this table. It's ________ ________.

11. Rac|tiel suggested moving to the suburbs, and her husband ________ _______ the idea.

12. That guy's a lunatic. There's nothing I wouldn't ________ ________ him.

13. We________________the old wood in the fireplace.

14. My niece is thirteen years old, but she still ________ ________ Santa Claus.

15. The sign in the store window said they open at 10:00, but we had to ________ ________ until 10:20 before they opened the doors.

16. Would you like to ________ ________ to my house tonight and have dinner?

24. FOCUS ON: phrasal verbs used as nouns, 2

As we saw in Section 5, two-word phrasal verbs are sometimes accented on the verb and sometimes on the particle. Two-word nouns, however, are always accent­ed on the verb even if it is the particle of the two-word verb that is accented:

verb:SHOW off noun:SHOW-offverb:slow DOWN noun:SLOWdown

1. come down (to) p.v. When someone moves toward you to a lower level position, or from north to south, that personcomes down orcomes down to where you are. Come up is the opposite ofcome down.

It's been raining for an hour! It's reallycoming down.

My friend from Canadacomes down to visit us in New Mexico once in a while.

2. come down p.v. When you move to a lower level socially or financially and receive less respect from other people because of this change, youcome down in life.

Hank certainly hascome down in life — he lost his job, house, and family because of his gambling problem.

Mark used to be so successful, but now he has so many problems. He has reallycome down in life.

comedown n. A comedown is a move to a lower level socially or financially that causes you to receive less respect from other people.

A few years ago he was the manager of this restaurant, but now he's only a waiter — what acomedown.

3. come down (to) p.v. When you lower the price you are asking for something, you come down orcome down to a lower price.

/ won't buy her car unless shecomes down to $ 12,000.

The union won'tcome down a nickel in its salary demands.

1. let up (on) p.v. When something becomes less strong, less intense, or less severe, itlets up.

The rain finallylet up yesterday.

Mike's parents are very strict with him. He's only a boy. They shouldlet up on him.

letup n. A letup is a reduction in how strong, severe, or intense something is.

There was noletup in terrorist bombings after the peace treaty was signed.

Print out

print out & prints out printing out printed out printed out

1. print ...out p.v. When you make a computer write something on paper, you print itout.

After I finished writing my letter, Iprinted itout and signed it.

Ican't print thisout — my printer is broken.

printout n. When you make a computer write something on paper, the paper is a printout.

/ put theprintout of the October sales report on the sales manager's desk.

Shake up

shake up & shakes up shaking up shook up shaken up

1. shake... up p.v. When something upsets, shocks, or frightens you badly, itshakesyouup.

Seeing all those dead bodies sureshook meup.

I was reallyshaken up when I learned that my uncle had been killed.

shaken up part.adj. When something upsets, shocks, or frightens you badly, you are shaken up.

Leave Frank atone. He just got some bad news, and he's a bitshaken up about it.

2. shake ...up p.v. When you mix something by shaking it, youshake itup.

You have toshake up Italian dressing before you open the bottle.

Did youshake this can of paintup?

3. shake... up p.v. When you make major changes in an organization or business, youshake itup.

The new CEOshook up management at my company, and a lot of people lost their jobs or were transferred.

People are getting a little lazy around here. It's time toshake thingsup.

shake-up n. A major change in an organization or business is ashake-up.

There was a bigshake-up at my company, and a lot of people lost their jobs or were transferred.

1. show... off p.v. When youshow off, you let people see something you have or something you can do in a very obvious and excessive way.

Sally's boyfriend gave her a huge diamond engagement ring, and sheshowed itoff to all her friends. The boy wasshowing off by riding his bicycle with no hands when he fell and hurt himself.

show-off n. Someone whoshows off is ashow-off.

Did you hear Alfonso speaking French at the party so everyone could hear?

What ashow-off!

Slow down

slow down & slows down slowing down slowed down slowed down

1. slow... down p.v. When something causes people or things to do something more slowly, itslows themdown.

I was driving pretty fast, but Islowed down after I saw the police car. Production at thefactory slowed down when half the workers got sick.

slowdown n. When people or things do something more slowly, aslowdown occurs.

The snow caused a bigslowdown on the highway this morning.

1. stop over p.v. When you interrupt a journey (usually an airplane journey) for a short stay somewhere, youstop over.

Davidstopped over in London on his flight from New York to Moscow.

Stopping over in Dubai on the way to Bangkok wasn't any fun — we couldn't even leave the airport.

stopover n. When you interrupt a journey for a short stay somewhere, usually an airplane journey, you make astopover.

/ flew from Istanbul to Philadelphia with a four-daystopover in Amsterdam.

2. stop over p.v. When you visit someone for a short time, youstop over.

Would you like tostop over after dinner and see our vacation pictures?

Can you vacuum the living room, please? The Youngs arestopping over tonight, and I want the place to look nice.

Trade in

trade in & trades in trading in traded in traded in

1. trade ... in p.v. When you give an old car or other piece of expensive equipment to someone you are buying a new car or piece of equipment from in order to get a lower price, youtrade the old car or piece of equipmentin.

After the twins were born, Raultraded his pickup truckin for a station wagon.

We'll get a good price on our new photocopier if wetrade in our old one.

trade-in n. An old car or piece of equipment that youtrade in for a newer one is a trade-in.

Most of the used cars sold by dealers aretrade-ins.

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