МГИМО Английский язык / Тест 15 / Задание II / Заполните пропуски предлогами и наречиями

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II. Заполните пропуски предлогами и наречиями

 

1.    The weather wasn’t very good but, all  [in]  all, it was a good holiday.

2.    [By]  the look of it, the economy will improve over the next few months.

3.    The job applicant told her interviewer that she would jump  [at]  the chance to work for such a prestigious firm.

4.    Apparently one person  [in]  ten now attends a university in that country.

5.    She really gets  [on]  everyone’s nerves.

6.    Be careful  [after]  all, don’t accept lifts from strangers.

7.    You can always count  [on]  old George: he is very reliable.

8.    All my life other people have been telling me what to do, but I intend to make my own decisions  [from]  now  [on] .

9.    You can get a free ticket irrespective  [of]  how old you are.

10.    To avoid talking about dying, we say that someone passed  [away] .

11.    I need to brush  [up]  my French. It’s years since I studied it.

12.    George has come  [up]  [with]  a brilliant idea for losing weight.

13.    Don’t worry about George. I will vouch  [for]  his complete honesty.

14.    Tim and Alan have never got  [along]  well and there is a lot of ill feeling between them.

15.    She was moved  [to]  tears by the kind things that were said about her.

16.    It took him a long time to come  [to]  terms with the fact that he was never going to be a great author.

17.    It was serious quarrel, and they took a long time to make it  [up] .

18.    It is a brave man who stands  [up]  for his beliefs when under attack.