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Idiomatic expressions & collocations CEFR B2 Topic: Idiomatic expressions and collocations across everyday situations: work, study, travel, health, technology, relationships, money and home

Idioms and Collocations in Everyday Situations

What this tests: fixed expressions — idioms, and the words that natural English puts together (collocations).

Instructions

For questions 1–8, choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best completes the idiom or collocation in each sentence.

1. Everyone on the team needs to pull their if we're going to finish the project on time.

A — share B — effort C — weight D — load

2. I really need to brush on my French before the business trip next month.

A — back B — up C — over D — through

3. After the long flight to Tokyo, she was suffering from terrible jet and slept for most of the day.

A — shock B — strain C — lag D — delay

4. I think I'll skip the gym tonight - I've been feeling a bit under the since yesterday.

A — climate B — cold C — flu D — weather

5. It's getting harder to up with how fast smartphone technology changes every year.

A — maintain B — stay C — keep D — hold

6. After their big argument, it took weeks for them to things up and start talking again.

A — mend B — sort C — repair D — patch

7. With rent going up again, we're struggling to make meet this month.

A — ends B — ways C — bills D — means

8. Please, make yourself at - treat the place as if it were your own.

A — ease B — peace C — home D — odds

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