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Ask for help > Can you help me with these sentences?
Can you help me with these sentences?
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marzenka
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Can you help me with these sentences?
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Hello! Can anybody help me to fill in these sentences?
1. The didn �t let Becca ....... him on because they thought he was too strong an opponent.
2. �Don �t be so prudish, Becca. I always ........ shorts on in the shop! �
3. The letter of apology was too long so Becca ..... it down.
4. You cannot ..... away ...... violence by using violence.
5. I don �t know why Becca didn �t leave him but I ...... it down ....... a deep fear of change.
Please, don �t think I �m lazy as I �ve been searching for solution for long time and I �ve already filled in many other sentences but I have a problem with these five. I cannot find it in any dictionary (or maybe I �m searching in a wrong way?).
If you can help me, thank you in advance! 
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27 Jan 2010
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maker1
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These are likely answers for the gaps in my opinion and I am curious to see what others have to say.
1- take him on
2- try them on
3- cut it down
4- keep away from violence
5- put it down to |
27 Jan 2010
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Zora
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Maker is correct BUT number 4 is strange and makes not a lot of sense. Are you sure that it �s "away" in the middle of the sentence???
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27 Jan 2010
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mariamit
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I agree with Zora. I would complete 4 like this
You cannot do away with violence by using violence
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27 Jan 2010
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Zora
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Thank you Maria!!!
I couldn �t come up with the right phrasal verb for the sentence... I was like "take away... keep away... no, that doesn �t sound right!"
Very happy that you provided the most reasonable option!
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27 Jan 2010
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pollyanna_pl
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number 4 could also be "do away with" = abolish
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27 Jan 2010
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zoemorosini
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Hi there!
1. The didn �t let Becca TAKE him on because they thought he was too strong an opponent.
2. �Don �t be so prudish, Becca. I always TRY shorts on in the shop! �
3. The letter of apology was too long so Becca PARED it down.
4. You cannot DO away WITH violence by using violence. (strange phrasing, however--usually we say "fix (or fight) violence with violence" and "do away with" when you �re killing someone, not a concept! (Ex. The villain did away with the hero by putting poison in his coffee.)
5. I don �t know why Becca didn �t leave him but I PUT it down TO a deep fear of change.
P.S.-- I can�t imagine a dictionary being able to help with this at all--these are very precise idiomatic expressions.
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27 Jan 2010
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marzenka
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Thank you very much!!!!
Yes, there �s "away" in the middle of the sentence!
Thank you again!!! It �s great to know I can count on you!
Greetings from cold and snowy Poland!
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28 Jan 2010
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yanogator
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Zoe, wouldn �t you agree that "do away with violence" sounds OK if it means to eliminate violence? It sounds good that way to me.
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28 Jan 2010
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