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86.1 Complete these sentences with the appropriate preposition.
1 The new school reforms which plan to bring ................................. regular exams for
young children are generally unpopular.
2 The long journey brought ......................... labour and the baby was born on the bus.
3 I think the strikes will bring ................................. some changes in management.
4 If anyone can bring it ................................. , he can.
5 He won't agree to it for me but she can always bring him ..................................
6 She brought ................................ six children all on her own.

86.2 The diagram below can be called a ripple diagram. Can you complete it?

Reword these sentences using expressions from C opposite.
1 The story of the film happens in Casablanca during the war.
2 Today's newspaper has revealed some fascinating information about the Prime Minister.
3 The situation reached crisis point when the union called for a strike.
4 How does she always manage to be so calm about things?
5 The view from the place was astonishing.
6 He ca~italised on her weakness at the time and she sold it to him.
7 The main function of a nurse is to look after the sick.
8 You shouldn't assume that anyone or anything will always be the same.

86.4 Reply to these questions using one of the phrasal verbs in A or B opposite.
1 What is the Conservative Party promising in its manifesto?
2 How did you like her?
3 What causes your rash?
4 Who does your little boy resemble?
5 Have you any special hobbies?
6 How's your new business doing?
7 What is a mimic?
8 Do you think you'll manage to persuade him to let you come?

86.5 Make up a ripple diagram like the one in 86.2, based on phrasal verbs with bring.

Which of the expressions in C mean the opposite of:
1 to keep quiet 3 to disregard 5 to be careless about
2 to look on 4 to drop an old law 6 to be subordinate to

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