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8 1 put out a bonfire / your host / the rubbish
2 put forward an idea / a proposal / a suggestion
3 put off a football match / an appointment / customers
4 put across your feelings/ideas/opinions
5 put up an umbrella / prices / a picture
6 put on a concert / a limp /clothes
7 put away papers/books/files
8 put up with someone's behaviour / bad manners / temper

Some possible answers:
1 Let's put up some posters.
2 I haven't had time to put things away yet.
3 We'd better set outloff at 7 a.m.
4 Yes, of course, I can put you up.
5 The likely cost of it all has put me off.
6 He is hoping to set up a travel business of his own.
Possible answers:
He is very set in his ways.
He's bound to put two and two together if you keep on behaving like that.
She has set her sights on becoming Prime Minister.
She really puts my back up.
It's sound business advice not to put all your eggs in one basket.
Please put your mind to the problem in hand.
She has set her heart on getting a seat in Parliament.
She threw petrol on the rubbish and set fire to it.
She's very good at putting things in a nutshell.
The building was set on fire by terrorist action.
This is the first time I've ever set foot in the southern hemisphere.
We spent most of our evenings setting the world to rights rather than studying.
You really should put your foot down (with him) or there'll be trouble later.
If the teacher doesn't set a good example, the children certainly won't behave properly.
Unit 89

1 continued 3 attacked 5 being published 7 choose
2 check 4 succeed 6 complaining 8 used

1 ... to a decision. 5 ... into fashion ...
2 ... into a fortune / money / a legacy. 6 ... into operation/existence ...
3 ... into bloom. 7 ... to blows.
4 ... to a standstill. 8 ... into viewlsight.

1 It goes without saying 3 on the go 5 have a go
2 went to great lengths 4 go far 6 as far as it goes
1 The firm went bankrupt. 5 From a doting aunt.
2 Only Jack's proposal. 6 Any time after eight.
3 Seven thirty, normally. 7 A bit of a fight, I think.
4 When I pulled a ligament.
Possible answers:
1 ... their horoscope was very favourable. 5 ... it began to get quite noisy.
2 ...p ut salt on it at once. 6 ... having a boss who is younger than you.
3 ... that skirt. 7 ...J ack should be offered the job.
4 ... such a terrible experience again. 8 ... but also a box full of diaries.

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