prepositions and particles
Fill in the missing prepositions or particles in the following sentences.
IB   Everything seems to be   above   board, but there's something that doesn't feel quite right. I just wish I knew what it was.
Uli   If you have any complaints, then tell me
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I always thought he was strange. After seeing him at the party I'm convinced that he's_the bendl
my face. I
can't stand people who do things
my back.
. principle.
My mother is a vegetarian and won't eat meat_
_you, me and the gatepost, I don't think the new boss
will last more than a few months.
This work is taking much longer than I thought. rate it'll be Christmas before it's finished.
this
IK : He didn't have time to prepare a speech so he had to give one _the cuff.
Throughout the flight he was very much
edge, and
didn't start to relax until the plane had landed.
I wouldn't like to be_her shoes when Miss Hoffman
finds' out that she's lost the exam papers.
I'd love to come to the concert with you but I can't, I'm afraid. I'm__my ears in work this week.
Playing tennis once a week is one way of letting_steam.
He learnt Portuguese
13   I The competitors waited be read out.
scratch in less than six months. _baited breath for the results to
Mrs Samuel's daughter Is terrible, isn't she? Out hours and never a kind word to anyone.
all
I bought a computer last year, but I've had nothing but trouble with it. As far as I'm concerned it was money_the drainl
The football match had to be postponed _the bad weather.
account
'I wouldn't like to be in her shoes!'
A drain is a pipe for carrying away water. So if you dropped anything down
'*   ~>u would lose rt!
scratch used to be a starting line which was scratched on the ground low where a race should start from, so from scratch means from the
bicui, beginning.
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Section 4:
Idioms using prepositions
Section 4: Idioms using prepositions 77