Dependent Prepositions - Verbs 2

Index

First, complete the table with the prepositions, then complete the sentences with a verb. Click a word in the box below, then click on the appropriate gap. You can also type the words in the gaps.
VP02 ANSWERS EXPLANATION

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1) Then they both began to at each other, and finally laughed out loud.

2) The Government must itself to bringing forward proposals for a single Equality Act.

3) We to temptation because the heart of man is bent on doing evil continually.

4) People who score high on a measure of sadism pleasure from behaviours that hurt others.

5) He said that he was going to lose weight and on a career in journalism.

6) Three men tried to from an open prison in Leicestershire last week.

7) The brothers their success to variety and a willingness to experiment.

8) School officials the damage to the aircraft at about $25 million alone.

9) The United States has decided to sanctions on a Chinese company for transporting Iranian oil.

10) I myself on being a hard worker, getting the best out of my ability.

1)	grin at	to smile a wide smile
2)	commit to	to make a definite promise or decision
3)	succumb to	to not be able to fight an attack, a temptation, etc.
4)	derive from	to receive or obtain something from something else
5)	embark on	to start to do something new or difficult
6)	abscond from	escape from a place where you are being kept as a punishment
7)	attribute to	regard something as being caused by
8)	estimate at	to roughly calculate or judge the value, number, quantity
9)	impose on	to order that a rule, punishment, etc. be used
10)	pride yourself on	to be proud of something