ADVANCED VOCABULARY - PHRASAL VERBS - DOWN 2

Advanced Vocabulary - Phrasal Verbs (DOWN) 2

Complete each of the sentences with a verb from the box, making sure that it fits grammatically into the sentence. ANSWERS

1) Caroline, you get in here this minute and down to that homework!

2) It’s difficult to choose which appliance to buy, but in the end it usually down to cost.

3) We finally her down and got her to agree to a company meeting.

4) It is a very good idea to the points down on paper before you dial the number.

5) She talks about her beauty as a fact which she will neither boast about nor down.

6) He waited several minutes for the applause to down before he continued speaking.

7) The Prime Minister has confirmed that he will down before the election.

8) He was down after pretending to be dying from cancer to fleece a lonely widower out of £50,000.

9) The firm has been down its business for six months because it was operating unprofitably.

10) I hate the way Mark down his food so he can leave the table as quickly as possible.

1)	get down to	begin to do or give serious attention to
2)	boil down to *	(of a situation etc.) to have sth as a main or basic part
3)	pin sb down *	make someone provide details about something
4)	jot sth down	write a short piece of information quickly
5)	play sth down	try to make something seem less important than it really is
6)	die down	become gradually less strong, loud, easy to notice, etc.
7)	step down	withdraw or resign from an important position or office
8)	send sb down *	send someone to prison
9)	wind down *	gradually reduce work before stopping completely
10)	wolf down *	eat something very quickly, swallowing it in big pieces
* 2) boils 3) pinned 8) sent 9) winding 10) wolfs