1. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions.
1. He owned (= admit that sth is true ) a feeling of guilt.
2. He contributed the film in a big way (= to a great extent).
3. The beauty of the city consists (= have sth as the main) its magnificent buildings.
4. The committee consists (= be formed from) ten members.
5. The novelist draws heavily (= use a supply of sth that is available to you) her personal experiences.
6. The disease is thought to have originated the tropics.
7. There was a distant look in her eyes; her mind was obviously something else.
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1. You are capable better work than this.
2. He's quite capable of lying to get trouble.
3. Do not think you are the law (= think that you cannot be punished by the law).
4. She didn't enlighten him her background.
5. The computer comes a comprehensive owner's manual.
6. What conclusions did you draw the report?
7. We can draw some lessons for the future this accident.
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1. of 2. out of 3. above 4. about 5. with 6. from 7. from
3. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions.
1. a lax (= slack) attitude health and safety regulations
2. the moral laxity today's society
3. They drew lots (= choose by lot) the right to go first.
4. I was the only person deck (= the top outside floor of a ship) at that time of night.
5. As the storm began, everyone disappeared deck(s).
6. The room was decked (= decorate with) flowers and balloons.
7. He did not feel braving (= face bravely) the journalists at the airport.
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4. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions.
1. He went one knee and asked her to marry him.
2. He went down on his knees and begged forgiveness.
3. She was unwilling to believe anyone would stoop so low as to steal a ring a dead woman's finger.
4. I didn't think he'd stoop (=drop your moral standards to do sth bad) cheating.
5. The authorities have shown no signs of giving to the kidnappers' demands.
6. They hope the new drug will prove especially efficacious (= effective) the relief of pain.
7. The committee published a hard-hitting report the bank's management.
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5. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions.
1. He vented his spleen (= shouted in an angry way) the assembled crowd.
2. Costs should be kept a minimum.
3. There isn't enough room us, let alone any guests.
4. I didn't have any clothes, let a passport.
5. a blanket (= covering everything) ban tobacco advertising
6. He claimed full rights the discovery.
7. One of the funniest episodes (= incident) in the book occurs Chapter 6.
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6. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions..
1. to slice ( ) onions
2. The decision is binding both parties.
3. It is all part his grand design (= intention).
4. It happened—whether accident or design —that the two of them were left alone after all the others had gone.
5. I had fallen (=pass into a particular state) conversation with a man on the train.
6. The house had fallen disrepair.
7. She is responding well treatment.
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7. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions.
1. How did they dispose (= get rid of) the body?
2. It took only five minutes the world champion to dispose of (= defeat) his opponent.
3. the French contingent (= a group of soldiers) the UN peacekeeping force
4. a pre-emptive (= done to stop sb taking action) attack/strike the military base
5. The ghost was exorcized the house.
6. She had managed to exorcize these unhappy memories her mind.
7. He flies into a rage if you even mention the subject.
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8. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions.
1. She took charge (=accept responsibility for) the project and made sure it was finished on time.
2. He took charge the farm after his father's death.
3. scenes from history enacted local residents
4. I'm orders not to let anyone in.
5. She takes orders only the president.
6. Interest rates can be controlled order of the central bank.
7. I heard it the wireless.
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1. of 2. of 3. by 4. under 5. from 6. by 7. on
9. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions.
1. a message sent wireless
2. His horse fell the final hurdle.
3. the lawyer appearing behalf of the plaintiff
4. The police were issued firearms (= gun).
5. He left the party early the pretext of having work to do.
6. People were being arrested the flimsiest of pretexts.
7. We need some new curtains, but these will do the meanwhile (= for a short period of time).
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1. by 2. at 3. on 4. with 5. on 6. on 7. for
10. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions.
1. The police fired tear gas the protesters.
2. The bullet missed his heart less than an inch.
3. The ship was to set sail at once, the admiral's orders.
4. The car crashed the safety barrier and burst into flames.
5. His clothes lay a heap on the floor.
6. She fell (= begin to) brooding about what had happened to her.
7. He lost his balance and fell the ground.
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