Go over/ cut off/ turn up/ hang up/ hold on/ call on/ cut off/ break up/

call off/ call back / turn down /

pick up/ count on/ come up with/turn off/ come up with/make up for

1. You ………………………. -Would you mind repeating what you just said?
2. We should ……………………..the agenda before the meeting.
3. Something ……………………….at the office and he had to …………………the meeting.
4. Vast majority of people who had been invited ………………………. at the cocktail party.
5. Can you please ………………… the phone for me?
6. ……………………a minute, please, I need to check my schedule.
7. He was…………………….from the office for 10 days when he was on a cruise.
8. Sales usually ………………before Christmas.
9. They …………….…their relationship and I don’t think they will ever make up.
10. I’m sorry for the late delivery, rest assured that our department will …………….. the
inconvenience.
11. It’s not polite to ………..………. before the conversation is over.
12. Their offer wasn’t fair enough so we decided to …………..it …………….
13. Can you ……………….. our guests at the station at 3 o’clock, and I’ll drop them off before they
leave?
14. The music is too loud, would you mind …………..it ……………..?
15. Our sales representative will be ………………….the clients.
16. You can always ……………………..your real friends.
17. I’m sure our senior management will ……………………………some practical solution.
18. I’m freezing, can you, please …………………the air condition ………...

Last year I decided to take some time off from work. I was supposed to go on a cruise with my
girlfriend, but unfortunately a month before that we ……………………
I generally don’t enjoy being …………………from the office for more than two weeks, but this was
an exception. I needed to ………………………..a way how to get over my ex. However, I didn’t feel
like going alone. Luckily, a friend of mine told me I could …………………….his help in finding
someone to travel with. Since he was such a reliable person I didn’t want to …………………his
offer.
Before leaving I …………………the list of features I wanted the mystery traveler to possess, with my
friend. He assured me again that he knew just the right person for me and all I needed to was to
…..…...... her …………. In front of her place before we leave on the cruise.
The day had finally come. I was waiting at the given address and suddenly an elderly overweight
woman …………………
She was delighted to see me and I just nodded my head with a fake smile while I was thinking
what to do to my friend. There was nothing he could do to …………………………his horrible
practical joke. I was feeling very uncomfortable and wanted to ……………everything………..
Finally the old lady and I reached the harbor. The woman got out of the car and thanked me for
a ride. She just needed transportation to the harbor to say goodbye to her stunning daughter
who was going on a cruise with a friend of a friend. When the women introduced me to her
daughter I just remember what a wonderful friend I had.