Check your vocabulary for Law – Phrasal Verbs

PHRASAL VERBS
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PHRASAL VERBS ARE common in conversational English. Read the definition below and use the phrasal verbs to complete the sentences. You will have to use some verbs more than once, and you may have to change the form of the verb to fit the grammar of the sentence. The first one has been done for you as an example:
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Verbs and Definitions
1. break down: to stop because of failure
2. break in: to go into a building by force in order to steal
3. break off: to stop a discussion or negotiation
4. break up: to divide (a company) into separate units
5. bring forward: to change to an earlier date
6. hand down: t five to the next generation through inheritance
7. hold up: (1) to rob from a bank or vehicle using weapons, (2) to stay at a high level, (3) to delay
8. pass off: to pretend something is not what it is to cheat a customer
9. put down: to pay as a deposit
10. put into: invest
11. take in: to trick, to deceive
12. take over: (1) to start to do something in place of someone else, (2) t buy a company
13. wind up: (1) to end a meeting, (2) to put a company into liquidation
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Exercise
1. The company ACT has been __broken up_____ into seven autonomous divisions.
2. He had a factory which manufactured cheap sports clothes which he ____________
3. He _______ all of us __________ with his promise of quick profits and low risks.
4. he was caught ___________ to a clothes shop an night.
5. he ___________ the meeting with a vote of thanks to the chairman.
6. I’m very busy on Wednesday: can I __________ our meeting _________ to Tuesday?
7. John is leaving in June and there will be a gap of one month before the new manager.
8. Management and unions could not agree and negotiations _________ at midnight yesterday.
9. Payment will be ____________ until the contract is signed.
10. Shares in ACT have increased in price by 35 pence with the news that they are to be __________ by Giant PLC.
11. The car was still under guarantee when it ____________.
12.The company was insolvent and the court ordered it to be ___________
13. The share price ____________ well through the summer and then fell in September.
14. They are accused of __________ a Security Van and stealing U$ 45.000.
15. This watch was ___________ to me from my great-grandfather.
16. When he lost his job he ___________ his savings ___________ into opening a design studio.
17. You have to _________ U$200 ___________ now and then pay U$ 100 a month for eighteen months.
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Extension: Work with a partner. Test each other: One person closes the book, the other asks questions. For example: “Tell me a verb which means ‘to divide a company into separate units’”.
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ANSWERS:
1. broken up – 2. passed off – 3. took…in – 4. breaking into – 5. wound up – 6. bring … forward – 7. takes over – 8. broke off – 9. held up – 10. taken over – 11. broke down – 12. wound up – 13. held up – 14. Holding up – 15. handed down – 16. put…. into – 17. put… down.