1. The doctor said I was cured, but he wants me to see him in a year for a __________.

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2. Drugs are getting to be a big problem in my son's school. I think it's time for a ________.

3. When I was nineteen, I was a _____________ with no future, but then I got smart and finished school.

4. After the accident, the human cannonball was dropped from the circus ____________.

5. The ______________ for the basketball team will be next Saturday at 10:00 a.m.

6. Janice just got back from the gym, and she's really exhausted from her ____________.

7. I use the program on the hard disk, but I have a ______________ on a floppy.

8. Business at the restaurant used to be good, but there was a big ______________ after that case of food poisoning.

EXERCISE 24f, Review — Complete the sentences with these phrasal verbs from previous sections. Be sure the phrasal verbs are in the correct tense. To check their meanings, review the section number given after each one.

1. Young man, if you don't________________ of trouble at school, I'm going to send

you to military school!

2. These suitcases are so heavy I can barely ________ them ________.

3. A good history book doesn't simply tell you what happened, it ________ ________.

that and tells you why.

4. Todd got in trouble with his mother after he broke a window and his sister________ ________ him.

5. If you're going to that bad neighborhood late at night, please be careful and ________ ________ for muggers.

6. That museum is huge. If you want to see everything, you should ________ _______ spending the entire day there.

7. This coffee's way too hot. Can you get me an ice cube so I can _______ it _______?

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8. That company wants to hire me, but I'm ________ ________ for more money.

9. My brother is going to visit tonight, and he's ________ his fiancee ________.

10. I've never been to this store before; I want to _____ _____ and see what they have.

11. My husband was very angry when our thirteen-year-old daughter came home at 4:00 in the morning, so I told him to ________ ________ and let me talk to her.

12. We had only twenty minutes to get to the airport, so we told the taxi driver to _______ ________it.

13. After the votes were ______ _______, Senator Dolittle was declared the winner.

14. Timmy, get a paper towel and ______ ______ this juice you spilled on the floor.

15. Leticia said good-bye and ________ ________ the telephone.