CPE phrasal verbs/collocations weeks 7/8

Critics of the company ........ scorn on their claim that customer service had improved over recent years.

When the manager was demoted, he found it very difficult to ........ the back seat when decisions had to be made.

I didn't know he'd been made redundant and really put my ........ in it when I asked him how his job was going.

We need to bring some new ........ into the company in order to generate new ideas.

I think we should keep an ........ mind until we have all the facts.

It was a very lively discussion and lots of people ........ questions at the speaker.

The company have forged ........ with their expansion plans and their share price is evidence of their success.

It was an extremely busy junction and the roads criss-......... each other in several places.

You can borrow as much as you like within ........

The contract was couched ........ legal jargon and was very difficult to understand.

As a celebrity she was used to being ........ the public eye and had almost given up any hope of having a private life.

Hopes for a reconciliation between the two countries ........ in tatters following the latest military incursion.

We need a big ........ of colour on that wall to stop it looking so dull

I was feeling very dizzy and a friend had to ........ me up to stop me from fainting.

Many female artists escaped the ........ of the art world due to the male-dominated circles in which they worked.

Residents are bitterly ........ to the opening of a new bar in their sleepy, picturesque village.

A spokesperson said the scheme looked sensible in principle but that the devil would be in the .........

One thing you need to learn in this job is to rise ........ criticism.

You'll just have to ........ your pride and apologize to him.

She decided to ........ away her summer holidays on an island in Greece.

The Government is claiming they won't be paying out any compensation until all legal ........ have been exhausted.

The newspapers have been accused of whipping their readers ........ into an emotional frenzy about immigration.

The minister does tend to ........ around key issues rather than giving a straight answer.

The children were playing peacefully in the garden when all of a sudden one of them ........ out against the other.

I shouted at the ........ of my voice but he didn't hear me.

The government troops went into the forest to ........ out the rebel soldiers.