Free Advanced Vocabulary Exercise: Verbs Plus Prepositions

For each sentence, choose the best word or phrase to complete the gap from the choices below.

When you travel to a far-off country to a start a new job, you need to allow the change in time zone.
One of our teachers always confuses Fanny Eva. He keeps getting their names wrong.
When you translate idiomatic expressions from Korean English, sometimes the resulting phrases sound very strange.
When Claudia went to Singapore, she decided to comply their local laws so she gave up chewing bubblegum.
A few weeks ago, Charlie with another cyclist on the road just in front of his house. Luckily nobody was badly hurt.
Many politicians have found it convenient to blame the current recession people in the banking industry.
At least once a month, our teacher asks us to from bringing cups of coffee into the classroom.
My friend always used to boast how good his driving was until he lost his license for using his mobile while driving.
The writer of the report on British public transport only at the enormous number of delays. I think he should have said much more about this.
The manager suspected one of the workers phoning in sick when she was really just taking a day off. But she could never prove it.
The national railway workers union are on strike today to about having to work on bank hoildays.
Last week a doctor in the UK was sent to prison after he confessed having lied about his qualifications.

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