We‘re keeping an open mind about the causes of the fire. listen A search in NOW corpus for: _VV _AT _JJ _NN _RP *note that particles and prepositions are sometimes incorrectly tagged. 1 TAKE THE EASY WAY OUT 761 (C1) You didn’t take the easy way out. listen 2 VISITED THE RIVAL NATION IN 734 3 TAKING THE EASY WAY OUT 465 4 KEEP […]
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Passive ‘GET‘ + past participles is a way of using ‘get’ instead of ‘be’ in the passive voice in informal spoken English. It often refers to accidental or unexpected actions that we don’t want. For example: If we don’t get caught, it‘s not gonna matter who it was we stole from, and we‘re not going to get caught. listen She got hit by a car. listen Oh, that‘s so nobody accidentally gets thrown out. Accepted In the
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C1 point 72 in ADJECTIVES/position is defined as: ‘ed’ form of a verb as an adjective, after a noun An iWeb search for: _NN _VVN _V 1 TOPICS COVERED INCLUDE 4472 2 INFORMATION PROVIDED IS 2814 3 FUNDS RAISED WILL 2143 The funds raised will support future research projects like Under the Radar. ABC 4 OPINIONS EXPRESSED ARE 2123 5 MONEY RAISED WILL 1897
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come up with.
look out for.
watch out for.
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