5th box -Flashcards

Multiple choice questions

Question:

1. to anticipate

– to delay to give yourself more time * He didn’t have enough money to pay his rent and tried to stall the landlord by telling her that he had already sent a check in the mail.
– a phrase used when someone expect one thing but gets something else; to wonder about something that is mysterious or unclear and then to find out what it is * We thought that there was a dangerous animal trapped under the car, but it turned out to be a cat.
– to expect; to predict; to think something is likely to happen * All of the employees in the company anticipated getting a large cash bonus at the end of the year.
– to take the blame for something * Even though all four of the kids were responsible for breaking the window, Lionel took the heat.

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