четверг, 7 февраля 2019 г.

07.02.2019

I’ll tell her we’re leaving
Was he there?
At first he never came; he now comes regularly.
What have you done?  
my friend has seen it twice
I have two
This is his sister

1. I'd like to stop smoking but I just can't ______ it up.
   a)give
   b)turn
   c)put
   d)hurry

2. I'm getting really unfit. I think I should ______ up a sport.
   a)speak
   b)take
   c)put
   d)hurry

3. I'm fed up hearing you talk all the time. Why don't you just ______ up and listen for once?
   a)cheer
   b)move
   c)put
   d)shut

4. He's a really irritating person. I don't see how you ______ up with him.
   a)speak
   b)move
   c)put
   d)hurry

5. If you don't put any oil in the motor when the warning light comes on, it's likely to ______ up.
   a)send
   b)seize
   c)put
   d)set

6. There's not enough room for all my papers. I'm going to ask maintenance to ______ up some more shelves.
   a)cheer
   b)move
   c)put
   d)hurry

7. If you ever come to my city you must ______ me up and we'll have dinner together.
   a)speak
   b)move
   c)put
   d)look

8. Let's ask Andrew and see if he can ______ up with any good ideas.
   a)come
   b)set
   c)put
   d)turn

9. It was really embarassing. I'd had too much to drink and when we left the bar I was sure I was going to ______ up.
   a)cheer
   b)sign
   c)throw
   d)hurry

10. It's a difficult market to enter but we intend to ______ up a small subsidiary anyway.
   a)cheer
   b)turn
   c)throw
   d)set

11. When I saw that this course was available I rushed to ______ up for it.
   a)cheer
   b)sign
   c)gee
   d)feel

12. Stop acting so childishly. ______ up.
   a)cheer
   b)move
   c)grow
   d)hurry

13. I couldn't afford to buy it but my parents ______ up the money for me.
   a)cheer
   b)move
   c)put
   d)throw

14. He's always making fun of me. I wish he wouldn't ______ me up like that.
   a)send
   b)move
   c)gee
   d)hurry

15. I knew he would get promoted. It's good to see him ______ up the ladder.
   a)speak
   b)move
   c)gee
   d)throw

понедельник, 4 февраля 2019 г.

04.02.2019

Social media has made creepy over-sharers of us all. Annoying, right? Sure – except now a new app promises to turn it to your advantage by flagging the whereabouts of your acquaintances so you never have to bump into them again. Gentlemen, life just got a tiny bit easier.
Cloak pitches itself as “incognito mode for real life”, removing the ‘social’ from social media by following everyone you know, from your friends to you ex-girlfriends and that-bloke-you-met-a-party-once. It uses their Instagram and Foursquare updates to pinpoint them on a map, allowing you to discreetly cross the road and avoid awkward kerbside pleasantries if they're close by.
Created by former BuzzFeed employee Chris Baker – who previously launched baby picture blocker Unbaby.me for Facebook – Cloak’s “anti-social network” can alert you when specific contacts you want to steer clear of are in your immediate vicinity, or list the last known whereabouts of your every known acquaintance, should you be feeling particularly reluctant to stop and chat.