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Her parents died when she was young, and she was _____ up by her grandmother.
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I'm looking _____ to hearing from you soon.
3
She loves taking part in events as she loves _____ off in front of an audience.
4
When her boyfriend told her he wanted to _____ up with her, she was delighted - she had wanted to do it but didn't know how!
5
The car ___ down in the middle of nowhere.
6
Brian _____ after his father; they're so similar.
7
She decided to ____ down the job because the salary was too low.
8
They promised to _____ him up if he complained to the director of the school.
9
She has a very high opinion of herself and tends to _____ down on everyone else.
10
I didn't go to German classes at school, but managed to _____ some up when I lived there.
11
He said he was French, but we knew he was really British as his accent _____ him away.
12
When business grew, the company had to _____ on extra staff.
13
If you don't succeed at first, you should _____ on trying.
14
He has a strong accent and it can be difficult to _____ out what he is saying sometimes.
15
The burglar alarm _____ off in the middle of the night and woke everybody up.
16
One of the first steps to becoming healthy is to _____ up smoking.
17
At first she didn't _____ on very well with her teacher.
18
The outing was _____ off until the following week.
19
He _____ up a company which made computers, and within a few years he was a millionaire.
20
In the middle of our telephone conversation we were suddenly _____ off.
21
If this weather persists, we'll have to _____ off the picnic.
22
If you miss too many lessons you will _____ behind.
23
Her plans _____ through when she had to return home to look after her sick mother.
24
We _____ into a few problems when we tried to enter the country without our passports.
25
We didn't have much money when we were young, but we _____ by.