PHRASAL VERBS AND BINOMIALS IN ENGLISH INFORMAL WRITTEN STYLE
                                       AND SPOKEN DISCOURSE


1.      Use the following phrasal verbs in example sentences and find a verb of French origin to
each one: (e.g. Start reading from where you left off last time: stopped, finished, discontinued)


keep on

talk over

call on

get up

fall out

come in

go back

bring up

come about

find out

leave out

pick out

take away

blow up

put up

think over

pull out

turn down

put out


                                             BINOMIALS

2. Rewrite the sentences without using binomials (Siamese twins) and translate them to Czech:


How was your business trip? – Great. They wined and dined us all week.

The army spent two billion dollars, give or take a few million, to develop the new fighter plane.

Sorry, but we can’t just pick and choose what to tolerate.

The world’s population is growing by leaps and bounds.

Now Peter finds himself in a position all too familiar – down and out.

Travelling is part and parcel of her job.

First and foremost, the most important thing in business is to keep accurate records for tax.

Not all teachers realize that they are the lifeline by which the students will either sink or swim
in life in general.


Principals make their common agent a single take it or leave it contract offer instead of
negotiating over the contract in a more complex way.


Business etiquette today is no longer about being prim and proper, it is often why some people are
more successful than others.


3. Give examples of multi-word expressions (borrowings, Anglicisms) used in Czech that reflect the
current situation (covid-19 and Russia-Ukrainian war):