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Gianluca Tavoletti Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
Fill in the blank
"Janet has ... a teaching job".
A: put across
B: put in for
C: put down to
D: put up with
E: put into
A: put across
B: put in for
C: put down to
D: put up with
E: put into
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Hi,
I would choose B: put in for something ( to apply for something, to make a request for something) .
I would choose B: put in for something ( to apply for something, to make a request for something) .
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B.
It's an idiomatic way of saying 'applied for'.
D is not wrong, but requires a more uncommon context, where the meaning is that she already has the job, does not like it but has tolerated it.
Clive
It's an idiomatic way of saying 'applied for'.
D is not wrong, but requires a more uncommon context, where the meaning is that she already has the job, does not like it but has tolerated it.
Clive
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put across = explain
put in for = apply
put [it] down to = assume a cause
(but "put down" = disparage)
put up with = endure
put in for = apply
put [it] down to = assume a cause
(but "put down" = disparage)
put up with = endure
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