Since the new app was launched, there has been a huge __________ the amount of time teenagers spend online. (increase), increase in, __________, nobody in the group chat has realised that we've been planning a surprise party for them. (AS), As far as I can tell, Next year, students __________ complete a community service project. (REQUIRED), will be required to, It took her months to __________ losing contact with her childhood best friend. (TERMS), come to terms with, Who __________ turning the school gym into a cinema for the night? (IDEA), came up with the idea of, After losing its biggest client, the company was __________ bankruptcy. (BRINK), on the brink of, __________, my parents actually said yes when I asked if I could go to the concert. (SURPRISE), To my surpise, I've watched twenty videos about the two phones and I still can't __________ which one to buy. (MIND), make up my mind, I___________my friend __________ me what had happened before I found out from Instagram., WOULD RATHER____ HAD TOLD, I didn't think my little brother was __________ a whole pizza by himself, but apparently I was wrong. (CAPABLE), capable of eating | be capable of +ing verb, I _______completely __________ my friend's reaction when I told her I was moving abroad. (ABACK), was taken aback by, __________ my friend's help, I would have completely failed the maths exam., But for, He was trying to sound confident during the interview, but he actually __________ rather nervous. (CAME), came across as, It __________ everyone when the quietest student in the class won the talent show. (CAME), came as a surprise to, We spent three hours discussing where to go on holiday before we finally __________. (CAME), came to a decision, __________ what everyone predicted, the unpopular candidate won the election., contrary to, I've been trying to __________ energy drinks because I was drinking three a day. (CUT), cut down on, __________ having studied all night, he completely forgot everything when the exam started., Despite, At first, I hated editing videos, but eventually I __________ the software. (GRIPS), got to grips with, The school changed the rules __________ the new government regulations. (ACCORDANCE), in accordance with, __________ my parents will let me get a tattoo at 16. (UNLIKELY), It is unlikely that, Could you __________ my bagwhile I go to the bathroom? (KEEP), keep an eye on, If anything changes about the party, please __________. (PICTURE), keep me in the picture, She ________________calling her grandmother every week. (POINT), makes a point of calling ( +ing v), When I first met him, he __________ a very genuine person. (STRUCK), struck me as, If you break something, you should __________ fixing it. (RESPONSIBILITY), take responsibility for fixing, We often __________ having Wi-Fi until it suddenly stops working. (GRANTED), take for granted, The new school club needs to __________ students with completely different interests., CATER FOR, I don't think I could __________ another responsibility right now; I already have three exams this week., TAKE ON, Much__________, my parents actually said yes when I asked if I could go to the concert., to my surprise, I __________ to bed when my friend suddenly called me. (POINT), was on the point of going, If you don't revise at all, you __________ get a perfect score. (BOUND), are not bound to, I'm going to Paris next month, so I've been __________ my French., brushing up on, My sister _______________ her phone the moment she wakes up. (HABIT), is in the habit of checking, ___________ social media that one video can make someone famous overnight. (SUCH) inversion, such is the power of social media, _________________ this password with anyone outside the group. (UNDER), Under NO CIRCUMSTANCES IS ANYONE TO SHARE, People who spend a lot of time online ________________their lives with other people's. (TENDENCY), HAVE A TENDENCY TO COMPARE, She'd just had an argument with her parents, so she WAS _________ to the party. (MOOD), WAS IN NO MOOD TO GO / WAS NOT IN THE MOOD FOR GOING/TO GO, The new evidence_______ what had really happened that night. (ON), SHED LIGHT ON

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