Plug in
plug in & plugs in plugging in plugged in plugged in
1. plug ...inlinto p.v. When you connect an electrical device to an electrical outlet, youplug itin orplug itinto the outlet. When you connect any cord or cable to asocket designed to receive it, youplug itin orplug itinto the socket.
lplugged my 110-volt TVinto a 220-volt outlet and ruined it.
This phone isn't broken; you just forgot toplug the phone cordin.
plugged in part.adj. When an electrical device is connected to an electrical outlet, it isplugged in.
Be careful with that iron — it'splugged in.
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| sneak in | sneak in & sneaks in | sneaking in | sneaked in | sneaked in |
1. sneak inlinto p.v. When you enter a place without anyone seeing or hearing you, yousneak in orsneak into the place.
When I was a kid I used tosneak into the movie theater through the emergency exit.
If you don't have a ticket for the game, you'll have tosneak in.
Sneak out
sneak out & sneaks out sneaking out sneaked out sneaked out
1. sneak out (of) p.v. When you leave a place without anyone seeing or hearing you, yousneak out orsneak out of the place.
Susie's father told her to stay upstairs in her room, but shesneaked out through the window.
The principal caught mesneaking out of my chemistry class.
EXERCISE 41 a — Complete the sentences with phrasal verbs from this section. Be sure the phrasal verbs are in the correct tense.
1. Close the door! You're ________ the bugs ________.
2. One of the students _______ _______ and stole the answers for the final exam.
3. My grandfather always ________ ________ a new car by not driving it over 50 miles per hour until it had gone 1,000 miles.
4. Mark told me he bought a large-screen TV. Let's go to his house and ______ it ______.
5. My laptop computer is in this bag, so I think it would be better to keep it with me on the flight than to ________ it ________.
6. These speakers ________________ sockets in the back of the stereo.
7. Are you sure this is the right key for this lock? It won't ________ ________.
8. When I'm away on a business trip, I always ________ ________ with my office every morning. 318
9. I was late for class, so I waited until the teacher wasn't looking and _______ _______.
10. The soldiers were ordered to ______________ and capture the enemy position.
11.1 don't trust that guy my daughter wants to marry. I'm going to ________ him _______.
12. Dinner is being served. Let's________________the dining room.
13. There's a crack in the basement wall that's ________ ________ water.
14. At the supermarket you can ________ ________ in the express line only if you have fewer than 15 items.
15. We'll ________ ________ the Grand Hotel on Wednesday.
16. After a week at the hotel, we'll ________ ________ and go home.
17. Any burglar who tries to ________ ________ my house is going to get a big surprise — I've got three big dogs that aren't very friendly.
18. I ________ ________ only 15 minutes before my flight time, and I almost missed the plane.