Prefixes: re, mis, under, over, dis

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A foreign actor is difficult to understand because he ................ (pronounce) many English words. 

What does the prefix "mis" mean?

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Citizens of the town worked together to ................. (build) the cinema that a fire had burnt down. 

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It would be wrong to ................ (simplify) the novel by describing it as just a love story, because it is about  a number of themes. 

What does a phrasal verb "run into" mean?

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I ran ............ him yesterday at the library. 

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I think we should run ..........scene three one more time. 

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I nearly ran ............ a dog on my way, so I stopped to check if it was all right.

What does the phrasal verb "run through" mean? 

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Jane was very busy when rehearsing for the concert-she ........... (estimated) how many rehearsals there would be. 

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Paula had to ........... (go) surgery on her knee. 

What does the prefix "under" mean?

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My art teacher asked me to ......... (do) my drawing because I had made some mistakes. 

What does the phrasal verb "run out of" mean?

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They ......... (charge) us in the restaurant but they quicly realised and gave us some money. 

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Let's run .......... that scene again.

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Don't .......... (estimate) the value of this painting, it's actually worth close to sixty thousand. 

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Is it true that you ran .............. from home when you were young to join the circus?

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A: Did you finish that landscape you were painting?

B: No, I ran .............. blue and green, and didn't have time to go and get some.

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Suddenly the ground seemed to ........ (appear) from beneath my feet.

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You'll have to .......... (do) this piece of work.