C. Read sentences 1-8 and match the three-part phrasal
verbs in bold with the meanings a-h.
1. They falsely claimed that they dealt with the factory's
toxic waste in a responsible manner, but their lies caught
up with them and now they have been heavily fined.
2. Carbon offsetting is the practice of reducing emissions
of carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gases to make
up for the emissions made elsewhere.
3. The aim of the non-profit organisation is to reach out to
people who are being forced to relocate due to a natural
disaster.
4. He claimed his produce was organic, though he used
chemical fertilisers. He thought he could get away with
deceiving people, but after a surprise chemical analysis
by inspectors, he was found out.
5. My colleagues were debating the usefulness of green
taxes, but I know little on the subject, so I decided to
stay out of it.
6. More than ever before, people are beginning to wake
up to the reality of what desertification is doing to our
country and to the need for action.
7. He told us he'd be getting a hybrid car, but after all the
negative comments he'd made about them over the
years, we wondered whether he'd go through with it.
8. The unusually low attendance at the tree-planting event
was put down to the bad weather.
al
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a. to avoid becoming involved in sth
b. to start to realise that a problem or situation exists
c. to do sth you have planned or agreed on, despite the
difficulty involved or your unwillingness to do so
d. to begin to have problems with sth you have managed to
avoid for some time
e. to try and establish communication with sb in order to
obtain or offer help
f. to escape punishment or the negative consequences
of a wrong action
g. to assign sth as the reason for or cause
of sth else
h. to compensate for sth lost,
damaged or bad