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English Phrasal Verbs - Cloze Tests

ʃʌt ˈʌp Blathering I Managed Shut Person Stop

Sentence He was blathering on about something, but I managed to shut him up.
Definition (
ergative
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#ergative
) Of a person, to stop
talking
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/talk
or (of a person or thing) making noise.
Pronunciation
  • (
    UK
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_English
    )
    IPA
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet
    (
    key
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation
    )    : /ʃʌt ˈʌp/
  • (
    US
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English
    )
    IPA
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet
    (
    key
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation
    )    : /ʃʌt ˈʌp/, [ʃʌˈɾʌp]

Tags: shut, up

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