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give accommodation in English:

1. put up put up


I need to drill a hole in the wall to put up shelves.
They've put up a statue at the square.
The room looked nicer when we put up some pictures.
apartment blocks wete put up in the 60s
My ego put up even bigger blocks
I can put up with hot weather better than cold weather.
Have you ever put up a friend?
Because of a shortage of oil and gas, energy companies have put up their prices.
The WWF has put up posters all round the city.
It was easy to put up the shelves because they came with instructions on how to assemble them.
Several of the banks have decided to put up their interest rates.
A local businessman has put up the £500 000 needed to save the club.
I can't put up with my neighbour's noise any longer; it's driving me mad
One of his friends says he'll put up the money
put up

English word "give accommodation"(put up) occurs in sets:

phrasal verbs definitions

2. take in take in


She couldn't take in this plan
The course is hard because you have to take in a lot of information.
Would you like to take in a movie?
They were taken in and lost their money. I couldn't take in what he was saying.
It is difficult to take in all this information?
It was an interesting lecture but there was just too much to take in.
We still can't believe that it had happened. It's a lot to take in.
too much to take in

English word "give accommodation"(take in) occurs in sets:

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