Question

1. The vice-president is going to ___ the president at tonight's fundraiser, as the president is out of the country.
2. During one of his sea voyages, the Italian navigator Alvise Cadamcstoth ___ the Cape Verde Islands.
3. ___ a minute! I think I've left my keys in my other bag.
4. Marissa tried to ___ her badly recorded CD, but the music shop wouldn't exchange it as she had lost her receipt.
5. Through the dense fog in the harbour, the captain and crew were barely able to ____ back the lights on the dock.
6. It took Martha three years to ___ "Clarissa", or "The History of a Young Lady" by Samuel Richardson, as the book contains 1,536 pages.

Answer 1

1. Stand in for.
2. Came across.
3. Hold on.
4. Take back.
5. Make out.
6. Get through.

Answer 2

stand in for

came across

hold on

take back

make out

get through