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Exercise 5.4

Choose a formal or informal collocation as instructed at the end of each sentence. Use a dictionary if necessary.

1. She was dead / extremely keen to meet the new coach. (informal)
2. We will be boarding the aircraft / getting on the plane in about ten minutes. (formal)
3. Mr Trotter paid for / bore the cost of the repairs. (formal)
4. I withdrew from / dropped out of my university course after a year. (informal)
5. The marketing manager launched into / embarked upon a detailed explanation of her new strategy.(informal)