C1 transformations found online 4

I'm just about to give up this diet because it's not working at all. (point); I'm ……………………………….. this diet up because it's not working at all.

on the point of giving

Please do those photocopies whenever you have the time. (happen); Please do those photocopies if ……………………… the time.

you happen to have

If you really want to spend the whole night studying, there's nothing I can do. (insist); If you …………………….. the whole night, there's nothing I can do.

insist on studying

The match will be postponed if it keeps raining. (mean); Further rain ………………………… postponement of the match.

will mean the

"I can't stand what his assistant said about me," said Barbara. (objected); Barbara …………………………….. the assistant said about her.

objected to what

"Ian took the money, not his brother Dylan," Susan said. (it); According to Susan, ……………………….. took the money, not Dylan.

it was Ian who

The shop was closed for a week while they decorated it. (done); While it ………………………. , the shop was closed for a week.

was being done up

If Phil is having so many problems at school, maybe some private tuition would help him. (from); Maybe Phil would …………………………. tuition if he's having so many problems at school.

benefit from some private