a. run errands b. scrape by c. extract sth. from sth. d. hold s b./sth. in high regard e. off (the) grid f. take/have/make a stab at sth. g. cater to sb. / sth. h. boils down to sth. i. (have) a say on / over sth. j. pick on sb k. touch down l. take sth. for granted m. make a racket n. emancipate sb. from sth. o. be onto sth 1. The pilot managed to __________ the helicopter safely. 2. Students were excited that people they __________ agreed to act as their mentors. 3. The dean always __________ the teachers she doesn ’ t like. 4. I really believed we __________ something that could save the company . 5. I ’ d like to __________ answering that question. 6. The success of a team ultimately __________ who hired the team. 7. He has been one of the baseball ’ s best players for so long that it has been easy to __________ him __________ . 8. Back then we had no access to public utilities, so out there we lived __________ and truly on our own. 9. He was still looking for work and meanwhile selling anything he could to __________ . 10. While the children were playing, she __________ and took care of her shop business.