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Question
Rewrite the following sentence, inserting the appropriate phrases in their proper form.
(to get out of, to come up, to turn on, to give in, to get into, to come down, to work out, to turn off, to give off, to give out, to work in)
He ______ bed and ______ the living room, to see if the door was closed.
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Solution
He got out of bed and came down to the living room, to see if the door was closed.
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