Phrases with “on” - collocations

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Excerpt 1

on business
on the increase
on the radio
on fire
on his mind
on sale
on foot
on his
on strike
on guard
on the phone
on time

Excerpt 2

The staff threatened to go ……………… if the management did notmeet their demands.
It looks as if the whole building is ……………… . There are flames everywhere.
On the other hand, he could have something ……………… . He’s not really concentrating on what he’s doing.
We had to complete the journey ……………… after the car ran out of petrol. […]

Task

1. Complete each of the sentences with one of the phrases below. Use each phrase once only:

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Keywords: collocations, intermediate, matching, on, prepositions, vocabulary