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Which phrasal verb completes the text below correctly?
Cargo ship carrying Porsches and Bentleys is burning and adrift at sea
A fire ______ Wednesday morning on the Felicity Ace, a ship about 650 feet long, near Portugal’s Azores Islands, according to the Portuguese navy. The ship had departed from Emden, Germany, on Feb. 10 and was scheduled to arrive in Davisville, R.I., next week, according to a ship tracking website.
(Adapted from https://www.washingtonpost.com/)
Cargo ship carrying Porsches and Bentleys is burning and adrift at sea
A fire ______ Wednesday morning on the Felicity Ace, a ship about 650 feet long, near Portugal’s Azores Islands, according to the Portuguese navy. The ship had departed from Emden, Germany, on Feb. 10 and was scheduled to arrive in Davisville, R.I., next week, according to a ship tracking website.
(Adapted from https://www.washingtonpost.com/)
Resolução comentada
'Break out' = começar de repente (fogo, guerra).
'A fire broke out' é a expressão usual para um incêndio que começa. O sentido é o do contexto: o fogo começou no navio.
Análise das alternativas
B (dozed off = cochilou), C (did up = abotoou/reformou), D (looked back = olhou para trás) e E (thought over = refletiu sobre) não fazem sentido com 'fire'.
Referência: Phrasal verbs.
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