IV. Match the responses in column A to the sentences in column B.

A	B
1. I don‘t really want to, but I‘ve promised to help.	a. Couldn‘t you cut down on it?
2. We‘re going to Turkey on holiday.	b. You can‘t get out of it now.
3. I‘m fed up with her rudeness.	c. I thought it would come down to cost in the end.
4. We‘ve no food in the house.	d. Everyone comes up against difficulties sooner or later.
5. I suppose I eat too much fat.	e. You won‘t get away with it in the long run.
6. I haven‘t been getting enough sleep. 7. The real difficulty is it‘s so expensive.	f. You‘re always running out of things. g. I don‘t know why you put up with it.
8. I never pay any income tax.	h. You must be looking forward to that.
9. Robert‘s studying law.	i. I thought of going in for that when I left school.
10. I‘ve got a terrible problem.	j. Well, you can catch up on it at the weekend.

Tom was a long way behind the other runners, but he managed to ________________ them.