please help me rewrite these sentences
(rewrite using the words in brackets)
1. how exactly did this situation happen in the first place? (come)
2. our lawyers are working on the agreement at the moment (up)
3. the box smells faintly of fish (gave)
4. i couldn't make him give a definite answer (pin)
5. we don't expect that the missing climbers have survived (hold)
6. the smell of drains stopped me eating my breakfast (put)
7. he doesn't know the secret (on)

Question

please help me rewrite these sentences
(rewrite using the words in brackets)
 1. how exactly did this situation happen in the first place? (come)
2. our lawyers are working on the agreement at the moment (up)
3. the box smells faintly of fish (gave)
4. i couldn't make him give a definite answer (pin)
5. we don't expect that the missing climbers have survived (hold)
6. the smell of drains stopped me eating my breakfast (put)
7. he doesn't know the secret (on)

Answer

These are what I would use:

1. How exactly did this come about, in the first place?
2. Our lawyers are drawing the agreement up, at the moment.
3. The box gave off a faint fishy smell.
4. I couldn't pin him down on a definite answer.
5. We don't expect that the missing climbers were able to hold out.
6. The smell of drains put me off from eating my breakfast.
7. He's not in on the secret.

In some cases, in order to use the words in parentheses ( ), one needs to add other words.  These are idioms, or colloquial expressions, so it is understandable that you would find them to be confusing.  They don't have literal meaning.

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