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# Bag

## Verb + bag

* fill / pack a bag
* empty a bag
* carry a bag
* *lift / put down* a bag
* drop a bag

## Bags at the airport

* check in your bags
* a mix-up with your bags
* bags go astray
* search your bags

## Common expressions

* a heavy / light bag
* a shopping bag
* a plastic bag
* a handbag
* carry a bag over your shoulder
* (the camera) fits into your bag
* look in your bag for (your wallet)
* watch someone's bag

## Exercise

### Verb + bag

1. I tried to ***lift*** the biggest of the bags, but I wasn't strong enough.
2. Can I ***carry*** those bags for you? They look heavy.
3. I'm afraid that some of the eggs broke when I **dropped** the bag getting out of the car.
4. A young shop assistant helped me to ***fill*** my bags at the supermarket checkout.
5. I ***emptied*** the contents of my handbag on the table, but my missing earring wasn’t there.

### Common expressions

1. It's OK. I can carry both bags. They're quite light. - d
2. I put my dirty washing into a plastic bag, and went to the launderette. - f
3. She's left her handbag lying open on the table. - e
4. My mobile and my palmtop fit easily into my handbag.

* a

5. Could you watch my bags while I go to the toilet? - g
6. I've looked twice in my bag for the car keys, but they're not there. - b
7. He arrived, carrying a large bag of clothes over his shoulder. - c

### Bags at the airport

1. Sorry, we’re so late. There was a ***mix-up*** with the bags from our flight.
2. I don't think we need to ***check*** *in* this bag. It only weighs about 5 kilos.
3. One of our bags *went* **astray** at Paris while we changed planes for Athens.
4. They **searched** all my bags when I went through customs at Heathrow yesterday.