Exercise 3. phrasal verbs. write one word in each gap. it just takes hard work and commitment entrepreneur jane dickson describes how she got started i was working as an it manager for a small publishing company (in fact, i was standing 1) for the actual manager while she was away on maternity leave) when the company was taken 2) by a large multinational media organisation. it was in the depths of the recession, and initially our new owners promised to see our small company 3) the hard times. things got worse, though, and they finally backed4) of their agreement. our company closed 5) we were all made redundant-it was horrible! i wasn't sure what i wanted to do next. i 6) down several offers of work as i didn't want to rush into anything. then, one day, i woke up and thought: 'i'm going to set 7) my own business! ' at first it was tough. i had to 8) to everything myself - i was the only employee! - but i set 9) it with dedication and refused to give up, whatever happened. over the last five years, as the company's grown, i've taken 10) more and more staff. dickson's now employs over five hundred people! i set 11) to be successful, and i've managed it. i feel very lucky, although, to be honest luck has nothing to do with it. it just takes hard work and commitment. i don't feel satisfied yet though. we're bringing 12) new products all the time, and i want to continue doing that i also want to speed 13) our production process to make it more efficient. i'm not planning to slow 14) any time soon!
