Select a suitable phrase from lines 15-25 to complete the following sentence appropriately.
I agree the team will find this experience tough, but competing will be easier next time after they get this tournament __________________________.
Answer
The word suitable to this sentence is ‘under their belt’.
I agree the team will find this experience tough, but competing will be easier next time after they get this tournament under their belt.
Explanation: The phrase means- you have already achieved it or done it . . The writer agrees that although the experience had been tough, it would be easier next time and victory will be achieved.
From the composition:
The business of puncturing illusions is never just black and white. My fellow divers had hundreds of dives under their belt and on the two-hour boat ride to the site in the morning of our first dive, they kept saying things like, “Seriously, I really can’t believe this is your first dive.” All this was okay with me until I reached the bottom and immediately had to fend off the first tiger
