Idioms 9

LESSON 1
to get in/to get on: to enter or to board a vehicle ( bước lên tàu xe)
To get in is used for cars, to get on is used for all other forms of transportation.
( to get in được dùng cho xe ô tô, to get on được dùng cho các phương tiện giao thông khác)
- It`s easiest to get in the car from the driver`s side. The door on the other side doesn`t work well.
- I always get on the bus to work at 34th Street.
to get out of/to get off: to leave or to descend from a vehicle ( to get of/to get off mang nghĩa rời hoặc bước xuống từ xe)
To get out of is used for cars, to get off is used for all other forms of transportation.
( to get of được dùng cho xe ô tô, to get off được dùng cho các phương tiện giao thông khác)
- Why don`t we stop and get out of the car for a while?
- Helen got off the train at the 42nd Street terminal.
to put on: to place on oneself (usually said of clothes) (S)
- Mary put on her coat and left the room.
- Put your hat on before you leave the house.
to take off: to remove (usually said of clothes) (S)
- John took off his jacket as he entered the office.
- Take your sweater off. The room is very warm.
to call up: to telephone (also: to give someone a call) (S)
To call can be used instead of to call up, as in the first example below.
- I forgot to call up Mr. Jones yesterday I`d better call him now.
- Call me up tomorrow, Jane. We`ll arrange a time to have lunch together.
- I promise to give you a call as soon as I arrive in New York.
to turn on: to start or cause to function (also: to switch on) (S)
- Please turn on the light; it`s too dark in here.
- Do you know who turned the air conditioning on?
to turn off: to cause to stop functioning (also: to switch off, to shut off) (S)
Turn on and turn off, as well as their related forms, are used for things that flow, such as electricity, water, gas, etc.
- Please turn off the light when you leave the room.
- Are you really listening to the radio, or should I turn it off?
right away: very soon; immediately (also: at once)
- Dad says that dinner will be ready right away, so we`d better wash our hands and set the table.
- Tell Will to come to my office right away. I must see him immediately.
- Stop playing that loud music at once!
to pick up: to lift from the floor, table, etc., with one`s fingers (S)
- Harry picked up the newspaper that was on the front doorstep.
- Could you pick your toy up before someone falls over it?
sooner or later: eventually, after a period of time
- If you study English seriously, sooner or later you`ll become fluent.
- I`m too tired to do my homework now; I`m sure I`ll do it sooner or later.
to get up: to arise, to rise from a bed
For the last definition a noun phrase must separate the verb and particle.
- Carlo gets up at seven o`clock every morning.
- At what time should we get the children up tomorrow?
at first: in the beginning, originally
- At first English was difficult for him, but later he made great progress.
- I thought at first that it was Sheila calling, but then I realized that it was Betty.
in place of = instead of thay vì, thay cho, thay thế vào
- In place of travel by car. We can go by bus to save energy.
- They can use solar anergy in place of any other sources of energy to produce electriccity.
- You can use milk in place of cream in this recipe.
out of place = không đúng chỗ, không thích hợp
- The proposal is out of place
- Her remarks were out of place.
- I felt completely out of place among all these successful people. to take place = to happen = to occur xảy ra, được cử hành được tổ chức
- The film festival takes place in October.
- We may never discover what took place that night.
put yourself in one`s place = to imagine that you are in somebody else`s situation
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- Of course I was upset—just put yourself in my place.
all over the place = everywhere
- New restaurants are appearing all over the place.
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