>MOVE OVER, CALL UP

Posted on 13 July 2011 by sofiastefanidou

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move over = change place and stand a bit further to let someone else pass or sit
examples:

  • This man needs to get to hospital right away! Move over and let us pass!
  • Move over, I want to sit here, right next to you. 
  • Everyone moved over to let the injured man pass. 
  • I thought there was no seat for me but then everyone moved over one seat and I could sit too. 
  • If you move over a bit we can all sit together.    

call up = phone 

  • He called me up in the middle of the night to say he was sorry.
  • Many people called us up to congratulate us. 
  • Call me up tomorrow if you have any news. 
  • If you ‘re so anxious to find out what happened, just call him up and ask! 
  • I ‘ll call you up tomorrow.
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>HAND IN

Posted on 13 July 2011 by sofiastefanidou

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hand in (to somebody) = give

examples:

  • He found a wallet and handed it in to the police.
  • Excuse me. I ‘ve lost my briefcase. Has anybody by any chance handed it in?
  • At exactly ten o’ clock the teacher told us to hand in the essays.
  • “Hand in your homework, please” , said the teacher.
  • Before the exam you have to hand in all the books and notes to the supervisors.
  • Those who have finished can now hand in their tests.
  • At the airport you have to hand in your luggage to the inspector.
  • Yesterday morning the minister handed in his resignation. 
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>PUT IN (3)

Posted on 7 July 2011 by sofiastefanidou

>put in = install, fix in a place

examples:

  • We ‘re having a new refridgerator put in next week.
  • We ‘re putting in central heating. 
  • They ‘re coming next week to put the new equipment in. 
  • The house was quite old when we bought it so we ‘re planning to put in new plumbing soon. 
  • You need to put in new pipes. These are rusty.
  • Put the cork back in the bottle. 
  • I ‘m having new switches put in at the office.
  • Since I put in the new wires, I haven ‘t had access to the internet.
  • I ‘ve just had a new bathroom put in. 
  • I took out the old toilet seat and put in the new one all by myself. 
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>PUT IN, PUT INTO (2)

Posted on 6 July 2011 by sofiastefanidou

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put (somebody) in = elect a politician to a parliament or a political party to govern

examples:

  • When we put them in, we never thought they would take such measures.
  • I don ‘t think people will ever want to put them in again.
  • Theu put them in after being ten years in the opposition.
  • I cannot believe the kind of people we sometimes put into office!
  • Who put him into parliament?
  • The political party was put in with a large majority.
  • The party was put in for a second time in a row.
  • Two politicians of the party were charged with corruption only two years after they had been put into office.
  • The voters put them in with a reduced majority.
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>PUT IN / INTO (1)

Posted on 5 July 2011 by sofiastefanidou

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put (somebody) in / into (something) = make someone go to a particular institution (eg prison, boarding school, nursing home, hospital etc)

examples:
  • He was put in prison for two years for robbing a man.
  • Don ‘t do that. It ‘s illegal. They ‘ll put you in prison.
  • His intelligence was above average and they put him into a special school for very clever children.
  • Handicapped children are not put in special schools. They just need special ramps for their wheel chairs and they can attend regular schools like everyone else.
  • I put my father in a nursing home when he was 92 and I could no longer take care of him like he needed.
  • They put him into boarding school when he was just seven.
  • After that nervous breakdown she was put in a mental institution for a year.
  • The baby was put in hospital for two weeks.
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>PUT IN / INTO

Posted on 5 July 2011 by sofiastefanidou

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put (somebody) in / into (something) = make someone go to a particular institution (eg prison, boarding school, nursing home, hospital etc)

examples:
  • He was put in prison for two years for robbing a man.
  • Don ‘t do that. It ‘s illegal. They ‘ll put you in prison.
  • His intelligence was above average and they put him into a special school for very clever children.
  • Handicapped children are not put in special schools. They just need special ramps for their wheel chairs and they can attend regular schools like everyone else.
  • I put my father in a nursing home when he was 92 and I could no longer take care of him like he needed.
  • They put him into boarding school when he was just seven.
  • After that nervous breakdown she was put in a mental institution for a year.
  • The baby was put in hospital for two weeks.
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>PUT BEHIND

Posted on 4 July 2011 by sofiastefanidou

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put (something) behind = try to forget (something)

examples:

  • It was a very bad experience and we ‘re all trying to put it behind us now.
  • Put it behind you and go on with your life. Don ‘t think about the past.
  • Put the whole case behind you now. It ‘s over.
  • When dad came back home, we all decided to put the past behind us and make a fresh start.
  • We must all put behind us the fears, the bad times, the disappointments.
  • We have put our differences behind and we ‘re best friends again.
  • They used to fight a lot at the office but that ‘s all behind them now. They ‘ve put the hatred behind them and they ‘re trying to cooperate.
  • At work you have to put your political views or other disagreements behind you and do your best for the firm.
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>PUT BEHIND

Posted on 4 July 2011 by sofiastefanidou

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put (something) behind = try to forget (something)

examples:

  • It was a very bad experience and we ‘re all trying to put it behind us now.
  • Put it behind you and go on with your life. Don ‘t think about the past.
  • Put the whole case behind you now. It ‘s over.
  • When dad came back home, we all decided to put the past behind us and make a fresh start.
  • We must all put behind us the fears, the bad times, the disappointments.
  • We have put our differences behind and we ‘re best friends again.
  • They used to fight a lot at the office but that ‘s all behind them now. They ‘ve put the hatred behind them and they ‘re trying to cooperate.
  • At work you have to put your political views or other disagreements behind you and do your best for the firm.
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>SNAP AT (1)

Posted on 29 June 2011 by sofiastefanidou

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snap at (somebody) = speak sharply/angrily to somebody

examples:

  • I simply asked him what time he had got there and he snapped at me!
  • Don ‘t snap at each other. You ‘re brother and sister.
  • He is the kind of person that snaps at you for no reason.
  • You ‘re always snapping at me.
  • Don ‘t snap at him. He ‘s only ten.
  • You shouldn ‘t snap like this at your parents.
  • I didn’ t snap at him. I just wasn ‘t in the mood to talk.

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>SNAP AT (1)

Posted on 29 June 2011 by sofiastefanidou

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snap at (somebody) = speak sharply/angrily to somebody

examples:

  • I simply asked him what time he had got there and he snapped at me!
  • Don ‘t snap at each other. You ‘re brother and sister.
  • He is the kind of person that snaps at you for no reason.
  • You ‘re always snapping at me.
  • Don ‘t snap at him. He ‘s only ten.
  • You shouldn ‘t snap like this at your parents.
  • I didn’ t snap at him. I just wasn ‘t in the mood to talk.

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