Tag: Mind map

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EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB:

• GO FOR
  1) To be attracted to; to have an interest in.
  – You and me … We go for the bad boys.
  – He tends to go for girls like her.
  2) To attack.
  – The neighbour’s dog went for the postman and bit him.
  – He is known to go for the jugular in arguments.
  3) To seek to obtain; to choose.
  – I think they would go for that kind of centralization.
  – I could really go for some hot wings.
• GO THROUGH
  1) To bear; to experience a difficult/unpleasant situation.
  – Nobody would want to go through something like that.
  – In Malta, my fellow workers are going through disastrous changes.
  2) To examine the contents of something carefully.
  – We need to go through every message and assess the damage.
  – That subpoena gives us the right to go through your files.
• GO IN FOR
  1) To occupy oneself with; to engage in
  – She goes in for volleyball.
  – We have responded more to the will of our citizens and have been that much less inclined to go in for big events.
  – This will enable our students to go in for a three-year degree, in Italian, directly from Cairo and also take the exams in Egypt.
  2) To have or show an interest in or liking for.
  – I thought you didn’t go in for those kinds of shenanigans.
  – I don’t go in for those modern things.
  3) To enter a competition or to take an examination.
  – My brother decided to cheer himself up by going in for a competition. The prize was a luxury holiday in the Caribbean.
  – He went in for the photography prize but didn’t win.
  – His school had suggested he go in for the Young Musician of the Year competition.
• GO WITHOUT
  To be denied or deprived of something
  – If you don’t like your tea, you can go without.
  – She has had to go without a holiday for several years now.
  – There were days I knew he went without food to buy music paper.
• GO ABOUT
  1) To occupy oneself with; to perform
  – Meanwhile, the unsuspecting citizens of Coruscant go about their daily lives.
  – The shoemaker goes about his work with a smile.
  2) To begin to do
  – We went about getting evidence of what was going on.
  – How can I go about getting a good idea?
• GO THROUGH WITH
  To stay with (something) to the end even if it’s something unpleasant or difficult.
  – She went through with the divorce.
  – We’re going to use him to go through with the transaction.
  – Now you won’t have to go through with all that mess.
• GO OFF
  1) To explode, or to make a loud noise.
  – The bomb could go off at any moment.
  – The Hulk is a bomb waiting to go off.
  2) To leave suddenly.
  – John went off with the money.
  – Brian is going off to Milan and we’re throwing him a farewell party.
  3) To become angry quickly.
  – He went off in a flash when he heard the news. I’ve never seen him so upset.
  4) To cease to be available, running, or functioning (of a light, electricity, or heating); to stop.
  – The generator went off and we can’t get it started again.
  – The lights go off every six minutes, you know, to save electricity and stuff.
  5) To begin (with alarms, or signals).
  – My alarm clock didn’t go off today and that’s why I was late.
  – My alarm clock went off at 7:00 a.m.
  – It’s programmed to go off before you do.
  6) To follow the expected or desired course; to occur specified.
  – The party went off well.
  7) To go bad; to decay.
  – Something has gone off in the fridge, there’s a horrible smell.
  – The food went off very quickly, we had to throw it all.
• GO ON
  1) To happen or take place.
  – What’s going on at school?
  – What’s going on outside? All your friends are out in the street carrying placards.
  2) To continue; to proceed; to keep on.
  – Please, go on. Don’t let me interrupt you.
  – Go on, tell me what happened next.
  3) To start running or functioning (of power, water supply, etc.)
  – The alarm goes on when you close the front door.
  4) To act or behave.
  – Don’t go on like that; stop kicking the dog.
• GO ALONG WITH
  To agree with someone’s opinion/decision; to support an idea.
  – I said it wouldn’t work. I didn’t go along with it from the beginning.
  – She’s still angry with me for going along with your idea.
• GO TOGETHER
  1) To have a romantic relationship (informal).
  – Are Mark and Mary still going together?
  – They had been going together for years.
  2) To look or taste good when experienced at the same time (items of clothing, furniture or food).
  – Fish and red wine don’t go together.
  – Drinking and driving don’t go together.
  

I made this quiz for you :-), it will take you no more than 15 minutes. Try it out to check your knowledge about this topic.

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