See off
- Meaning: Go to the airport or
station to say goodbye to someone
- They’ve gone to the airport to see their son off.
Set off
- Meaning: Start a path/journey/travel.
- We set off for
Paris just after ten.
Get in
- Unliteral: Arrive (train, plane)
- I got in just after eight o’clock.
- Literal: Enter
- How did the thieves get in?
Hold up
- Unliteral: Delay someone or something.
- Sorry I’m late – I was held up at work.
- Literal: support.
- The columns are holding up the roof.
Take off
- Unliteral: When a plane departs or
leaves the ground
- The plane took off an hour late.
- Literal: undressing, pull sth. away.
- I took off my coat because the room was hot.
Check in
- Meaning: Arrive and register at a
hotel or airport
- Please check
in at least an hour before departure.
Get off
- Meaning: Leave a bus, train, plane
- We get off at
the next station.
Check out
- Meaning: Leave the hotel after
paying
- We checked out
at noon.
Get away
- Unliteral: To have a holiday or
vacation
- We’re hoping to get away for a few days at Easter.
- Literal: To escape, to get out of some place with difficulty.
- We tried to catch the thief,but he managed to get away.
Get on
- Unliteral: Enter a bus, train, plane, to climb on board
- I think we got on the wrong bus.
- Literal: to take with someone, to carry something or making progress.
- We are not close friends, but we get on well
Drop off
- Meaning: Take someone to a place
and leave them there
- I’ll drop you off on
my way home.
Pick up
- Unliteral: Let someone get into your
car and take them somewhere
- I’ll pick you up at the station.
- Literal: choose.
- I picked up the book on pirates..
Set out
- Meaning: Start a journey,
especially a long journey
- They set out on
the last stage of their journey.
Speed up
- Meaning: Increase speed
- Can you try and speed things up a bit?
Look around
- Meaning: Explore what is near you,
in your area.
- People came out of
their houses and looked around.
Hurry up
- Meaning: Rush and not waste time.
- Hurry up!
We’re going to be late.
Go back
- Meaning: Go the place someone is
leaving from to say goodbye
- Dave and I go
back twenty years.
Look forward
- Meaning: Look forward to something
that is going to happen in the future
- I’m looking
forward to the weekend.
Stop over
- Meaning: Stay somewhere for a short
time during a long journey.
- I wanted to stop
over in India on the way to Australia.
