11. My Biggest Mistake Flashcards
Chase or try to get it
PERSUE ( per SUU)
PERSUE a person ( physical chase)
PERSUE a degree or certification
PERSUE a carrier & hobbies
PERSUE a goal and dreams
PERSUE states of being or abstacts ( PERSUE happiness, PERSUE justice)
Convince, motivate, encourage someone to do something
PERSUADE (per SWAID)
Persuade people to support political or religious causes
Persuade people to buy something you’re selling
Persuade people to sell you something at a lower cost
PERSUADE vs CONVINCE
Persuasion ends in an ACTION or DECISION.
Convincing ends in a change of THOUGHTs and FEELINGs.
Guide
Result in something
LEAD
Can you lead the meeting today?
LEAD TO - influence something to happen
LEAD TO + some result
Studying hard will leads to good grades.
Poor diet can lead to health problems.
Her education led to her financial success.
Hate has led to too many wars in our history.
Collocations ⭐️
One thing led to another
I was in a bad mood and he said something rude to me. One thing led to another, and soon enough we were in a big fight.
Led to believe ( past, passive)
I was led to believe that electricity was included in the cost of rent. I should not
have to pay extra.
Led someone to believe ( past, active)
He led her to believe that they would get married, but he just wanted sex.
Have or retain possession
KEEP
My sister borrows my clothes and just keeps them forever.
To stay at the same level or stage
KEEP UP WITH (something or someone)
Keep up with a friend while running
Keep up with your studies
Keep up with the news, trends, or tech
Keep up with others financially
Keep up with the bills
Collocations ⭐️
Keep up appearances - show others that you are rich or respectable, even if your life is falling apart
Keep up the good work! - encourage people
Start & Start OUT
START - broad, general, takes an object
Start business
Start classes
Start working
START OUT
refers to the initial stage or first steps
Used without object
I’m starting out ( context known)
She started out as a junior employee before becoming a manager.
Amazon started out in a small garage.
They started out on their road trip early in the morning.
When you’re first starting out in life, stay open to new experiences.
Collocations ⭐️
START OUT AS + role/position
I started out as a cook, and then worked my way up to management.
START OUT IN + place/field
She started out in psychology and then went into data analysis.
START OUT WITH + resources/conditions
Many millionaires start out with nothing.
Native expression🌟
Start out on the right foot - begin something in a positive way
Start OFF the right foot-same meaning
Put efforts into creating or improving things
WORK ON ( task or projects)
more specific then work
WORK ON + noun
Work on your homework
Work on your house
Work on your fitness
Work on your finances
He’s working on the car this weekend.
WORK ON + gerund
He’s working on fixing the car this weekend.
I’m working on creating the only course for phrasal verbs you’ll ever need.
Are you working on finishing these courses?
Arrive at, reach
1) a place ( literal)
2) a goal or point in time ( metaphorical)
GET TO
I got to the airport at 7 pm.
Let’s talk when we get to the cafe.
Collocations⭐️
GET TO where you want to be
GET TO the point
GET TO know someone
GET TO the bottom of it
GET TO the top
GET TO the truth
Get somewhere or Get TO somewhere?
GET HOME
Let’s talk about it when I get home.
GET THERE
We’ll decide what to do when we get there.
GET HERE
What time will you be you get here?
GET UPSTAIRS
When he got upstairs, he realized he had forgotten his coffee.
GET DOWNSTAIRS
Get downstairs and eat your breakfast.
GET INSIDE
When we got inside, we found the cat on the counter.
GET OUTSIDE
I’m tired of being in the house; let’s get outside for a while.
GET OUT
When she found him cheating, she told him to get out.
GET BACK
When dad gets back from work, he’s always tired.
GET IN
I’m get in around 8.
Be careful with adding TO!!!!!⚠️
Get THE point - understand
Get TO THE point - be direct in your speech
1)Go inside
2) study something
GO INTO ( literal)
She went into the house
GO INTO fields& topics
We GO INTO a field of study or a career.
I went into psychology in university.
After graduation, he went into medicine.
We go INTO topics.
We went into sales projections during the meeting.
Let’s go into this topic more in the next class.
Now we’re going to go into some native expressions.
Native expressions🌟
GO INTO DETAIL-talk about details
I wound go into detail here in this speech, but if you’re interested you can read my book.
New laws and policies can go into effect ( take effect)
GO INTO BUSINESS
Do you want to go into business together?
GO INTO PRODUCTION
The new model will go into production early next year.
GO INTO LABOR-start having a baby
She went into labor as soon as she got to the hospital
GO INTO OVERDRIVE
Start working fast or hard
As the deadline approached, we went into overdrive to finish the project.
Straight-A student
University:point system 0.0-4.0
Grade point average (GPA)
4.0 GPA
Four-point-oh GPA
Accept an offer
TAKE (person) UP ON (offer)
TAKE somebody UP on something
I take you up on over to drive me to the airport.
We TAKE people UP ON deals, invitations, or challenges:
She decided to take him up on his suggestion to visit the new cafe.
They took us up on our invitation to stay for the weekend.
Collocations ⭐️
TAKE (you) UP ON it
TAKE (you) UP ON that
( the context is actually known)
GET TO do something- have a privilege or chance/opportunity
HAVE TO DO -obligation, negative connotation
GET TO DO - privilege; positive connotation
GO TO + base verb
We get to take an extra day off every month.
He gets to talk to really interesting people.
We got to see the show for free.
Feeling fortunate or lucky
I feel so lucky that I get to see the sunrise every morning from my new apartment.
Move in front of other people
MOVE AHEAD OF
In the fourth lap of the race, he moved ahead of the other runners.
MOVE AHED WITH + noun/noun phrase
&
MOVE AHEAD ON something
( metaphorical meaning)
- make progress or continue
We move ahead with plans, projects, ideas, strategies, and tasks.
They decided to move ahead with the construction.
We need to move ahead with + our plans for expansion.
We can’t move ahead with the project until we get approval.
MOVE AHEAD IN a field or purpose.
She moved ahead quickly in her career.
We need to move ahead in our efforts to improve customer service.
Try to achieve it or decide to try
GO FOR something
In terms of achievement, we go for goals or challenges.
You should go for that job.
He always goes for the most challenging projects.
GO FOR a university major.
She decided to go for psychology.
I’m going for engineering.
My boss is not going for that =he won’t accept that=he won’t allow me to do it.
Native expressions 🌟
GO FOR the GOLD - try for the highest level of performance, aim for excellence.
GO FOR BROKE -fully commit and risk everything
Accept an idea
GO FOR
My bosses is not going for that = he won’t accept it=he won’t allow me to do that
The manager might go for our proposal if we present it well.
He won’t go for any plan that doesn’t include minimising costs.
Take time to consider something carefully
SLEEP ON IT
We need to sleep on this idea and discuss it again in a few days.
