16 // Past and Future

Question 1

be in the future
it is yet to happen
դա դեռ ապագայում ա

Answer 1

LIE AHEAD

The building project has just begun. Months of construction work lie ahead before it’ll be finished.

Question 2

wait for something with excitement
anticipate because you want it to happen

Answer 2

LOOK FORWARD TO

Elly and George are looking forward to going to the beach later.

Question 3

happen in the period before an event
precede or be the cause of something
the period before sth happens

Answer 3

LEAD UP TO

All the streets were decorated in the weeks leading up to the festival.

Question 4

approach
happen soon
get near
մոտենալ

Answer 4

COME UP

Colin is working hard because the deadline for his article is coming up.

Question 5

develop
become successful
happen (especially the way one wanted it to happen)
ստացվել

Answer 5

PAN OUT

Kira had dreamed of becoming a great actor, but her plans didn’t pan out.

Question 6

bring alive
arouse strong feeling in someone
cause or provoke trouble or bad feeling

Answer 6

STIR UP

Being at the beach stirs up memories of vacations with my grandmother.

Question 7

remember
think about the past
reflect on sth in hindsight

Answer 7

LOOK BACK ON

Roland looks back on his college days with pleasure.

Question 8

make someone think about the past
evoke memories of a time in someone

Answer 8

BRING BACK

Finding my old toys brought back happy memories of my childhood.

Question 9

become, transform into
make one thing into another thing

Answer 9

TURN INTO

The house was turned into a convenience store in the 1980s.

Question 10

return to its original form
become what sth initially was

Answer 10

TURN BACK INTO

We are planning to turn it back into a house and live there.

Question 11

suddenly come into someone’s mind
(about memories or emotions), especially in large amounts

Answer 11

FLOOD BACK

When I recognized Roshan, memories of our days in Delhi came flooding back.

Question 12

make someone remember a person,
place, or event from the past
be connected to sth from the past and make you think about that thing

Answer 12

REMIND OF

Peter reminds me of you when you were a little boy.

Question 13

think about an event that happened in the past

Answer 13

THINK BACK TO

I like to listen to music and think back to my days as a musician in Paris

Question 14

make someone think about the past
when sth puts you in your past (in your mind)

Answer 14

TAKE SB BACK TO

This dress takes me back to my childhood in the 1960s.

Question 15

come into being at a particular time in the past
be originated in a specific time in the past

Answer 15

DATE BACK TO

Many of the buildings in my city date back to the 19th century.

Question 16

move to an earlier time (e.g. a meeting)

Answer 16

MOVE FORWARD TO

The doctor’s off this afternoon, so could we being your appointment forward to 11 o’clock this morning?

Question 17

move an appointment to a later date, postpone

Answer 17

PUSH BACK TO

Claude is unwell today. We’ll have to push our meeting back to tomorrow.

Question 18

move ahead
անցնել առաջ

Answer 18

GO FORWARD

In my country, the clocks go forward one hour in the spring.

Question 19

move backward
return to sth
հետ գնալ

Answer 19

GO BACK

The clocks go back one hour in the fall.