C2.2 SEP-OCT Flashcards
Set out
to start a journey
ponerse en camino, partir
We had to set out early.
Set about
to begin
empezar (a), ponerse (a)
She set about planning her holiday
Set aside
o keep for a special use or purpose (time or money)
guardar, ahorrar
He set aside some cash for use at the weekend.
Set apart
Distinguish, make different
What set her apart from the other candidates for the job was that she had a lot of original ideas.
Set up
To establish, arrange or construct.
When was the organization set up?
Set back
To delay the progress of
His illness set him back a bit a school.
Set off
to start a journey, to cause to start doing something
Go under
Fail, sink.
If a company goes under, it fails financially:
Go down with sth
to start to suffer from an infectious disease: Half of Martha's class has gone down with flu.
Go off
to leave a place and go somewhere else:
She’s gone off on holiday with Tony.
Go about
to begin to do something or deal with something:
What’s the best way of going about this?
Go around
to be enough for everyone:
There won’t be enough pizza to go around if you take two pieces.
Go against
If a decision or vote goes against someone, they do not get the result that they wanted:
The judge’s decision went against us.
Go along
to support an idea, or to agree with someone’s opinion:
Kate’s already agreed, but it’s going to be harder persuading Mike to go along with it.
Go through
to do something unpleasant or difficult that has already been agreed or promised:
He’d threatened to divorce her but I never thought he’d go through with it.
