GO

Question 1

Faltar a una promesa o palabra

Answer 1

Go back on (trans)

Fail to keep (a promise), retract from, take back

The Government has gone back on his promise!

Question 2

Pasar, transcurrir

Answer 2

Go by (interns)

Pass, get through

Most things change, as time goes by

Question 3

Coger una enfermedad

Answer 3

Go down with (trans)

Become ill with

Poor Jim! He went down with flu on his holiday

Question 4

Presentarse a (concurso, competición)

Answer 4

Go in for (trans)

Enter for (competition), pursue

Do you like going in for competitions?

Question 5

Investigar, examinar

Answer 5

Go into (trans)

Investigate, get into, look into

He went into the problem in great detail

Police are looking into the murder at the moment

Question 6

Salir bien o mal

Answer 6

Go off (interns)

Be a success or not, come to be

I thought the party went off very well this year

Question 7

Estropearse, pudrirse

Answer 7

Go off (interns)

Go bad/rotten, get staled, get rancid

There’s nothing worse than eggs that have gone off!

Question 8

Hablar sin parar

Answer 8

Go on (interns)

Talk and talk

What a windbag! She just goes on and on!

Question 9

Extinguirse, apagarse

Answer 9

Go out (interns)

Become extinguised, die out, fade away

In the end the fire went out of its own accord

Question 10

Sufrir, aguantar soportar

Answer 10

Go through (trans)

Endure, undergo

I hear he went through terrible things in the war

Question 11

Acercarse

Answer 11

Go up to (trans)

Come up to (trans)

Approach

I went up to the policeman and asked him the way