Verbs for Hobbies Flashcards
1
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- To be into
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- To be into something (when you are really enjoying)
o I was in Salsa in Ukraine before the war.
2
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- To take up
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- To take up (start a hobby)
o I was really enjoying watching Salsa in street and decided to take up Salsa dance as a hobby.
3
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- To join in
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- To join in (with other people)
o When I saw young people dancing together, I became interested and asked them, ‘Can I join in the Salsa dance?
4
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- To sign up
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- To sign up (sign up to join a club, a membership, society, usually associate with a paperwork)
o I have signed up for Sala dance club in Ivano-Frankivsk.
5
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- To get into
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- To get into something (Start an activity)
o I want to get into Salsa in London because I’ve seen young people doing it on Liverpool Street.
6
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- To turn up
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- To turn up (arriving or attending)
o We just turned up at the salsa dance night without any prior notice.
7
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- To keep up
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- To keep up (continue doing something)
o I tried to keep up my everyday Salsa routine, though sometimes I missed it.
8
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- To Back out
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- To Back out (withdraw or stop an activity)
o I had to back out of Salsa in Ukraine because the war started there.
9
Q
- To Pack in
- To give up
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- To Pack in
- To give up (Pack in and Give up have same meaning and it is stop)
o I packed in football because I injured my right leg tendon.
o I gave up football because I injured the tendon in my right leg.
