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Can I give you a ride to the station 0 They couldn’t
give me any more information, ftfe Cl 7 Rf !£££ M M & (ft {s Mo 0 I'll give you (= allow you to have)
ten minutes
to prepare your answer. iH
l^r
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o Don’t give me any of that backchat (= don’t be rude). 0 [VN] He gives Italian lessons to his
colleagues,
fife (WJ 0 tfl ± M A f'J i£ W „ 0 The reforms should give a better
chance to the less able children, jz:®
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MONEY 'fefA 4 ~
(sth) to sth to
pay money to a charity, etc., to help people IgJJf]; HKt; jilfc: [V] We need your help—please give
generously. MM i M
W W &J, ii'ttM MIIRGo
b They both gave regularly to charity.
A M It ♦ ik fi ft
0 b [VN] I gave a small donation. 3%in 7 5
~ (sb) sth for sth to pay in order to have or do sth ( ) Aft, ft#C,
ft ft: [VNN] How much will you give me for the
car? jfc #ft|£A? o
I’d give
anything to see him again. A ^ lig t? E
fill - ffi 3c ft ft if M ft flh 0
[VN] I gave £50
for the lot. ffcft 50 T£3S7„
►
TREAT AS IMPORTANT ft « 6
~ sth to sb/sth to use time, energy, etc. for sb/sth # ( Btfiah ffA# ) fBT : [VNN, VN] I gave the matter a lot of thought. ttlx
JLS.%
0 I
gave a lot of thought to the matter.
H
Jt S ^ Mi£T fn] M o
0 [VN] The
government has given top priority to reforming the tax system. B&lffffcASfcAT
►
PUNISHMENT m$\ 7 ~ sth
to sb |
~ sb
sth to
make sb
suffer a particular
punishment : [VNN] The
judge gave him a nine-month suspended sentence, AllrAJ
mmwt, o [vn] we discussed what punishment should be
given to the boys, fg fil it i£
►
ILLNESS 8 ~ sth
to sb | ~
sb
sth to
infect sb with
an illness jfi ( ) filin': [VNN] You’ve given me your
cold. W it 7 o o [VN] She’d given the bug to
all her colleagues. .
►
PARTY/EVENT jjjjij] 9
[VN] if
you give
a
party, you
organize it and invite people ; ^ fx 10 [VN]
to
perform sth in public ^ $t[; fejf iik fj : She gave a reading from her latest volume of poetry. M if] i$ 7 MM. jfiftJKIHJ#3!iIW-*'i’i#o 0 The President will be giving a press conference this afternoon.
►
DO/PRODUCE STH #; ^4 11 used with a noun to
describe a particular action,
giving the same meaning as the related verb ( JcX-rf
) : [VN] She gave a shrug of her
shoulders
(= she shrugged). ^]ft0
0 He turned to
us and gave a big smile (= smiled broadly). f&$##/tlr
ttClo She looked up from her work and gave a
yawn (=
yawned). Ac b
He
gave a loud cry (= cried out loudly) and fell to the floor, ffe Aor] T—A f&J/E0
b Her work has
given pleasure to (= pleased) millions of readers. MWItffflq b [VNN] He gave her a kiss (= kissed her). To b I have to admit that the
news gave us a shock (= shocked us). tt7#7^iti£'T J, it 3% f] A
A ft ^ o b We’ll give you all the help we can (= help you in
every way we can). A^Iij
fit o For other similar expressions, look up the
nouns in each. For example,
you will find give
your approval at
approval.
^4^f^iLE7TAgis]-is]&0 £P give your approval approval TTtU3§:5!j0 12 [VNN]
to produce a particular
feeling in sb f£ A A ( A E )
: All that
driving has given me a headache. ffe 7F Aittt 7 o b Go for a walk. It’ll give you an
appetite,
AifcifcA,
►
TELEPHONE CALL 13 [VNN] to make a
telephone call
to sb ) tl ( )
: Give me a
call tomorrow.
BJj
A^qticfTTifeiA b (BrE)
I’ll give you a ring.
►
MARK/GRADE 14 to judge sb/sth to be of a
particular standard ) : [VNN] She had
given the assignment an A. ktT7Afto
b I
give it ten out of ten for originality. t: fTti
foo [also VN]
PREDICT HOW LONG 15 [VNN] to predict
that sth will last a
particular length of time
( H |b] ) : That
marriage won’t last. I’ll give them two years, at the outside.
1
IN SPORT # W issil 16 [VN-ADJ] to say
that a player or
the ball is in a
particular position £(] (
fr&hfvB: ) : The umpire gave the ball out.
ftl?-0
2
BEND tf ® 17 [V] to bend or
stretch under pressure ( /E
ffiAT ) f I, WT:: The branch began to give under his
weight. b [figurative)
We
can’t go on like this—something’s got to give. f j
1«M to agree to
change your mind or give up
some of your demands it %$} : You’re going to have to give a little.
fpn?7l Most idioms containing
give are at the entries for
the nouns and adjectives in the idioms, for example, give rise to sth is at rise n. give nj
*n
give rise
to sth rise don’t give me 'that
(informal) used to tell sb that you do not accept
what they say ( 3»J
VJ, ‘I didn’t have time to do it.’ ‘Oh, don’t
give me that!’ ”
“l®,
”
.give
and 'take to
be willing, in a relationship, to accept what sb else wants and to give up some
of what you want Tffiihft; MffxttX: You’re going to have to learn to give and take. ffiSiifco give as good as you
'get to
react with equal force when sb attacks or criticizes you PH ; @ft; l'X : She can give as good as she gets. ft0 give it up (for sb) (informal) to show your approval
of sb by clapping your hands
Give
it up for Eddie Izzard! kA
'give me sth/sb (any
day/time) (informal) used to say that you
prefer a particular thing or person to the one that has just been mentioned 7
DS5; M # ;
3% t pT ^ #: We don’t go out much. Give me a quiet night in front of the TV any day! f]7# ft A.
U\ give or ‘take (sth) if sth is correct give
or take a particular amount, it is approximately correct j5!H71!); ftAM^: It’ll take about three weeks, give or take a day or so.
HMlBtl'0], ft A 7 M — A 2E £ o
give
sb to believe/ understand (that) ... [often passive] (formal) to make sb
believe/understand sth f^Atifs; AfA-7!IT
►
was given to understand that she had. resigned.
M B ^5IIR 7 o I give you ...
used
to ask people to drink a toast to
sb ( 3£A ) Ladies and
gentlemen, I give you Geoff Ogilby! Zc±7], A Till, ^ $1 $ ^ ^ A * I/I’tl give you 'that
(informal) used when you are admitting that sth is
true
what 'gives?
(informal) what is happening?; what is the news?
7 ft* A ♦ ; 7 ftAil IdSlilM .give sb a'way (in a marriage
ceremony to lead the bride to the
bridegroom and formally allow
her to marry him j# §r#f!3c*p§fr@P: The bride was given away by her
father.
.give sth~a'way 1
to
give sth as a gift H M;
HII: He gave away
most of his money to charity. b
(informal) Check out the prices of our pizzas—we’re virtually giving them away! fi#
—
^ tn ^ ± ^ fE S it! — related noun giveaway(I)
►
to present sth If}A; //A: The mayor gave away the
prizes at the school sports day. T]Ji£|E^f&je^^3PAi$
t7llo 3 to carelessly allow sb to have an advantage AA, it A, ft A (
ffc&t ) : They’ve
given away two goals already. tMIBfiit/;tTMA7o .give sth/sb— a'way to make known sth that
sb wants to keep secret jtSI; HH PiTTl betray : She gave away state secrets to the enemy. MfflS7Ao 0 It was supposed to be a surprise but the
children gave the game away.*M%A-Tlc*h b
His
voice gave him away (= showed who he really was).
Eff£ftfe®lf6JL7o
— related noun giveaway(2) .give sb 'back sth | .give sth—back (to
sb) 1
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