Hf ) 51^ ( ) : The old sofa will have
to
go. 0 He’s useless—he’ll have
to go.
—mmi&0
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NOT WORK T #* Jfl 27 [V] to get worse; to
become
damaged or stop working
correctly Aftfl
if): Her sight is
beginning to go. JF#iTP£o 0
His mind is going (= he is losing his
mental powers), '6I1 Bt0 o I was driving home
when my brakes went.
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DIE ft 28 [V] to die. People say
‘go’ to avoid saying ‘die’,
ft ( H $1 i& die |Wj ® ) : You can’t take
your
money with you when you go. fAft rJ
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MONEY 29 [V] ~ (on sth) when money goes, it is
spent or used for sth ft;
ft ^: I don’t know where the money goes!
Hcft^it^lftftfiJft'Ai&ftftT ! 0 Most of my
salary goes on the rent. HcftF$;Al^?l$ft ft $i ± T 0 0 The money will go to finance a
new
community centre.
30 [V] ~ (to sb) (for sth) to be sold M® Hi H: We
won’t let the house go for less than $200 000.
20 Jj ft
He Cl il X £ M (ft o 0
There
was usually some bread going cheap (= being sold cheaply) at the
end of the day. ftiBcrUfj^"tft^®^^^*«0 31 [V +adv./
prep.] to be willing to pay a
particular amount of money for sth Jjg tBftJjfcflA He’s offered £3
000for the car and I don’t think he’ll go any higher. 3 000
nft, . o m go to $1 ooo but
that’s my limit. HcJSt:* 1 000 ft, ft ftJiftftIMTo
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HELP ftgjjft 32 [V to inf] to help; to play
a part in doing
sth ft Jilj ft; #): This all goes to prove my
theory, o It
(=
what has just happened) just goes to show you can’t always tell how people
are going to react. ftlERH#^#:
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BE AVAILABLE oJ$§fiJ 33 be going [V] (informaf) to be
available rT%ft]; nj 3\; : There just aren’t
any jobs going in this
area. jlfcift? Jl ft '&ft If£ ft He 0
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TIME [ft |ii; 34 [V +adv./prep.] used to talk about how quickly or slowly
time seems to pass $ft ifi; jfi; M A: Hasn’t the time gone quickly?
fft ft ft # ^ H AJ§?
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USE TOILET ftM#r 35 tv) (informal) to
use a toilet ftM #r; :±M#r: Do
you need to go, Billy?
m\?
ITSTOl Most idioms containing
go are at the entries for the nouns and adjectives in the idioms, for example
go it alone is at alone. go $5ftftft^53
in go it alone ftftl® alone ft 0 anything goes (informaf) anything
that sb says or does is accepted or allowed, however shocking or unusual it may
be ft AT ft A^fftTfr !|: Almost anything goes these days. ft ft JL ftII ft
A
X ft o as
people, things, etc. go in comparison with the average person,
thing, etc. fn — $fA (
\fc: As teachers go, he’s not
bad. jfa — B: ffc !kp ig It, fiil IIT Ih £KJ <, be going on (for) sth (Br£) to be
nearly a particular age, time or number |g ft ( ^ # ft, ftPJ ) ®—( ^ftT0h
$CT ) : It was going on (for)
ft lit o don’t go doing sth (informal) used
to tell or warn sb not to do sth ( )
£<H$®^:
Don’t go getting yourself into trouble. ft g M fjfc M 0 enough/something to be going on
with (Br£)
something that is enough for a short time ft—N-: £50
should be enough to be going on with. * 50 l^ft^jSft—WA^-JLfftTo
go all 'out
for sth | go all out to do sth to make a very great
effort to get sth or do sth ^ft«®t!; Wi&Xmm
^
go and do
sth used
to show that you are angry or annoyed that sb has done sth stupid ( ;ff® AI&TIS^
Trust
him to go and mess things
up! #H#—
! 0 Why did you have to go and upset your mother like
that? 0 You’ve
really gone and done it (= done sth very
stupid) now!
go 'off on one (BrE,
informal) to suddenly become very angry ^ $ A &; go
‘on (with you) (old-fashioned) used to express the
fact that you do not believe sth, or that you disapprove of sth ( ) Aft&T HeA7fsDA (have)
a lot, nothing,
etc. going for you (to have) many/not many advantages ft (
^t&ft ) You’re
young, intelligent,
attractive—you have a lot going for you!jfc£f&^ .no'go
(informal) not
possible or allowed ft nj fg; ft ft; ft jt ft: If the bank won’t lend
us the money it’s no go, I’m afraid, jam#ft*®INMfrlMRI, ^^fti£-ftftilTo
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see also no-go
area not (even) 'go there (informal)
used to say that you do not want to talk about sth in
any more detail because you do not even want to think about it ft ft ; &
Mft ® : Don’t ask me to
choose. I don’t want to go
there. jJijiJtllcMi&o
ftlio O ‘There was a
problem with his parents, wasn’t there?’ ‘Don’t even go there!’ “ ffe ^ M ft I’rI
M , Ji ft Ji? ” ft ft ft. To ” to ’go 1 remaining; still
left ft ; IS ft : I only have one exam to go. R §ij - H
%iit
T o 2 (NAmE, informaf) if you buy cooked food to go in a
restaurant or shop/store, you buy it to take away and eat somewhere else ( ft wi ) tt ( r&Mfe ) ifeW: Two pizzas to go. W
what
.goes around comes around (saying) 1 the way sb behaves
towards other people will affect the way those people behave towards them in
the future ft ftg Aft A, Atfc^ A ft ft 2 something that is not fashionable
now will become fashionable again in the future .where does sb ,go
from 'here? used to ask what action sb
should take, especially in order to improve the difficult situation that they
are in ( ) ft-^^ A
P>, ft ft .21A $L% .who goes 'there? used by a soldier who is
guarding a place to order sb to say who they are ( ) ft, ft A A: Halt, who goes
there? &ft , ft A A ? rTTHPa ,go a bout (Br£) = go around(3) ’go about sth to continue to do sth;
to keep busy with sth ttftSft: Despite
the threat
of war, people went
about their business as usual.
go a bout sth to start
working on sth ^ftS33 tackle: You’re not going about the job in the
right way. ftji^iAft o[+ -ing]
How should I go about finding a
job? nmm
,go after sb to chase or follow sbjflft^A; Mft^A jgffi: He went after the
burglars. O
She left the room in tears so I went after her. ftT^lsJ, mtim/SJiTtfJAo go after sb/sth to try to get sb/sth ii^^A; ft ft® ft ( ) : We’re
both going after the same
job. He ffl ffl ft ft ft 1^1 —
,go a'gainst sb to not be in sb’s
favour or not to their advantage At® AAHJ; ftf'Jft® A: The
jury’s verdict went against him. ,go a'gainst
sb/sth to resist or oppose
sb/sth fxiri ( Mix.
ft )
® A ( ^®ft ) ; He would not go
against his
parents’ wishes, it ft
JS i$
# ® M W M IS 0 go a' gainst sth to be opposed to sth;
to not fit or agree with sth ft S.; (
iS+BIx. ) : Paying for hospital treatment
goes against her
principles. #HfiJEKrp^ftftMMJ® jftj o 0 His thinking goes against all logic.
ftftlfSo
,go a’head 1 to travel in front
of other people in your
group and arrive before them ft ft fj ffi; Aft: I’ll go
ahead and tell them you’re
on the way. Hc^ Aft—ft, AifHMj#ft]&±c 2 to happen; to be done X; itt
Vs H771 proceed : The building of the new bridge will go ahead as
planned, ff M M ® ^ S it M it Vs „
related noun go-ahead go a'head (with sth)
to
begin to do sth, especially when sb has given permission or has expressed
doubts or opposition (A)ai® AAift,
nScWAIIftfFimfiLftfe
YKtiiWi, fftft: ‘May I
start now?’ Yes, go ahead. ’ “HcJj&ftftlAft^qT