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,go 'in 1 to enter a room, house, etc. jfllAS'P^; jift A: Let’s go in, it’s getting cold. i\] Wt ME , A# 7 „

2 if the sun or moon goes in, it disappears behind a cloud ( 0 , M ) ,go 'in for sth 1 {BrE) to take

an exam or enter a competition #in#lit ( $]k.W ) : She’s going in for the Cambridge First Certificate.

2 to have sth as an interest or a hobby %kft: She doesn’t go in for

team games.     ,go 'in with sb to

join sb in starting a business

4k ik: My brothers are opening a garage and they want me to go in with them.

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,go 'into sth 1 (of a vehicle ill) to hit sth violently S Ufa H ±       $5 : The car skidded and went

into a tree. K^p-iTit, SftkfifW-ho 2 (of a vehicle or driver      M) to start moving in a particular

way 7f &n       : The plane went into a nosedive.

#1 ff tin fit M o 3 to join an organization, especially in order to have a career in it      /A7® 3R ik:

to go into the Army/the Church/Parliament %■%; ip A O to go into teaching /Aft 4 to begin to do sth or behave in a particular way (       )

ff     : He went into a long explan­ation of the affair.   Ac

5 to examine sth carefully #£fflUid§: (

We need to go into the question of costs. filmic T ft f«l M o 6 (of money, time, effort, etc. 771. M lit], fif to be spent on sth or used to do sth gAS ♦; ft : More government money needs to go into the project. 0 [+ -ing]

Years of work went into researching the book.

,go off 1 to leave a place, especially in order to do sth Mff ( ) : she went off to get a drink. M

tA$-A7<, 2 to be fired; to explode ff‘X- ‘Mft\ The gun went off by accident. t^^7« 0 The bomb went off in a crowded street.       AI¥$J Affi±M

ft 7 c o note at explode 3 if an alarm, etc. goes off, it makes a sudden loud noise (     ) ^^£ft IeTB|p]

4 if a light, the electricity, etc. goes off, it stops working ( ffe AT ) 'JS A ;      ( ft. ) 7     ; # ft is ft :

Suddenly the lights went off. ft % $ & IK 7„      0 The

heating goes off at night. Bg H & iM W it ffk & „ EGQ go on 5 {BrE, informal) to fall asleep A IS; Bill : Hasn’t the baby gone off yet?  6 {BrE) if food

or drink goes off, it becomes bad and not fit to eat or drink (       7 {BrE) to get worse in

quality ( MM ) 71#: Her books have gone off in recent years.     8 to happen in a

particular way (      The meeting went

off well. iX M ft % fill ft o , go off (on sb) {NAmE, informal) to suddenly become angry with sb     M

AM )A go 'off sb/sth {BrE, informal) to stop liking sb/sth or lose interest in them 71# Ifi XA A ( sJcTAA ) ; AAXf-TflA®: Jane seems to be going off Paul.

o I’ve gone off beer. ffcX#«*iHB .go 'off with sb to leave your husband, wife, partner, etc. in order to have a relationship with sb else    ft£A%

#: He went off with his best friend’s wife. fikfinltic&FM MAl$:S7ft7o , go off with sth to take away from a place sth that does not belong to you   A:

He went off with $10 000 of the company’s money, fik#

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,go 'on 1 when a performer goes on, they begin their performance ( ilM ) ±i, ft ffn ■. She doesn’t go on until Act 2.   2 lAfti, 2 (in sport fifcWiSzft)

to join a team as a substitute during a game ( 11H A ) IM # |h PA M # {ft ± : Cole went on in place of

Beckham just before half-time, tfc     ft ^ ^ A BU # 7 Jt:

M&i&TPlfL'W.t®o 3 when a light, the electricity, etc. goes on, it starts to work { ft ) % -, ifi ( ft. ) ; TF&Jjg ft: Suddenly all the lights went on.  ^

7 o PTina go off 4 (of time Btfa]) to pass if jfi; M A: She became more and more talkative as the evening went

on.    5 (usually be going on)

to happen % X: What’s going on here? JL ft 7 ft* X ^ ?   6 if a situation goes on, it continues without

changing ( if #£,      This cannot

be allowed to go on. }&7o How much longer will this hot weather go on for?

A? 0 We can’t go on like this—we seem

to be always arguing. IkfiJAt^izWA^T A    UcfiHW

B^7^o 7 to continue speaking, after a short pause EM M M M ^      : She hesitated for a

moment and then went on. $fc$iW.T-~£)L,

Ti&o 0 [+ speech] ‘You know,’ he went on, 7 think my brother could help you. ’ “ J®, ” fife ^ # ijfc, “ ^ M

” 8 used to encourage sb to do sth (ft ,;7I£J$J ) AnE: Go on! Have another drink! #BE i

     ! o Go on—jump! X BJJ       M DE ! .go 'on

(ahead) to travel in front of sb else       ; 9tft:

You go on aheadI’ll catch you up in a few minutes, {fc — ±Ao 'go on sth (used in

negative sentences and questions ft 7 #^•^1 fP 15 |VI %!) to base an opinion or a judgement on sth \ff •••      ;

IB^ • • • A         : The police don’t have much to go on. %

ff & ^ X fk Wi o ,go on (about sb/sth) to talk about sb/sth for a long time, especially in a boring or complaining way u# wj] ■ ^5ti$:7      He went on

and on about how poor he was. 0

She does go on sometimes!

,go on (at sb) {especially BrE) to complain to sb about their behaviour, work, etc. ^ 50 ; ffc ^ ; jt X PTI71 criticize: She goes on at him continually.        Mffr

liko ,go on (with sth) to continue an activity, espe­cially after a pause or break (   iZfs ) Mt

%%{$ (      ) : That’s enough for nowlet’s go on with

it tomorrow. fja£DciiJ&S    B@fi]^XM^«E0 ,go

on doing sth to continue an activity without stopping 7 Ufe M ^ ♦ : He said nothing but just went on working, jfcft-A tP7ij?.KJi7fl;^7?5o ,go 'on to sth to pass from one item to the next #£ M ft A ^     —* #

@: Let’s go on to the next item on the agenda. n@fij^^^fir7--^i!Jc^BE0 ,go 'on to do sth to do sth after completing sth else (       )

S il M % ~~ ♦ : The book goes on to describe his experiences in the army. 745iIIii7#./E rPPA W

,go out 1 to leave your house to go to a social event ftn#lJPl±^iS^l; £hft3cl$*; ^bft^M: She goes out a lot. (tfe^#£('ft#jjnl±3£f§^0 0 [+ -ing] He goes out drinking most evenings, ftk ± 0 # iE 'M o 2 when the tide goes out, it moves away from the land ili$j; M ?$] ffiH EBB PT33 COME IN 3 to be sent M ft ; £ ft; #Rft : Have the invitations gone out yet? if A A ft A 7        ? 4 (BrE) when a radio or television programme

goes out, it is broadcast (       @ ) jt$C, Mft

5 when news or information goes out, it is announced or published (£rl) £#, £■*?> %&: [+ that] Word went out that the director had resigned. ^ A: B ^ o 6 if a fire or light goes out, it stops burning or shining ( X&ftib ) MX .go 'out (of sth) 1 to fail to reach the next stage of a competition, etc. (      ftM: She went out of the tourna­

ment in the first round.

if) ik 7 o 2 to be no longer fashionable or generally used ; 7# if.fr: Those skirts went out years ago. $S®|g7£7fjDc7frtA7o ,go 'out of sb/sth (of a quality or a feeling prtM^c1#II) to be no longer present in sb/sth; to disappear from sb/sth ft ••• ft 7ft#fE; jk ■ ■ ■ ft if A: All the fight seemed to go out of him. fife# ,go 'out to sb if your thoughts, etc. go out to sb, you think about them in a kind way and hope that the difficult situation that they are in will get better      )

go out with sb | ,go out (together) (especially of young people X fe ft ££ A) to spend time with sb and have a romantic or sexual relationship with them A-M^^ ( i£:fT'l4A^ ) : Tom has been going out with Lucy for six weeks.      ® M A 7» o How long

have Tom and Lucy been going out together? ill fin ftM

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,go 'over sth 1 to examine or check sth carefully