This time, it's the time we get to know a few phrasals by using it in some exmple sentences:
go into: to enter(a place);
go off: to leave ( a place) to do sth;
keep*down: to not raise ( a part of your body)
Examples 1:
I used to go into the strangest places you could imagine;
She always was brave enough to go into the crime scenes and look for clues;
I can go into the area reserved to passengers only at the internaional airport because I'm a flight attendant;
The archaeologists went into the most secret place of a pyramid;
From the day I go into that building I want to make history by myself.
Examples 2:
I need to go off right now because I'm so overloaded of work to send by email;
I couldn't understand why she went off our anual meeting at this moment to buy new clothes;
Maybe Claudius is getting tired, that' why he went off the company to get some sleep;
Comments
Thanks Rysperski for the further information about the phrasals dealt with here . As you know, phrasals have several meanings, depending on the context they are. I just show the most common usage on my posts.
Oi there,
Here is what I found in the Oxford Dictionary:
To go into:
- to start doing a particular type of work:
My son's planning to go into journalism.
She's decided to go into business as a freelance computer programmer.
to start an activity, or start to be in a particular state or condition:
The drug is still being tested and will not go into commercial production for at least two years.
How many companies have gone into liquidation/receivership during the current recession?
Repeated death threats have forced them to go into hiding.
To go into Her baby was born three hours after she went into labour.
Some of the fans seemed to go into a trance when she appeared on stage.
More examples
I'm glad she's going into medicine. It's a very worthy calling.
First she goes into a deep trance and then the spirit voices start to speak through her.
He's always wanted to go into teaching.
He goes into a fit of rage over the smallest mistake.
She went into a coma and died without recovering consciousness.
Go off - If a light or a machine goes off, it stops working:
The lights went off in several villages because of the storm.
More examples
The damage to the fuse box caused the power to go off.
The light goes off when the batteries are flat.
The match had to be abandoned when the floodlights went off.
The electricity will be going off for ten minutes while the workmen test the circuit.
It's getting cold. The heater must have gone off.
To keep down - to be able to eat or drink something without vomiting:
On the day after her operation she couldn't keep anything down.
(SIZE)
to control the size or number of something and prevent it from increasing:
We need to work hard to keep our prices down.
I'm going to sleep, so will you try to keep the noise down?
Thank you for sharing the helpful grammar.
Well Done Daniel!
Thanks for sharing.