Destination - Travel and transport + Hobbies, sport and games

catch up with

• I ran a little faster to try to catch up with the others.

• I was ill yesterday, so I need to study and revise more to catch up with the class pace.

to reach the same point/level as - bắt kịp

check in

• Give me your passport, and I’ll go to the desk to check in.

• Right now, we are entering the hotel and waiting for checking in.

to register at a hotel or an airport - làm thủ tục đăng kí

check out

• Meaning 1:

  • The service we have experienced was incredible, but we have to leave now. How can we check out?

  • All guests must check out by midday.

• Meaning 2:

  • Check out a new restaurant in An Dong.

  • We are checking out new information about Vietnam.

1. to leave a hotel - làm thủ tục đăng kí đi ra

2. investigate - điều tra, xem

drop off

• Meaning 1:

  • Can you drop me off on Le Loi Street?

  • Let’s get the bus to drop us off outside the supermarket.

• Meaning 2:

  • I accidentally dropped off until the end of our break time when I was in grade 6.

  • After a long day of work, I dropped off on the bed.

• Meaning 3: Traffic in the town has dropped off since the bypass opened.

1. let sb get out of a vehicle - cho ai đó ra khỏi xe

2. fall asleep - ngủ mất

3. to become fewer or less

get back

• I forgot my keys, so I need to get back to my house to take them.

• I am getting back to my house and staying there for about two months.

to return from a place - quay lại, về lại

go away

• We travel to many places every summer. This year, we are going away to only one destination, as I have been studying very much in my final year.

to go on holiday - đi nghỉ

keep up with

• Meaning 1:

  • Gordon walks so fast that hardly anyone can keep up with him.

  • Although my grades are lower than last year’s and the school pressure is getting higher, I manage to keep up with the class.

• Meaning 2:

  • If you do not keep up with the payments, you could lose your home.

  • If you keep up with being a couch potato, you won’t have any improvement in your studies.

1. to stay at the same point/level as - bắt kịp

2. to continue to pay or do sth regularly

make/head for

• You’ll have to make/head for an intersection and then go straight to reach the park.

• It started to rain, so we made for a nearby farmhouse.

to go in the direction of - đi theo hướng

pick sb ←→ up

• I’m a bit busy right now. Can you help me pick up my daughter at 4 at Celestial School?

• My dad almost always picks me up after school.

to stop in a vehicle to give sb a lift - đi đón

pull in

• This road sign says you are not allowed to pull in on this road.

• Can you pull in for a moment for me to go inside this convenience store?

stop by the side of the road in a car - dừng xe bên đường

run over

• Stop the car! I think we’ve run over a dog.

• Please slow down lest we run over any vehicles!

hit with a car - tông trúng

see off

• Let’s go to the airport to see my friend off when she goes abroad to begin her new journey in Singapore.

• My mom wakes up early to see off her relatives when they go back home.

to go to a train station, etc, to see sb leave - tiễn biệt, chia tay

set out/off

• We can set off towards the mountains at dawn.

• Let’s get ready to set out for our hometown.

to start a journey - khởi hành

take off

• I wish the plane had taken off more quickly.

• This is the first time Natalie has been on a plane, so she can’t wait to see the plane take off.

to leave the ground - cất cánh

turn round

• I realised I’d forgotten my phone, so I had to turn round to get it.

• Let’s turn round and continue going to see more sights.

to go back in the opposite direction - quay ngược lại

bring forward

• Because of recent events, the meeting has been brought forward to one week earlier.

• We will bring forward our day-offs, meaning we will have more free days.

to change the date/time of an event so it happens earlier - đưa lên sớm hơn

carry on

• You carry on painting this wall, and I’ll go and get some more brushes.

• Why do you carry on studying this when you don’t study it at school?

to continue doing sth - tiếp tục làm gì đó

get round to

• I’ve finally got round to my own new learning way.

• She has got round to making a schedule.

to start doing sth (after planning to do sth for a long time) - làm gì đó sau một khoảng thời gian dài lên kế hoạch

get up to

1. What did you get up to at the weekend?

2. You are getting up to smoking again, aren’t you?

1. to do - làm đến

2. to do sth you should not do - âm mưu làm gì đó

go in for

• Meaning 1:

  • Do you want to go in for any Maths competitions?

  • We finished going in for our semester exams, what a relief!

• Meaning 2:

  • Mai doesn’t go in for water sports.

  • I really go in for discovering routes, maps, etc.

1. (BrE) to take an exam or enter a competition

2. ​to have sth as an interest or a hobby

go off

• Don’t count me on this! I’ve gone off Maths for a long time.

• I’ve gone off basketball. I can’t see any comfort it gives me again.

to stop liking sth - không còn thích

join in

• Tony never used to want to join in with the other kids in the playground.

• Bettie never joins in anything related to group work.

to participate, take part - tham gia

knock out

• Meaning 1: They were knocked out in the semi-final.

• Meaning 2: The reason why she is knocked out is still a mystery.

1. to defeat and remove from a competition - hạ gục, đánh bại hoàn toàn

2. ​to make sb go to sleep or become unconscious - đi ngủ hoặc làm mất ý thức, bất tỉnh

look out

• Look out! There are still some other important grammar points you need to take notice of.

to be careful - cẩn thận

pull out

• Rebecca must pull out of the race when she sprained her ankle.

• Despite a last-minute injury, Bob persevered and decided not to pull out of the team.

to stop being involved in an activity - rút lui

put off

• Because of bad weather, they had to put off the football game until next week.

• As we will have a day off next week, the test will be put off until Thursday.

to delay, postpone - hoãn lại

put up with

• I refuse to put up with people who cheat at games.

• Back then, it was believed that women had to put up with all the bad habits of their husbands.

to tolerate - chịu đựng, cam chịu

take to

• Despite her young age, Anna took to swimming as soon as she tried it.

• I am trying to take to reading books every day.

to start (as a habit) - bắt đầu như một thói quen

take up

• Meaning 1: It is my suggestion that you take up a martial art to protect yourself.

• Meaning 2: Don’t study anything too advanced when you don’t have a solid foundation in this area, as it’ll take up your time.

1. to start (a hobby, sport, etc.)

2. to fill an amount of space/time - chiếm, tốn