hobbies, sport, games

bring forward

change the date/time of an event so it happens earlier

“maybe we should bring the meeting forward to this Tuesday instead of having it in two weeks’ time”

carry on

continue

“why do you carry on having riding lessons if you can’t afford them?”

get round to

start (after planning to do sth for a long time)

“i’ve finally got round to sorting out my postcard collection”

get up to

do; do sth you should not to

“what did you get up to at the weekend?”

go in for

enter (a competition, etc); like

“Melissa doesn't go in for adventure sports”

go off

stop liking

“i’ve gone off skiing since I discovered snowboarding”

knock out

defeat and remove from a competition; make unconscious

“they knocked out in the semi-final”

look out

be careful

“look out! there’s a car coming!”

pull out

stop being involved in an activity

“Becca had to pull out of the race when she sprained her ankle”

put off

delay, postpone

“we can’t put off the match any longer”

put up with

tolerate

“I don’t know how you can put up with getting up so early to go to the pool”

take to

start (as a habit)

“simone’s taken to wearing a helmet whenever she goes cycling”

take up

start (a hobby, sport, etc); fill an amount of space/time

“I was thinking of taking up scuba diving until I found out how expensive the equipment is”

have a go

to try

“why don’t you have a go? it’s not difficult!”

to be mad about

быть одержимым. exp: “Rachel is mad about the Eurovision Song Contest”

high time

moment when something is overdue or urgent

“it’s high time you learned to swim”

in turn

по очереди

“each player takes it in turn to roll the dice”