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suggests direction (we ran to the gate); the latter after a verb or adjective often
suggests aggression (we ran at him; she’s angry at me)
Task: supply “at” or “to” in the following sentences:
a) He raised the gun and aimed …… the target.
b) The shepherd threw a stone …… the wild dog.
c) Please throw the ball ……me not ……me.
d) Hasn’t anyone ever told you it’s rude to stare …… people?
e) When they tried to stop him, he drove straight …… them.
f) I’ll drive …… the station and pick up your father.
g) Don’t shout …… me!
h) He went fast …… the crowd of people to find out what was going on
there.
In the following exercise I encourage you to consider over the verbs in capital
letters and try to suggest your own meanings for them. What sort of verbs are
they? The first is given as an example.
a) Don’t go so fast. I just can’t KEEP UP. (stay equal with you)
b) I can’t argue my case if you’re always CUTTING IN.
c) Look who’s just BLOWN IN.
d) I want to post this parcel. Could you PULL IN by a post-office.
e) In the middle of the conversation she suddenly RANG OFF.
f) You really have to learn how to WIND DOWN after work.
g) Every time I raise the subject, he just SWITCHES OFF.
h) I don’t think Jim and his wife really GET ON.
i) Are you going to DRESS UP for this party?
j) Has Susie SETTLED DOWN in her new school?
k) We had to CLEAR UP the mess, so we all SET TO.
l) I’ll say what I think and you won’t get me to SHUT UP.
m) If you get the opportunity, don’t HOLD BACK.
n) If you knew what I know, you’d really want to SPEAK OUT.
o) What time did you KNOCK OFF last night?
p) Grandad always DROPS OFF in front of the TV.
q) I tell you I just can’t answer your question; I can’t reveal some one’s
secret. Just LAY OFF!
r) When she told us what had happened we all FELL ABOUT.
Do you know that in many cases there is difference between American and
British English? Sometimes the spelling can differ, in other cases completely
different words are used, in more rare cases even grammar varies. Here are two
lists of American English words below. Try to look for the British English
variants:
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