sentences to illustrate their meaning: hold up, en-route, pass through, set off, see sb off, go via, head
for, get off, reach, board
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- He had always been held up as an example to the younger ones. (hold up)
➠ If you hold someone up, or if you hold up something such as their behaviour, you make their behaviour known to other people, so that they can criticize or praise it.
- One of the bags was lost en route. (en-route)
➠ En route to a place means on the way to that place. En route is sometimes spelled on route in non-standard English.
- After passing through a warren of muddy lanes we came to the head of a dark alley. (pass through)
➠ Passing through means to go to a place for only a short period of time before continuing a journey.
- The explorers set off to conquer new territories. (set off)
➠ When you set off, you start a journey.
- My parents came to the airport to see me off. (see sb off)
➠ To see somebody off means going to the place that someone is leaving from in order to say goodbye to them.
La "go via" nu am găsit nimic folositor și nu am înțeles ce înseamnă.Sorry!!
- I've told him he's heading for trouble but he didn't listen. (head for)
➠ Head for means to be destined for.
- I kept telling them to get off me.
➠You can tell someone to get off when they are touching something and you do not want them to.
- He did not stop until he reached the door.
➠ Reach=stretch out an arm in a specified direction in order to touch or grasp something.
- We boarded the plane for Oslo.
➠ Board= get on or into (a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle).
