Phrases & Expressions

Time spent together with your family, often doing enjoyable activities.

• Sundays are family time.
• We turn off our phones during family time.

To be unable to understand something or think clearly about it.

• I feel confused about the rules.
• Many students feel confused when the rules keep changing.

Available to be bought.

• That house on the corner is for sale.
• Is this car for sale?

To move downwards from a higher place.

• Please get down from the roof.
• Don't let the bad news get you down.

To sleep for the necessary amount of time to feel rested.

• Make sure to get enough sleep.
• He doesn't get enough sleep.

To enter a place, a vehicle or a small space.

• He got into the car quickly.
• Someone got into the house through a window.

To help someone with a task.

• Can you give me a hand with these bags?
• He gave the old lady a hand with her shopping bags.

To look at someone or something very quickly.

• He glanced at his watch and stood up.
• She glanced at me with a small smile.

To leave a place or a person.

• Please go away, I want to be alone.
• The dog finally went away after we gave it some food.

(of time) To pass.

• Years go by so fast.
• As the weeks went by, she felt more confident.