Come across: to behave in a way that makes people believe that you have aparticular characteristic:
She comes across really well on television.
He comes across as a bit of a bore in interview.
Get away: to leave or escape from a person or place, often when it is difficultto do this:
We walked to the next beach to get away from the crowds.
I'll get away from work as soon as I can.
Get off: to leave a place, usually in order to start a journey:
If we can get off by seven o'clock, the roads will be clearer.
Get on: to have a good relationship:
We're getting on much better now that we don't live together.
He doesn't get on with his daughter.
See off: to go to the place that someone is leaving from in order to saygoodbye to them:
My parents saw me off at the airport.
Set off: to start on a trip:
What time do we set off tomorrow?
Speed-up: an increase in the rate of change or growth:
Measures should be taken to halt the speed-up in population growth.
Stop over: to stay at a place for one night or a few nights on the way tosomewhere else or before returning home:
They're stopping over in Malaysia for a couple of nights on the way to Australia.
Come round for dinner one night and you can stop over.
Take off: If an aircraft, bird, or insect takes off, it leaves the ground andbegins to fly:
The plane took off at 8.30 a.m.
Turn back: to return in the direction you have come from, or to make someone do this:
We're lost - we'll have to turn back.
Commuting: the activity of travelling regularly between work and home:
The new job will involve much less commuting.
Double-decker: a bus with two levels
Fare: the money that you pay for a journey in a vehicle such as a busor train:
Train fares are going up again.
Pedestrian: a person who is walking, especially in an area where vehicles go:
The death rate for pedestrians hit by cars is unacceptably high.
Rush hour: the busy part of the day when towns and cities are crowded, either in the morning when people are travelling to work, or in the eveningwhen people are travelling home:
rush hour traffic
She comes across really well on television.
He comes across as a bit of a bore in interview.
Get away: to leave or escape from a person or place, often when it is difficultto do this:
We walked to the next beach to get away from the crowds.
I'll get away from work as soon as I can.
Get off: to leave a place, usually in order to start a journey:
If we can get off by seven o'clock, the roads will be clearer.
Get on: to have a good relationship:
We're getting on much better now that we don't live together.
He doesn't get on with his daughter.
See off: to go to the place that someone is leaving from in order to saygoodbye to them:
My parents saw me off at the airport.
Set off: to start on a trip:
What time do we set off tomorrow?
Speed-up: an increase in the rate of change or growth:
Measures should be taken to halt the speed-up in population growth.
Stop over: to stay at a place for one night or a few nights on the way tosomewhere else or before returning home:
They're stopping over in Malaysia for a couple of nights on the way to Australia.
Come round for dinner one night and you can stop over.
Take off: If an aircraft, bird, or insect takes off, it leaves the ground andbegins to fly:
The plane took off at 8.30 a.m.
Turn back: to return in the direction you have come from, or to make someone do this:
We're lost - we'll have to turn back.
Commuting: the activity of travelling regularly between work and home:
The new job will involve much less commuting.
Double-decker: a bus with two levels
Fare: the money that you pay for a journey in a vehicle such as a busor train:
Train fares are going up again.
Pedestrian: a person who is walking, especially in an area where vehicles go:
The death rate for pedestrians hit by cars is unacceptably high.
Rush hour: the busy part of the day when towns and cities are crowded, either in the morning when people are travelling to work, or in the eveningwhen people are travelling home:
rush hour traffic
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