Vy listens to a friend’s news about a fair; a speech bubble shows the stalls.
hear about
Did you hear about the school fair?
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Did you hear about the school fair?
I heard about the concert from my cousin.
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I heard about the concert from my cousin.
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Learn news about something
hear about somethinghear about something from someone
This means learning information or news about something. It differs from “hear from”, meaning to receive contact from someone; the past form is “heard”.
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Vy puts several prepared invitation envelopes into the outgoing mail tray.
send out
We sent out the invitations on Monday.
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We sent out the invitations on Monday.
Please send the notices out to every family.
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Please send the notices out to every family.
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Send something to several recipients
send out somethingsend something outsend something out to someone
Often used for invitations, notices or mail distributed to several recipients. With a pronoun, say “send them out”; the past form is “sent”.
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Vy writes a closing at the end of a letter and puts down her pen with a cheerful expression.
sign off
I usually sign off my emails with Best wishes.
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I usually sign off my emails with Best wishes.
She signed off with a friendly goodbye.
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She signed off with a friendly goodbye.
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End a message with a closing
sign offsign off with somethingsign off by doing something
This means ending a letter, email or spoken segment. Here it does not mean leaving an account as in “log out”.
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Vy meets her waiting friend by a park bench; they recognise each other and wave.
meet up
Let us meet up outside the library at two.
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Let us meet up outside the library at two.
I met up with my friends after class.
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I met up with my friends after class.
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Meet someone as arranged
meet upmeet up with someone
Usually this means meeting to do something together, often by arrangement. Use “with” before the person; the past form is “met”.
The examples were written for this course. Usage was checked against Matt Errey’s book, pages 67, 62, 114, 117, 87. A2–B1 is the course’s intended level.
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Vy gives a friend an invitation showing her home to invite the friend over.
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Mai
Could we invite the neighbours over on Saturday?
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Could we invite the neighbours over on Saturday?
Alex
Yes. I will send out a message today.
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Yes. I will send out a message today.
Mai
If they are busy, we can meet up at the park another day.
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If they are busy, we can meet up at the park another day.
Compare the uses
invite over / meet up
“Invite over” invites someone to your home or location; “meet up” means arrange to meet. A meeting can be at a café rather than the inviter’s home.
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A situation to apply what you have learned
A neighbour wants friends to visit her balcony garden. If they are busy, they can arrange a meeting elsewhere.
Write the home invitation.
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Would you like to come over to see the balcony garden?
The balcony garden is at the neighbour’s home, so “come over” invites a home visit.
Complete: We could meet ___ at the market instead.
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up
“Meet up at the market” arranges an alternative meeting outside the home; “up” completes the expression.
Write a short invitation using invite over.
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I would like to invite you over for tea on Sunday.
“Invite you over for tea” invites the listener to the speaker’s home; Sunday is the proposed time.
The usage comparisons are checked against the Cambridge Dictionary entries linked beside the compared expressions. The additional conversations and exercises are written for this course.
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