Khoa sees his new work better after a period of steady effort.
get ahead
Working steadily can help you get ahead.
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Working steadily can help you get ahead.
She got ahead by learning from her mistakes.
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She got ahead by learning from her mistakes.
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Progress / achieve better results
get aheadget ahead by doing something
In the lesson is more progress or success in general; “get ahead of someone” also means to get ahead of someone else.
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Khoa told Minh that the small mistake was due to his nervousness.
put down to
I put the small mistake down to being nervous.
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I put the small mistake down to being nervous.
The teacher put our slow start down to tiredness.
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The teacher put our slow start down to tiredness.
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Assume that something is caused by something
put something down to somethingput something down to doing something
What needs to be explained is between “put” and “down to”. This is a way of stating the reason that I think is correct, not solid evidence.
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Khoa believes in practicing every day and points to the training schedule with pictures.
believe in
I believe in practising a little every day.
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I believe in practising a little every day.
Our teacher believes in learning through games.
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Our teacher believes in learning through games.
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Believe in the value/effectiveness of a thing
believe in somethingbelieve in doing something
In the lesson, we believe in a valuable way of doing things. “Believe in” can also say to believe something exists, depending on the context.
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The examples were written for this course. Usage was checked against Matt Errey’s book, pages 51, 6, 49, 101, 11. A2–B1 is the course’s intended level.
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Khoa sat at the table and focused on doing his homework after break.
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Khoa edited the drawing according to Minh's suggestions.
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Khoa told Minh that the small mistake was due to his nervousness.
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A conversation in context
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Mai
We should get down to the report now.
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We should get down to the report now.
Alex
First, let us act on the feedback from our teacher.
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First, let us act on the feedback from our teacher.
Mai
I believe in our plan, but we need time to check it.
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I believe in our plan, but we need time to check it.
Compare the uses
get down to / act on
“Get down to” means start working seriously; “act on” means follow advice or information. In “get down to work”, “to” takes a noun or an -ing form.
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A situation to apply what you have learned
A study group stops chatting and starts its report. They also have feedback that needs to influence the next draft.
Describe beginning serious work.
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They get down to writing the report.
The group stops chatting and starts the report: “get down to writing”, with “writing” after “to”.
Complete: We should act ___ the teacher’s feedback.
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on
“Act on the feedback” uses it to change the draft, rather than merely reading or receiving it.
Write a concrete next step using act on.
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Let us act on the feedback by checking the examples again.
“By checking the examples again” gives a specific action that implements the feedback.
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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