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Lesson 22 / Correction
5 phrases · 12 minutes · Look, listen and try.
Arrange components, disassemble, and spend time repairing things.
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I need to sort out these screws before we start.
I need to sort out these screws before we start.
He sorted the tools out and put them in separate boxes.
He sorted the tools out and put them in separate boxes.
The meaning in the lesson is to classify or make a pile of things orderly.
Can you help me put together this shelf?
Can you help me put together this shelf?
We put the desk together in an hour.
We put the desk together in an hour.
The individual parts are combined into a complete object or product.
Cambridge Dictionary · put together
We must take the chair apart before moving it.
We must take the chair apart before moving it.
I took apart the old lamp to see how it worked.
I took apart the old lamp to see how it worked.
The antonym in the assembly situation is “put together”. The past tense of “take” is “took”.
Cambridge Dictionary · take apart
We are fixing up an old desk for my room.
We are fixing up an old desk for my room.
The chair looks much better after he fixed it up.
The chair looks much better after he fixed it up.
Usually repairing or improving an old object, room or house.
I set aside Saturday morning to repair the desk.
I set aside Saturday morning to repair the desk.
We should set aside some money for new tools.
We should set aside some money for new tools.
You set aside time or money for one purpose instead of using it immediately for something else.
The examples were written for this course. Usage was checked against Matt Errey’s book, pages 119, 103, 127, 46, 114. A2–B1 is the course’s intended level.
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Minh sorted screws and tools into small boxes.
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Minh assembled wooden panels into a shelf.
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Minh disassembles a chair into separate parts.
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Minh repainted and repaired an old table.
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Minh marked a session in his calendar to fix his working angle.
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We need to take this chair apart before moving it.
We need to take this chair apart before moving it.
Will it be difficult to put it together again?
Will it be difficult to put it together again?
Not if we set aside the screws in a labelled box.
Not if we set aside the screws in a labelled box.
“Put together” joins the parts; “take apart” separates them. With pronouns, say “put it together” and “take it apart”.
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A flat-pack desk must pass through a narrow door. It is too wide while assembled.
What should happen before moving it?
Take the desk apart before moving it.
The assembled desk is wider than the doorway, so “take apart” dismantles it before moving.
Replace “the desk” with “it”: Put the desk together again.
Put it together again.
“It” replaces the desk and goes between “put” and “together”; “again” signals reassembly.
Tell a helper how to protect the small parts.
Set aside the screws so we can put the desk together later.
“Set aside the screws” keeps the screws for reassembling the desk, rather than discarding them.
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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