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Family

1.Family​

bring up​

  • teach children how to behave

get on (with)​

  • have a good relationship with someone

settle down​

  • live in one place

pull together​

  • work as a group to deal with a difficult situation 齐心协力、团结一致

My family pulled together when my father was unwell.(我父亲身体不适时，全家齐心协力共渡难关。)
The team pulled together to finish the project on time.(团队齐心协力，按时完成了项目。)

live with someone​

  • share the same house

grow up​

  • develop from child to adult

look after​

  • care for, take responsibility for

tell apart​

  • recognize the difference

Will and Joe are identical twins. It's almost imporssible to tell them apart.

grow out of​

  • lose interest in something as you get older 长大不再喜欢

Jenny's grown out of her old toys. She prefers playing video games now. 珍妮已经不玩以前的玩具了。她现在更喜欢玩电子游戏。

name after​

  • give someone the same nameas someone else

Albert's parents named him after his great-grandfather.

take after​

  • have the characteristics of a parent or relative

Jasmine takes after her mother. They're very simliar people.

wait up​

  • wait for someone to get home before going to bed

Whenever his children stay out late, Carlo waits up until they get home. 每当卡洛的孩子们晚归时，他都会熬夜等到他们回家。

2.Pets​

put in​

  • place inside

Lisa puts her rabbit in its cage each evenning before bed. (Lisa每晚都把她的兔子放在它的笼子里。)

warm to​

  • become fond of 开始喜欢（某人/某事物）；对…产生好感。

Fiona's cat doesn't like strangers, but he's warming to Dan. 菲奥娜的猫不喜欢陌生人，但他开始对丹有好感了。
The new student was shy at first, but she's slowly warming to her classmates. 那个新生起初很害羞，但她正慢慢开始喜欢她的同学们。

  • 近义表达：take a liking to (开始喜欢上)
  • 反义表达：take a dislike to (开始讨厌)

run away​

  • escape

Olly's dog ran away last week while they were at the park.

come back​

  • return

After a few days, Olly's dog came back all by herself.

let out​

  • allow to leave

I let the cat out every morning after I've woken up. (我每天早上醒来后让猫出去玩儿。)

let in​

  • allow to enter

I let the cat in when it started to rain.