Difference between revisions of "Go"
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*They've gone and done it. The leaders shut down the world to save us from a virus. | *They've gone and done it. The leaders shut down the world to save us from a virus. | ||
| − | ==What went | + | ===What went awry?=== |
*It's always a good idea to imagine what could go wrong, so that you can adapt. | *It's always a good idea to imagine what could go wrong, so that you can adapt. | ||
*You can't go (too far) wrong with ... red wines from the Rhone valley | *You can't go (too far) wrong with ... red wines from the Rhone valley | ||
| + | *Something's gone awry <span style="font-size:75%;">(<span style="color:#060;">əˈraɪ</span>)</span> = Something's gone wrong. ''a-'' = on, ''wry'' = crooked, twisted, sideways, upside down, etc. ([https://www.etymonline.com/word/wry source]) | ||
| + | *go down (The network has been going down all the time!) | ||
| + | *go dead (The phone line went dead.) | ||
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===''Futur proche''=== | ===''Futur proche''=== | ||
*I'm going to wash that man right out of my hair. (''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_Gonna_Wash_That_Man_Right_Outa_My_Hair South Pacific]'', 1949) | *I'm going to wash that man right out of my hair. (''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_Gonna_Wash_That_Man_Right_Outa_My_Hair South Pacific]'', 1949) | ||
| + | https://www.etymonline.com/word/wry | ||
Revision as of 01:41, 2 May 2020
Contents
[hide]Conjugation
Present: go(es) Past: went Participles: gone, going
Semantics
Basic
move from where you are. move elsewhere. Bouge!
- It's hard to get Margot to go anywhere.
Absent / on a mission
- gone: absent
- gone missing: concerningly absent
- gone fishing: out
gone + activity (shopping, dancing, running, bowling, riding, swimming, diving, sledding, sand-surfing, skateboarding, skating, etc.)
- I haven't gone since the lockdown began.
- begone! get thee away from here
- bygones: stuff that has happened
- Let bygones be bygones = forgive and forget
Perfective Aspect
- He's gone and said it.
- They've gone and done it. The leaders shut down the world to save us from a virus.
What went awry?
- It's always a good idea to imagine what could go wrong, so that you can adapt.
- You can't go (too far) wrong with ... red wines from the Rhone valley
- Something's gone awry (əˈraɪ) = Something's gone wrong. a- = on, wry = crooked, twisted, sideways, upside down, etc. (source)
- go down (The network has been going down all the time!)
- go dead (The phone line went dead.)
Futur proche
- I'm going to wash that man right out of my hair. (South Pacific, 1949)
