sooner or later
sooner or later: eventually, after a period of time
Examples of SOONER OR LATER
- I’ll get around to it sooner or later.
- If you study English seriously, sooner or later you’ll become fluent.
- Sooner or later, everyone catches a cold.
sooner or later: eventually, after a period of time
to take a trip: to go on a journey, to travel Examples of TAKE A TRIP Never having been there before, he decided on a whim to take a trip to New Orleans. When Steven lost his job, he wasn’t able to take a trip because he didn’t have the money.
To figure out: to solve, to find a solution; to understand Examples of FIGURE OUT I hoped to figure out a better way to get from Chicago to St. Louis, because there was construction on my usual route. I want to be the one to figure out a solution to this impossible math problem.
to take advantage of: to use well, to profit from; to use another person’sweaknesses to gain what one wants Examples of TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF It’s not right to take advantage of people who aren’t as clever as you. The cab driver knew I was new to the city and so he tried to take…
touch and go: risky, uncertain until the end Examples of TOUCH AND GO The outcome of the soccer final was touch and go for the entire match. It was touch and go at one stage whether I would make the journey to hospital.
to become of: to happen to (a missing object or person) Examples of TO BECOME OF In the meanwhile, what has become of us as a previously identified open society? I might have missed this, but what has become of the existing child trust funds?
to keep track of: to keep or maintain a record of; to remember the locationof Examples of TO KEEP TRACK OF We’re going to keep track of your sales figures, to determine how much of a bonus you’ll receive. The manager didn’t expect how many projects he would be given and expected to keep track…