TO REACH

TO REACH

• They reached the North Pole after three-month journey.
• The customer reached for a bottle of milk, but he was not tall enough.

TO SHARE

TO SHARE

• There are not enough copies. Some of you will have to share.
• Everybody in our flat shares the same bathroom.

HINT

HINT

• I can feel a hint of spring in the air, although it's only February.
• There's a hint of garlic in this soup, isn't there?

something that you say or do to suggest something to someone, without telling them directly

hint that 

give (somebody) a hint 

drop a hint (=give a hint)

take/get a hint also take/get the hint (=understand someone's hint) 

broad/strong/heavy hint (=one that is very easy to understand) 

subtle/vague/gentle hint (=one that is not very easy to understand)

• There have been hints that he may take up coaching.
• 'Look, I can't tell you.' 'Oh, come on, give me a hint .'

hint about/as to

• Miles had been dropping heavy hints about the cost of petrol.
• I made it clear I wasn't interested in him, but he didn't take the hint.

a very small amount or sign of something

hint of

• 'When?' he asked with a hint of impatience.
• We shall have to turn back if there's the slightest hint of fog.

a useful piece of advice about how to do something [= tip]

helpful/handy hints

hint on/about

• helpful hints on looking after house plants

TO PUT UP WITH

TO PUT UP WITH: to accept an unpleasant situation or person without complaining

• She put up with his violent temper.
• We had to put up with our noisy neighbors for 3 years, but that's enough. We're moving out!
• He's the only one who puts up with her nasty behavior and recklessness.

TO EXPOSE

TO EXPOSE

• If you expose your skin to the sun for so long, you'll get a sunburn.
• He was exposed to a great danger during the war.

TO OVERPAY

TO OVERPAY: to pay someone more money than they deserve [≠ underpay]

• She prefers doing shopping in corner shops, which are more expensive than supermarkets. She doesn't care that she overpays.
• If I had waited with buying the new pair of jeans until the Winter Sale, I wouldn't have overpaid.

LIAR

LIAR

• Don't believe in what he says. He's a liar.
• I'm divorced, because my dear husband turned out to be a liar, who hadn't told me about his two daughters.

LOAN

LOAN

• Unfortunately, I can't afford a car without taking a loan.
• Many young people from poor families take the opportunity of studying in big cities by taking student loans to cover the costs of professional education.

MEADOW

MEADOW

• My mother loves village landscapes with meadows and horses grazing on them.
• I spent my childhood in a village, playing and picking flowers on meadows.

UNIVERSE

UNIVERSE

• Are there any other life forms in the universe?
• Every time I watch the night sky, I think about the universe. It makes me realise how small and unimportant I am.