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In these pairs of verbs it's important to know if the action is going towards the speaker (or the person who is doing the action) or listener, or away from him or her.
come and go
come
move from the speaker's location to the listener's location or from the listener's location to the speaker's location
Do you want to come and watch TV at my house tonight? (To the speaker's location, at the speaker's house)
What time did you come in to work this morning? (To the speaker's and listener's location, at the work place, where the speaker and listener are)
go
move from the speaker's or listener's location to another place
I've got to go to the dentist. (Away from the speaker's location to another place, the dentist's)
I'm going home now. (Away from the listener's location, to the speaker's home)
bring and take
bring
move something or someone from the speaker's location to the listener's location or from the listener's location to the speaker's location
Would you bring me a cup of tea please? (To the speaker's location)
I'll bring the kids over to your house later. (To the listener's location, to the listener's house)
take
move something from the speaker's or listener's location to another place
Will you take this letter to the post office for me please? (From the speaker's location to another place, the post office)
Khalid took the cat to the vet last week. (From the location of the person doing the action to another place, the vet's surgery)
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Both these verbs mean giving or taking something for a short time.
borrow
take something from someone for a short time
Would you mind if I borrowed your pen please?
You can borrow my bike if you like.
The children borrowed books from the library.
lend
give something to someone for a short time
She lent him the DVD but he never gave it back.
The library lends books to children.
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Both these verbs are used with direct and indirect speech.
say
speak, concentrating on the words someone said and not usually used with an object pronoun. If we use an object pronoun, we need to add 'to', for example 'say to him'
She said 'Have you met the new boss yet?'
Janet Hall phoned to say she's got a job she thinks I might like.
tell
speak, concentrating on the content or the message of what someone said not necessarily the exact words that were said. We can use a personal pronoun with 'tell'
He told us that his car was really expensive. (It's not clear the exact words he used but we know that his car cost a lot of money)
She wouldn't tell me what it was. (We don't know the exact words she used but we know that Janet wouldn't let Tim know what the job was)
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did make it
was successful in something (here, going up to the top of the Eiffel Tower)
Did you manage?
Were you able to?
guardian angel
a spirit who is believed to protect and help someone. Here, Tim means that Janet is like this spirit
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