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To Bring About
The government is bringing about new changes to the planning laws. Building skyscrapers is prohibited. This abolition means cities will look more beautiful.
To go about
Meaning• go about. To set about to do; undertake: Go
about your chores in a responsible way.
The teacher is showing us how to go about improving our English.
After the atrocities in Paris, the city is going about its business as usual.
To put about
• put about• or put around/round• [TRANSITIVE] BRITISH INFORMAL to tell alot of
people something, especially something that is not true
• She put about the rumour/lie that I had left the country.
To set about
• To start doing something or some task:
• After collecting sticks, the campers set about building a fire.
To bring back
• Menu1. make someone remember something2. start doing something again3. give someone job they had before4. bring something when you return5. make a dead person live6. talk about something again
Bring Back
1. to cause ideas, feelings, or memories to be in your mind again
Do these stories bring back any memories?
• bring it all back (=make someone remember everything):
• Seeing him again brought it all back.
To bring back
2. To start using or doing things that were used or done in the past
He wants to bring back the glamour of the old Hollywood films.
To bring back
3. to give someone a job or position that they had in the past
• The rebels are attempting to bring back the exiled president.
To bring back
4. to bring something with you when you come back from placeTravellers brought back news of the outside world.
• He always brings me back something nice when he goes abroad.
To bring back5. bring someone back to make a dead person live again
• ‘Anger won’t bring Jim back,’ she said.
to save someone’s life when they have almost died• Her heart stopped three times, but they brought
her back.
• 6. bring someone back to something used for saying that you are going to talk about a subject that you have already talked about
• This brings us back to the obvious question: why do we bother towatch the programme at all?