dance
sport
exercise
art
theatre
see also
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musk
television and radio
fhms/movks ^ party
restaurants/ eat1nc and drmkmg
Mexican restaurant on 4th Avenue.'
go out to dinner/lunch /дэи ,aot ta din3r, iAntj/ (also go out for a meal
/дэи ,aot far э "mill/ British) to go to a restaurant and have a meaclass="underline" It was Eleri's birth-
dayT so we went out to dinner.
go to the cinema British go to the
movies american /,дэо to (Ъ '.чт^тэ, (дэо to 5э mu:vi:z/ to go and watch a film Do you want to go to the movies tonight? I We haven't been to the cinema for ages.
go to a concert /дэо to 9kDns3rt|-'ka:n-/
to go to listen to people playing music: We went to a concert of Vivaldi's 'Four Seasons'. I I go to lots of pop concerts.
go to a gig /,дэи to э 'gig/ to go to listen to a band (=people who play popular music) "I'm going to a gig tonight"Who are you going to see?" "The Smashing Pumpkins.'
go clubbing/go to a club /дзо
к!лЬп]; дэо to э к!лЬ/ to до to а place where you can dance and dnnk until late at night: Michelle always goes clubbing on Friday night.
go to a ca/e/a bar/the pub /,дэи to
э kaefei, bo:r, дэ 'рлЬ|-кжТег/ to go to а place where you can drink and talk to your friends: On Friday we usually go to a bar after work.
go to the theatre British go to the
theater to дэ 'BiotoV amirican to go and watch a play being performed: 1 haven't been to the theater for a long time.
go shopping jnpirj- jaip-/ We went shopping in Oxford Street.
В when you go outdoors
go to the beach /ды to do bi:tf/ in the
summer I go to the beach every day.
have a picaic ,/h<ev о piknik/ to take a meal to a park or the countryside to eat it: if
the weather's nice we could have a picnic.
go to the park /,дзо to do pa:rk/ Jo and
Tim are going to the park to play tennis.
go for a walk /,дэо for о 'wo-.k/ to walk in
a nice place for fun: Why don't we go for о walky It's a beautiful day.
go for a run глп/ to run some
where, for fun or in order to get exercise;
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I think I'll go for a run before it gets dork.
walk the dog/take the dog for a
walk /.work 5э 'dog. teik (Ъ dog far э wrxk J -da:g-/ to walk somewhere with your dog. in order to exercise it: I walk the dog every morning before school. 1 "Where's Nick?" "He's taking the dog for a walk."
go sailing/cUmbing/skiinq etc
/,дэи seilir), klaimbii], ski-irj (etc)/ Did you go climbing while you were in Scotland?
^ if you want to talk about other sports, go to sport
□ when you spend time with your friends
have frieads over /h«v 'frendz л)узг/ (also have /rieads round /hsv frendz ,raond/ British) if you have friends over or round, they come to your house because you have invited them: My parents don't like me hauing friends round during the week.
have friends over/round for dinner We
had some friends ouer for dinner on Friday. Sam cooked lasagne.
go over to sb's house /дэо ,эоуэг ts (sb's) haos/ (also go round tO sb's house /дэи ,raona гэ (sb's) 'haos/ British) We re going over to Peter's house this evening - do you want to corne?
have a party /,heev э pa:rti/ Steue's
having a party on Saturday.
have a barbecue /,haev э bcr/bikju:/ to have a party where you cook food outside: It was a vjarm evening, so we decided to have a barbecue.
meet up with sb /.miit лр wid (sb)/ [phrasal verb T] to meet someone, at a time and place that you arranged before, so that you can do something together: / met up with Jan and Peter outside McDonald's, ancf we all went shopping.
go out with your boy/riead/girl-
friend /дэи aot wid jo:' boifrend. g3:rlfrend/ to spend time with someone that you have a romantic relationship with:
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4s Syluia coming tonight?" "No. she's going out with her new boyfriend."
Qhang oat with sb /'haei] aut wift (sb)/ [phrasal verb t] spoken to spend time somewhere with your friends, not doing very much: "What did you do today?" "Oh, I just hung out with some friends."
В when you do something regularly in your free time
hobby ЛюЫ/ [n Cj an activity that you do regularly in your free time: My hobbies are wind-surfing and playing the guitar. What are your hobbies?
plural bobbies
take up sth /,teik лр (sth)/ [phrasal uerb T] to become interested in an activity or subject and start doing it regularly; i'ue just taken up pottery, and I'm really enjoying it. 1 He first took up boxing at school
collect /кэ'Ш/ [и T) to get and keep things of a similar kind, because you think they are attractive or interesting: My sister collects old bottles. \ I've started collecting foreign coins, and I have about fifty.
collection /кэ'1е!фп/ (n CI a group of similar things that someone has kept because they are attractive or interesting: Uncle Frank always wanted to show us his stamp collection. + of a valuable collection of Victorian postcards
talking about your free time
What do you do in your free time? (=when you are not working or studying)