be turned on /bi: t3:rnd 'оп|-'а:п/ use this
about machines or about the electricity, gas, or water supply: If the boiler fails to light first check that the gas is turned on.
be running bi: 'глшг),/ if an engine or a machine is running, it is working and its parts are moving Do not touch the machine while it is running, leave sth running Nick left the engine running while he ran into the house.
ml when something is switched off
off /Ъф:^ Iadj/adv not before nounj if something is off, someone has switched it off to make it stop working - use this about lights, machines, and other things that use electricity, gas, or water: Is the cooker off? I can smell gas. I I don't think anyone's at home. All the lights are off.
go off (=stop working) The heating goes
off at 10:30. be switched off bi: ,switjt Щ-'xfl use
this about things that use electricity, for example, machines, computers, or heating equipment: Do you mean the alarm was switched off all night?
be turned off /bi: ,t3:rnd 'Df||-'o:f/ use this about lights, machines, or about the electricity, gas. or water supply: Make sure
everything's turned off before you leave
the house.
go out /.gao aot' [phrasal verb IJ if a light goes out. it stops shining because it has been switched off, or because there is no electricity: / matched the house until all the lights had gone out.
SYSTEM
the way in which something is
organized
see also organize/arrange, order
system sist^m [n C] the way that something is organized, following fixed rules and methods, in order to provide a service or achieve an aim: a system for dealing with enquiries from our customers + of What we need is a cheap and reliable system of public transportation. I а democratic system of government education/transport/banking system Most teachers are opposed to recent changes in the education system. I the French legal system
set-up /'set лр [n singular! informal the way in which things are organized or done within a company, school etc: My last school was quite traditional, but it's a different set-up at the new one. I It's a very strange set-up - everyone here earns exactly the same salary.
network /'netw3:rk, [n C] a system of lines, tubes, wires, roads etc that are connected to each other: A 24-hour strike brought the railway network to a standstill.
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SYSTEM
+ of A network of veins and arteries carries the blood around the body.
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TAKE/BRING
TAKE/BRING
if you mean 'take something out',
go to remove
see also steal, carry
to take someone or something from one place to another
take /teik [и T] to have someone or something with you when you go to another place: Don't forget to take your keys. take sth to/out/into "Where's Dan?" "He's taken the car to the garage." I Let's take the kids to the beach. take sb sth I took Alice a cup of tea. take sth/sb with you Did they take the tent with them on their holiday?
taking - took - have taken
bring /bni]/ (и T] if someone brings a person or thing to the place where you are. they have that person or thing with them when they come: I brought my camera so that I could take pictures of all of you. I We've brought someone to see you. bring sth to/into/out Will you bring your CD player to the party? bring sb sth Robert asked the waiter to bring him the check, bring sth/sb with you / hope he hasn't brought his brother with him. bringing - brought - have brought
drive /draiv/ [и T] to take someone from one place to another in a car drive sb to//rom/away Bill offered to drive me to the airport. I The man was driven away in a police van.
driving - drove - have driven
fly flai/ T] to move people or goods from one place to another in a plane fly sb to/from His company is flying him to New York for the meeting, fly sth into/to/out The Red Cross is flying emergency supplies into the earthquake zone.
flying - flew - have flown
deliver di'hv;>r [v T] to take letters, newspapers, goods etc to someone's home or
office: The store will deliver your new washing-machine tomorrow morning, deliver sth to Unfortunately the package was delivered to the wrong address, delivery [л C/U] when letters, newspapers. goods etc are taken to someone's
house or office: We offer free home
delivery for every purchase over $150.
transport /irien spo:rt/ [v T] to move large quantities of goods or large numbers of people from one place to another, especially over a large distance: It is much cheaper to transport goods by ship. I a large plane that is used for transporting military personnel
transport sth to/from/aeross Meat is
transported across Europe in refrigerated containers.
to go to a place and take someone or something from there
get get/ [u T] to go to the place where someone or something is. and bring them back, or tell them to come back: I'll get my coat and then we can go. I Dinner's ready. Can you get Jo? get sb sth (=get something for someone) Could you get me my keys from the kitchen?
go and get sb/sth Go and get your father. He's in the garden.
getting - got - have got (выгьн) - have gotten (amf.rican)
pick Up pik лр/ [phrasal verb T] to go to a place where someone or something is waiting for you or ready for you. and take them with you
pick up sb/sth I'll pick up the airline tickets on my way home from work, pick sb/sth up Omar and Nadia are waiting for you to pick them up at the airport.