Vocabulary practice · Episode 199

Review the useful expressions from the episode

Study the episode’s central expressions with English definitions, nuance and examples, plus reviewed support-language versions where available.

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Expression 1

save up

To keep money over time until you have enough for a particular purpose.

Nuance: Usually followed by for + the thing you want to buy or do.

Della saved up for Jim’s Christmas present.

We are saving up for a short trip.

Expression 2

give something up

To stop having, using or doing something, often after making a choice.

Nuance: It can describe giving up a possession, habit or opportunity; it is not the same as giving something to someone.

Della gave up her hair to buy Jim a gift.

He gave up his free evening to help a friend.

Expression 3

hold out

To extend something toward another person.

Nuance: It is often used for an object someone is offering or showing to another person.

Jim held out a small package.

She held out her hand to greet the visitor.

Expression 4

treasure

A valuable object or something a person loves deeply.

Nuance: It can be literal, like a precious object, or figurative, like a person, memory or valued possession.

Her long hair was her greatest treasure.

For him, the old family photograph was a treasure.

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