| 词组 | give with action nouns |
| 释义 | Contents overview give with action nouns474 give with action nouns1give a cough, etcWe can replace certain verbs by a structure with give and a noun. This often happens in British English, for example, with verbs referring to sounds made by people (e.g. cough, cry, scream, chuckle, laugh, shout).He gave a cough to attract my attention.Suddenly she gave a loud scream and fell to the ground.2give somebody a smile, etcThe structure is also used with an indirect object (in both British English and American English) to replace transitive verbs, especially in an informal style. Common expressions:give somebody a smile, a look, a kiss, a hug, a callgive something a push, a kickgive it a try, a go, a shotgive it a miss (BrE)not give it a thoughtShe gave me a strange look.I'll give you a call if I hear anything.If the car won't start, we'll give it a push.'Perhaps salt will make it taste better.''OK, let's give it a try.''Are you coming to the film?''No, I'm tired. I'll give it a miss'. (BrE)He seemed to be in a bad temper, but I didn't give it a thought.For taboo expressions like I don't give a damn/shit, etc, 335.For other structures in which nouns replace verbs, 132.For more about structures with give, 8.Previous Next |
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