◆ gather round; gather in; gather up; gather from ◇ gather round表示“聚集在……周围”、“聚集在一起”。
gather in表示“收获 庄稼 ”。
gather up表示“收拾起来”、“抱起来”。
gather from表示“从……推测”、“从……推想”，后面与that－clause连用。 ［练］ I ＿＿＿＿ her letter that she is very happy now． The students in our class ＿＿＿＿ Mr Wang． You'd better ＿＿＿＿ your books and put them away． The farmers ＿＿＿＿ the wheat now． All the workers ＿＿＿＿ him and asked him what was wrong with him at all． (Key: gather from ②gathered round ③gather up ④are gathering in ⑤gathered round) ◆ get away (from); run away (from);escape (from);flee (from)这几个词均可表示“逃”，但含义有别：
escape指安全地“逃走或跑掉”，强调结果；
get away from及run away from表示“逃”的动作或行为，含有动作快速而敏捷之意，多用于口语中；
flee强调“逃”这一动作急促或迅速，不强调结果。选用时根据上下文的含义来定。如： The bird has escaped from the cage．那只鸟逃出鸟笼了。 He ran away／got away／escaped from the fire．他从火灾中逃出来了。 He fled (from) the burning house．他从燃烧的房子中逃出。
另外，表示“从某处抽身”，一般用get away from。如： I’m afraid she can’t get away from the meeting． 我恐怕她很难从会议中抽身。
give up； give in； give out
give up指行为或努力受挫或别的原因而主动放弃，可用作及物动词，跟名词或v－ing作宾语；也可作不及物动词；
give in指不再坚持自己的行为或观点等，而按别人的要求去做，一般作不及物动词；
give out意为“用完；耗尽；体力不支”，是不及物动词。例如： The wind was strong and the waves were big，so he had to give up attempting／his attempt to swim the channel．风急浪高，他只好放弃横渡海峡的打算。 All the girls finished the race except two who gave up half way． 除有两个中途放弃外， 其它所有的姑娘都跑完了比赛的全程。 As neither of the two sides would give in，the agreement fell through． 由于双方都不肯让步，所以没能达成协议。 After a long journey，my strength gave out and couldn’t walk any farther． 走了很长的路，我已筋疲力尽，再也走不动了。
glance; stare; glare ◇ 这组动词都与“看”有关。glance意为“匆匆一瞥”，是不及物动词，其后必须接介词at, over等才可以接宾语。如： 1) He glanced at his watch．他匆匆看了一下手表。 2) She glanced down the list of names． 她由上而下匆匆地看了一下名单。
stare意为“凝视”，它也是一个不及物动词，其后通常接介词at才能接宾语。如： She stared at him in surprise．她惊讶地瞪着他看。 He was staring out to the sea． 他凝目眺望大海。
glare意为“怒视；瞪眼”，也是不及物动词，其后要接介词at后才能接宾语。如： They stood glaring at each other．他们互相怒目而视地站着。
go on to do sth；go on doing sth．；go on with sth． 这三个短语都有继续做某事的意思，但在含义上有所不同。
go on to do sth．表示“接着做另一件事”，即接下去做与原来不同的一件事； go on doing sth…表示“继续不停地做某事或间断后继续做原来没有做完的事”； go on with sth．表示“间断后继续做原来没有做完的事”，其后一般接代词作宾语。通常情况下，go on doing sth．和go on with sth．可互换。例如： After they had read the text，the students went on to do the exercises． 读完课文后，学生们继续做练习。 The students went on talking and laughing all the way． 一路上学生们一直有说有笑。 After a rest，we went on with our lesson（＝After a rest，we went on having our lesson．）． 休息以后，我们继续上课。