in favor of (someone or something)
- to approve or support someone or somethingin general
Everybody is in favor of the new police chief.
My company is not in favor of changing our holiday schedule.
- in most situations or circumstancesin order to
In general, most of the people in our apartment are happy with the new manager.
- for the purpose ofin other words
They have decided to close down the school for the summer in order to do some major repairs.
- in a different (usually more direct) wayin place
"In other words, if you do not fi the assignment by Wednesday you will not pass the course."
- in the proper place or locationin some ways
Everything in the room was in place when we arrived for the meeting.
- in some unspecified way or manner, by some unspecified meansin terms of (something)
In some ways I know what my friend means but in some ways I do not.
- with regard to somethingin time
In terms of our agreement with the other company we were not allowed to sell the products online.
- early enoughkeep (someone or something) in mind
I did not come home in time to meet my cousin.
- to remember and think about someone or somethingkind of
I told my co-workers to keep the new starting time for work in mind.
- somewhat, more or less, moderatelylook for (something)
I was kind of tired when I arrived home last night.
- to try to find something, to hunt/search for somethinglook up (something)
My friend has been looking for her credit card all morning but she can`t find it.
- to search for something in a dictionary or other bookmake a difference
I will look up my friend's name in the telephone book.
I looked up the word in the dictionary.
- to cause a change in a situationmake sense
It does not make a difference whether our boss comes to the meeting or not.
- to seem reasonablemake sure
His new proposal really does make sense.
- to make certain, to establish something without a doubtmore or less
I want to make sure that my friend is going to meet me tomorrow.
- somewhat, to some extentno matter
I more or less have decided to study business next year.
- regardlessnot at all
No matter how hard that I try, my piano teacher is never satisfied.
- certainly notof course
I am not at all happy with my new computer.
- certainly, definitely, naturallyon the other hand
"Of course you can use my car if you want to."
- however, in contrast, looking at the opposite side of a matteron time
He is very intelligent but on the other hand he is very lazy and always gets low marks at school.
- at the scheduled time, exactly at the correct time, punctuallyonce again
Our train arrived exactly on time.
- again, one more time, once moreopen to (something)
I tried once again to phone my boss at his home .
- to be agreeable to learn or hear about new ideas or suggestionspick up (something)
Most members of the class were open to the teacher's ideas.
- to get or receive somethingpoint out (someone or something)
I will pick up my dry cleaning tomorrow.
I picked up a copy of the newspaper at the station.
- to explain or call attention to someone or somethingput out (something)
My teacher was very kind when she pointed out the mistakes that I had made.
- to produce or make something (a product/brochure/report/CD/movie/paper)regardless of (something)
The company puts out a newsletter every month for the employees.
- without considering or thinking about something, without regard to somethingright away
Regardless of the weather we are going to go fishing tomorrow morning.
- immediatelyrule out (someone or something)
"I forgot to bring my book but I will go home and get it right away."
- to decide against or eliminate someone or somethingrun into (something - a fact/trouble/problems/difficulty)
The police ruled out the man as a possible bank robber.
We decided to rule out Monday as the day to have our meeting.
- to experience something, to encounter somethingset up (something)
The mechanic ran into trouble when he was fixing my car.
I ran into some interesting facts when I was researching my essay.
- to establish something, to provide the money for somethingshow up
The newspaper company provided the money to set up the new travel magazine.
The company set up a unique situation to test the new product.
- to appear, to arrive, to be presentso far
"What time did your friend show up for the party?"
- until nowso to speak
So far no one has entered the speech contest at the television station.
- as one might or could say, this is one way to say somethingsort of (something)
We had a good time at the restaurant, so to speak, although the service was not very good.
- to be almost something, to be similar to something, to be not quite somethingstick with (something)
"Did you fi cleaning the kitchen?"
"Sort of, but not really."
- to continue doing something, to not quit somethingtake advantage of (someone or something)
My brother has been able to stick with his trumpet lessons since he was a child.
- to use someone or something for one's own benefittake care of (someone or something)
We took advantage of the beautiful weather and went to the beach.
- to look after or give attention to someone or somethingtake out (something)
You should take care of your health or you will become sick.
- to remove something from somewhere, to extract somethingtake over (something)
The teacher told us to take out our books.
I took out some onions from the refridgerator.
- to take control of something, to take command of somethingtake place
The large company wants to take over some of the small companies in our area.
- to happen, to occurto the extent that
The soccer game took place on the coldest day of the year.
- to the degree that, in so far asturn in (something)
I plan to provide information about the new company policy to the extent that I am familiar with it.
- to give something to someone, to hand something to someoneturn out
I arrived at school early so that I could turn in my essay.
- to be found or known, to prove to be trueup to
It turned out that more people came to the party than we expected.
- until, as far as a certain point, approaching a certain pointup to (someone) to decide/do (something)
Up to last week I had never been inside a bowling alley.
There were probably up to thirty people at the meeting.
- to be responsible to choose or decide somethingused to
It is up to the company president to decide when the meeting will start.
- accustomed towith respect to (something)
My friend is not used to living in such a big city.
- referring to something, concerning somethingwork out (for the best)
I do not know what the company will do with respect to the old computer system.
- to end successfully
I hope that everything will work out for my friend when she moves to London next week.
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