phrasal verb · neutral
go into
UK/ɡəʊ ˈɪntə/US/ɡoʊ ˈɪn·tu/go·IN·to
discuss or examine something in detail; enter physically
Examples
“I don't want to go into too much detail now.”
“They went into the building as it started to rain.”
“In the presentation she went into recent research findings.”
Band 8 sentence
“The essay doesn't have space to go into the theoretical background, so I will summarise the main points instead.”
Collocations
- go into detail
- go into the reasons
- go into a room/building
Word family
Common mistakes
use 'go into' with no object: 'I will go into later' meaning 'I will explain later'→I will go into it later / I will explain it later
confuse 'go into' (discuss) with 'go in to' (physically enter) and write them interchangeably→'go into' dùng cho cả hai nghĩa nhưng cần context; khi viết tường minh, dùng 'enter' cho vật lý nếu muốn tránh nhầm lẫn
Say it for a higher band
5enter→6examine→7+go into
Synonyms
examine
enter
Easily confused
look into
“The council promised to look into the complaint.”
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