go on

continuare, proseguire

Continuare a fare qualcosa che si è già iniziato.

In inglese semplice: To keep doing something after you have started it.

• Please go on reading.
• She went on working until midnight.
• Can we go on with the lesson?

Come si usa: go on doing something (He went on reading after dinner.); go on with something (Please go on with your work.)

Sinonimi: continue, carry on

Contrari: stop

Espressioni comuni: go on talking, go on working, go on with something

succedere, accadere

Succedere o svolgersi in quel momento.

In inglese semplice: If something is happening, it is taking place at that moment.

• What is going on?
• Something strange went on last night.
• Do you know what goes on in that office?

Sinonimi: happen, occur

Espressioni comuni: go on upstairs, go on outside

continuare, proseguire

Continuare a fare qualcosa, anche dopo una pausa o quando è difficile.

In inglese semplice: To keep doing something, even after a pause or when it is difficult.

• I cannot go on working.
• They went on with their game after lunch.
• Will she go on living there?

Come si usa: go on doing something (They went on playing despite the rain.); go on with something (We can go on with the lesson now.)

Sinonimi: continue, carry on

Contrari: stop

Espressioni comuni: go on living, go on working, go on with something

continua, vai avanti

Si dice per chiedere a qualcuno di continuare il racconto.

In inglese semplice: You say this to ask someone to keep telling you something.

• Go on, tell me more.
• “Go on,” I said as she stopped speaking.
• Go on; how did you meet him?

Sinonimi: keep talking, continue

Espressioni comuni: please go on, go on please

passare a, fare successivamente

Fare qualcos’altro dopo aver concluso un’attività o una fase della vita.

In inglese semplice: To do something else after finishing an earlier activity or stage of your life.

• He went on to become a doctor.
• After discussing costs, we went on to choose a date.
• Will the winner go on to compete abroad?

Come si usa: go on to do something (She finished school and went on to train as a nurse.)

Sinonimi: proceed to

Espressioni comuni: go on to study, go on to win

parlare continuamente, assillare

Parlare a lungo di qualcosa, spesso infastidendo gli altri.

In inglese semplice: To talk about something for a long time, often annoying other people.

• He goes on about money.
• She went on for hours about her holiday.
• Why do you keep going on at me?

Come si usa: go on about something (He keeps going on about his new car.); go on at someone (She went on at me about the mess.)

Sinonimi: ramble, talk endlessly

Espressioni comuni: go on about something, go on endlessly

continua, vai avanti

Si dice per invitare qualcuno a continuare a parlare.

In inglese semplice: You say this to invite someone to continue speaking.

• Go on, I am listening.
• Go on; what happened next?
• “Go on,” she said when he paused.

Sinonimi: keep talking, continue

Espressioni comuni: go on please, please go on

ma dai, non ci credo

Si dice quando qualcosa sorprende o sembra difficile da credere.

In inglese semplice: You say this when you find something surprising or hard to believe.

• Go on! You won a car?
• “Go on!” she cried. “You cannot be serious.”
• Go on! Did he really ask you that?

Sinonimi: no way, really

Espressioni comuni: oh go on, go on really