Meaning trap
go through
experience something difficult or unpleasant
to experience a difficult, unpleasant, or challenging situation or period in your life.
Don't mix these meanings
Same phrase, different job.
to experience a difficult, unpleasant, or challenging situation or period in your life.
Another meaning of 'go through' is 'examine or check something carefully'; compare the examples to keep the meanings separate.
Hear it in context
Notice where the phrase sounds natural.
- She went through a lot after losing her job.daily life
- During my teenage years, I went through many changes that helped me become more independent.IELTS speaking
Fix the pattern
Pattern: go through something
WrongHe went through with a divorce last year.
RightHe went through a divorce last year.
'Go through + experience'. 'Go through WITH' means force yourself to complete something — different meaning.
Patterngo through something
Use it right
Choose the version that sounds natural in speech.
'Go through' is the natural verb for living through something hard. 'Enduring a difficult period' is formal.
Build natural chunks
Words that usually travel with it.
go through + ordeala tough timea lota breakupchemo
Don't confuse it
Not the same as 'go over', which means to review or check.
Related
- go through (examine or check something carefully) — Another meaning of 'go through' is 'examine or check something carefully'; compare the examples to keep the meanings separate.