AEE 2355: Don’t Get Tripped Up By English Vocabulary when is the last time you tripped? tripped 侵翻 绊倒 1. trip up 使（某人）犯错误 not a physical action, really to make a mistake or falling into a trap陷阱. like students get tripped up on the exam. exam writers try to trip you up ( try to fool you ) to make you misanswers. eg, I got tripped up when the direction said head north and i went south. 2. trip over 因为脚碰到某人或某物而绊倒或摔倒，差点摔倒 physically catching you foot on something and either you falling or almost falling, and have to stating what it was to make you trip. eg, I trip over a rock岩石on the hike and ... my angle. I tripped and fell. 简短版描述你被绊倒了 when it comes to speaking, trip over the words eg, I keep tripping over my words. 我老是说错话 3. trip on 意外地脚下绊到了什么东西或者摔倒 eg, I tripped on ... sidewalk and almost fell. Sometimes i tripped on my words if i speak too quickly. ( both interchangable with trip over) 当你说错话很尴尬 要说点什么~ sorry I'm tripping over my words here, what i mean to say was... Role play oh what happen to your leg? I tripped over a rock when i was hiking , fell and broke it. oh no, sorry to hear it. It's so weird, i feel like i have tripped on rocks a lot but never got injured, just about luck i guess. How long you have to were the .. Eight weeks, by the way, would you able to complete the homework? yep, i feel the questions trip me up, but then i figure them out. I have a hard time, i may need to meet with professor during her office hours.

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3 main ways of using trip phrasal verbs 1️⃣ trip up(try to fool you, to make you misanswer) Ex: I got tripped up when the directions said head north and I went south. 2️⃣trip over(physically catching your foot on something and either almost falling or falling) Ex: I tripped over a log on the hike and twisted my ankle Ex: I keep tripping over my words. 3️⃣trip on ☝"trip over""trip on"either of them makes sense. They really have the same meaning. Role.play A: What happened to your leg? B: I tripped over a rock when I was hiking, fell and broke it. A: Oh, no, sorry to hear it. B: It's so weird that I felt like I've tripped on rocks a lot, but never got injured, just bad luck I guess. A: How long be after the cast? (没听出来) B: 8 weeks, hey by the way, were you able to complete homework? A: Oh yeah, a few questions tripped me up, but I figured them out. B: I had a hard time. I may need to meet with professor …at her office.