How I Met Your Mother — Season 5 Episode 16 — English Words & Meanings

to spend time and effort doing something

In scene

to spend time and effort doing something

She is working on her painting

to try to solve or deal with something

I need to work on this problem

to have an effect on someone

The medicine is starting to work on him

to have a job at a particular place or time

She works on the council

to do a job for payment or as a duty

I work on a big project

to be busy doing a task

I am working on my homework

to spend time and effort doing a task

She works on her painting daily

to think about and begin to solve a problem or question

We are working on the problem

to try to make something better or finish it

He works on his English skills

to try to do or solve something

They work on a new strategy

to be busy with a task or activity

She is working on her report

to be engaged in an activity or task

He works on a charity project

to repair or improve something

They work on the broken car

to spend time and effort doing something

I work on my writing tasks

to try to do or deal with something

We work on the difficult issue

to try to make something better

He works on his performance

to try to fix or improve something

I work on the leaky pipe

to make an effort to do or improve something

She works on her fitness

to try to make something better

They work on their garden

to try to find a solution for something

We work on the puzzle

to spend time trying to make progress with something

I am working on my English skills

to fire a gun or other weapon

In scene

to fire a gun or other weapon

Please do not shoot the weapon

a word used to show mild surprise or annoyance

Shoot I forgot my keys

to move suddenly and fast

Shoot, I forgot my keys

to take pictures with a camera

We will shoot a movie

to record with a camera

We will shoot a movie tomorrow

to make a gun fire

He shot the gun into the air

to use a gun to hit someone or something

You should not shoot at birds

to fire a gun at someone or something

The soldier shot at the target

to fire a gun or other weapon

They decided to shoot at the enemy

to wound someone with a gun

The robber shot the security guard

to fire a gun at someone or something

Do not shoot at the innocent people

to force a liquid into something

The doctor will shoot the medicine

to hit someone with a bullet from a gun

He accidentally shot his friend

to hit someone with a bullet from a gun

The soldier shot the guard

to hit someone with a bullet from a gun

They shot the man in the street

to fire a gun at someone or something

He decided to shoot at the target

to move or send something fast

Please shoot the ball to me

to put something on a surface

In scene

to put something on a surface

Put the plate on the table

to start using a device or control

I put on the heater when it is cold

to place something onto a list or surface

Please put my name on the list

to place something on a part of the body

She puts on lotion

an act of pretending or faking something

His sadness was just a put-on

to place clothing on your body

Put on your coat before you leave

to place clothing on your body

She puts on a coat

to increase in weight or size

I put on weight during the holidays

to arrange or present an event

They decided to put on a concert

to present a performance or show

They put on a show

to organize and present a public event

They put on a charity event

to move something to a surface

Put your book on the table

to start music or a recording

I put on some jazz music

to organize and perform a public event or performance

He put on a great performance

to begin to wear or use something

Put on your glasses

to make a device play audio or video

Put on some music

to joke with someone in a playful way

Don't put me on

to place clothing on the body

Put on your coat before going out

to give someone a job or responsibility

They put him on the project

to try to make someone believe something that is not true

Are you putting me on

How I Met Your Mother — Season 5 Episode 16

Words & meanings