go left: meaning & examples

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Language: English

Meanings:

  • 1.

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    • To turn or move toward the left.

    Examples

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    • When you reach the fork in the road, go left to find the hiking trail entrance.

      When you reach the fork in the road, go left to find the hiking trail entrance.

    • She told me to go left at the next intersection, but I accidentally went right.

      She told me to go left at the next intersection, but I accidentally went right.

    • If we go left here, we’ll arrive at the lake before sunset.

      If we go left here, we’ll arrive at the lake before sunset.

    • The map clearly indicates you should go left after the big oak tree.

      The map clearly indicates you should go left after the big oak tree.

  • 2.

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    • To take a turn for the worse; to go badly or to fail unexpectedly.

    Examples

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    • The whole project went left after the supplier failed to deliver on time.

      The whole project went left after the supplier failed to deliver on time.

    • Have you ever had a situation where everything just goes left unexpectedly?

      Have you ever had a situation where everything just goes left unexpectedly?

    • We were doing great, but then things went left and we had to start over.

      We were doing great, but then things went left and we had to start over.

Examples:

  • EN: This time, we go left endy.
    ES: Esta vez vamos a la izquierda.
  • EN: You go left - you meet your death.
    ES: Si vas a la izquierda... morirás.
  • EN: -Take the stairs, go left.
    ES: -Por las escaleras, a la izquierda.
  • EN: Heads-- we'll go left toward the harbor.
    ES: ¡Cara! Hacia la izquierda, al puerto.
  • EN: All right then... now... keep straight, then go right, then go left...
    ES: Por tanto, siempre recto... Luego a la derecha... Después a la izquierda...
  • EN: Then go left and right, light on the floor and think of your guard.
    ES: Y luego izquierda y derecha, ligero, y mantén la guardia.
  • EN: This time, we go left endy.
    ES: Esta vez vamos a la izquierda.
  • EN: You go left - you meet your death.
    ES: Si vas a la izquierda... morirás.
  • EN: -Take the stairs, go left.
    ES: -Por las escaleras, a la izquierda.
  • EN: Heads-- we'll go left toward the harbor.
    ES: ¡Cara! Hacia la izquierda, al puerto.
  • EN: All right then... now... keep straight, then go right, then go left...
    ES: Por tanto, siempre recto... Luego a la derecha... Después a la izquierda...
  • EN: Then go left and right, light on the floor and think of your guard.
    ES: Y luego izquierda y derecha, ligero, y mantén la guardia.
  • EN: Seems to me we go left.
    ES: Iremos a la izquierda.
  • EN: Now you have to go left. - I'm going left.
    ES: - Tienes que girar más a izquierda.
  • EN: The government says go right, we go right, they say go left, we go left. We pay our taxes promptly and what do we get?
    ES: Siempre hacemos lo que dice el gobierno, absolutamente siempre, y ni un solo año hemos dejado de pagar los impuestos.
    ES: Siempre hacemos lo que dice el gobierno, absolutamente siempre, y ni un solo año hemos dejado de pagar los impuestos.
  • EN: Say right and she'll go left, say left and she'll go right.
    ES: Nunca está de acuerdo con nadie.
  • EN: I told you to go left!
    ES: ¡Te dije que fueras por la izquierda!
  • EN: Better still, go left then left again.
    ES: Mejor aún, gira a la izquierda dos veces.
  • EN: I have to go left, officer.
    ES: Tengo que girar a la izquierda, agente.
  • EN: So if they say go right, I go left.
    ES: Me han dicho que corra 10 kilómetros o me disparan.
  • EN: A stone with an inscription: you go left, you go right, you go straightahead.
    ES: vete a la izquierda, vete a la derecha, sigue recto.

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