Here you will learn useful English collocations with beyond. Learning collocations will help you speak more freely and comfortably in English.
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9 English collocations with beyond
Hi, there this is Harry and welcome back to my English learning podcast Speak Better English where I try to help you to get a better understanding of the English language. I do that by trying to improve your grammar, to help you to use phrasal verbs and idiomatic expressions in the right way.
In this particular podcast episode, we’re going to talk about the word ‘beyond’. And we’re going to learn English collocations with beyond.
how to use the word beyond
The word ‘beyond’ can be used in a couple of ways.
It can be used as a preposition. In this case, it is followed by a noun.
The wall beyond my garden gate.
Meaning here is my garden gate and then there’s a wall after. Or when you open the gate, there’s a wall.
It can also be used as an adverb. In this case, we use it without the following noun.
They landed on the Moon. Now they are investigating the possibility of landing on the planet Mars and beyond.
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INSANITY: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
So let’s look at collocations with beyond. The first one
beyond repair
Meaning: when something is beyond repair, it means it’s completely knackered (broken)
Example:
My bike is beyond repair. I’ve had a few punctures, the chain broke, the wheel doesn’t work correctly. I think I need to get a new one.
to be beyond somebody
Meaning: if something is beyond you, you’re not able to understand something or figure it out
Examples:
Those new mathematical problems are beyond me. I’m just not able to do them.
My grandma is in her 90s, all these new gadgets are beyond her.
far beyond
Meaning: something exceeds the limits or expectations; something further away
Examples:
Getting so many nice presents for my birthday was far beyond my wildest dreams.
This lake is far beyond where we’ve gone in the past, so we might be away for a little longer.
beyond any doubt
Meaning: you cannot argue or dispute the fact
Examples:
It’s beyond any doubt that this man is guilty of the crime because we have CCTV footage that shows him walking into the bank with a shotgun and walking out again with a bag full of money.
It’s beyond any doubt that this Covid problem has caused irreparable damage to the economies of not only Europe but the rest of the world.
English collocations with beyond
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above and beyond
Meaning: to do more or better than expected or required; to go an extra mile
Examples:
He’s gone above and beyond what was required, and he has rescued the person.
You’ve really gone above and beyond what was required here. You’ll have to get a nice bonus for this!
it’s beyond question
Meaning: something is certain, clear, or obvious
Example:
It’s beyond question that you have performed as we had expected.
It was beyond question that this idea of a Super League was really a bad idea and probably never really serious.
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English collocations with beyond
to go well beyond
Meaning: to go further than you were expected
Examples:
I worked till ten o’clock to finish the quarterly report last night. I’ve gone well beyond what I had promised.
I went well beyond what my trainer had recommended, but I’m feeling good.
at the back of beyond
Meaning: usually refers to a place that is somewhere not so accessible; somewhere out of the way; in the middle of nowhere
Example:
I’m not going to collect you. That’s in the back of beyond. It’s going to take me hours to get there.
The property prices are soaring and people end up living at the back of beyond these days.
9 English collocations with beyond
beyond all understanding
Meaning: we use it when the majority of people don’t understand something
Example:
It’s beyond all understanding for me how these pharmaceutical companies have not come together and produced the vaccines so that we could all have a vaccination very very quickly.
Ok, hopefully, you’ve enjoyed it and more importantly, you’ve understood these collocations with beyond. Let me repeat them one more time:
- beyond repair
- to be beyond somebody
- far beyond
- beyond any doubt
- above and beyond
- it’s beyond question
- to go well beyond
- at the back of beyond
- beyond all understanding
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