Daily life

get lost in something

become deeply absorbed

If you get lost in something, you become so absorbed in it that you stop noticing everything around you.

B2 common mostly spoken

expression

Hear it in real life

Did you hear the phone ring?

No, I was completely lost in my book.

Play the conversation

I get lost in podcasts when I have a long journey.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: I get lost on a good book.

Say: I get lost in a good book.

Use the preposition "in" when you mean becoming absorbed in an activity or story.

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

get lost in a book; get lost in thought; be lost in something

Your turn: say it out loud

I get lost in podcasts when I have a long journey.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

get lost in something

become deeply absorbed

“I get lost in podcasts when I have a long journey.”

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