Daily life

keep pace with someone

move at the same speed

To move or progress at the same speed as another person.

B2 common speech & writing

expression

Hear it in real life

How are you finding the training course?

It's useful, but I'm struggling to keep pace with everyone else.

Play the conversation

I had to walk faster to keep pace with my friends.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: I couldn't keep pace to my classmates.

Say: I couldn't keep pace with my classmates.

Use "with" after "keep pace" before the person or group you match.

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

keep pace with someone; keep pace with my classmates

Your turn: say it out loud

I had to walk faster to keep pace with my friends.

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

keep pace with someone

move at the same speed

“I had to walk faster to keep pace with my friends.”

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