Emotions & feelings

escape into another world

become absorbed in fiction

To escape into another world is to become absorbed in a book, film, or game so that you forget everyday problems for a while.

B2 common speech & writing

expression

Hear it in real life

What do you do when work becomes stressful?

I escape into another world with a fantasy series.

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I escape into another world whenever I read a good mystery novel.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: I escape across another world when I read.

Say: I escape into another world when I read.

Use “into” in this expression, not “across.”

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

escape into another world with a book/film/game; escaped into another world

Your turn: say it out loud

I escape into another world whenever I read a good mystery novel.

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

escape into another world

become absorbed in fiction

“I escape into another world whenever I read a good mystery novel.”

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