into
/ˈɪn.tu/ preposition A1- To or towards the inside of. · Mary danced into the house.· Pour the wine into the decanter.
- To or towards the region of. · We left the house and walked into the street.· The eagle flew off into the wide blue sky.
- To the condition or state. · They lulled us into thinking we still had time.
- Against, especially with force or violence. · The car crashed into the tree.· I wasn't careful, and walked into a wall.
- Indicates transition into another form or substance. · I carved the piece of driftwood into a sculpture of a whale.· Right before our eyes, Jake turned into a wolf!
- Indicates division or the creation of subgroups or sections. · A cow's stomach is divided into four chambers.
- After the start of. · About 20 minutes into the flight, the pilot reported a fire on board.
- Interested in or attracted to. · She's really heavily into Shakespeare right now.· My date for tonight has black hair, and I'm into that.
From the library
On reaching the spacious lobby above, they were shown into a very pretty sitting-room, lately fitted up with greater elegance and lightness than the apartments below; and were informed that it was but just done to give pleasure to Miss Darcy, who had taken a liking to the room, when last at Pemberley.
Immediately, and according to custom, the ramparts of Fort Saint-Jean were covered with spectators; it is always an event at Marseilles for a ship to come into port, especially when this ship, like the Pharaon, has been built, rigged, and laden at the old Phocée docks, and belongs to an owner of the city.
The vague disquietude which prevailed among the spectators had so much affected one of the crowd that he did not await the arrival of the vessel in harbor, but jumping into a small skiff, desired to be pulled alongside the Pharaon, which he reached as she rounded into La Réserve basin.
“Fell into the sea?”
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