bump

=Word: bump=

Context Sentece: Living in close proximity, where you can't help repeatedly **bumping** **into** one another also helps.

Source: Reader's Digest ( November 2006) Page: 23

Definition: (informal) to meet sb by chance

Reference: Adevanced Learner's English - Chinese Dictionary Page: 212

Mnemonic: __Jump__ - if you **bump** into someone unexpectedly it might make you __jump__!

Here are some more example sentences, notice how the place is often mentioned: In my younger days __the Church__ was the very heart of the community, and was always the place to **bump into** friends and family.

I usually **bump into** him every so often __on the stairs__, __in one of the upstairs rooms or in the garden__, but I have not seen him in some time.

It must be horrible to be driven away from __all your old haunts__ because you might **bump into** your drug mates.

He had been debating whether to go down there or get in touch with the record office of the ATS when, returning one day from an unsuccessful interview for a job with a theatrical agent, he had happened to **bump into** Eleanor Fuller __in Piccadilly__.

'I was feeling that was a pity when some hours later I was coming __out of a supermarket__ and just happened to **bump into** Sheena again, and we arranged to make contact again,' says Betty.