gather round; gather in; gather up; gather from
gather round表示“聚集在……周围”、“聚集在一起”。
gather in表示“收获庄稼 ”。
gather up表示“收拾起来”、“抱起来”。
gather from表示“从……推测”、“从……推想”,后面与that-clause连用。
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①I ____ her letter that she is very happy now.
②The students in our class ____ Mr Wang.
③You'd better ____ your books and put them away.
④The farmers ____ the wheat now.
⑤All the workers ____ him and asked him what was wrong with him at all.
(Key: ①gather from ②gathered round ③gather up ④are gathering in ⑤gathered round)