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Phrasal verbs: to GET - English lesson

"GET" is one of the most generous verbs of the English language. It already has quite a large number of different meanings when used alone, without any preposition or particle added to it: 

http://www.wordreference.com/definition/getting%20at

Besides, it may be built with many different particles, even with several consecutive ones, which gives him quite a great number of different varied meanings. You'll have to learn these expressions, analyse the context and make sure you understand the precise meaning in the precise context.

To get across	To get away	To get away with
To get at something	To get along (US)	To get on (UK)
To get on board	To get around	To get around to doing something
To get someone down= to be depressed	To get down to...	To get on someone's nerves

a) - TO GET ON : TO GET IN : to get on the bus/ to get on the train/ to get on the plane = large closed vehicle=> ON  /// To get in a car/ to get in a taxi = Small closed vehicle=> IN.  

b) -  TO GET ACROSS: make people understand

    - Explaining the consequences of the takeover again and again, the manager could get his point across. 

c) - TO GET AWAY: 

    - To get away from someone or something.= to escape/ to flee/ to leave

    - Her only desire was to get away from town, far from the sound and fury ... 

    - get away with it= go unpunished 

    - Philip cheated, but was caught and couldn't get away with it. 

d) - TO GET AT: 

    - He was too small and couldn't get at the shelf.

    - We could understand what Mary was getting at... She wouldn't enter the contest...

e) - TO GET AROUND: to travel/ get around to doing something.

   - Paul gets around a lot on business. He's just back from China and is leaving for the United States next week. 

   - Lucy has finally got around to tidying up her room for fear of being grounded again.

f) - TO GET DOWN/ GET DOWN TO:

   - Look at his father, he looks worried; some problems at work are getting him down. 

   - Stop playing video games, you must now get down to doing your homework.

To get out	To get over	To get by
To get up	To get up to something	To get through to someone

g) - TO GET OVER: 

    -You'll have to get over this breakup. You will, with time...

    - She has just done a presentation; I'm glad she has finally got over her shyness.

h) - TO GET THROUGH: 

    - I couldn't get through to her. I'll have to call again tomorrow.

    - It may be difficult to get through to teenagers without sounding moralistic... 

Grasping the different meanings of the verb GET when enriched by the different particles will give you quite a lot of work...  It may be helpful to study the expressions in context, which will make them easier to remember. Come on!  I wish you a good work... and give you THE FORCE!  

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1. I was trying to get awayget onget atI don't know the bus when I tripped and fell down.


2. At the moment I’m dreaming of getting awaygetting up togetting downI don't know from it all and lying on a beach in the sun...


3. I couldn’t understand what he was getting up togetting atgetting downI don't know and he had to be more explicit and explain his conclusion again and again.


4. I took a lot of vitamins because I couldn’t get awayget overget onI don't know the flu I had caught after New Year.


5. It’s difficult to get awayget through toget onI don't know her; she says she’s in love and that the rest doesn’t matter...


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7. If you want to be ready when your friend comes to fetch the kids, you’d better get onget down toget awayI don't know packing for them quickly.


8. ' What are you getting downgetting up togetting awayI don't know, Lucy? Your father said you couldn’t go and you won’t. Full stop!


9. 'How can I get awayget onget through toI don't know someone who is as stubborn as you are?'


10. Come on, sleepy head, it’s time to get upget throughget inget down toget onget awayget atI don't know, if not, you’ll be late...