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    The verb "to get" has multiple meanings depending on its usage. It can mean to obtain or receive when followed by a direct object. It can mean to reach or arrive at when followed by a place expression. It can mean to become or show a change of state when followed by an adjective. It can also form phrasal verbs with added prepositions or adverbs, taking on meanings like escape, manage, depress, enter transportation, and proceed. Some common phrasal verbs formed with "get" include "get away with", "get by", "get down", "get off", "get on", and "get over".

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    The verb "to get" has multiple meanings depending on its usage. It can mean to obtain or receive when followed by a direct object. It can mean to reach or arrive at when followed by a place expression. It can mean to become or show a change of state when followed by an adjective. It can also form phrasal verbs with added prepositions or adverbs, taking on meanings like escape, manage, depress, enter transportation, and proceed. Some common phrasal verbs formed with "get" include "get away with", "get by", "get down", "get off", "get on", and "get over".

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    The verb "to get" has multiple meanings depending on its usage. It can mean to obtain or receive when followed by a direct object. It can mean to reach or arrive at when followed by a place expression. It can mean to become or show a change of state when followed by an adjective. It can also form phrasal verbs with added prepositions or adverbs, taking on meanings like escape, manage, depress, enter transportation, and proceed. Some common phrasal verbs formed with "get" include "get away with", "get by", "get down", "get off", "get on", and "get over".

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    The verb "to get"

    TO GET can be used in a number of patterns and has a number of meanings.

    TO GET + direct object = to obtain, to receive, to buy

     I got my passport last week. (to obtain)


     She got her driving license last week. (to obtain)
     They got permission to live in Switzerland. (to obtain)
     I got a letter from my friend in Nigeria. (to receive) LET-ir
     He gets $1,000 a year from his father. (to receive)
     She got a new coat from Zappaloni in Rome. (to buy)
     We got a new television for the sitting room. (to buy)

    TO GET + place expression = reach, arrive at a place

     How are you getting home tonight? No specific place probably


     We got to London around 6 p.m. specific place
     What time will we get there? We hope to get there by 3 o clock.

    By – before …. Around – más o menos

     When did you get back from New York?

    TO GET + adjective = become, show a change of state

     I am getting old. People, food, things


     It's getting hotter.
     By the time they reached the house they were getting hungry.
     I'm getting tired of all this nonsense.
     My mother's getting old and needs looking after.
     It gets dark very early in the winter.
     Don't touch the stove until it gets cool. No “o” sound TUTCH switch (kind of
    cambiar)

    TO GET + preposition/adverb = phrasal verbs with various meanings

    TO GET + Meaning Example

    to get at try to express I think I see what you're getting at. I


    TO GET + Meaning Example

    agree.

    I hear what you getting at. (I understand)

    What are you trying to say.

    to get away escape punishment for a crime or I can't believe you got away with
    with bad action cheating on that test!

    to get by manage (financially) Sam doesn't earn much, but we get by.

    to get down depress, descend This rain is really getting me down.

    Basement (sótano)

    to get off leave a form of transport (train, We got off the train just before the
    bus, bicycle, plane) bomb exploded.

    to get on 1. enter/sit on a form of transport 1. He got on his bicycle and rode down
    (train, bus, bicycle, plane) the street.
    2. have a relationship with 2. Amy and I really get on well.
    someone
    TO GET + Meaning Example

    to get on to proceed I have so much homework, I'd better get


    with on with it.

    Stop beating around the bush.

    Get to the point.

    to get out of avoid doing something, especially She got out of washing the dishes every
    a duty day, even when it was her turn.

    to get over recover (from an illness, a surprise) Have you gotten over your cold yet?
    emocionally

    (recuperarse / sobreponerse)

    to get To finish a situation. I need to get through this month and


    through then things will get better.
    thru
    Normalcy

    to get up leave your bed He gets up at 6.00 a.m. every morning.
    TO GET + Meaning Example

    to get up to do - usually something bad The children are very quiet. I wonder
    what they're getting up to.

    Other expressions with GET

     Do you get it means do you understand.


    Do you get what the teacher was explaining in class?
     He's getting dinner tonight means he's preparing the meal.
    You can relax. It's my turn to get dinner tonight.
     I'll get the bill means I'll pay.
    Put your wallet away! I'll get the bill.
     That really gets me! means that irritates me.
    It really gets me when my sister shows up late.
     To get rid of something means to throw it away.
    I'm going to get rid of all these old newspapers.
     To get out of bed on the wrong side means to be in a bad mood.
    He got out of the wrong side of the bed this morning and he's been horrible all day.
     To get your own back means to have your revenge or punish someone.
    She's getting her own back for all those rude things you said at the party last night.

    Get back at you

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