Hello, my dear friends! Welcome to Series English!
My name is Antonia Romaker,
and today we are going to continue studying phrasal verbs,
namely 'get', phrasal verbs with 'get'.
To tell you the truth I already have one class,
devoted to this phrasal verb group.
So if you want, you can take a look at
phrasal verbs with 'get' part one.
Today we continue and we are going to discuss
the following phrasal verbs:
get away, get by, get on, get over and get through.
Actually I also have a couple of classes,
devoted to 'get off' and 'get off' idioms.
Anyway, knowing phrasal verbs is part and parcel
of mastering the English language.
So if you do not know the most commonly used phrasal verbs
then you are in trouble.
So that's why let's get started
and let's boost our vocabulary.
So the first phrasal verb for today is 'to get away'.
It can have three meanings:
Number one is to leave, especially when it is hard.
So you get away, you leave when it is hard.
The second meaning is to go somewhere
to have a holiday, when you need a rest.
And the third meaning is to do something wrong,
to do something bad, well, without being punished
and without being discovered.
When you are about to lose it at work
it's time to get away.
I mean when you are too tired, when you are exhausted
and you can't just work anymore, you are too...
you are going to burst, you need to get away.
Go somewhere, have some rest.
To be about to means to be going to do something.
The second example:
'Some drivers are so careless,
I just have no idea how they get away with it!'
The next phrasal verb for today is 'to get by'.
It has several meanings too.
The first one is to pass, go past or overtake.
The second meaning is to manage,
especially in a difficult situation.
The third one is to be acceptable, to be OK.
And the third one, oh, no, number four
is the same as 'to get away with'.
You can say 'to get by with'.
It can also mean to do something wrong,
to do something bad without being discovered or punished.
There's enough room here for a car to get by.
Try to associate the example with the meaning of the phrasal verb.
Here the meaning is to go past, to pass.
You can get by with a bicycle, until you can afford a car.
Yeah, right! Well actually you can.
Your work will get by, but try to improve it.
And we can modify the example with 'get away with'
by using 'get by with', for example:
Some drivers are so careless,
I just have no idea how they get by with it.
BTW I also like the description given by the Cambridge Dictionary:
'Get by' means to be able to live or deal with a situation
with difficulty, usually by having just enough of something you need,
such as money.
So here we talk about the meaning to manage,
especially in spite of difficulties.
The third phrasal verb for today is 'to get on'.
It can have the following meanings:
firstly, to make progress or to manage.
Secondly to establish a friendly relationship.
And thirdly to continue.
Now examples: 'How did you get on in you exam?'
So did you make progress? Did you manage to pass it?
How did you get on in your exam?
They got on well despite the fact
that they always told on each other.
Oops, another phrasal verb! 'To tell on'
means to tell the boss about your colleague,
that he or she has done something wrong.
So when you report some bad things, done by your colleagues.
Or something of the kind.
And the last example: 'Get on with your work!'
Notice, 'get on with something' can mean to continue.
So you are the boss and you notice that your employees
are just chatting around, you can say:
'Get on with your work!'
'Get over' can have three meanings.
Number one is to recover from an illness,
shock or something of the kind.
The second meaning is to overcome a problem.
And the last meaning, when we say 'get over with',
means to bring to an end,
to finish something, to complete something.
Get over her, will ya?
Do you remember my class about 'in time' and 'on time'
when I gave you the example:
'You'll forget her in time'.
Well, you can continue the idea and say:
'Get over her, will you?'
It has been two years!
It's time to move on! So get over her, will you?
Or you can say: 'Get over him, will you?'
Or without 'will you', simply: 'Get over him already, OK?'
Anyway, it's just an example.
Moving on to the second example.
Let's get in over with.
This sentence, this example is used a lot.
Let me give you some context.
Do you remember me taking the ice bucket challenge?
Well, when I was standing there with this bucket in my hands
I couldn't just make myself do it.
And I said: 'Let's get it over with!'
Yeah, anyway, moving on to the last phrasal verb for today - to get through.
'Get through' can mean firstly to succeed
or to cause or help to succeed
in an exam, test and so on.
'Get through' can also mean to contact as by telephone.
It can also mean to complete,
when we say 'get through with', to sort out or handle.
And the last meaning is
to reach the awareness and understanding of somebody,
when we say 'to get through to'.
So notice, that we have two special meanings here.
When we say 'to get through with',
which means to handle, to sort out, to complete something.
And we can say 'to get through to somebody',
which means to reach the awareness or the understanding of a person.
Let's imagine a situation: you are a student,
and you are trying to pass an exam.
So you've passed it, you are happy, you go out.
I mean, you get away.
You go out from the classroom.
And there are other students there standing, waiting for you.
And they are looking at you like this and saying:
So, so, have you got through? How was it? Tell me!
Yeah, and you are: 'OK guys, just a sec
I will tell you everything, just let me breathe.
I'm just still very scared.'
Anyway, so the question can be: 'Have you got through?'
I have got through. I passed it. Yay!
The next example:
I'm calling me and I can't get through. What the heck?!
Putin is my friend, and Obama is my friends too.
They are my bros.
What?! You do not believe me?
OK, wait a second.
Come on, pick up, pick up! Pick up! Come on, pick up!
I just couldn't get through to him.
I couldn't get through to him.
Or I can't get through to him.
He doesn't pick up.
When my friend turned into a sectarian fanatic,
I just couldn't get through to her.
So when people get crazy,
when they get obsessed with something
it's very difficult to get through to them.
It's a very dangerous situation.
You should be careful and you should try to wake them up.
And the last example:
Call me when you get through with the article,
and then we'll have dinner together.
Call me, when you get through with the lying,
and then we'll have dinner together, OK?
Stop lying about being bros with Putin and Obama.
I'm talking to myself.
OK, that's it, I hope that you enjoyed watching this video lesson
and you studied some new information,
something new about phrasal verbs.
Make sure to watch the first part of 'get',
well, phrasal verbs with 'get'.
Watch a couple of classes, devoted to 'get off'
and 'get off plus idioms' and so on.
So continues studying English and phrasal verbs with me.
Keep studying English, keep studying Russian.
Do not forget that I have two languages here -
English and Russian. You can study English
or Russian or both, it's up to you.
But anyway that's it, hope to see you soon.
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