Hi there . This video is going to be Phrasal Verbs with Get .
Get , yeah .
It can be a difficult verb at
the best of times
OK to get , to obtain
so let's try some Phrasal Verbs
let's start with : To get at
OK to get at something
to reach
I can't get at
the things on the top shelf it´s too tall
I can´t reach I can´t get at
OK . Or perhaps the mice
has been getting at
the food
reaching , eating OK
to get at something to reach
now you could also say
do you understand what I'm getting at
you understand what I mean OK
to get at something
to try to convey an idea yeah
so to get at , to mean
do you understand what I am getting at ?
Good , I hope you do !
The next one is easy :
To get on
( well , it´s easy to start )
get on a bus
yes get on a bicycle
get on a horse
to mount OK , yeah ,
to ride to go up on
however you can get on
with something
this can be the same as: To get along with something ,
to get on with something or to get along with something
to progress
to make progress
so how are you getting along
with your new job ?
how are you progressing ?
how are you finding it ?
to get along with something yeah
also
you can : Get on with
a person
or get along with a person yes ?
now , normally , get along
is good
however you can say to get along
badly with
somebody
but if it doesn't define : Get on badly with
if it doesn't define badly then it´s normally good OK
let's try another so :
To get around
or To get about
my uncle has
mobility problems
he has difficulty getting around
getting about
visiting places
travelling from A to B :
To get around
how do you get about town ?
I get around in the underground system OK
to visit places
let´s try another : To get away
OK to escape , yeah
so
normally , get away with only away is
intransitive
it doesn´t take an object OK
so he got away , he escaped
but then you get away with something
OK you escape without punishment
or without detection
you... he got away
with the robbery yeah
he escaped without detection , yes .
Notice , you get away from , escape from
a person
he got away from the police
so let's try another one :
Get back
so very often
we say
to arrive home , what time did you get back ?
no home , no house , no nothing
so to arrive home to get back
I got back late I arrived home late
now you can get back a thing
to recover yeah
so I lost my wallet on the train
but I got it back
in the lost property office to recover
OK
you can also but
this is now more complicated
to get back
at somebody
to retaliate
and eye for an eye :
To get back at
somebody has hurt you
and you want to get back at them
you want vengeance
to get back at
try another one now :
To get by OK to survive with just enough
just enough
we got by
last winter
we survived just
to get by to manage without something you need
OK to get by
it´s difficult to get by to live .
To get down now
so you write something to get something down would you get this down ?
would you write down , take notes
a person can get down
become depressed
this music gets me down it makes me
depressed OK
so to get down , to depress
sometimes they say in the songs : get down !
dance , enjoy , it´s another meaning .
so let's try a good one
hear this :
To get off with ,
to have a amorous time with a member of the opposite sex
probably the first time
to get off with so
to get off with somebody
let's try another now : To get over .
To get over something
to recover from an illness
or from sadness
he took a long time getting over
the loss of
his friend
to get over to recover from
it takes time to get over a disease . Last one :
To get together
to collect , yes
so would you get together
your papers for me ? . Collect together
I'll get my things together , collect my things before I go ,
and then you have A Get together
collection of people
which means a party
we´re having a get together tomorrow
would you like to come ?
so Phrasal Verbs with Get
not easy
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