hello everybody and welcome back to love
English I'm Sabra and today we're going
to be looking at the super useful but
slightly tricky verb to get
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so as you can see there are lots and
lots of different uses of the verb get
things can get a little bit confusing
that's why in this video we're looking
at 20 phrases with get and these include
idioms phrasal verbs collocations and
expressions and hopefully they're going
to help you to get more confident with
using this very useful verb right let's
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a loved English lesson so phrase number
one is to get around to get around and
this means to move from place to place
so if we say we got around Paris a lot
we didn't have a lot of time but we got
around a lot this means that you went
around a lot it is a synonym of go
around we can also talk about get around
if we think somebody is able to move
around easily
so sometimes we might say about elderly
people we might say well she still gets
around even though she's ninety nine'
number two is an expression it's not a
phrasal verb it is to get your act
together and this means organize
yourself start to perform better if we
tell somebody you need to get your act
together we mean you need to organize
yourself you need to in some way perform
better in order to achieve something so
if I said about a student he needs to
get his act together if he wants to pass
his IELTS this would mean he needs to
organize himself he needs to focus and
study a little bit harder number three
this is another phrasal verb and this is
to get out of something now the meaning
of this is to try to avoid something
that you don't want to do but that you
should do really so you avoid
responsibility or duty but really you
should do it so I'm sure you all know
that person at work who always makes an
excuse when it comes to doing extra time
at work or
during holidays and festivals somehow
they always seem to have a way of
getting out of it now there is a second
meaning of this phrasal verb but I'm not
going to tell you I want to see if you
guys know it and tell me about it in the
comments what is the second meaning of
the verb to get out of so guys at this
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Leila - Sabra ten number four is an
expression it is can't get enough of
something I can't get enough of
something I can't get enough of a person
a food item a book but you're enjoying
this thing so much that you are not
satisfied you want more and more of it
so if I say I can't get enough of
pistachio ice cream I prefer the
dairy-free option but if I say I can't
get enough of pistachio ice cream I mean
I'm never satisfied I could eat much
much more right now guys I can't get
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number five is to get into something to
get into something and this is a phrasal
verb so there is a couple of different
uses of this phrase the first is is if
we are getting into something it means
we're starting something new a new hobby
a new activity and usually if we say
we're getting into it it means that
we're enjoying it so if I say I'm really
getting into my new Spanish classes this
means I'm really enjoying my new Spanish
classes I'm really becoming involved in
it and enjoying the process inning is to
get involved in something so you can say
you got into a conversation you got into
a fight you're really getting into your
new book now the other meaning is about
getting into a profession and this
specifically means to enter the
profession so if I say what's the best
way to get into journalism
or I really want to get into teaching
there you are asking how to enter it
number six is a more informal expression
but it's really useful to be able to use
it it is been there done that got the
t-shirt and this means that you have
already done a particular thing you've
already visited a place or done that
activity and you don't want to repeat it
it means you've done that thing to the
maximum that you want to and obviously
it came from traveling where a person
had been to a place they bought the
t-shirt and they didn't really want to
visit again they visited it enough but
now we use it for more general
activities so it could be about a
particular job that you don't want to go
back to about a type of person that you
were dating and you don't want to date
that type of person again about a gym or
a restaurant that you've been going to
and now you've had enough of that and
you want to change number seven is to
get over something or someone now to get
over something means to deal with manage
or overcome so we can use it in these
different ways to deal with manage or
overcome and it's often where we're
trying to recover from something for
example an illness a shock the end of a
relationship so you might say I'm still
not feeling very well
I'm getting over a cold or I just can't
get over my ex-boyfriend they'd still
love him number eight is to get down to
something to get down to something
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that's right it can mean get down to the
music so have a booty and dance to the
music but the other meaning is actually
to get on with something so if we say
right we need to get down to this or we
need to get down to business
it means focus we need to start working
more intensely and get on with the task
that we have number nine is to get a
kick out of something and this is where
you do something and you really enjoy it
and it gives you a good
feeling it amuses you or in some way
gives you a really good feeling so many
people get a kick out of winning a game
especially if it's against somebody that
you haven't won against before like your
sister or your brother that always wins
and a new win you can really get a kick
out of that get a really good and
satisfied feeling later and I get a kick
out of seeing lots of use in our videos
and from reading your lovely comment
that is true guys that gives us a good
feeling so we get a kick out of that
number 10 sounds similar but it's
actually very different it is to get
kicked out to get kicked out and if you
get kicked out this means that you get
forcibly removed so told to leave a
synonym would be expelled from a
particular organization or educational
institution we don't use it for work
because with work we used fired or
sacked but this is for educational
institutions or organizations so we
might say he got kicked out of college
for his bad behavior number 11 is to get
a life and we use this when we think
somebody isn't having enough of their
own life or they're not living life to
its full potential
so we could say my brother really needs
to get to life he can't live at our
parents house forever playing video
games number 12 is as good as it gets as
good as it gets and there is a great
movie which also has this title with
Jack Nicholson in so if we say something
is as good as it gets we mean this is
the maximum that it can be in terms of
how good it is impossible to improve on
but we can use this in a positive way so
we can say wow this hotel it's so
fantastic it's so posh so elegant this
is as good as it gets
doesn't get any better than this number
13 is he or she has got it he or she he
has got it now you've probably gathered
guys that this means that he or she has
got something special they've got the X
Factor something like this so it's very
flattering to say that somebody has got
it
if we say wow she's really got it we
mean she's got something very special
about her she's got the x-factor
number 14 is get going get going
and get going can mean go faster so if I
say I really need to get going
this could mean I need to leave I need
to leave in a hurry something like this
so I need to move more quickly or if you
say to somebody who's driving come on
get going
it means drive more quickly number 15 is
to get something across to get something
across and this means to communicate
something so if we get something across
we're trying to convey the meaning
clearly so if I say I'm trying to get
across my ideas with a new project
it means I'm trying to explain them so
that they are understandable number 16
is to get sun turned to get Sun turned
and this means to get a tan from the Sun
you probably can't see guys but I
currently have a bit of a tan I did get
a Sun Tan when I was on holiday in
France and this is the word that we use
with Sun Tan so it's not take the Sun
it's not half the Sun it is to get sun
turned now as I'm English I thought I
should mention this although this isn't
really my problem this doesn't happen to
me generally but a lot of English people
have whiter skin so they do tend to get
sunburned they go very red a bit like
this colour number 18 this is a phrasal
verb it is to get along to get along and
this means to get on well it is the
synonym of to get on which means to have
a good relationship with somebody so if
you say you get along well with your
sister brother cousin something like
this this means that you have a good
relationship your friends or you don't
have many disagreements number 19 is
that you can't get something out of your
head now this could be a song or it
could be an idea or someone but
something is stuck in your head the last
one number 20 is to have get up and
or to be a person with get-up-and-go and
this is a descriptive phrase basically
this describes a person who has energy
and positivity so if you say our new
boss has a lot of get-up-and-go you mean
that she has a lot of energy a lot of
positivity and is very active so it's a
positive phrase usually ok everyone we
have come to the end of our 20 phrases
with get I do hope these are useful for
you and I hope they have helped you to
be more confident with using this very
diverse verb do make sure that you try
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