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hello this is jack from tofluency.com
and welcome to this lesson on the word
get okay this is a power word in English
and I'm sure you know that there are so
many different ways to use this word and
that's what we're going to do in this
lesson we are going to look at the
different meanings of this word we're
going to look at some common
collocations and we'll also look at some
idioms that use get as well now as you
already know repetition is so important
when it comes to learning English so
don't just take this lesson and then
move on instead go to the description
and click the link to my website where
you can see all of the examples that we
use in this lesson and I'll also share
some ways in which that you can remember
these phrases over the long term so when
we're going through this focus on the
examples and I'm going to use examples
from everyday English so that you can
use them in conversation okay let's look
at the 10 ways you can use get before
moving on to collocations and idioms now
if you have been a subscriber of this
channel for some time then you would
have noticed that I have got some new
things recently so I got these fake
plants some wood for the background and
just some other bits and bobs so did you
notice I said I've got or I got okay so
this just means to gain possession off
or to buy and that's the first way we
use get to gain possession off or to buy
in case you're wondering I got all these
things from Amazon which is an online
shopping store I would love to know if
you have Amazon in your country and if
so do you use this here are some more
common expressions with get to use in
this way what did you get for your
birthday what did you get
for your birthday I'm thinking about
getting a new car soon which is true I'm
thinking about getting a new car soon I
haven't got my wife anything for
Christmas yet I'm starting to panic the
second way we can use get is when we
want to talk about becoming ill or being
ill and a very common phrase here is to
get sick to get sick now touchwood real
word I haven't been sick for a long time
and I can also say I haven't got sick
for a long time I haven't got sick
now with all of these examples when we
use the present perfect in American
English you'll also hear gotten I
haven't gotten sick for a long time
but in British English we just say I
haven't got sick for a long time here
are some more examples I've got a cold I
have got a cold now you might hear
people say I caught a cold or I've
caught a cold but this is a little bit
more common I've got a cold
she keeps getting sick she keeps getting
sick and the next one I've got a bit of
a headache today I've got a bit of a
headache today now I've made various
lessons on phrases that you can use to
talk about getting sick and also there
is a conversational lesson on this topic
too so go to the description to check
those out the third way we can use get
is to obtain something or to bring
something to someone now my wife and I
use this a lot at home for example could
you get me a tea could you get me a tea
another way just to say this is can you
make me a tea so we use both in our
house can you get me a tea can you make
me a tea here are some more examples if
you have time
get me some bananas on your way home or
in American English if you have time
get me some bananas on your way home
that is a first conditional sentence get
some breakfast and then we'll go get
some breakfast and then we will
speaking of bananas listen to this time
flies like an arrow but fruit flies like
a banana time flies like an arrow but
fruit flies like a banana now if that
didn't make any sense to you you can
respond by saying I didn't quite get
that I didn't quite get that now in this
case it means I didn't quite understand
that so we can use get to mean
understand and also to here some more
examples I didn't get what you mean
could you explain that again I didn't
get what you mean and I didn't quite get
that could you speak up I didn't quite
get that could you speak up now the next
one is really useful and we use it for
things that change for example it's
getting dark it's getting dark which
means it's not fully dark now but it's
changing from light to dark so it's
getting dark
another example is your teas getting
cold I would drink it now your teas
getting cold and talking about the
weather it's getting hot out there
it's getting hot out there get down now
that could mean a few things and we use
getting this way to talk about movement
to get down to move to the floor here
are some more examples of using get for
movement get your hands out your pockets
get your hands out of your pockets and I
stub my toe getting into bed I stub my
toe getting into bed now talking about
movement we can also use get when it
comes to cars and public transport now
this can be a little bit confusing but
what I recommend you do is just again
learn the sentences so that you can
internalize those structures and I'll
leave a link to the method that I
recommend using if you want to do this
but let's just have a look at some
examples now in this category so after
you get on a train you get off it
the first example is let's get off here
let's get off here now you would use
this when you're on a bus or a train so
you get off a bus or a train but if I
ask my wife where do you want to get out
if I'm dropping her downtown this means
we're in a car so you get out of a car
you get off a train or a bus and if I
say
quick get in it's raining outside quick
get in again this is about a car because
you get in a car but you get on a train
or a bus so you can say quick get on the
train it's gonna leave soon quick get on
the train speaking of traveling when you
arrive somewhere you can say to get
somewhere instead and this is actually
more common than using the verb arrive
so for example I could ask my wife
what time is David going to get here
here are some more examples
I hope my package gets here today I hope
my package gets here today come on let's
get going
we'll get there really late otherwise
come on let's get going
we'll get there really late otherwise
now sometimes in my lessons I give
quizzes and if you want to take some
quizzes here on YouTube then I'll leave
a link to the playlist in the
description but I'll say at the end of
the video let me know what you get in
the quiz let me know what you get so
this means to achieve or to be given
something some more examples in this
category I got my acceptance letter
yesterday I got my acceptance letter
yesterday and another one I got my
haircut yesterday what do you think I
got my haircut yesterday what do you
think let's move on to collocations with
get now now if you don't know what our
collocation is it's simply two words or
two or more words that go together
naturally for example you would say I
need to take a quick shower I need to
take a quick shower not I need to take a
fast shower so
more common to say a quick shower and
for English native speakers this just
sounds natural to us so I recommend
learning collocations because you'll be
able to speak in a more natural way now
with that in mind let's talk about some
collocations with gets and we're going
to give you the most common ones the
first one is get married and this just
means to be joined in marriage now there
is a difference between get married and
to be married let's have a look at two
examples the first one is they got
married last year they got married last
year and the second one is they're
married they are married now the first
one talks about the act of getting
married
and the second one focuses on this
situation and here are some more
examples with get married what are you
going to get married it's not a nice
question to ask when are you going to
get married and the answer might be
we're getting married next year we're
getting married next year now that last
example we're getting married next year
is a great example of how to use a
present continuous for future actions
now if you want to learn more about how
to talk about the future again just
check out the description there'll be a
link to the lesson for you the next one
is get ready to get ready and this can
mean two things firstly it can mean to
put on all the clothes you need to have
and maybe do some makeup if you wear
makeup so it's to get ready to to leave
the house or to go somewhere for example
it takes her forever to get ready it
takes her forever to get ready or I'm
getting ready almost done I'm getting
ready almost done and it can also mean
to prepare for example if we are going
to throw a party I can say we need to
get the house ready for this party we
need to prepare the house for the party
here are some more examples can you get
the presentation ready for tomorrow can
you get the presentation ready for
tomorrow and get ready this is going to
be a tough exam get ready this is
going to be a tough exam the next one is
to get home or to get in now this just
means to arrive at home and we learned
before that we can use get to mean
arrive so here are some examples with
gets home and to get in what time did
you get in last night what time did you
get in last night is he getting home
tonight
is he getting home tonight the next
collocation is this get some or any rest
or sleep let's just look at an example
let's get home and get some rest let's
get home and get some rest
and this just means to have some rest
and we use some in any a lot with this I
need to get some sleep I need to get
some sleep or did you get any sleep last
night did you get any sleep last night
some more examples I just need to get
some sleep I just need to get some sleep
and do you think we'll get any rest next
week do you think we'll get any rest
next week the next one is get into
trouble to get into trouble and here's
an example he's always getting into
trouble he's always getting into trouble
and this just means that somebody is
misbehaving usually a child when we talk
about this and either the police or his
or her parents or their teacher is
punishing that child or telling that
child off here are some more examples he
got into a lot of trouble as a kid but
he's good now he got into a lot of
trouble as a kid but he's good now what
can we do to stop you from getting into
trouble what can we do to stop you from
getting into trouble okay now we are
going to move on to idioms with get and
the first one is this to get to the
bottom of something to get to the bottom
of something and this means to discover
the truth about something especially if
the truth is difficult to find difficult
to know this is mainly used informal
situation so you're here detectives on
crime TV shows say this we need to get
to the bottom of this well another
example is if there are a lot of things
going missing at a school the principal
or head teacher will say we need to get
to the bottom of this who is taking all
these things why are these things going
missing we need to get to the bottom of
this here are some more examples the
police are trying to get to the bottom
of who committed that crime and let's
get to the bottom of this as soon as
possible the next one is really common
in everyday English and it's to get the
hang of something which means to learn
how to do something for example it
didn't take me too long to get the hang
of driving on the right-hand side of the
road or the wrong hand side here are
some more examples I just can't get the
hang of it I just can't get the hang of
it and here's a long example it might
take you a little time to get the hang
of how to use get but if you follow my
methods you'll definitely get there and
the last idiom is to get a kick out of
something to get a kick out of something
and this just means to find something
amusing to enjoy something usually at
someone else's expense
for example are you getting a kick out
of me falling over are you getting a
kick out of me falling over and I still
get a kick out of Blackpool losing the
final I still get a kick out of
Blackpool losing the final okay so those
are the various different ways that we
can use get and I also gave you some
collocations and some idioms now again
this is a power word in English and
you're going to hear it all the time so
it's important to understand how to use
it and then also learn the sentences so
that you'll be able to give great
sentences using the word get and you'll
be able to do this without thinking
about the grammar rules and how to use
it specifically so get the repetition
that you need in order to reach that
stage and if you want to learn about the
method to do this and to get some
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