There are bucket loads of phrasal verbs that start with “get”.
Get across = (tr) Successfully communicate
Get along =
Get along with = have a good relationship.
Get at = criticise someone repeatedly.
Get away with = escapar sin consequencias
Get back = (tr) recover possession of. I got my bike back after the police caught the thief.
Get by – Sobrevivr fiancialmente
Get down = To swallow/ eat
Example: Hurry up and get your break
Get down to = empezar
Get on = subir de algo
Get off = bajar de algo
Example: Get off your horse and drink your milk
Get on with = caer bien con alguien
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Get out = sacar algo de algo
Get out of = avoid something you don’t want to do
Get over = (tr) recover. It took more than a week to get over the flu.
Get round = to persuade
Get round to = to find
Get through = pasar por algo dificil
Get through to – I’ tried calling his mobile, but I couldn’t get through to him.
Get up – (int) Rise from bed.
Example: I get normally get up at seven in the morning.
Spanish: Levantarse
Exercise:
1. I was late for work because I didn’t in time.
2. Can we finish this tomorrow? I am really tired and it’s .
3. That fat kid always of doing sport for some reason or other.
4. The buses in this town are awful and I prefer to use my mountain bike to .
5. It is raining again. Weather like this really me.
6. The killer ____________his crime because the police couldn’t find any evidence.
7. I asked him to look for that report but he said he never had time to __________ doing it. He is lazy, I think!
8. We will find it easier to ____ _ once you get that part-time job at the supermarket.
9. She never ______ ______losing that dream job of hers and has been depressed ever since.
10. He didn’t ____ ____with his boss and finally decided to leave the company rather than stay there working for him.
11. I can’t to Tom on this phone – there’s no signal in this building.
12. You need to to your wife how terrible life would be without her. Maybe then, she will change her mind about the divorce.