Lingoda Group Class Notes 38

Topic: Phrasal verbs with 'get' Relatedskill: Grammar
Date: 26 Oct 2024 Teacher: Sheryl

What I've learned

Idioms

to get the ball rolling - Meaning: to set something, often a process, in motion - Example: There’s a lot to get through in today’s meeting, so let’s get the ball rolling right away and discuss the first agenda point.

Vocabularies & Phrases

V&P	Definiation	Note
raise	v. 提升；增加；培养；举起; n. 加薪；工资增长	I've been given a raise for my great work!
politician	n. 政治家；政客；从政者；见风驶舵者	I don't trust many politicians.
debate	n. 辩论；争论；考虑	The politicians are having a debate about taxation tonight.
struggle to	努力做某事	The author didn't struggle to get his point across.(作者不费吹灰之力就表达了自己的观点)
permanently	adv. 永久地；永远；长期；一直	I decided to settle permanently in Spain.
figuratively	adv. 比喻地；象征性地	We can use get out of figuratively to mean avoiding responsibilities or things we don’t want to do.

Grammar

Get on, get off, get in(to) and get out of

Get on and get off

We use get on and get off forentering and leaving large vehicles. The opposite ofget on is get off.

- After we got on the plane, the cabin crew member showed us to our seats. - I'm getting off the train at the next stop.

Get in(to) and get out of

For smaller vehicles, we use get in(to) and get outof instead of get on and get off.

- Get into the car now! We need to leave. - Toby got out of the taxi and removed his suitcase from the boot.

There's no difference in meaning between getin and get into. You can use either here!

Get over

When we get over something, we return to beinghealthy or happy after an illness, shock or the end of a relationship.We usually follow it with a noun, or a verb in the –ingform.

• It took me a long time to get over my divorce.

The expression get over yourself is often used tomean stop thinking you're so important. Only use this phrase withsomeone you are good friends with. Its meaning is quite strong!

Get used to and get something across

Get used to

When we get used to something (or someone), itbecomes familiar or normal to us.

- I got used to working from home after a couple of weeks.

Get something across

When we get (something) across, we manage tocommunicate something. It suggests it was difficult to do so.

- The speaker got his point across really well.

Get out of and get away with

Get out of

We can also use get out of to mean avoiding responsibilities orthings we don’t want to do.

- How can I get out of that meeting later today?

Get away with

When we get away with something, we do something wrong and are notpunished for it.

- Darren got away with not paying for a train ticket. No one checked onboard!

An idiom you might also hear is to get away withmurder. This means to do whatever you want without ever beingstopped or punished.

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