Hello, this is Jack from tofluency.com.
This is episode 31 of the To Fluency podcast.
Today you're going to learn various phrasal verbs with the
word get. Now we have made a lesson on how
to use get in a previous episode, so I'll leave a link or
in the description. I'll tell you which episode this
is so you can listen to that as well.
But yeah, today we're going to focus on phrasal verbs.
Things like get away with, get around to get over, get rid of,
get used to, etcetera. But before we do that, there are
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verbs now and also know that these phrasal verbs are in the
description below. So you can read these if you
want to, but I imagine you're listening to this while you're
doing something else or maybe you're in bed about to go to
sleep. But wherever you are, however
you are listening. Let's learn some phrasal verbs.
The first one is getaway. Getaway.
And again, all these phrasal verbs have get in them.
Number one is getaway. There are two meanings here, 2
definitions. The first one is to go somewhere
for a rest or a vacation. So you might hear me say let's
try and get away at the end of the month.
It's been a tough month. Let's try and get away at the
end of the month. So this means to go somewhere
for a vacation. The second definition is to
escape. So you can think about a bad
person, a criminal who has done something wrong and the police
are trying to get him. The example here is they try to
grab him, but he got away. They tried to grab him, but he
got away. So he escaped from the police.
He got away from the police. So that's get away now #2 is get
away with, get away with. And to get away with something
means to avoid getting caught when you're doing something bad.
So it does sound a little bit similar to get away when it
comes to escaping. But listen to this example, OK,
we got away with not paying for the train.
We got away with not paying for the train.
So in this example, you didn't get caught.
You didn't have to pay for the train because nobody asked you
for the money because sometimes or in the past in the UK, you
could get on a train and then pay while you are on the train.
But sometimes the ticket people don't come and ask you for money
so you can get away with paying, not paying for the train.
It's harder to do these days because most train stations now
have ticket barriers where you have to enter your ticket in
order to get on the train. And another example is you can
think about somebody who's always doing something bad but
never really getting in trouble. So you can say I don't know how
he gets away with it, I don't know how he gets away with it #3
is get along with or get on with.
OK, get along or get on. Both of these phrasal verbs mean
the same thing. And it's the definition here is
to like somebody and to have a good relationship with somebody.
So you can imagine that you meet somebody for the first time and
you can say, I think we're going to get along with each other.
I think we're going to get along with each other.
And if somebody is the type of person who seems to be friendly
with everyone, you can say he seems to get along with
everyone. He seems to get along with
everyone. And an example in the negative,
they didn't really get along. It's a shame.
They didn't really get along. It's a shame #4 is one that busy
people use all the time to get around to to get around to doing
something. And this means to do something
that you have intended to do for a long time, but you just
haven't done it. For example, you might hear
someone say, I haven't got around to it yet.
I'm so sorry I haven't got around to doing it yet, or I
haven't got around to it yet. And another example is have you
got around to send in that form? Have you got around to send in
that form? And it's a polite way to ask,
have you sent that form yet? Now #5 is get back.
Number one was get away and #5 is get back and to get back.
Some ways to arrive home after a trip to arrive home after a
trip. An example is, oh, I'm super
tired today because I got back late last night.
I'm super tired today because I got back late last night.
And asking about your neighbors. When are The Smiths getting
back? When are The Smiths getting
back? So you want to know when they're
getting back from their trip? Number six is get back to.
So another one with two extra words after get get back to and
this means to contact somebody later on to to give information
that might sound confusing, but if someone asks you, can you
find someone who can help me with this proposal?
You can say sure, I'll ask around and get back to you.
I'll ask around and get back to you.
So it means you're going to give that person information at a
later time. But get back to can also mean to
continue doing something that you had started earlier.
So let's just say you are you're working and then somebody calls
you on the phone and you answer and you have a conversation.
But after a while you say, OK, I've got to go.
I need to get back to work. I need to get back to work or I
need to get back to finishing this video #7 is get over.
And this means to recover from something.
A lot of the time we use this when we're talking about
sickness and health. For example, I just can't seem
to get over this cold. I just can't seem to get over
this cold. Or when you're talking about
something to do with sports, you can ask, have you got over the
loss yet? Have you got over the loss yet?
So you're asking somebody whose team had lost, have you
recovered from this? Do you feel better now or are
you still sad? Have you got over the loss yet
#8 is get rid of to get rid of. And I use this a lot.
And it means to dispose of something, to throw something
away. For example, should I keep this
jacket or just get rid of it? Should I keep this jacket or
just get rid of it? Another example, You didn't get
rid of that pen, did you? You didn't get rid of that pen,
did you? And this is true in my life.
We need to get rid of a lot of stuff.
We have stuff all over the house, stuff we don't need.
We need to get rid of a lot of stuff.
All right #9 #9 is get used to. This is very common again.
And this means to become accustomed to something, to get
used to something, to get used to doing something.
For example, in the UK, people drive on the left side of the
road, but in the US, people drive on the right.
And I can say when I moved to the US, it didn't take me long
to get used to driving on the right side of the road.
So it didn't take me long to get used to it.
It didn't take me long to become accustomed to this.
Now I've asked for more examples on Instagram because I've posted
a small lesson about this on Instagram.
You can follow me at to Fluency find me on Instagram.
And here are some of the examples.
Someone said I soon got used to working in the morning, which is
a great example. Another one is how can you get
used to getting up so early? How can you get used to getting
up so early? And the last one, my work is
difficult, but I have to get used to it.
My work is difficult but I have to get used to it again.
Be sure to follow me on Instagram at to fluency and #10
The last one, get up to to get up to something.
And this means to do something. So you'll hear people in the US
and the UK ask, what did you get up to at the weekend?
What did you get up to at the weekend?
And sometimes people respond by saying we didn't get up to much,
we didn't get up to much. So this just means we didn't do
much. OK, so those are the 10 phrasal
verbs with get. Again, if you've not listened to
the episode where I talk about get and how we use this verb in
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