Phrases with GET Flashcards
An opinion or feeling that you have about someone or something you have seen but do not know very well.
“I get ___ _________ you’re a bit annoyed with me”
Get the impression
To experience or cause to experience extreme horror, disgust, surprise, etc.
“I got _ _______ when I saw how thin he had become”
Get a shock
To have, to get, to receive the opportunity or the occasion (to do sthg)
“Since we stopped working together, we hardly ever get __ _______ to see each other”
Get the chance
To understand something funny and find it funny yourself.
“Everyone else laughed, but I didn’t get ___ ______”
Get the joke
To spend time with someone or something so that you gradually learn more about him, her, or it.
“The first couple of meetings are for the doctor and patient to get __ ______ each other”
Get to know
To find someone or obtain something.
“Where can I get _____ __ some stamps?”
Get hold of
To remove or throw away something unwanted.
“I want to get _____ __ that awful painting, but I can’t because it was a wedding present from my mother-in-law”
Get rid of
To perform an action which is illegal, prohibited, forbidden or proscribed and to become subject to punishment for such action. (intransitive) To fall into difficulty.
“Sarah gets ___ ______ at school every day because she won’t stop talking in class”
Get into trouble
To stop obstructing or impeding someone; to move out of someone’s path.
“The truck finally got ___ ___ ___ _____ and I was able to turn right”
Get out of the way
You have your revenge on someone because of something bad that they have done to you / to do something unpleasant to someone because they have done something unpleasant to you.
“He made me cry, but I got ____ ____ _____ when I stamped on his toy cars”
Get (my, your, her, his…) own back on
