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The verb get The past tense of get is got and the past participle is got or gotten in American English. The verb get means to receive or experience: I got a letter today. I got a blow on the head..This verb has a lot of meanings and uses in English. get means to reach the start of an activity: Get moving ! To bring something to a start : I'll get the car going.. To become : The food's getting cold. To cause to do : I got him to help me when I moved the furniture. To arrive : We got there at 8. To succeed in (doing): When you get to know him , you'll find he's quite different from what you imagined. To prepare ( a meal) : I'm in the middle of getting the dinner. To catch an illness: I got FLU twice last year. infml to understand: I try to make him understand , but he never gets the message. To annoy : It really gets me when he says those stupid things. The verb get can be used in so many expressions. get done with infml get finished get something done to cause something to be done: Get your shoes mended ! get above oneself to have too good an opinion of oneself. get ( something or someone ) right / wrong to understand ( something or someone ) correctly /wrongly . Phrasal Verbs get about also get around يتعافى من مرضة بأن يغادر سريره get across يجعله واضحاً get along with ينسجم مع get around يتملق - عامية - يتجنب ينتشر get at يصل إلى مبتغاه get away يهرب get back يرجع get by يتدبر أمره get down يهبط - ينزل get into يتورط في get off ينزل من حافلة - ينجو من العقاب get on well with ينسجم مع get on يتقدم في العمر - يتدبر شؤونه get out يغادر - يهرب - يخرج get over يتغلب على - يتعافى من get through ينجز - يتم - يجتاز امتحاناً N. B: I have a car = I have got a car I have to go = I have got to go We normally say : I will have to go , but we never say I will have got to go. Modals are not used with (have got to ). I don't have a car. ( correct) I haven't got a car. ( correct ) I haven't a car. ( it is no loner used) |
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