Sunday, March 15, 2009

Did you get it?

Hi there. I was wondering what to write for you. After some thought I made up my mind and chose to provide information on something a lot of students ask for help. Has anyone here ever had a problem understanding the word “GET”? If you had, here’s another chance for you to learn this “mysterious” word in the English language.


Well, get, indeed, has a lot of meanings. In order to understand them easily, I would say you have to be able to understand information according to the context instead of trying to translate it into your mother tongue. That said, once you’ve opened up your mind to do so, all will be crystal clear.


So, first, let’s take a look at some meanings we may get (obtain) from the word “GET”.


Encarta on-line dictionary provides 25 entries for “get”. I’ll list 21 of them below. One entry is considered to be archaic, and then I intend not to write it down. The other three yours truly will post pretty soon. I strongly recommend you enter the dictionary’s website so you can fully understand all the definitions.


1 - Get = become


*EFP 1173 I suppose you will probably get married, will you?"


2 - Get = bring something


So, let me see what I got here. Humm! Some Vegemite / Shit! I left your book in my car. I’ll get it. Just wait here.


3 - Get = catch illness


I think I’m getting sick. / I got measles when I was a child.


4 - Get = be in particular state


He’s got really upset. / The helicopter is waiting, sir. You’d better get ready. /
*FR5 2326 You're always throwing in my face that I'm going to get in trouble.


5 - Get = move somewhere, arrive


*H7F 383 Not a place you could necessarily get to by traveling anywhere from here, late Twentieth Century London, Earth, but somewhere, sometime. / I got here about 8:00 p.m.


6 - Get = prepare food


My wife gets dinner because I am not good at cooking.


7 - Get = use form of transportation


I get the 7 o’clock train to school. / Would you like to walk? No, I’d rather get a plane


8 - Get = obtain result


*AYP 994 And you get all this protection from one simple monthly premium. / Well, I got eight.


9 - Get = receive signal


Do you get Nat Geo in your house? / I can’t get any channel without cable TV.


10 - Get = have time or opportunity


Tell all about it. We got the whole world for that. / If you got it, go for it.


11 - Get = have idea, impression, feeling or benefit


I think I got the blues. / You’ve got it all wrong. Let’s start over.


12 - Get = manage to see something


Get a close up look *


13 - Get = begin something (informal)


Let’s get started! We have no time for lazing around
*JY0 1392 I want you to get the room ready, with a supply of masks and gloves, and gowns just inside the door.


14 - Get = manage or plan something (informal)


How did you get to put that box up there?


15 - Get = understand something (informal)


*ECU 299 And please don't get me wrong. / I don’t get it.


16 - Get = irritate somebody (informal)


Littering. That’s something that gets to me. /


17 - Get = arrest or capture somebody (informal)


The police got him down the street. / I got you!


18 - Get = hit somebody on the body (informal)


I got him in the face.


19 - Get = have revenge on somebody, especially by killing the person (informal)


They almost got Hancock in the end.


20 - Get = gain access to somebody with the intent to bribe him or her (informal)


He was such a righteous person! As he decided to run for election they got to him. Politicians are all the same!


21 - Get = leave (informal)


Get!


That's it.


I hope you got it!!!!


Source:


http://www.natcorp.ox.ac.uk/

http://www.onelook.com/


http://encarta.msn.com/