Expressions with get
What is the meaning of "get hold of"?
To contract
How many grammatical meanings of get?
5
1. _____________ James, did he ever finish that marathon he was training for?
1. Speaking of
How can you explain "ally"?
In time of war, a country that has agreed to help and support another country
People who aren't in the army
Civilians
Give their meanings:
1. Move aside - get ___ of ___ ___
2. Have opportunity - get __ ______
1. Get out of the way
2. Get the chance
1. Get+noun meaning?
2. Get+adjective meaning?
1. Bring, receive, fetch, obtain, buy, catch
2. Become
Goodbye 200 points
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What's coup?
What's revolution?
Coup is a sudden change of government that's illegal and often violent.
Revolution is an attempt by a large number of people in a country to change their government.
1. To start
2. Move back, away from the army
2. Retreat
1. I finally managed to __ ___ __ that hideous sweater my sister gave me I never liked.
2. It took him a few seconds of silence, after a while he couldn't stop smiling—he'd finally____ ___ ____.
3. Get one's own back on
1. Get rid of
2. Gotten the joke
3. Take revenge
1. Get to+place meaning?
2. When to use "get+past participle"?
3. Can I get smth to eat? - meaning of get?
1. Arrive in/at
2. Bad or unexpected things
3. To buy
Explain where to use:
1. Besides
2. That is to say
3. Anyway
Students' own answer
1. Remove government from power using force
2. To admit they had lost and wanted stop fighting
3. To kill as a punishment
1. To overthrow
2. Surrender
3. Execute
1. Wounded - ?
2. Loot - ?
3. Formal agreement between 2 countries
1. People who've been injured by weapons
2. To steal things from shops & buildings
3. Treaty
Find their meanings
1. Misunderstand
2. Be punished
3. Get the impression
4. Become familiar with
1. Get the wrong end of the stick
2. Get into trouble
3. Think/feel smth. Мне кажется
4. Get to know
1. Get+obj+V3 in what meaning and make sentence.
2. How can I get you to change your mind?-meaning of get in this sentence?
3. We should stop playing for now. It's __________ (cold)
4. My circumstances have ______ over the last 5 years. (More stressful)
1. Have+obj+V3
2. Persuade, make
3. Getting cold
4. Gotten more stressful
1. I thought the movie was going to be boring, but ________, it was one of the best films I've seen all year.
2. I don't really want to go to the party; I'm tired, and ________, I have nothing to wear.
3. _____________, the trip was a success despite the minor flight delay.
4. I'm not sure I can come. ________ , I have a lot of work to do
1. actually
2. besides
3. On the whole
4. I mean
See you 400 points
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Metaphorical meanings:
1. Surrender
2. Overthrow
1. Hand over, give
2. Cause to fail
1. If I ______________ while I’m in Paris, I’d love to visit that little bakery.
2. It takes a while to __________ him because he’s quite shy, but he’s actually very funny.
3.Could you please _________________? I’m trying to carry this heavy box into the kitchen.
4. He played a prank on me yesterday, but I’m going to _____him by hiding his car keys later.
5. If you don't finish your report by the deadline,you're going to_____with the director.
1. get the chance
2. get to know
3. get out of the way
4. get my own back on
5. get into trouble
Make 8 sentences using all 5 meanings of get in 1 minute?
Students' own answer
Make sentences:
1. All in all
2. Basically
3. Obviously
4. On the one hand, on the other hand
5. Incidentally
Students' own answer
1. A group of people who have been trained to protect others, usually with weapons
2. An officer in charge of a military operation
3. Army that surrounds a building or city and stops food supply
4. To blow up
5. People who are forced to leave their country/home because there is war or any other political reasons
1. Forces
2. Commander
3. Siege
4. Make it explode
5. Refugees
Metaphorical meanings:
1. Declare
2. Capture
3. Defeat
1. Say firmly
2. Interested, fascinated
3. I couldn't get