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The Bobster
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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 Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 6:54 am Post subject: Phrasals and Slang : start with those that use "get' |
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How many can you think of? Yes, we all know how to google, but think of it as a game - how many can you THINK of, right now? We can include noun phrases that hinge off them as well ... yeah, I'm teaching this. Maybe you have taught it in the past, or maybe you willl, so let's help each other. And have fun.
(BTW, it's been my experience that Koreans often learn more formal ways of speech in classrooms, seldom get a chance to practice or get drilled regarding phrasals. As an American, I know this is a detriment, as it makes L2 speakers seem excessively formal, which puts us Yanks off a bit ...)
get started - begin something, like this discussion
get together - to meet by prior arrangement
get (object pronoun) together - arrange for other people to meet (I'd like to get tem together and see what they have to say to each other.")
"get it together" - slang, to indicate arranging a situation in a positve way
get-together - noun, referring to an event where people meet each other, perhaps for the first time, perhaps not.
get up - with no object, refers to waking up from sleep and leaving the bed
"get it up" - slang referring to a male successfully acheiving erection
"get down" - very slang, referring to a desire to party hearty
get over it - stop feeling sad or angry or sick
"get it on" - very slang, usually referring to having sex (q.v., Martvin Gaye)
get away - leave very quickly to avoid something
"make a getaway" - successfully escape
"get the picture" - understand
"get a chance" - find an opportunity
"get real" - stop telling lies, to yourself and to me, too
Add to the list, just out of your head ... like I said, it's just for fun. How many more can you think of, without referring to exterior sources? |
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mehamrick
Joined: 28 Aug 2006
Location: South Korea
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| Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 4:08 pm Post subject: |
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get the f**k out...  |
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cbclark4
Joined: 20 Aug 2006
Location: Masan
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| Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 4:11 pm Post subject: |
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get off my back
get a life
get bent
cbc |
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ilovebdt
Joined: 03 Jun 2005
Location: Nr Seoul
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| Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 4:24 pm Post subject: |
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get cheeky with it
get plastered/pissed - means to get drunk
ilovebdt
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mnhnhyouh
Joined: 21 Nov 2006
Location: The Middle Kingdom
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| Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 5:27 pm Post subject: |
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Get Fuvked, or course....
Get your *beep* together, .... get organised.
gettin' it................understand.
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pkang0202
Joined: 09 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 5:46 pm Post subject: |
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Get it on.
I also like the 3 G's. My friend used it a lot in college with one night stands:
Get up.
Get dressed.
Get the f**k out. |
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Novernae
Joined: 02 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 6:07 pm Post subject: |
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Get outta dodge.
Get outta here. |
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CoDeReBeL
Joined: 04 May 2007
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| Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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get paid
get laid
get stoned
Do a little dance, make a little love, Get Down Tonight! |
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CoDeReBeL
Joined: 04 May 2007
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| Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 7:30 pm Post subject: |
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| Get Out of Denver (Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band) |
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wings
Joined: 09 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 7:59 pm Post subject: |
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to get with it or to get with the programme
to get something through (to someone)
to get around (he gets around in a wheel chair) OR (wow, she really gets around)
to get by |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 12:10 am Post subject: |
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shit or get off the pot
get outta my face |
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Mosley
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 5:10 am Post subject: |
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| get into[it]: become interested in something |
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ajuma
Joined: 18 Feb 2003
Location: Anywere but Seoul!!
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| Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 5:42 am Post subject: |
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get behind=support
get in=enter a vehicle
get along=be friends/like each other (opposite: don't get along)
get even=revenge |
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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 6:21 am Post subject: |
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| "gettin jiggy with it" .... no meaning |
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The Bobster
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 7:22 am Post subject: |
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| jajdude wrote: |
| "gettin jiggy with it" .... no meaning |
I always thought Will Smith was talking about Korean food. Whenever we eat rice at a restaurant here, the spousal unit always orders this boiling stew, and I always say : "All right! We're gettin' chiggae with it!"
Dumb joke. Sorry.
Thanks to all you offered help with this. The students came up with some we didn't think of so far, but my notes are in the other room, and I'm a lazy man ... but a few that stick in my mind :
get up : 1) wake up and leave the bed; 2) rise
"get it up" : slang, man getting an erection
get back to : 1) return to a place ; 2) start doing someting you did before but haven't done recently
get across : 1) move something over something else ; 2) communicate (requires an object after, or an object pronoun inserted in the middle)
get with it : concentrate and fit in
get beyond : 1) travel over a boundary; 2) stop thinking about something
get to : upset or annoy
get after : follow or chase
Thanks again, to all who helped with this. I think I can build at least half a follow-up lesson with the stuff you gave me ...
Smiles. |
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