Learn English: 50 “GET” Phrases

Hey, everyone. I'm Alex. Thanks for clicking, and welcome to this lesson on 50 Common "Get"

Phrases in English. So, in this video, I hope that I will make you feel more comfortable

and more familiar with the verb "get" by placing it alongside some adjectives, some services

that you can receive with the verb "get", some sicknesses that often use the verb "get"

when talking about them. So, I've put them in different categories, and hopefully this

will help you feel more at ease, a little less scared of the verb "get" because it's

used in so many different contexts, and it replaces so many different verbs sometimes

that it can be a challenge. So, let's check it out.

First, you can "get" plus an adjective. So, you can get angry, you can get sad, you can

get ready for something. So, basically, you become, right? You obtain these emotions.

So, if you get angry, you become angry. If you're watching one of your favourite soccer

teams, for example, and they start losing, and they start losing terribly, and it's 3-0,

and you're watching the game, and you are becoming angrier and angrier, you say, "Ugh,

this game has made me so angry. I have gotten angry because of this game." So, you get angry

because of your soccer team doing terribly and making you upset. So, like I said, you

can get sad. "I got really sad because", you know, "somebody passed away" or "someone close

to me died". "Get ready", prepare yourself, okay? You can get ready to go out, like you

need to put your clothes on. If you tell someone to, "Hey, get ready", this means get dressed

in the morning if you need to leave somewhere and go to a party or a wedding, for example.

So, get pissed. This is a more informal way to say "get angry". In some parts of the UK,

if you get pissed, it also means that you get drunk, okay? So, to get angry or to get

drunk. So, "I got pissed because", let's say, "Arsenal lost 5-0 to Chelsea", if I'm watching

English Premier League soccer, for example. So, "I got angry", "I got upset", or "We got

pissed last weekend", this means we got drunk. So, context is everything. So, to get lucky,

this means you are fortunate. Now, if you get lucky, this is also an idiomatic way to

say that you met someone and you had sex. Yes. Yeah. No, it's true. That Daft Punk song

about "We're up all night to get lucky", this means we're going to keep dancing at the dance

club until we find someone that we can have sex with. It's not so innocent, right? So,

to get lucky means to have sex. It also just means you are fortunate. So, if you go to

the casino, say, "Oh, I got lucky and I won $50." Or if the police stop you and they say,

"You were speeding, sir", say, "Oh, I'm sorry, officer", and he says, "That's okay. Next

time, don't do it. You got lucky because he did not give you a ticket." Okay?

All right, next, to get drunk. So, to drink too much alcohol, and this plays with your

mind and, you know, the brain cells, so you cannot function properly or normally. So,

you get drunk by drinking too much alcohol, too much beer, too much wine, whatever else

you drink or liquor.

Get married. So, you have the ceremony, you know, with your wife or your husband. "Hey,

when did you guys get married?" "Oh, we got married 10 years ago." Or, "Where did you

get married?" "We got married in Paris", for example. Or, "We got married on a cruise ship."

Where did you become, you know, where did you have your ceremony? Where did you get

married and become husband and wife?

I got sunburned on my vacation. So, this means that I received, I obtained a sunburn while

I was on vacation. What is a sunburn? If you are in the sun for too long, and usually this

happens to fair-skinned, white-skinned people, such as myself, and your skin, you know, turns

red. Some people become lobsters when they are in the sun for too long. But if your skin

burns, you get a sunburn. So, you can say the adjective form, "I got sunburnt." Or,

"I got a sunburn", without the "t" at the end, or "ed" in some cases. So, I got a sunburn,

I got sunburned on the beach, for example. "Stuck", we got stuck. So, if you get stuck,

this means that you were unable to move, unable to make progress in whatever you were doing.

So, I can tell you a story where my wife and I were driving somewhere, and it was very

rainy, I was following the GPS, and it took us on this, like, dirt road, and literally

the car started going like this because the road was really, really terrible and muddy,

and there was lots of water everywhere, and our car got stuck in the mud. So, the car

couldn't move.

You can also get stuck, not just physically, but figuratively. Like, if you're writing

an essay and you don't know what to write next, say, "I'm stuck. I got stuck." Okay?

So, I got stuck, this is the past tense, I got stuck in my second paragraph or my third

paragraph because I didn't know what to do next. Okay, so I couldn't make progress. So,

these are adjectives, right? Next, you can use "get" with sicknesses and diseases. So,

I just put "sick". This should say "sickness", but I couldn't write all the way down, so

I just wrote "sick". It should say "sicknesses and diseases". So, you can get a headache.

If your head hurts, I have a headache. Okay? You can have or get a heart attack. So, this

is, you know, if you... Typically, if you're an older person or if you're someone who doesn't

exercise a lot and maybe you have a bad diet or there's too much oil, and salt, and sugar

in your diet, you can have a heart attack where your heart basically starts beating

too fast and essentially stops, so you can have or get a heart attack. You can get, just

like a headache, an earache, right? So, earache. And for that matter, you can get a backache

as well. So, this means you have obtained this thing, right? Something has given it

to you. So, "Oh, I got a headache from the concert." Or, "Oh, I got an earache after

I went swimming." So, like, I received this, somehow this got, you know, transferred to

me. I obtained this earache. So, this can also mean, like, "get" can also be used as

the verb "have" a little bit, but typically it should be "I have got", which means I have.

So, you can say, you know, "I've got a headache. Oh, I've got a headache." Like, I have a headache.

But some people just get rid of "have got" and just say "got" to say, "I got a headache."

The meaning is, "I have a headache." Okay? So, you can also use it like a past verb,

present verb, whatever you wish.

And this is a common question I get. How do I talk about, you know, if something hurts

on my body? You can say, "Oh, I got a pain in my wrist", in my shoulder. Right? Or in

my elbow. Okay? So, "I got a pain in my elbow", in my wrist, in my shoulder. So, I obtained

this maybe because, you know, we were playing soccer and I fell awkwardly, so I got a pain

in my wrist or in my shoulder.

Next. Okay, so we have more serious diseases here. So, you can get cancer, you can get

HIV, which is before AIDS. You can get malaria. So, I had a friend who traveled to Africa

and they got malaria from a mosquito. That took them like a week or two to really get

over it. But yes, you can get malaria. You can get a cold, less serious. Right? A cold

just means you are blowing your nose and coughing and sneezing a little bit. So, that's a cold.

And when you have a cold, you can get or have a runny nose. So, your nose, the liquid is

coming from your nose. So, you can say, "I have a runny nose.", "I've got a runny nose."

Or if you obtained, you know, you got this runny nose on the weekend, say, "I got a runny

nose from the beach because the water was too cold." Okay? So, now my nose is runny.

I got a cold.

Okay, next. So, I put like a happy face, sad face. So, you can get like positive or negative

emotions or feelings. So, for example, I get joy from playing with my kids. So, you can

get something or a feeling, get a feeling from doing something. I get satisfaction when

I do well at my job. Okay? Like, I feel satisfaction, I receive this feeling. I get pleasure from

seeing other people do well. Like, this makes me happy, this makes me feel joyful. So, I

get... And these are nouns. Right? So, use the noun form. So, not "I get joyful", but

you could say "I get joyful" because you've got the adjective form here. But you get joy,

you get, you receive satisfaction, you get, you receive pleasure. You can also get anxiety

from doing something. Like, I get anxiety when I go on job interviews. So, you feel

anxious. Okay?

Alright, so positive feelings, negative feelings. Next, I put like service. So, you can get

certain services or certain exams or whatever else done, things that you pay for or things

you receive from another person. The first one, I put a star because you can get a tan

by yourself. A tan is usually, again, lighter skinned people want to have a tan. They want

their skin to be a little darker, brownish. Okay? So, they go to the beach, they lay in

the sun. You can also go to a professional tanning salon to get a tan because you want

to receive a tan. Okay, get a haircut. This just means you go to, you know, the salon

or the hairstylist or a barber and you get a haircut. Okay?

What did you do this weekend, Bob? Oh, I got a haircut. Perfect.

A pedicure. Wait, pedicure is, that's right, for your feet. So, for your toes. So, typically

men and women can get pedicures, but typically we think of women going to get pedicures.

It's when, you know, you go to a salon and they really do a good job of clipping your

nails and cleaning your feet and making them nice and soft and smooth. I've never had a

pedicure. I should get one. It probably feels nice. Right?

Manicure is when you get your nails done. So, I got a manicure. So, they, what do they

do at manicures? I don't even, I don't know, but they make your nails nice. Okay? So, these

are your nails and if you want them to, you know, look nice and shiny and have them be

done professionally, you can go to a salon and get a manicure. Clearly, you can tell

I have never had a manicure or a pedicure because I don't know what happens behind those

doors. Or, this one is more of an informal way of saying you got a manicure and a pedicure.

Maybe you went with your friends, a group of, you know, your girlfriends, and you say

that oh, I got a mani-pedi, a manicure and a pedicure. I got my nails on my hands and

my toes done. Okay. Next, you can get a massage. So, you go to a massage parlor and you receive

a massage. You can get an oil change, not for yourself, for your car, unless you're

a robot, which is awesome that you're watching this. Hail, robot lord. Next, an oil, so yes,

an oil change. Right? So, you need to change the oil in your car. You can get an oil change.

I got an oil change on the weekend. I need to get an oil change. A filling. So, this

is when you go to the dentist and if you have a hole in your teeth, that's called a cavity,

you can get a filling. So, they fill it with, you know, silver or gold or whatever it is

that they put on top. But basically, this fills the hole in your tooth. So, you get

a filling. Get a root canal. I have never had a root canal from the dentist. I hope

I never have one. I have heard it's terrible. It's when they, like, drill holes between

your teeth to build a bridge and stuff. I never want to have one. So, you can get a

root canal from the dentist. So, that part's done.

Okay, get a checkup. So, this is from the doctor. So, the whole bottom line here is

for medical exams. So, a checkup is just a basic appointment that you make with your

doctor to make sure you're okay. So, maybe they check your throat, they check your heart,

they check your blood. This is a basic checkup. Okay? You can get various, various examinations

at a doctor. You can get a prostate exam, for example. So, the prostate is a part of

the male anatomy. This is one of the exams where a doctor takes their finger and goes

behind you. Okay? That's all I'll say. So, this is an exam that men usually get, I think

around 40 to 50. Yeah, around 40 years old, you should do your first prostate exam or

get your first prostate exam. I never thought I would say the word "prostate exam" in a

video. Next, finally, here on this board, you can get a blood test. So, if you want

to make sure that, you know, your blood is okay, you have no diseases, no illnesses,

you can also get a blood test. You're still with me? You're okay?

All right, so, so far we have done adjectives, sicknesses, illnesses, positive feelings,

negative feelings, services, suntans, prostate exams, getting drunk. There's still more,

so stay with me and let's continue to the second part of the video.

Next, we can also use "get" with comparatives. So, I put "compare". So, get better, get worse,

get faster, get stronger, get louder, get bigger. So, to become better, to become worse,

to become faster, stronger, by training at the gym, for example, you can get stronger.

You can get worse. Like, if you're sick, "Oh, is he getting better? Is he getting worse?"

It's like, "No, he's getting worse." If he's in the hospital for a long time and his condition

is becoming worse, he is getting worse. Or the U2 song, "One", the first lyric is, "Is

it getting better, or do you feel the same?" Right? So, is it getting better? So, get louder,

get bigger. So, wow, like, if you have a child, you notice that they get bigger very quickly.

They grow very fast.

Next, prepositions. So, prepositions are wonderful. Everyone loves them, right? Right? No? Okay,

well, let's try and make sure we're okay. So, you can "get in" or "get on", this means

enter different forms of transportation, for example. So, you can get in a car or get in

a taxi. Enter a car, enter a taxi. You can get on forms of public transportation. So,

you can get on a subway, get on a bus, or if something is, you know, like a bike or

a motorcycle, you can get on a bike, or get on a motorcycle, get on a horse. Right? So,

get on top of them. Or public transportation, get on a plane, get on a bus, get on a train,

get on a subway, or a metro, or the underground. All right? So, this means enter.

Get around the city or the neighbourhood. So, to get around means to travel. So, how

do you get around, you know, your city? Oh, I get around by bus. I get around by using

the subway. I get around by walking. So, how do you travel around, get around your city

or your neighbourhood? Okay, next, get by. So, this is actually a phrasal verb. I thought

I would throw a phrasal verb into this lesson for you guys. To get by means to survive.

So, hey, how are you getting by living in, I don't know, like your new city, right? So,

how are you getting by living in Brasilia, if you're in Brazil, for example, or Brasilia,

sorry, if you want. So, how are you surviving? How are you doing? I'm getting by okay. I'm

not getting by so well. So, I'm not surviving, or I'm getting by. I'm surviving. Okay?

Next, you can get to, just the preposition to get to a place. So, we got to the library

at six o'clock. We got to the gas station at five. So, what time did you get to whatever

place you went to, for example, if you are talking in the past? You can also ask a person

what time they will arrive at a place. Say, what time are you going to get to wherever

it is? Get to Jen's house. What time are you going to get to Jen's house, for example?

And we'll talk more about locations a little lower down here.

And get up. So, get up, this can have two meanings. One, stand, get up on your feet.

Or get up, this can mean if someone is sleeping, also stand on your feet, but also wake up

and rise. So, get up, stand up for your rights. There's a Bob Marley song in there somewhere.

And finally, most of you, if you have been studying English for a while, this is probably

not news to you, but to get along with someone means to have a good relationship, a positive

relationship with them. I get along with my mom. I don't get along with my math teacher.

I get along with my cousin, but I don't get along with my aunt, for example.

And next, places. So, most of these are adverbs, so words like "here". Hey, what time did you

get here? If you are, you know, at a party with a lot of people, and you see your friend,

and they look like, you know, they have a drink, and maybe the drink is half-finished,

and it's like, oh, you're here. What time did you get here? What time did you arrive?

Okay? So, you can get or arrive at a place, at a location, an adverb. So, I got here at

six o'clock. Oh, when did you get there? When did you arrive there? Okay?

Get back. So, what time did you get back? Did you, like, return to, you know, your house,

for example, or to work? Or, sorry, guys, I need to get back to work. I can't stay longer

for lunch. I need to get back to work.

Get home. So, not "to home". "Home" is actually an adverb, so it's slightly different than,

you know, get to a place, get to, for example, the grocery store. You just say "get home".

I need to get home soon. I got home late last night. I'm going to get home, whatever, in

five minutes. If you are talking, you know, to your friend, your roommate, your wife,

your husband, I'm going to get home in ten minutes, five minutes. That's five, that's

ten. Yeah.

Get downtown. So, same idea as home. I'm going to get downtown in 15 minutes. I will be there,

I will arrive in 15 minutes. And now, we have gotten to the end of this video. So, if you

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