10 Powerful Phrasal Verbs with Get You Need to Know to Speak Natural English

let's learn some phrasal verbs with get now  get is one of the most commonly used words  

in English and when you add on different words  to get then they turn into different meanings  

so let's just get started with number  one which is get across to get across  

now this means to make someone understand  something in clearly so I hope this lesson  

is getting across well to you and you can  see in the video the woman getting across  

her point and here are some more examples I  used simple words to get my idea across to  

the team and he couldn't get his message across  because no one was listening which isn't very

nice number two is get along with on your  screen you can see the woman getting along  

with the person who we can't see in the video  now this means to have a good relationship  

with someone to get along with someone  means to have a good relationship with  

someone someone for example my brother and  I get along really well and do you get along  

with your new colleagues this is a question  you could ask do you get along with your new

colleagues the next one is get over to get over  something now this means to recover from something  

difficult like an illness or a disappointment to  get over something so you can see the woman on the  

sofa is finding it hard to get over her illness at  the moment here are some more examples it took me  

weeks to get over the flu it took me weeks to get  over the flu and she hasn't gotten over her fear  

of public speaking yet now you can also say she  hasn't got over her fear of public speaking yet  

and I used to be fearful scared of public speaking  but I got over that when I started a YouTube

channel the next one is get by to get by now  this means to manage or survive especially  

with limited resources es so if you have  limited money if you get by it means you  

are managing or surviving here are some  examples even with a small salary they  

manage to get by and how do you get by on so  little money how did you get by on so little  

money which is a very direct question so  be careful if you ask that to somebody

the next one is get through get through this means  to successfully deal with or complete something  

difficult it can also be used to talk about  getting through to somebody on the phone but in  

this case it's to deal with something successfully  for example I finally got through all my homework  

before I finally got through all my homework  before dinner now here you could also just say  

I finished my homework before dinner but to get  through something means that you're completing  

something difficult and he didn't get through  the exam because it was too hard it was just too

hard the next one is get around the video  is good for this one now get around means  

to to move from place to place or to avoid  something for example he gets around the  

city on his bike so you can see the person in  the video he is traveling through the city on  

his bike or he's getting around the city on  his bike and a question you could ask is how  

do you get around without a car how do you get  around without a car the next one is get back  

at to get back at now this video is quite funny  There It Is this means to take revenge on someone  

to take revenge on someone so if someone  did something to you you can get back at  

them something that you didn't like for example  he got back at his friend by playing a prank and  

that's what you can see in the video and just very  simply in the past tense he got a back he got a

back the next one is get ahead to get  ahead this means to succeed or make  

progress in something especially  a career or at school so you can  

see this woman here is getting ahead  with her tasks by working at night  

another example is if you work hard you can get  ahead which is a conditional sentence if you work  

hard you can get ahead and a question you might  ask is what's the best way to get ahead in this

company the next one is get out of get out  of this means to avoid doing something or  

or to escape to avoid doing something or to  escape for example I got out of cleaning the  

kitchen because I had a meeting I didn't  have to clean the kitchen because I had a  

meeting or I got out of cleaning the kitchen  because I had a meeting and in the video you  

can see a traffic jam unfortunately  she couldn't get out of the traffic  

jam before the concert she couldn't get  out of the traffic jam before the concert

the next one is get into get into this  means to become interested in something  

or involved in a situation for example  I've really gotten into cooking lately  

I've really got into cooking lately  which means I've become interested  

in cooking lately and how did you get into  photography how did you get into photography

the next one is get away with get away with  this means to do something wrong without  

being punished to do something wrong without  being punished now you might be wondering if  

you're watching the video what these people  are getting away with well he got away with not  

doing his homework because the teacher didn't  check you can imagine he was nervous about  

the fact that he hasn't done his homework but  the teacher didn't check so he got away with it  

and the other example is you can't get away with  lying forever which is a strong thing to say you  

can't get away with lying forever the next one is  get on with now we've seen this before but this  

means to continue doing something after a pause  or Interruption so before we saw how get on with  

means to have a good relationship in this case  a different meaning to continue doing something  

after a pause or Interruption for example after  lunch I got on with my project I continued doing  

my projects after lunch after lunch I got on  with my project and can we get on with the  

meeting now can we get on with the meeting  now so what to do now the first thing to do  

is get all the phrases in the description so go  to the description and read the phrases and also  

have a look at the English learning resources  that we have for you and then keep learning  

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