Get Through | Learn Common English Phrasal Verbs

Hello! This is Jack from tofluency.com and welcome to this English lesson where

we're going to look at the phrasal verb: get through.

So first, let me show you an example of how I used it:

this green tea is going to help me get through the afternoon

it's going to taste good too. This clip came from snapchat.

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improve your English. Now, in that clip,

I talked about my green tea and I said this is going to help me get through the

afternoon.

So, the phrasal verb we're using here is to get through - to get through something:

this means to deal with or manage a difficult situation. Now, in my case it

wasn't a life or death situation -

I was tired because i had just done a live lesson and I needed a green tea to

help me get through the afternoon.

So firstly, know that we can use it in lots of different examples, in fact, here

are some more examples now to help you better understand how to use it:

Now, imagine that your friend has just broken up with her boyfriend. At this

moment she feels really upset and she needs help.

What you can say to her is this: don't worry I'll help you get through this.

I'll help you get through this - this means I'll help you overcome this

difficult situation.

Presentations can be difficult. People get nervous when they have to give a

presentation but in most cases if you get through the first five minutes then

it gets easier and easier.

So this means that if you get through the initial period, when it's the most

difficult, then it will become easier later on in your presentation.

The last example I have you is this - and this is a question that i asked my

wife last November - do you think we have enough wood to get through the winter?

I'm talking about firewood here and I'm asking her if she thinks that we have

enough of this firewood to get through the winter.

Now, there are other ways that you can use this phrasal verb and what I want you

to do is: if you know how else we can use this to leave some examples below and

I'll also make a follow-up video that goes through different ways we can use this

phrasal verb.

I also have a question for you: if you are feeling tired in the afternoon,

do you eat or drink something to help you get through it?

So in my case, I usually have a green tea. But what do you drink or what do you

have to eat? Or are you always energetic in the afternoon?

Please leave your comments below. Thank you for watching and I'll see you in the

next lesson!