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EL
MUNDO DE "GET":
Analicemos aquí algunas expresiones con el verbo GET, muy utilizado en
el inglés conversacional. Estos son sus significados básicos: |
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COMPRAR,
RECIBIR u OBTENER algo: Please GET me a newspaper when you're in
town. I GOT a letter from Peter today. She GOT high marks on OM
Personal exams.
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CAMBIAR
DE POSICION FISICA: How are you GETTING home tonight?
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CAMBIAR
DE ESTADO:
We are all GETTING older if not wiser.
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En
particular en los Estados Unidos GET tiene otros significados
específicos: |
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I don't GET it. Why did he say that? (entender)
- Helen's behavior really GETS me sometimes.
(irritar, molestar)
- I'll GET the phone (responder, contestar)
- Once we GOT to know each other, we were great friends (comenzar
a conocerse)
- You must have GOTTEN out of bed on the wrong side
today (estar de mal humor)
- The meeting GOT off to a bad start with his speech (arrancar
mal)
- I'm having a little GET-together tonight (pequeña
reunión social informal)
- I'm going to GET back at her (vengarse)
- After 10 months of government, we have GOTTEN nowhere (perder
el tiempo) ;-( |
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Aquí
te ofrecemos una lista de algunos verbos frasales basados en GET: |
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GET
ALONG
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mantener
una buena relación |
He
GETS ALONG well with her |
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GET
ALONG
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arreglárselas |
How
will we ever GET ALONG without it? |
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GET
AT
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encontrar,
alcanzar |
The
investigation GOT AT the truth |
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GET
BEHIND
|
atrasarse |
I
GOT terribly far BEHIND with my work |
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GET
BY
|
arreglárselas
financieramente |
We
cannot GET BY on my salary alone |
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GET
DOWN
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deprimir |
This
weather really GETS me DOWN |
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GET
OUT OF
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sacarse
de encima |
I'll
try to GET OUT of that appointment |
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GET
OFF
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terminar |
I
GET OFF work at 5:00 p.m. everyday |
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GET
OVER
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recuperarse
de |
She's
just GETTING OVER the flu |
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GET
RID OF
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tirar
a la basura, destruir |
Please,
GET RID OF those old things !! |
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GET
THROUGH
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aprobar,
pasar, llegar a buen fin |
You
will GET THROUGH all our exams
!! ;-) |
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EVERYBODY
SATISFIED WITH THIS GRAMMAR?
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