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She finished what she had to say with a gesture of despair. M
7 # 7 T# (ft ii§ o 0 They
communicated entirely by gesture, fid tc^UI 2 [C] something that you
do or say to show a
particular feeling or intention ( ^ BJ H&'lf HI #J ) I?, 7^7:
They sent some flowers as a gesture of sympathy to the parents of the
child, ffed — d'lf o O It
was a nice
gesture (= it was kind) to
invite his wife too. fEf&ffJilA d
A7<> 0 We do not accept responsibility but we will refund the
money as a gesture
of goodwill.
0
The government has made a gesture towards public opinion (= has tried
to do sth that the public will like).
o note at action
■
verb ~ (for/to sb) (to do sth) to move your hands,
head, face, etc. as a way of expressing what you mean or wantf#7^; :
[V, usually
+adv./prep.] ‘I see you read a lot,’ he said, gesturing at
the waii of books,
i&Ito o She gestured for
them to come in. ftfeABihffed 0 [V that] He gestured (to
me) that it was time to go. ffeTKlI ( ) il;£7o 0 They gestured that I should
follow. fM] /7 ;t if. $ ®
A ® □ [alsoVN]
gesund heit /ga'zondhait/ exclamation (NAmE, from German) used when sb has sneezed to wish them good health (
£iJAtTt«i£ ) UMftteg!
get 0-w /get/ verb (getting, got, got /got] NAmEga:t/) ITI1f3 In spoken NAmE the past participle gotten
/'gntn/ /'ga:tn/ is almost always used. P
iff Ail
gotten0
►
RECEIVE/OBTAIN 'J; WM 1 [VN] [no passive] to
receive
sth iftfij; : I got a letter from
Dave this morning.
0
What (= What
presents) did you get for your
birthday? 0
jltylT ? 0 He gets earns) about $40 000 a year,
it— 7#
4
AAAf&o 0 This room gets very
little sunshine.
7M |tU 0 I got a shock when I saw
the bill. # Iij Jlfc A
—1st o 0
I get the
impression
that he is bored with his
job. ^kffiBflill-MiitKi&ittfiX ff0 2 [no passive] ~ sth (for yourself/sb)
| ~ (yourself/sb) sth to obtain sth f#; % 3\: [VN] Where did you
get (= buy) that skirt? 17 £ ®IU l A 3P ^ 7 ? o Did you
manage to get tickets for
the concert? 17#?^ 7 7 ®i ? 0 She
opened the door wider to get a better look.
o Try to get some
sleep.
AJLBE0 0 He has just got a new
job. —
o [VNN] Why don’t you
get yourself a car? 17 A If 'A 7
fC7f£? 0 [VN, VNN] Did you get a present
for your mother? iff 17 -gf ^ $ 7 ? 0 Did you
get
your mother a present? 7 ®?r
? 3 [VN] [no
passive] ~
sth (for sth) to obtain or receive an amount of money by selling sth ( ) # f# , if 1# : How
much did you get for your
car? f7i$^:AII7
►
BRING 7/ 7 4 to go to a place and
bring sb/sth back A
tyL ( ^77 ) Em fetch: [VN] Quick—go and get a cloth! —— AAi&AA! 0 Somebody get a doctor! it
’ Ah<]7M7AbE!
01
have to go and get my mother from the airport (= pick her up). IS 1#
A W „ o
[VN,
VNN] Get a drink for John. 0
Get
John a drink.
►
PUNISHMENT % ff] 5 [VN] [no passive] to receive sth as a punishment ^fij; jffij ; $&#] ( JpJ ) ; He got ten years (= was sent to prison
for ten years) for armed robbery.
►
BROADCASTS f | 6 [VN] [no passive] to receive broadcasts
from a particular television or radio station
n/f fj; i&^rl!]: We can’t get Channel 5
in our area. $£d
►
BUY 7 7 [VN] [no passive] to buy sth, for
example a newspaper or magazine, regularly ( *£$] ) 57 Em
take: Which newspaper do you
get?
17iT$iIft‘
►
MARK/GRADE ft 8 [VN] [no passive] to achieve or
be given a particular
mark/grade in an exam ( )
££ 1# , fij : He got a ‘C in
Chemistry and a B’ in English.
ILLNESS [VN] [no passive] to become infected
with
an illness; to suffer
from a pain, etc. [ji§±; if g — Z#: I got this cold off (= from) you! &J®
f M fcfc 17 ! 0 She gets (= often suffers from) really
bad headaches.
►
CONTACT ft 7 10 [VN] [no passive]
to be connected with
sb by telephone ^ ( £A ) H ( *A ) ifi*
: I wanted to speak to the manager but I got his
secretary instead.
^45o
►
STATE/CONDITION if A; 11 linking verb to reach a particular state or condition;
to make sb/sth/yourself reach a particular state or condition ( Dl ) PJ, iS A: [V-ADJ]
to get angry/bored/hungry/fat A ; 717; tflti; A£f 0 You’ll soon get used to the climate here. 17
d 'I®iiJ L 7J 7] c oWe ought to go; it’s getting
late. $1 dl£^7, Afe®A@$.7o O to
get dressed/
undressed
(= to put your clothes on/take your clothes off) $ ± /1$, T A
i* 0 They plan to get married in the summer. #, d fT 3C A Ir o She’s
upstairs getting ready. 0
01 wouldn’t go there alone; you
might get (= be) mugged.
$7^—7 A ASP A,
A
^ ± II] 7] o 0 My car got {= was) stolen
at the weekend. AMfirTo 0 [VN-ADJ]
Don’t get your
dress dirty! ! o He got
his fingers
caught in the door, ffefltJ7}eHpT]A7o <> She soon got the
children ready for school. ?7±^
O
note at become 12 [V to inf] to
reach the point at which you feel, know, are, etc. sth Jf ita ( m.
AiHiJ, itA ) ; ) : After a
time you get to realize
that these things don’t matter. A; SN-|sH7ABJ 6ftO You’ll like her once you
get to know her. fi 7l?7*fe«fcA:!:$:M7Jo
o
His drinking is getting to be a problem. jAd® 7 o 0 She’s
getting to be an old lady now. MJJE7 fP'l£JiA£A^7o
►
MAKE/PERSUADt f<£ ; if ; 13 to make, persuade,
etc. sb/sth to do sth f£,
it ( ) ; iftJIR
(
Mz A#^^ ) : [VN to inf] 7 couldn’t get the car to start this morning,
A A ¥-±'A)£ it A A Hi® A o 0 He got his sister to help him with his
homework. ffeitMM^ 0 You’ll never
get him to understand. ^ zk A ft fit $ W o o [VN -ing]
Can you really get
that old car going again?
0
It’s not hard to get him talking—the
problem is stopping him! itfffeMW77)fl —-
*£WJiitfte P!
►
GET STH DONE {£ % fi% 7 *JT 14 [VN-ADJ] ~ sth done
to
cause sth to happen or be
done f<£ ( ) A7; &7E
) : I must get my hair
cut. ^#SA70 <> I’ll never get all this work finished. vL'aIZ
►
START If >(n 15 [V -ing] to
start doing sth jf£p; TFIfp :
1
got talking to her. 0 We need to get
going soon. fSd^S^AitAo
►
opportunity to do sth ( #••• ) ; %3\ ( # )
#1
z*-: He got to try out all the new software.
M 7 0 It’s
not fair—I never get to go first.
►
ARRIVE 3\ A 17 [V +adv./prep.]
to arrive at or reach a
place or point ) : We got to
San Diego at 7 o’clock, ffc d 7 & 7 S it A. o
You got in very late last night. 0
What time did you get here? ffcff-
l^M1]JL W ? 0 7 haven’t got very far with the
book I’m reading. $P A
►
MOVE/TRAVEL % rjj: tfc fj 18 [+adv./prep.] to move to or from a
particular place or in a particular direction, sometimes with difficulty; to
make sb/sth do this
({£)fJj*, &JF, M The
bridge was destroyed so we couldn’t get
across the river.
fSdA&SMTo 0 She got into
bed.
±
A Bi ^ 7 o o He got down from the ladder. ffeAi^7
± 7 A 7 o 0 We didn’t get (=
go) to bed until
on the bus? f£d£®PJL±£-^^
7-d 0 Where have they got to (= where are they)? ftklll 111 ff 'A life A A 7 ? 0 We must be getting home; it’s past