, get a long) to manage or survive      A

A; : We can get on perfectly well without her.

'k M fJc <l'] ill tb M f# f SAF 0 0 I just can’t get along without a secretary.        .get 'on to sb

1 to contact sb by telephone, letter or email ( #| ffe 45 if Ifc fealty ft )    The heating isn’t

working; I’ll get on to the landlord about it. ®!^A$!, t II ^     ^ i lx - T o 2 to become aware of sb’s

activities, especially when they have been doing sth bad or illegal        ( ^A^A&frA ) :

He had been stealing money from the company for years before they got on to him. ftfe^jl^^^t]

M*U%o get ‘on to sth to begin to talk about a new subject 4F#ri4i£,  ( friM ) : It’s time

we got on to the question of costs. ffeffji\f ik J& A1'°]J§J To .get on with sb | ,get 'on (together) (both BrE) (also ,get a'long with sb, ,get a'long (together) NAmE, BrE) to have a friendly relationship with sb ( Arl£A ) ffl iii40, A% fl.: She’s never really got on with her sister. ftfeiA        ®      0 She and her

sister have never really got on. ItcfAA» o

We get along just fine together, ffcfl] 4B fif# fS Si „ , get on with sth 1 (also ,get a'long with sth) used to talk or ask about how well sb is doing a task (         fnjifc

X#1# E ) JftJl, )&'£' : I’m not getting on very fast with this job.     2 to continue doing

sth, especially after an interruption ( Ate Is )

Be quiet and get on with your work.

A , iif         0 (informal) Get on with it! We

haven’t got all day.        tfcfn^Nl'WA^o

,get ‘out to become known MA^flil: If this gets out there’ll be trouble. 0 .get

sth*-'out 1 to produce or publish sth XA;  iB

US: Will we get the book out by the end of the year?

fB US'*!? 2 to say sth with difficulty ; Mlliffei#,: She managed to get out a few words of thanks, Jttfe ££ =f ® i# J Jl if tf #j „ ,get out (of sth) to leave or go out of a place       ^

% ) ; JA •• • IB A : You ought to get out of the house more. fft JSZ ^ 3\ fr ft A A: ^ 0 0 She screamed at me to get out. A^li, itfictBAo .get'out of sth

1 to avoid a responsibility or duty jg, $[ig, fg ( MX£r ) : We promised we’d go—we can’t get out of it now. o

[+ -ingj I wish I could get out of going to that meeting. ffi Mf£$sAA#;!jnilPA*^o 2 to stop having a particular habit ~fljt.fr-, ( >11® ) : I can’t get out of the

habit of waking at six in the morning. ISIP-A/N^^feStl^ ^fSi&ATo .get sth 'out of sb to persuade sb to tell or give you sth, especially by force ( XfsMff ) # lAI fcB,   The police finally got a confession out of her.

.get sth 'out of sb/sth to gain or obtain sth good from sb/sth JA -- M ) : She seems to get a lot out of life. MflUA/JAXSA H. Ao 0 He always gets the best out of people.

mfcxmwtxmti'

,get 'over sth to deal with or gain control of sth ffl ; % IK;  EEC! overcome : She can’t get over

her shyness. MTcfeAMM'IAXSL 01 think the problem can be got over without too much difficulty. 4£iA Alj&A fa]M A A)if      .get ‘over sth/sb to return to your

usual state of health, happiness, etc. after an illness, a shock, the end of a relationship, etc.  ( ^cHliX

He was disappointed at not getting the job, but hell get over it. ftfe'&ffJf'J&ffrXfMf AMftfe^&lftAFWo ,get sth^ over (to sb) to make sth clear to sb ft ( jj£A )    it ( £A )

0J S ® A: He didn’t really get his meaning over to the audience. flfeAt^XjEfife#J;i&fr D/r&ffMo .get sth over (with) (informal) to complete sth unpleasant but necessary     toff ) : I’ll be

glad to get the exam over and done with. ici^ATo

,get round/a round sb to persuade sb to agree or to do what you want, usually by doing nice things for them ( mwmm^zst ) i«£AJM, H£«Af* J®,        A: She knows how to get round her dad. M

.get round/a1 round sth to deal with a problem successfully J^^iffe;^#; HA; 3tL

Jjg Pm overcome: A clever lawyer might find a way of getting round that clause. jtj BJ (tfj W W i±L iA It 3\ M 3P A A infill A1       get round/a’ round to sth to find

the time to do sth tB B4l0l A#^^: I meant to do the ironing but I didn’t get round to it.     AM ft A IS (ft, hi

ffc 41 A IB B41b] o O [+ -ing] J hope to get around to answering your letter next week. ^ T Ml fg tB H fa]

'get through sth 1 to use up a large amount of sth $=j %    : We got through a fortune while

we were in New York!     !

2 to manage to do or complete sth (   ) &h?I, %

I$: Let’s startthere’s a lot to get through. n| jfl Jf Jfp BE —      .get 'through (sth) {BrE) to

be successful in an exam, etc. Jl®AlliSiS ( ) .get

sb 'through sth to help sb to be successful in an exam ^BJjSAJK^JiiM#!^: she got all her students through the exam. M?WMJSAWlft^XJ®4mM7%Ko .get through (sth) | ,get sth through (sth) to be officially accepted; to make sth be officially accepted ( ilil,        They got the bill through Congress, fife

.get 'through (to sb) 1 to reach sb f!]j£ ( ^A/Ji ) : Thousands of refugees will die if these supplies don’t get through to them. nnisASJ , 2 to make contact

with sb by telephone fTil,  I

tried calling you several times but I couldn’t get through.

JUAA-ft, immiMo .get'through (to sth) (of a player or team j^X^IA) to reach the next stage of a competition jffi A ( AGfri) : Moya has got through to the final.       .get 'through

to sb to make sb understand or accept what you say, especially when you are trying to help them (

■xm.«aw ) ): i

find it impossible to get through to her.       AA?A

ihitfen/f'Slo .get 'through with sth to finish or complete a task 7nJ&

'get to sb (informal) to annoy or affect sb        fe£X

^^AAX^ni^l: The pressure of work is beginning to get to him. Xf^JEAfj£ftfeM1t®Ao ,get sb/sth to'gether to collect people or things in one place SH; HH; iBcH; Aft: I’m trying to get a team together for Saturday. & X      Ail JH A %.

,get to'gether (with sb) to meet with sb socially or in order to discuss sth   We must get

together for a drink sometime.  &

ni§ —* # 0 0 Management should get together with the

union. AJSZ-^X^-^ — jgA^o —related noun

GET-TOGETHER

,get 'up 1 to stand up after sitting, lying, etc.

A; i&M rise: The class got up when the teacher came in. %ijipiSAWXIi^Ao o note at stand 2 if the sea or wind gets up, it increases in strength and becomes violent (         ) if®, .get 'up |

,get sb up to get out of bed; to make sb get out of bed ( He always gets up early, fife— |6j®     0

Could you get me up at 6.30 tomorrow? BJ1 AflF 6:30 ft .get yourself/sb 'up as sth [often passive] (BrE) to dress yourself/sb as sb/sth else ( #^A ) 4T J®,      She was got up as an Indian prin­cess. — related noun get-up

,get sth^'up to arrange or organize sth 4cjfb Afi£R: We’re getting up a party for her birthday. A^flH iE4^lr ilfeWX 0 M&o .get 'up to sth 1 to reach a particular point    we got up to page 72 last lesson. 3%

f|] ± — if ^ 5!j 1$ 72 iff 0 2 to be busy with sth, espe­cially sth surprising or unpleasant f£X, /A^ ( A ft 4" Aifei^^A'IA&lJ^ ) : What on earth will he get up to next? 0 She s been Siting up to

her old tricks again!       !

get-away /‘getawei/ noun [usually sing.] 1 an escape from a difficult situation, especially after committing a crime ( X H PJs(fi ) M B , M M : to make a quick getaway ifi H i! £& 0 a getaway car 2 a short holiday/vacation; a place that is suitable for a holiday/vacation MiU; fgB fAfrlflfe; ili'n If ffx^JftfeA: a romantic weekend getaway in New York