get

verb

接到；得到 receive/obtain

1. 收到；接到
   to receive sth
   1. I got a letter from Dave this morning.
      今天早上我收到戴夫的一封来信。
   2. What (= What presents) did you get for your birthday?
      你收到什么生日礼物了？
   3. He gets (= earns) about $40 000 a year.
      他一年挣4万元左右。
   4. This room gets very little sunshine.
      这个房间几乎照不进阳光。
   5. I got a shock when I saw the bill.
      我看到账单时大吃一惊。
   6. I get the impression that he is bored with his job.
      我的印象是他厌倦他的工作。
2. 获得；得到
   to obtain sth
   1. Where did you get (= buy) that skirt?
      你在哪儿买的那条裙子？
   2. Did you manage to get tickets for the concert?
      你弄到音乐会的票了吗？
   3. She opened the door wider to get a better look.
      她把门开大些以便看得更清楚。
   4. Try to get some sleep.
      尽量睡会儿吧。
   5. He has just got a new job.
      他刚找到一份新工作。
   6. Why don't you get yourself a car?
      你为什么不买辆汽车呢？
   7. Did you get a present for your mother?
      给你母亲买礼物了吗？
   8. Did you get your mother a present?
      给你母亲买礼物了吗？
3. （卖某物）挣得，获得
   to obtain or receive an amount of money by selling sth
   1. How much did you get for your car?
      你的汽车卖了多少钱？

带来 bring

4. 去取（或带来）
   to go to a place and bring sb/sth back
   1. Quick ─go and get a cloth!
      快——去拿块布来！
   2. Somebody get a doctor!
      谁去叫个医生来吧！
   3. I have to go and get my mother from the airport (= pick her up) .
      我得去机场接我的母亲。
   4. Get a drink for John.
      给约翰拿杯饮料来。
   5. Get John a drink.
      给约翰拿杯饮料来。

惩罚 punishment

5. 受到；遭到；被判（刑）
   to receive sth as a punishment
   1. He got ten years (= was sent to prison for ten years) for armed robbery.
      他因持枪抢劫被判刑十年。

广播 broadcasts

6. 接收到；收听到；收看到
   to receive broadcasts from a particular television or radio station
   1. We can't get Channel 5 in our area.
      我们地区收不到5频道的节目。

买 buy

7. （定期）买，购买
   to buy sth, for example a newspaper or magazine, regularly
   1. Which newspaper do you get?
      你订阅什么报纸？

分数；等级 mark/grade

8. （考试）获得，达到
   to achieve or be given a particular mark/grade in an exam
   1. He got a ‘C’ in Chemistry and a ‘B’ in English.
      他化学考试得中，英语考试得良。

疾病 illness

9. 感染上；患上；遭受…之苦
   to become infected with an illness; to suffer from a pain, etc.
   1. I got this cold off (= from) you!
      我这感冒是被你传染的！
   2. She gets (= often suffers from) really bad headaches.
      她经常头痛得厉害。

联系 contact

10. 与（某人）电话联系；与（某人）通电话
    to be connected with sb by telephone
    1. I wanted to speak to the manager but I got his secretary instead.
       我想与经理谈话，可接电话的却是他的秘书。

状态；情况 state/condition

11. （使）达到，进入
    to reach a particular state or condition; to make sb/sth/yourself reach a particular state or condition
    1. to get angry/bored/hungry/fat
       发怒；生厌；饥饿；发胖
    2. You'll soon get used to the climate here.
       你会很快习惯这儿的气候的。
    3. We ought to go; it's getting late.
       我们该走了，天色越来越晚了。
    4. to get dressed/undressed (= to put your clothes on/take your clothes off)
       穿上 / 脱下衣服
    5. They plan to get married in the summer.
       他们打算夏天结婚。
    6. She's upstairs getting ready.
       她在楼上做准备。
    7. I wouldn't go there alone; you might get (= be) mugged.
       我不会一个人去那儿，说不准会碰上抢劫的。
    8. My car got (= was) stolen at the weekend.
       我的汽车周末被偷了。
    9. Don't get your dress dirty!
       别把你的连衣裙弄脏了！
    10. He got his fingers caught in the door.
        他的手指给门夹了。
    11. She soon got the children ready for school.
        她很快使孩子们做好了上学的准备。
12. 开始（感觉到、认识到、成为）；达到…地步（或程度）
    to reach the point at which you feel, know, are, etc. sth
    1. After a time you get to realize that these things don't matter.
       过段时间你会明白这些事情并不要紧。
    2. You'll like her once you get to know her.
       你一旦了解了她就会喜欢她的。
    3. His drinking is getting to be a problem.
       他的酗酒越来越成问题了。
    4. She's getting to be an old lady now.
       她现在都快是个老太婆了。

使；让；说服 make/persuade

13. 使，让（某人或物做某事）；说服（某人做某事）
    to make, persuade, etc. sb/sth to do sth
    1. I couldn't get the car to start this morning.
       我今天早上没法让这汽车发动起来。
    2. He got his sister to help him with his homework.
       他让姐姐帮助他做家庭作业。
    3. You'll never get him to understand.
       你永远不会使他明白的。
    4. Can you really get that old car going again?
       你真能让那老爷车再跑起来吗？
    5. It's not hard to get him talking─the problem is stopping him!
       让他谈话并不难——难的是让他住口！

使完成某事 get sth done

14. 使（某事）发生；使完成（某事）
    to cause sth to happen or be done
    1. I must get my hair cut.
       我得理发了。
    2. I'll never get all this work finished.
       这么多的工作我怎么也干不完。

开始 start

15. 开始；开始做
    to start doing sth
    1. I got talking to her.
       我开始与她谈起来。
    2. We need to get going soon.
       我们需要马上出发。

机会 opportunity

16. 有机会（做…）；得到（做…的）机会
    to have the opportunity to do sth
    1. He got to try out all the new software.
       他得以试用了所有的新软件。
    2. It's not fair─I never get to go first.
       这不公平——我从来没有机会先走。

到达 arrive

17. 抵达，到达（某地或某点）
    to arrive at or reach a place or point
    1. We got to San Diego at 7 o'clock.
       我们7点钟到达了圣迭戈。
    2. You got in very late last night.
       你昨晚回来得很晚。
    3. What time did you get here?
       你什么时候到达这儿的？
    4. I haven't got very far with the book I'm reading.
       我那本书还没读多少呢。

移动；旅行 move/travel

18. （使）到达，离开，沿…移动，艰难地移动
    to move to or from a particular place or in a particular direction, sometimes with difficulty; to make sb/sth do this
    1. The bridge was destroyed so we couldn't get across the river.
       大桥已经毁坏，我们无法过河了。
    2. She got into bed.
       她上床睡觉了。
    3. He got down from the ladder.
       他从梯子上下来了。
    4. We didn't get (= go) to bed until 3 a.m.
       我们直到凌晨3点才上床睡觉。
    5. Where do we get on the bus?
       我们在哪儿上公共汽车？
    6. I'm getting off (= leaving the train) at the next station.
       我在下一站下车。
    7. Where have they got to (= where are they) ?
       他们到什么地方去了？
    8. We must be getting home ; it's past midnight.
       我们得回家了，已过半夜了。
    9. The general had to get his troops across the river.
       将军必须让部队过河。
    10. We couldn't get the piano through the door.
        我们无法将钢琴搬过这道门。
    11. We'd better call a taxi and get you home.
        我们最好叫辆出租车送你回家。
    12. I can't get the lid off.
        我打不开盖子。
19. 搭乘，乘坐（公共汽车、出租车、飞机等）
    to use a bus, taxi, plane, etc.
    1. We're going to be late─let's get a taxi.
       我们要迟到了——咱们坐出租车吧。
    2. I usually get the bus to work.
       我通常坐公共汽车上班。

饭菜 meal

20. 准备，做（饭）
    to prepare a meal
    1. Who's getting the lunch?
       谁在做中午饭？
    2. I must go home and get tea for the kids.
       我得回家为孩子们准备茶点。
    3. I must go home and get the kids their tea.
       我得回家为孩子们准备茶点。

电话；门 telephone/door

21. 接（电话）；应（门）
    to answer the telephone or a door when sb calls, knocks, etc.
    1. Will you get the phone?
       你去接一下电话好吗？

抓住；击中 catch/hit

22. （尤指为伤害或惩罚）抓住，捉住，逮住
    to catch or take hold of sb, especially in order to harm or punish them
    1. He was on the run for a week before the police got him.
       他逃跑一周后警方才将他逮住。
    2. to get sb by the arm/wrist/throat
       抓住某人的胳膊 / 手腕；掐住某人的喉咙
    3. She fell overboard and the sharks got her.
       她从船上跌入水中被鲨鱼咬了。
    4. He thinks everybody is out to get him (= trying to harm him) .
       他认为所有人都想害他。
    5. I'll get you for that!
       这事我跟你没完！
23. 击中；使受伤
    to hit or wound sb
    1. The bullet got him in the neck.
       子弹击中了他的颈部。

理解 understand

24. 理解；明白
    to understand sb/sth
    1. I don't get you.
       我搞不懂你的意思。
    2. She didn't get the joke.
       她不明白那笑话的含义。
    3. I don't get it─ why would she do a thing like that?
       我不明白——她怎么会干那种事？
    4. I get the message ─you don't want me to come.
       我明白这意思——你是不希望我来。

发生；存在 happen/exist

25. （表示发生或存在）
    used to say that sth happens or exists
    1. You get (= There are) all these kids hanging around in the street.
       所有这些孩子都在街上闲逛。
    2. They still get cases of typhoid there.
       他们那儿仍有伤寒病发生。

使困惑 / 烦恼 confuse/annoy

26. 使困惑；使迷惑；把…难住
    to make sb feel confused because they do not understand sth
    1. ‘What's the capital of Bulgaria?’ ‘ You've got me there! ’ (= I don't know) .
       “保加利亚的首都在什么地方？”“你可把我给难住了！”
27. 使烦恼；使恼火
    to annoy sb
    1. What gets me is having to do the same thing all day long.
       使我感到烦恼的是整天都得干同样的事。

CHANGING, CAUSING, MOVING, OR REACHING 改变；导致；移动；到达

In most of its uses get is a fairly informal word. Gotten is an American form of the past tense and past participle. 在其大多数用法中，get是个很不正式的词。美国英语中，get的过去式及过去分词形式为gotten。


1. V-LINK （与形容词连用）变得
   You use get with adjectives to mean 'become'. For example, if someone gets cold, they become cold, and if they get angry, they become angry.
   1. The boys were getting bored...
      男孩子们开始感到厌烦。
   2. There's no point in getting upset...
      苦恼是无谓的。
   3. From here on, it can only get better.
      从此，情况只会越来越好。
2. V-LINK （用于表示状况或处境的表达中）陷入，处于
   Get is used with expressions referring to states or situations. For example, to get into trouble means to start being in trouble.
   1. Half the pleasure of an evening out is getting ready...
      晚上外出时一半的乐趣在于出门前的准备。
   2. Perhaps I shouldn't say that — I might get into trouble...
      也许我不该讲那些话——我可能会惹来麻烦。
   3. How did we get into this recession, and what can we do to get out of it?
      我们是怎样陷入这次经济衰退的，又该做些什么才能从中摆脱呢？
3. VERB 使陷入，使处于（某种状况或处境）
   To get someone or something into a particular state or situation means to cause them to be in it.
   1. I don't know if I can get it clean...
      我不知道自己是否能把它清理干净。
   2. What got me interested was looking at an old New York Times...
      我感兴趣的是看一份旧的《纽约时报》。
   3. Brian will get them out of trouble.
      布赖恩会帮助他们走出困境。
4. VERB 使…，让…（做）
   If you get someone to do something, you cause them to do it by asking, persuading, or telling them to do it.
   1. ...a long campaign to get US politicians to take the Aids epidemic more seriously...
      旨在使美国政界人士更加重视艾滋病流行的长期运动
   2. How did you get him to pose for this picture?
      你想了什么办法让他摆姿势照了这张照片？
5. VERB 使做好；使完成
   If you get something done, you cause it to be done.
   1. I might benefit from getting my teeth fixed...
      补牙可能对我有好处。
   2. It was best to get things done quickly.
      最好是赶快把事情弄完。
6. VERB 来到，移动到（某处）
   To get somewhere means to move there.
   1. I got off the bed and opened the door...
      我下床把门打开了。
   2. How can I get past her without her seeing me?...
      我怎样才能从她身边经过而又不被她发现呢？
   3. I heard David yelling and telling them to get back.
      我听到戴维高声喊叫着要他们回来。
7. VERB 到达；抵达
   When you get to a place, you arrive there.
   1. Generally I get to work at 9.30am...
      我通常上午9点半到单位。
   2. It was dark by the time she got home.
      她回到家时天已经黑了。
8. VERB 使移动到
   To get something or someone into a place or position means to cause them to move there.
   1. Mack got his wallet out...
      麦克掏出钱包。
   2. Go and get your coat on...
      去把你的外套穿上。
   3. The UN was supposed to be getting aid to where it was most needed.
      联合国应该把援助送到最需要的地方。
9. AUX （常用作助动词，代替be构成被动语态）
   Get is often used in place of 'be' as an auxiliary verb to form passives.
   1. Does she ever get asked for her autograph?...
      有人向她索要过签名吗？
   2. A pane of glass got broken.
      一块玻璃碎了。
10. VERB （最终或逐渐）到达（某阶段）
    If you get to do something, you eventually or gradually reach a stage at which you do it.
    1. Miller and Ferlinghetti got to be friends...
       米勒和费林盖蒂渐渐成了朋友。
    2. No one could figure out how he got to be so wealthy.
       谁也不知道他怎么会变得如此富有。
11. VERB 得以做；有机会做
    If you get to do something, you manage to do it or have the opportunity to do it.
    1. How do these people get to be the bosses of major companies?...
       这些人是怎样成为大公司的老总的？
    2. Do you get to see him often?...
       你经常能见到他吗？
    3. They get to stay in nice hotels.
       他们住进了舒适的宾馆。
12. VERB （让…）迅速行动起来/干起来/工作起来
    You can use get in expressions like get moving ,get going, and get working when you want to tell people to begin moving, going, or working quickly.
    1. I aim to be off the lake before dawn, so let's get moving...
       我计划黎明前从湖畔出发，大家马上行动起来吧。
    2. We need to get thinking, talking and acting on this before it is too late.
       我们得赶紧就此事开动脑筋，展开讨论，并采取行动，否则就来不及了。
13. VERB 到达（人生、事业的某一阶段）
    If you get to a particular stage in your life or in something you are doing, you reach that stage.
    1. We haven't got to the stage of a full-scale military conflict...
       我们还未到全面军事冲突的地步。
    2. If she gets that far, Jane may get legal aid to take her case to court...
       如果走到那个地步，简也许能得到法律援助去打官司。
    3. It got to the point where I was so ill I was waiting to die.
       病到这个程度，我只能等死了。
14. V-ERG （用于谈论进展情况）（使…）取得进展/不会有进展
    You can use get to talk about the progress that you are making. For example, if you say that you are getting somewhere, you mean that you are making progress, and if you say that something won't get you anywhere, you mean it will not help you to progress at all.
    1. Radical factions say the talks are getting nowhere and they want to withdraw...
       激进派宣称谈判没有进展，他们打算退出。
    2. My perseverance was getting me somewhere.
       我锲而不舍，总算有了一些进展。
15. V-LINK 到，接近（…时间）
    When it gets to a particular time, it is that time. If it is getting towards a particular time, it is approaching that time.
    1. It got to after 1am and I was exhausted...
       已是凌晨一点多了，我累得筋疲力尽。
    2. It was getting towards evening when we got back...
       我们回来的时候已经快到晚上了。
    3. It's getting late.
       时间不早了。
16. VERB 对…产生影响；使痛苦
    If something that has continued for some time gets to you, it starts causing you to suffer.
    1. That's the first time I lost my cool in 20 years in this job. This whole thing's getting to me.
       干这份工作20年来，我头一次失去了冷静，这一切让我大伤脑筋。
17. VERB 使烦恼；使恼怒
    If something gets you, it annoys you.
    1. What gets me is the attitude of so many of the people.
       让我恼怒的是这么多人都是这样的态度。

OBTAINING, RECEIVING, OR CATCHING 获得；收到；抓住

1. VERB 获得；得到
   If you get something that you want or need, you obtain it.
   1. I got a job at the sawmill...
      我在锯木厂找了份工作。
   2. The problem was how to get enough food to sustain life...
      问题在于如何找到足够的食物维持生命。
   3. It is impossible to get help, so she is doing everything herself...
      无法获得帮助，所有的活儿只好她自己干。
   4. He had been having trouble getting a hotel room...
      他一直找不到旅馆住。
   5. I asked him to get me some information.
      我请他为我打探一些消息。
2. VERB 收到；得到
   If you get something, you receive it or are given it.
   1. I'm getting a bike for my birthday...
      我过生日时会得到一辆自行车。
   2. He gets a lot of letters from women...
      很多女人给他写信。
   3. They get a salary of $21,000 a year.
      他们的年薪为2.1万美元。
3. VERB 去取；去带来
   If you get someone or something, you go and bring them to a particular place.
   1. I came down this morning to get the newspaper...
      我今天上午过来取报纸。
   2. Go and get me a large brandy...
      去给我拿一大杯白兰地来。
   3. Go and get your daddy for me.
      去把你爸爸给我叫过来。
4. VERB 准备（饭菜）
   If you get a meal, you prepare it.
   1. She was getting breakfast as usual.
      她像往常一样在准备早餐。
5. VERB 得出，计算出（结果）
   If you get a particular result, you obtain it from some action that you take, or from a calculation or experiment.
   1. You could run that race again and get a different result each time...
      如果再参加一次那样的赛跑，每次的结果可能都不一样。
   2. What do you get if you multiply six by nine?
      6乘以9等于多少？
6. VERB 卖得，售得（…钱）
   If you get a particular price for something that you sell, you obtain that amount of money by selling it.
   1. He can't get a good price for his crops.
      他的庄稼无法卖个好价钱。
7. VERB 有（做…的时间或机会）
   If you get the time or opportunity to do something, you have the time or opportunity to do it.
   1. You get time to think in prison...
      你在监狱里有时间反省。
   2. Whenever I get the chance I go to Maxim's for dinner.
      我一有机会便去马克西姆餐厅吃饭。
8. VERB 开始有（想法、印象或感受）
   If you get an idea, impression, or feeling, you begin to have that idea, impression, or feeling as you learn or understand more about something.
   1. I get the feeling that you're an honest man...
      我开始觉得你是个诚实的人。
   2. The study is an attempt to get a better idea of why people live where they do...
      该研究是为了更好地了解人们选择现在居住地的原因。
   3. Doctors can get the wrong impression from even an accurate description.
      即便很精确的病历也可能让医生产生错误的印象。
9. VERB 得到，获得（感受或好处）
   If you get a feeling or benefit from an activity or experience, the activity or experience gives you that feeling or benefit.
   1. Charles got a shock when he saw him...
      查尔斯见到他时大吃一惊。
   2. She gets enormous pleasure out of working freelance...
      做自由职业者让她体会到无穷的快乐。
   3. I would like to take pictures professionally because I get so much out of it.
      我想从事职业摄影，因为我从中获益匪浅。
10. VERB （设法）看到
    If you get a look, view, or glimpse of something, you manage to see it.
    1. Young men climbed on buses and fences to get a better view...
       为了看得更清楚些，年轻人爬上了公共汽车和围墙。
    2. Crowds shouted and pushed to get a glimpse of their hero.
       为了一睹英雄的风采，人群喊叫着，推搡着。
11. VERB 有（…的天气）
    If a place gets a particular type of weather, it has that type of weather.
    1. Riyadh got 25 mm of rain in just 12 hours...
       利雅得在12小时内降水就达25毫米。
    2. Northern Kentucky is likely to get snow mixed with sleet.
       肯塔基州北部可能有雨夹雪。
12. VERB 理解，明白（笑话或所说的话）
    If you get a joke or get the point of something that is said, you understand it.
    1. Did you get that joke, Ann? I'll explain later...
       安，听懂那个笑话了吗？我过会儿会解释。
    2. You don't seem to get the point.
       你好像没有弄明白。
13. VERB 染（病）；患（病）
    If you get an illness or disease, you become ill with it.
    1. When I was five I got measles.
       我5岁时出过麻疹。
14. VERB 搭乘，乘（火车、公共汽车、飞机或船）
    When you get a train, bus, plane, or boat, you leave a place on a particular train, bus, plane, or boat.
    1. It'll be two pounds to get the bus...
       乘公共汽车要花两英镑。
    2. What time are you getting your train?
       你赶几点的火车？
15. VERB 捕获；猎杀
    If you get a person or animal, you succeed in catching, killing, or hitting them.
    1. Take it easy. We've got him. He's not going to kill anyone else.
       别担心，我们已经抓住他了，他不会再杀人。
16. VERB 定期买（报刊、杂志等）
    If you get a newspaper or magazine, you regularly buy it.
    1. We don't get a paper...
       我们不买报纸。
    2. We already get The Times.
       我们已经订了《泰晤士报》。
17. VERB 接收；收到；收看到
    If you can get a particular radio or television channel, you are able to receive broadcasts from it on your radio or television.
    1. I only get Channel 7.
       我只能收看到第7频道。
18. See also: getting got

PHRASES AND PHRASAL VERBS 短语及短语动词

1. PHRASE 最…；（好…) 极了
   You can say that something is, for example, as good as you can get to mean that it is as good as it is possible for that thing to be.
   1. Consort has a population of 714 and is about as rural and isolated as you can get.
      康索特有714名居民，是极其偏僻的乡村地区。
   2. ...the diet that is as near to perfect as you can get it.
      几乎可以说是最无可挑剔的饮食
2. PHRASE 不能否认；无法否认
   If you say you can't get away from something or there is no getting away from something, you are emphasizing that it is true, even though people might prefer it not to be true.
   1. There is no getting away from the fact that he is on the left of the party.
      他属于该党左派的事实无法否认。
3. PHRASE 休假；度假
   If you get away from it all, you have a holiday in a place that is very different from where you normally live and work.
   1. ...the ravishing island of Ischia, where rich Italians get away from it all.
      意大利富人消遣度假的美丽岛屿伊斯基亚
4. （表示蔑视、不同意或拒绝）滚开，去你的
   Get is used in rude expressions like get stuffed and get lost to express contempt, disagreement, or refusal to do something.
5. PHRASE 你真是太走运了/你真是蠢得无可救药了
   You can say, for example, 'How lucky can you get?' or 'How stupid can you get? ' to show your surprise that anyone could be as lucky or stupid as the person that you are talking about.
   1. I mean, how crazy can you get?
      我是说，你真是太疯狂了。
6. PHRASE 叫…不要指望；叫…别做梦
   If you tell someone where to get off, you tell them in a rather rude way that you are not going to do or agree to what they want.
   1. If somebody tried to do that to you, you'd just go right up to them and tell them where to get off.
      如果有人想那样对待你，你就直截了当地告诉他们别做梦了。
7. PHRASE 有；存在
   You can use you get instead of 'there is' or 'there are' to say that something exists, happens, or can be experienced.
   1. You get a lot of things like that now, don't you...
      你现在有很多那样的东西，是吧？
   2. That's where you get some differences of opinion.
      那就是你们的分歧所在。

1. The boys were getting bored
   男孩子们开始感到厌烦。
2. Half the pleasure of an evening out is getting ready
   晚上外出时一半的乐趣在于出门前的准备。
3. I don't know if I can get it clean
   我不知道自己是否能把它清理干净。
4. How did you get him to pose for this picture?
   你想了什么办法让他摆姿势照了这张照片？
5. I might benefit from getting my teeth fixed
   补牙可能对我有好处。
6. I got off the bed and opened the door
   我下床把门打开了。
7. Generally I get to work at 9.30am
   我通常上午9点半到单位。
8. Mack got his wallet out
   麦克掏出钱包。
9. Does she ever get asked for her autograph?
   有人向她索要过签名吗？
10. Miller and Ferlinghetti got to be friends
    米勒和费林盖蒂渐渐成了朋友。
11. How do these people get to be the bosses of major companies?
    这些人是怎样成为大公司的老总的？
12. I aim to be off the lake before dawn, so let's get moving
    我计划黎明前从湖畔出发，大家马上行动起来吧。
13. We haven't got to the stage of a full-scale military conflict
    我们还未到全面军事冲突的地步。
14. Radical factions say the talks are getting nowhere and they want to withdraw
    激进派宣称谈判没有进展，他们打算退出。
15. It got to after 1am and I was exhausted
    已是凌晨一点多了，我累得筋疲力尽。
16. That's the first time I lost my cool in 20 years in this job. This whole thing's getting to me.
    干这份工作20年来，我头一次失去了冷静，这一切让我大伤脑筋。
17. What gets me is the attitude of so many of the people.
    让我恼怒的是这么多人都是这样的态度。
18. I got a job at the sawmill
    我在锯木厂找了份工作。
19. I'm getting a bike for my birthday
    我过生日时会得到一辆自行车。
20. I came down this morning to get the newspaper
    我今天上午过来取报纸。
21. She was getting breakfast as usual.
    她像往常一样在准备早餐。
22. You could run that race again and get a different result each time
    如果再参加一次那样的赛跑，每次的结果可能都不一样。
23. He can't get a good price for his crops.
    他的庄稼无法卖个好价钱。
24. You get time to think in prison
    你在监狱里有时间反省。
25. I get the feeling that you're an honest man
    我开始觉得你是个诚实的人。
26. Charles got a shock when he saw him
    查尔斯见到他时大吃一惊。
27. Young men climbed on buses and fences to get a better view
    为了看得更清楚些，年轻人爬上了公共汽车和围墙。
28. Did you get that joke, Ann? I'll explain later
    安，听懂那个笑话了吗？我过会儿会解释。

  arrive get reach【导航词义：到达】

  arrive v. 到达

〔辨析〕不及物动词，表示到达较大的地方（如城市、国家等）时后接介词 in，而到达较小的地方（如机关、学校、商店等）时则后接介词 at。

  get v. 到达

〔辨析〕不及物动词，须后接副词或介词 to。

  reach v. 到达

〔辨析〕及物动词，可直接后接名词或副词。

  buy get purchase【导航词义：购买】

  buy v. 买，购买

〔辨析〕普通用词，既可指日常随意购物也可指购买大件物品，可后接双宾语。

  get v. 买，购买

〔辨析〕作此义解时较口语化，可与 buy 换用。

  purchase v. 〈正式〉购买，购置

〔辨析〕词义同 buy，但更为正式，且不可后接双宾语。

  earn clear get make【导航词义：赚钱】

  earn v. 赚得，挣（钱）

〔辨析〕指因提供某种服务或从事某种劳动或工作而获得报酬。

  clear v. 〈非正式〉净赚，净挣

〔辨析〕指扣税后赚取收益。

  get v. 挣得，赚得

〔辨析〕普通用词，可指以任何方式挣钱，在日常用语中可与 earn 换用。

  make v. 挣得，获得

〔辨析〕与 earn 基本同义，常可换用。

  gain acquire attain get【导航词义：获得】

  gain v. 获得，取得

〔辨析〕指通过后天努力或有目的的行动逐渐获得某种想要或需要的东西，如成就、利益等。

  acquire v. 获得，取得

〔辨析〕指通过自身持续不断的努力而获得某物，也指日积月累地获得知识、技能等。

  attain v. 〈正式〉得到，获得

〔辨析〕指通过长时间的艰苦努力而得到所需或盼望已久的东西，如成就、重要职位等。

  get v. 得到，获得

〔辨析〕普通用词，可指以任何方式得到某物，并非一定要经过努力。

  take bring fetch get【导航词义：拿，带】

  take v. 带去，拿去

〔辨析〕指从说话人所在或所说之处把某人或某物带走，侧重方向而非方式，与 bring 的方向正相反。

  bring v. 带来，拿来

〔辨析〕指从别处把某人或某物带到说话人所在或所说之处。

  fetch v. 〈尤英〉（去）拿来

〔辨析〕指去取了某物或带上某人再返回原处，即一往一返，相当于 go and bring，但有时也可说 go and fetch，意思和 fetch 并无不同。

  get v. 带来，去拿

〔辨析〕指从别处带来或拿来，常可与 fetch 换用，但语气较随便，多用于口语。

get about

get about

get above yourself

1. 自以为了不起；自高自大；自视甚高
   to have too high an opinion of yourself
   1. Where did you get (= buy) that skirt?
      你在哪儿买的那条裙子？
   2. Did you manage to get tickets for the concert?
      你弄到音乐会的票了吗？
   3. She opened the door wider to get a better look.
      她把门开大些以便看得更清楚。
   4. Try to get some sleep.
      尽量睡会儿吧。
   5. He has just got a new job.
      他刚找到一份新工作。
   6. Why don't you get yourself a car?
      你为什么不买辆汽车呢？
   7. Did you get a present for your mother?
      给你母亲买礼物了吗？
   8. Did you get your mother a present?
      给你母亲买礼物了吗？

get across (to sb)

get sth↔across (to sb)

1. 被传达；被理解；把…讲清楚
   to be communicated or understood; to succeed in communicating sth
   1. Quick ─go and get a cloth!
      快——去拿块布来！
   2. Somebody get a doctor!
      谁去叫个医生来吧！
   3. I have to go and get my mother from the airport (= pick her up) .
      我得去机场接我的母亲。
   4. Get a drink for John.
      给约翰拿杯饮料来。
   5. Get John a drink.
      给约翰拿杯饮料来。

get ahead (of sb)

1. 走在（某人的）前面；领先；胜过（某人）
   to make progress (further than others have done)
   1. He got ten years (= was sent to prison for ten years) for armed robbery.
      他因持枪抢劫被判刑十年。

get along

1. 离开；离去
   to leave a place
   1. We can't get Channel 5 in our area.
      我们地区收不到5频道的节目。
2. 离开；离去
   to leave a place

get around

1. 传播；流传；各处走动
   to move from place to place or from person to person
2. 传播；流传；各处走动
   to move from place to place or from person to person
   1. He got a ‘C’ in Chemistry and a ‘B’ in English.
      他化学考试得中，英语考试得良。

get at sb

1. 一再批评，不断指责，老是数落（某人）
   to keep criticizing sb
   1. I got this cold off (= from) you!
      我这感冒是被你传染的！
   2. She gets (= often suffers from) really bad headaches.
      她经常头痛得厉害。

get at sb/sth

1. 到达某处；接近某人（或某物）；够得着某物
   to reach sb/sth; to gain access to sb/sth
   1. I wanted to speak to the manager but I got his secretary instead.
      我想与经理谈话，可接电话的却是他的秘书。

get at sth

1. 获悉；了解；查明；发现
   to learn or find out sth
   1. to get angry/bored/hungry/fat
      发怒；生厌；饥饿；发胖
   2. You'll soon get used to the climate here.
      你会很快习惯这儿的气候的。
   3. We ought to go; it's getting late.
      我们该走了，天色越来越晚了。
   4. to get dressed/undressed (= to put your clothes on/take your clothes off)
      穿上 / 脱下衣服
   5. They plan to get married in the summer.
      他们打算夏天结婚。
   6. She's upstairs getting ready.
      她在楼上做准备。
   7. I wouldn't go there alone; you might get (= be) mugged.
      我不会一个人去那儿，说不准会碰上抢劫的。
   8. My car got (= was) stolen at the weekend.
      我的汽车周末被偷了。
   9. Don't get your dress dirty!
      别把你的连衣裙弄脏了！
   10. He got his fingers caught in the door.
       他的手指给门夹了。
   11. She soon got the children ready for school.
       她很快使孩子们做好了上学的准备。

get away

1. 度假；休假
   to have a holiday/vacation
2. （表示不相信或惊奇）别胡扯
   used to show that you do not believe or are surprised by what sb has said
   1. I couldn't get the car to start this morning.
      我今天早上没法让这汽车发动起来。
   2. He got his sister to help him with his homework.
      他让姐姐帮助他做家庭作业。
   3. You'll never get him to understand.
      你永远不会使他明白的。
   4. Can you really get that old car going again?
      你真能让那老爷车再跑起来吗？
   5. It's not hard to get him talking─the problem is stopping him!
      让他谈话并不难——难的是让他住口！

get away (from…)

1. （得以）离开，脱身
   to succeed in leaving a place
   1. I must get my hair cut.
      我得理发了。
   2. I'll never get all this work finished.
      这么多的工作我怎么也干不完。

get away (from sb/…)

1. 摆脱（某人）；逃离（某地）
   to escape from sb or a place
   1. I got talking to her.
      我开始与她谈起来。
   2. We need to get going soon.
      我们需要马上出发。

get away with sth

1. 偷携某物潜逃；偷走
   to steal sth and escape with it
   1. He got to try out all the new software.
      他得以试用了所有的新软件。
   2. It's not fair─I never get to go first.
      这不公平——我从来没有机会先走。
2. 受到从轻发落（轻微惩罚）
   to receive a relatively light punishment
3. 做（坏事）而未受惩罚
   to do sth wrong and not be punished for it
   1. We got to San Diego at 7 o'clock.
      我们7点钟到达了圣迭戈。
   2. You got in very late last night.
      你昨晚回来得很晚。
   3. What time did you get here?
      你什么时候到达这儿的？
   4. I haven't got very far with the book I'm reading.
      我那本书还没读多少呢。
4. 以（比预期少的事物）就能应付
   to manage with less of sth than you might expect to need

get back

1. 返回；回去；回家
   to return, especially to your home
   1. We're going to be late─let's get a taxi.
      我们要迟到了——咱们坐出租车吧。
   2. I usually get the bus to work.
      我通常坐公共汽车上班。

get sth↔back

1. 寻回，找回，重新获得（丢失的东西）
   to obtain sth again after having lost it
   1. Who's getting the lunch?
      谁在做中午饭？
   2. I must go home and get tea for the kids.
      我得回家为孩子们准备茶点。
   3. I must go home and get the kids their tea.
      我得回家为孩子们准备茶点。

get back (in)

1. 重新上台；东山再起
   to win an election after having lost the previous one
   1. Will you get the phone?
      你去接一下电话好吗？

get back at sb

1. 向某人报复
   to do sth bad to sb who has done sth bad to you; to get revenge on sb
   1. He was on the run for a week before the police got him.
      他逃跑一周后警方才将他逮住。
   2. to get sb by the arm/wrist/throat
      抓住某人的胳膊 / 手腕；掐住某人的喉咙
   3. She fell overboard and the sharks got her.
      她从船上跌入水中被鲨鱼咬了。
   4. He thinks everybody is out to get him (= trying to harm him) .
      他认为所有人都想害他。
   5. I'll get you for that!
      这事我跟你没完！

get back to sb

1. 以后再答复（或回复）某人
   to speak or write to sb again later, especially in order to give a reply

get back to sth

1. 回到某事上
   to return to sth

get behind (with sth)

1. 落后；拖延；拖欠
   to fail to make enough progress or to produce sth at the right time

get by (on/in/with sth)

1. （靠…）维持生计，设法过活，勉强应付
   to manage to live or do a particular thing using the money, knowledge, equipment, etc. that you have
   1. What gets me is having to do the same thing all day long.
      使我感到烦恼的是整天都得干同样的事。

get down

1. 饭后离开餐桌
   to leave the table after a meal

get sb down

1. 使悲伤；使沮丧；使忧郁
   to make sb feel sad or depressed

get sth↔down

1. （困难地）吞下，咽下
   to swallow sth, usually with difficulty
2. 记录；记下；写下
   to make a note of sth

get down to sth

1. 开始做某事；开始认真注意（或对待）某事
   to begin to do sth; to give serious attention to sth

get in

get into sth

1. 到达
   to arrive at a place
2. 当选
   to win an election
3. 被录取；被接受入学
   to be admitted to a school, university, etc.

get sb↔in

1. 请某人来家里做事
   to call sb to your house to do a job

get sth↔in

1. 收集；收割
   to collect or gather sth
2. 购买；买进
   to buy a supply of sth
3. 设法做（或说）
   to manage to do or say sth

get in on sth

1. 参加（活动）
   to take part in an activity

get in with sb

1. （尤指为捞取好处与某人）成为朋友，拉关系，套近乎
   to become friendly with sb, especially in order to gain an advantage

get into sth

1. （尤指费力地）穿上
   to put on a piece of clothing, especially with difficulty
2. 开始从事某职业
   to start a career in a particular profession
3. 参与，开始（某事）
   to become involved in sth; to start sth
4. 养成某种习惯；习惯于
   to develop a particular habit
5. 对…产生兴趣
   to become interested in sth
6. 开始熟悉；学会
   to become familiar with sth; to learn sth

get into sth

get yourself/sb into sth

1. （使）陷入，处于，达到
   to reach a particular state or condition; to make sb reach a particular state or condition

get off

get off sb

1. （尤用于告诉别人）别碰，走远点
   used especially to tell sb to stop touching you or another person

get off

get sb off

1. （使某人）离开，出发，动身
   to leave a place or start a journey; to help sb do this
2. （使）入睡
   to fall asleep; to make sb do this

get off

get off sth

1. 经允许离开工作；下班
   to leave work with permission

get off sth

get sb off sth

1. （使）停止讨论，不再谈论
   to stop discussing a particular subject; to make sb do this

get sth off

1. 邮寄某物
   to send sth by post/mail

get off on sth

1. 因…而兴奋，因…而激动（尤指性兴奋）
   to be excited by sth, especially in a sexual way

get off (with sth)

1. （在事故中）幸免于难，并无大恙
   to have no or almost no injuries in an accident

get off (with sth)

get sb off (with sth)

1. （使）免受处罚，逃脱惩罚
   to receive no or almost no punishment; to help sb do this

get off with sb

1. （与某人）发生性关系，谈恋爱，开始性关系
   to have a sexual or romantic experience with sb; to start a sexual relationship with sb

get on

1. （谈及或问及某人）进展，进步
   used to talk or ask about how well sb is doing in a particular situation
2. 获得成功；事业有成
   to be successful in your career, etc.
3. 对付；应付；活下来；过活
   to manage or survive

get on to sb

1. （用电话、书信或电子邮件）与某人联系
   to contact sb by telephone, letter or email
2. 觉察，察觉，识破（某人的不法行为）
   to become aware of sb's activities, especially when they have been doing sth bad or illegal

get on to sth

1. 开始讨论，转而谈论（新课题）
   to begin to talk about a new subject

get on with sb

get on (together)

1. （与某人）和睦相处，关系良好
   to have a friendly relationship with sb

get on with sth

1. （谈及或问及工作情况）进展，进步
   used to talk or ask about how well sb is doing a task
2. （尤指中断后）继续做某事
   to continue doing sth, especially after an interruption

get out

1. 泄露；被人知道
   to become known

get sth↔out

1. 生产；发表；出版
   to produce or publish sth
2. 困难地说出；勉强地说
   to say sth with difficulty

get out (of sth)

1. 离开（某地）；从…出来
   to leave or go out of a place

get out of sth

1. 逃避，规避，摆脱（责任或义务）
   to avoid a responsibility or duty
2. 放弃，戒除，抛弃（习惯）
   to stop having a particular habit

get sth out of sb

1. （尤指强行）盘问出，获取
   to persuade sb to tell or give you sth, especially by force

get sth out of sb/sth

1. 从…中获得（有益的东西）
   to gain or obtain sth good from sb/sth

get over sth

1. 解决；克服；控制
   to deal with or gain control of sth

get over sth/sb

1. 从疾病（或震惊、断绝关系等）中恢复常态
   to return to your usual state of health, happiness, etc. after an illness, a shock, the end of a relationship, etc.

get sth↔over (to sb)

1. 向（某人）讲清某事；让（某人）明白某事
   to make sth clear to sb

get sth over (with)

1. 完成，结束（令人不快但免不了的事）
   to complete sth unpleasant but necessary

get round/around sb

1. （用讨好卖乖的手段）说服某人同意，哄骗某人依顺，笼络某人
   to persuade sb to agree or to do what you want, usually by doing nice things for them

get round/around sth

1. 成功地对付；解决；克服
   to deal with a problem successfully

get round/around to sth

1. 抽出时间来做某事
   to find the time to do sth

get through sth

1. 消耗掉；用完；耗尽
   to use up a large amount of sth
2. （设法）处理，完成
   to manage to do or complete sth

get through (sth)

1. 顺利通过（考试等）
   to be successful in an exam, etc.

get sb through sth

1. 帮助某人顺利通过考试
   to help sb to be successful in an exam

get through (sth)

get sth through (sth)

1. （使）正式通过，获得采纳
   to be officially accepted; to make sth be officially accepted

get through (to sb)

1. 到达（某人处）
   to reach sb
2. （用电话）接通，打通，联系上
   to make contact with sb by telephone

get through (to sth)

1. 进入（下阶段比赛）
   to reach the next stage of a competition

get through to sb

1. （尤指在努力帮助某人时）使某人理解，使某人接受（所讲的话）
   to make sb understand or accept what you say, especially when you are trying to help them

get through with sth

1. 结束；完成
   to finish or complete a task

get to sb

1. 使烦恼；使生气；对某人产生影响
   to annoy or affect sb

get sb/sth together

1. 召集；聚集；收集；汇集
   to collect people or things in one place

get together (with sb)

1. 举行社交聚会；开会
   to meet with sb socially or in order to discuss sth

get up

1. 站起；起来；起身
   to stand up after sitting, lying, etc.
2. （海浪、风等）增强，变猛烈
   if the sea or wind gets up , it increases in strength and becomes violent

get up

get sb up

1. （使）起床
   to get out of bed; to make sb get out of bed

get yourself/sb up as sth

1. （将某人）打扮成，化装成，装扮成
   to dress yourself/sb as sb/sth else

get sth↔up

1. 安排；组织
   to arrange or organize sth

get up to sth

1. 到达某一点
   to reach a particular point
2. 忙于，从事（尤指令人吃惊或不快的事）
   to be busy with sth, especially sth surprising or unpleasant

v.

be getting on

• 变老；上年纪
  to be becoming old
• 渐晚；渐迟
  to be becoming late
  1. The time's getting on─we ought to be going.
     时间越来越晚了——我们该走了。

be getting on for…

• 接近（某时刻、年龄或数目）
  to be nearly a particular time, age or number
  1. It must be getting on for midnight.
     一定快到半夜了。
  2. He's getting on for eighty.
     他近八十岁了。

can't get over sth

• 因…而感到震惊（或惊讶、好笑等）
  used to say that you are shocked, surprised, amused, etc. by sth
  1. I can't get over how rude she was.
     她这么粗鲁真使我感到惊讶。

get away from it all

• （到他处度短假）躲清静
  to have a short holiday/vacation in a place where you can relax

get it on (with sb)

• （与某人）性交
  to have sex with sb

get it

get it

get it up

• 勃起
  to have an erection

get sb going

• 激怒某人；使某人担忧（或激动）
  to make sb angry, worried or excited

get sb nowhere/not get sb anywhere

• 使无所进展（或成就）；徒劳
  to not help sb make progress or succeed
  1. This line of investigation is getting us nowhere.
     这种调查方式不会使我们得到任何结果。
  2. Being rude to me won't get you anywhere.
     你对我撒野也没有用。

get somewhere/anywhere/nowhere

• 有所（或无所）进展
  to make some progress/no progress
  1. After six months' work on the project, at last I feel I'm getting somewhere.
     那个项目干了六个月之后我终于感到有了一些进展。
  2. I don't seem to be getting anywhere with this letter.
     我的这封信看样子没多大进展。

get there

• 达到目的；完成任务；获得成功
  to achieve your aim or complete a task
  1. I'm sure you'll get there in the end.
     我相信你最终会成功的。
  2. It's not perfect but we're getting there (= making progress) .
     虽然这并非完美无瑕，但我们正朝着目标前进。

how selfish, stupid, ungrateful, etc. can you get?

• （表示惊奇或不赞成）你怎么这么自私（或愚蠢、忘恩负义等）
  used to express surprise or disapproval that sb has been so selfish, etc.

there's no getting away from sth

you can't get away from sth

• 不容否认，只好承认（不愉快的事实）
  you have to admit that sth unpleasant is true

what are you, was he, etc. getting at?

• （尤指气愤地问）你（或他等）这话是什么意思，你（或他等）用意何在
  used to ask, especially in an angry way, what sb is/was suggesting
  1. I'm partly to blame? What exactly are you getting at?
     我应负部分责任？你究竟是什么意思？

what has got into sb?

• （表示某人突然行为反常起来）…怎么啦
  used to say that sb has suddenly started to behave in a strange or different way
  1. What's got into Alex? He never used to worry like that.
     亚历克斯怎么啦？他以前从未那样愁过。

noun

1. a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent

verb

1. make children
   1. Abraham begot Isaac
   2. Men often father children but don't recognize them

   Synonym:    begetengenderfathermothersiregeneratebring forth

2. undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
   1. She suffered a fracture in the accident
   2. He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars
   3. She got a bruise on her leg
   4. He got his arm broken in the scuffle

   Synonym:    suffersustainhave

3. be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
   1. He got AIDS
   2. She came down with pneumonia
   3. She took a chill

   Synonym:    contracttake

4. come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
   1. He grew a beard
   2. The patient developed abdominal pains
   3. I got funny spots all over my body
   4. Well-developed breasts

   Synonym:    growdevelopproduceacquire

5. give certain properties to something
   1. get someone mad
   2. She made us look silly
   3. He made a fool of himself at the meeting
   4. Don't make this into a big deal
   5. This invention will make you a millionaire
   6. Make yourself clear

   Synonym:    make

6. cause to move
   1. He got his squad on the ball
   2. This let me in for a big surprise
   3. He got a girl into trouble

   Synonym:    lethave

7. enter or assume a certain state or condition
   1. He became annoyed when he heard the bad news
   2. It must be getting more serious
   3. her face went red with anger
   4. She went into ecstasy
   5. Get going!

   Synonym:    becomego

8. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
   1. We began working at dawn
   2. Who will start?
   3. Get working as soon as the sun rises!
   4. The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia
   5. He began early in the day
   6. Let's get down to work now

   Synonym:    get downbeginstart outstartset aboutset outcommence

9. receive a specified treatment (abstract)
   1. These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation
   2. His movie received a good review
   3. I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions

   Synonym:    receivefindobtainincur

10. grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
    1. did you catch that allusion?
    2. We caught something of his theory in the lecture
    3. don't catch your meaning
    4. did you get it?
    5. She didn't get the joke
    6. I just don't get him

    Synonym:    catch

11. be a mystery or bewildering to
    1. This beats me!
    2. Got me--I don't know the answer!
    3. a vexing problem
    4. This question really stuck me

    Synonym:    perplexvexstickpuzzlemystifybafflebeatposebewilderflummoxstupefynonplusgravelamazedumbfound

12. reach by calculation
    1. What do you get when you add up these numbers?

13. cause to do
    1. The ads induced me to buy a VCR
    2. My children finally got me to buy a computer
    3. My wife made me buy a new sofa

    Synonym:    inducestimulatecausehavemake

14. move into a desired direction of discourse
    1. What are you driving at?

    Synonym:    driveaim

15. communicate with a place or person
    1. Bill called this number and he got Mary
    2. The operator couldn't get Kobe because of the earthquake

16. take vengeance on or get even
    1. We'll get them!
    2. That'll fix him good!
    3. This time I got him

    Synonym:    pay backpay offfix

17. succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
    1. We finally got the suspect
    2. Did you catch the thief?

    Synonym:    catchcapture

18. reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
    1. the rock caught her in the back of the head
    2. The blow got him in the back
    3. The punch caught him in the stomach

    Synonym:    catch

19. go or come after and bring or take back
    1. Get me those books over there, please
    2. Could you bring the wine?
    3. The dog fetched the hat

    Synonym:    bringconveyfetch

20. attract and fix
    1. His look caught her
    2. She caught his eye
    3. Catch the attention of the waiter

    Synonym:    catcharrest

21. overcome or destroy
    1. The ice storm got my hibiscus
    2. the cat got the goldfish

22. earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
    1. He drew a base on balls

    Synonym:    draw

23. apprehend and reproduce accurately
    1. She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings
    2. She got the mood just right in her photographs

    Synonym:    catch

24. evoke an emotional response
    1. Brahms's `Requiem' gets me every time

25. irritate
    1. Her childish behavior really get to me
    2. His lying really gets me

    Synonym:    get under one's skin

26. reach a destination
    1. She arrived home at 7 o'clock
    2. She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight

    Synonym:    arrivecome

27. reach and board
    1. She got the bus just as it was leaving

28. leave immediately
    1. Scram!

    Synonym:    scrambuzz offfuck offbugger off

29. go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
    1. get an idea
    2. experience vertigo
    3. get nauseous
    4. receive injuries
    5. have a feeling

    Synonym:    experiencereceivehave

30. receive as a retribution or punishment
    1. He got 5 years in prison

    Synonym:    receive

31. suffer from the receipt of
    1. She will catch hell for this behavior!

    Synonym:    catch

32. perceive by hearing
    1. I didn't catch your name
    2. She didn't get his name when they met the first time

    Synonym:    catch

33. purchase
    1. What did you get at the toy store?

34. come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
    1. She got a lot of paintings from her uncle
    2. They acquired a new pet
    3. Get your results the next day
    4. Get permission to take a few days off from work

    Synonym:    acquire

35. achieve a point or goal
    1. Nicklaus had a 70
    2. The Brazilian team got 4 goals
    3. She made 29 points that day

    Synonym:    havemake

36. acquire as a result of some effort or action
    1. You cannot get water out of a stone
    2. Where did she get these news?