Vocabulary
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Nag or exhort someone(inseparable)
“You should GET AFTER them to finish the work.”
Progress
“Nowadays, you need IT skills if you want to GET AHEAD.”
Move in front of(inseparable)
“I work at home in the evening to GET AHEAD OF schedule.”
Have a good relationship
“Why don't you two GET ALONG?”
Progress(inseparable)
“How are you GETTING ALONG IN the company.”
Have a good relationship with someone(inseparable)
“I don't GET ALONG WITH my sister- we have nothing in common.”
Become known(inseparable)
“It didn't take long for the news to GET AROUND once it got into the newspapers.”
Finally manage to do something, make the effort to do something(inseparable)
“It always takes me ages to GET AROUND to replying to letters.”
Criticise(inseparable)
“His boss is always GETTING AT him for arriving late.”
Escape
“The robbers GOT AWAY in a stolen car, which the police later found abandoned.”
Go somewhere different or do something different(inseparable)
“Work's getting on top of me; I need to GET AWAY FROM it.”
Not get caught, criticised or punished for doing something wrong(inseparable)
“Thieves GOT AWAY WITH two Picassos, which were never found.”
An expression of disbelief
“"I passed." "GET AWAY!”
Return to a place(separable)
“The train was held up so we didn't GET BACK home until midnight.”
Take revenge(inseparable)
“I'll GET BACK AT her for landing me in trouble.”
Start doing something after stopping for some time(inseparable)
“I am GETTING BACK INTO my Khmer lessons after the summer break.”
Respond to a contact(inseparable)
“I'll GET BACK TO you as soon as I hear any news.”
Restart a relationship
“We split up a few months ago but GOT BACK TOGETHER last week.”
Support(inseparable)
“All the students GOT BEHIND the teacher.”
Be late paying instalments for something(inseparable)
“If you GET BEHIND WITH mortgage payments, you might lose your home.”
Have just enough money to live on
“They're finding it increasingly difficult to GET BY since their daughter was born.”
Manage on a certain amount of money(inseparable)
“It's hard to GET BY ON my salary.”
Have enough of something to do the job(inseparable)
“We should be able to GET BY WITH three PCs, but four would be better.”
Make someone depressed, unhappy, exhausted, etc.(separable)
“The miserable weather in winter really GETS me DOWN.”
