Category: Languages
Created by: marija.horvat
Number of Blossarys: 21
To get information about, to determine. This idiom is separable only when a pronoun is used, as in the second example. Examples: Will you please try to find out what time the train arrives? I'll ...
To enter or to board a vehicle, "to get in" is used for cars. Example: Get in the car right now!
To leave or to descend from a vehicle, "to get off" is used for all forms of transportation, except the car. Example: He got off the ship in Cairo.
To enter or to board a vehicle, "to get on" is used for all other forms of transportation, excdpt for cars. Example: I always get on the bus to work at 34 th street.
To leave or descend from the vehicle; "to get of" is used for cars. Example: Why don't we stop and get out of the car for a while?
To arise, or to rise from a bed. If the idiom is used for "to rise from a bed, a noun must separate the verb and the particle. Examples: Sam gets up at six o'clock every morning. At what ...
To telephone, to call someone, to call someone up. This idiom is separable, a noun or a noun phrase is placed between the verb and the particle. Example: I promise to give you a call as soon as I ...