Hey, everyone. I'm Alex. Thanks for clicking, and welcome to this lesson on 50 Common "Get"
Phrases in English. So, in this video, I hope that I will make you feel more comfortable
and more familiar with the verb "get" by placing it alongside some adjectives, some services
that you can receive with the verb "get", some sicknesses that often use the verb "get"
when talking about them. So, I've put them in different categories, and hopefully this
will help you feel more at ease, a little less scared of the verb "get" because it's
used in so many different contexts, and it replaces so many different verbs sometimes
that it can be a challenge. So, let's check it out.
First, you can "get" plus an adjective. So, you can get angry, you can get sad, you can
get ready for something. So, basically, you become, right? You obtain these emotions.
So, if you get angry, you become angry. If you're watching one of your favourite soccer
teams, for example, and they start losing, and they start losing terribly, and it's 3-0,
and you're watching the game, and you are becoming angrier and angrier, you say, "Ugh,
this game has made me so angry. I have gotten angry because of this game." So, you get angry
because of your soccer team doing terribly and making you upset. So, like I said, you
can get sad. "I got really sad because", you know, "somebody passed away" or "someone close
to me died". "Get ready", prepare yourself, okay? You can get ready to go out, like you
need to put your clothes on. If you tell someone to, "Hey, get ready", this means get dressed
in the morning if you need to leave somewhere and go to a party or a wedding, for example.
So, get pissed. This is a more informal way to say "get angry". In some parts of the UK,
if you get pissed, it also means that you get drunk, okay? So, to get angry or to get
drunk. So, "I got pissed because", let's say, "Arsenal lost 5-0 to Chelsea", if I'm watching
English Premier League soccer, for example. So, "I got angry", "I got upset", or "We got
pissed last weekend", this means we got drunk. So, context is everything. So, to get lucky,
this means you are fortunate. Now, if you get lucky, this is also an idiomatic way to
say that you met someone and you had sex. Yes. Yeah. No, it's true. That Daft Punk song
about "We're up all night to get lucky", this means we're going to keep dancing at the dance
club until we find someone that we can have sex with. It's not so innocent, right? So,
to get lucky means to have sex. It also just means you are fortunate. So, if you go to
the casino, say, "Oh, I got lucky and I won $50." Or if the police stop you and they say,
"You were speeding, sir", say, "Oh, I'm sorry, officer", and he says, "That's okay. Next
time, don't do it. You got lucky because he did not give you a ticket." Okay?
All right, next, to get drunk. So, to drink too much alcohol, and this plays with your
mind and, you know, the brain cells, so you cannot function properly or normally. So,
you get drunk by drinking too much alcohol, too much beer, too much wine, whatever else
Get married. So, you have the ceremony, you know, with your wife or your husband. "Hey,
when did you guys get married?" "Oh, we got married 10 years ago." Or, "Where did you
get married?" "We got married in Paris", for example. Or, "We got married on a cruise ship."
Where did you become, you know, where did you have your ceremony? Where did you get
married and become husband and wife?
I got sunburned on my vacation. So, this means that I received, I obtained a sunburn while
I was on vacation. What is a sunburn? If you are in the sun for too long, and usually this
happens to fair-skinned, white-skinned people, such as myself, and your skin, you know, turns
red. Some people become lobsters when they are in the sun for too long. But if your skin
burns, you get a sunburn. So, you can say the adjective form, "I got sunburnt." Or,
"I got a sunburn", without the "t" at the end, or "ed" in some cases. So, I got a sunburn,
I got sunburned on the beach, for example. "Stuck", we got stuck. So, if you get stuck,
this means that you were unable to move, unable to make progress in whatever you were doing.
So, I can tell you a story where my wife and I were driving somewhere, and it was very
rainy, I was following the GPS, and it took us on this, like, dirt road, and literally
the car started going like this because the road was really, really terrible and muddy,
and there was lots of water everywhere, and our car got stuck in the mud. So, the car
You can also get stuck, not just physically, but figuratively. Like, if you're writing
an essay and you don't know what to write next, say, "I'm stuck. I got stuck." Okay?
So, I got stuck, this is the past tense, I got stuck in my second paragraph or my third
paragraph because I didn't know what to do next. Okay, so I couldn't make progress. So,
these are adjectives, right? Next, you can use "get" with sicknesses and diseases. So,
I just put "sick". This should say "sickness", but I couldn't write all the way down, so
I just wrote "sick". It should say "sicknesses and diseases". So, you can get a headache.
If your head hurts, I have a headache. Okay? You can have or get a heart attack. So, this
is, you know, if you... Typically, if you're an older person or if you're someone who doesn't
exercise a lot and maybe you have a bad diet or there's too much oil, and salt, and sugar
in your diet, you can have a heart attack where your heart basically starts beating
too fast and essentially stops, so you can have or get a heart attack. You can get, just
like a headache, an earache, right? So, earache. And for that matter, you can get a backache
as well. So, this means you have obtained this thing, right? Something has given it
to you. So, "Oh, I got a headache from the concert." Or, "Oh, I got an earache after
I went swimming." So, like, I received this, somehow this got, you know, transferred to
me. I obtained this earache. So, this can also mean, like, "get" can also be used as
the verb "have" a little bit, but typically it should be "I have got", which means I have.
So, you can say, you know, "I've got a headache. Oh, I've got a headache." Like, I have a headache.
But some people just get rid of "have got" and just say "got" to say, "I got a headache."
The meaning is, "I have a headache." Okay? So, you can also use it like a past verb,
present verb, whatever you wish.
And this is a common question I get. How do I talk about, you know, if something hurts
on my body? You can say, "Oh, I got a pain in my wrist", in my shoulder. Right? Or in
my elbow. Okay? So, "I got a pain in my elbow", in my wrist, in my shoulder. So, I obtained
this maybe because, you know, we were playing soccer and I fell awkwardly, so I got a pain
in my wrist or in my shoulder.
Next. Okay, so we have more serious diseases here. So, you can get cancer, you can get
HIV, which is before AIDS. You can get malaria. So, I had a friend who traveled to Africa
and they got malaria from a mosquito. That took them like a week or two to really get
over it. But yes, you can get malaria. You can get a cold, less serious. Right? A cold
just means you are blowing your nose and coughing and sneezing a little bit. So, that's a cold.
And when you have a cold, you can get or have a runny nose. So, your nose, the liquid is
coming from your nose. So, you can say, "I have a runny nose.", "I've got a runny nose."
Or if you obtained, you know, you got this runny nose on the weekend, say, "I got a runny
nose from the beach because the water was too cold." Okay? So, now my nose is runny.
Okay, next. So, I put like a happy face, sad face. So, you can get like positive or negative
emotions or feelings. So, for example, I get joy from playing with my kids. So, you can
get something or a feeling, get a feeling from doing something. I get satisfaction when
I do well at my job. Okay? Like, I feel satisfaction, I receive this feeling. I get pleasure from
seeing other people do well. Like, this makes me happy, this makes me feel joyful. So, I
get... And these are nouns. Right? So, use the noun form. So, not "I get joyful", but
you could say "I get joyful" because you've got the adjective form here. But you get joy,
you get, you receive satisfaction, you get, you receive pleasure. You can also get anxiety
from doing something. Like, I get anxiety when I go on job interviews. So, you feel
Alright, so positive feelings, negative feelings. Next, I put like service. So, you can get
certain services or certain exams or whatever else done, things that you pay for or things
you receive from another person. The first one, I put a star because you can get a tan
by yourself. A tan is usually, again, lighter skinned people want to have a tan. They want
their skin to be a little darker, brownish. Okay? So, they go to the beach, they lay in
the sun. You can also go to a professional tanning salon to get a tan because you want
to receive a tan. Okay, get a haircut. This just means you go to, you know, the salon
or the hairstylist or a barber and you get a haircut. Okay?
What did you do this weekend, Bob? Oh, I got a haircut. Perfect.
A pedicure. Wait, pedicure is, that's right, for your feet. So, for your toes. So, typically
men and women can get pedicures, but typically we think of women going to get pedicures.
It's when, you know, you go to a salon and they really do a good job of clipping your
nails and cleaning your feet and making them nice and soft and smooth. I've never had a
pedicure. I should get one. It probably feels nice. Right?
Manicure is when you get your nails done. So, I got a manicure. So, they, what do they
do at manicures? I don't even, I don't know, but they make your nails nice. Okay? So, these
are your nails and if you want them to, you know, look nice and shiny and have them be
done professionally, you can go to a salon and get a manicure. Clearly, you can tell
I have never had a manicure or a pedicure because I don't know what happens behind those
doors. Or, this one is more of an informal way of saying you got a manicure and a pedicure.
Maybe you went with your friends, a group of, you know, your girlfriends, and you say
that oh, I got a mani-pedi, a manicure and a pedicure. I got my nails on my hands and
my toes done. Okay. Next, you can get a massage. So, you go to a massage parlor and you receive
a massage. You can get an oil change, not for yourself, for your car, unless you're
a robot, which is awesome that you're watching this. Hail, robot lord. Next, an oil, so yes,
an oil change. Right? So, you need to change the oil in your car. You can get an oil change.
I got an oil change on the weekend. I need to get an oil change. A filling. So, this
is when you go to the dentist and if you have a hole in your teeth, that's called a cavity,
you can get a filling. So, they fill it with, you know, silver or gold or whatever it is
that they put on top. But basically, this fills the hole in your tooth. So, you get
a filling. Get a root canal. I have never had a root canal from the dentist. I hope
I never have one. I have heard it's terrible. It's when they, like, drill holes between
your teeth to build a bridge and stuff. I never want to have one. So, you can get a
root canal from the dentist. So, that part's done.
Okay, get a checkup. So, this is from the doctor. So, the whole bottom line here is
for medical exams. So, a checkup is just a basic appointment that you make with your
doctor to make sure you're okay. So, maybe they check your throat, they check your heart,
they check your blood. This is a basic checkup. Okay? You can get various, various examinations
at a doctor. You can get a prostate exam, for example. So, the prostate is a part of
the male anatomy. This is one of the exams where a doctor takes their finger and goes
behind you. Okay? That's all I'll say. So, this is an exam that men usually get, I think
around 40 to 50. Yeah, around 40 years old, you should do your first prostate exam or
get your first prostate exam. I never thought I would say the word "prostate exam" in a
video. Next, finally, here on this board, you can get a blood test. So, if you want
to make sure that, you know, your blood is okay, you have no diseases, no illnesses,
you can also get a blood test. You're still with me? You're okay?
All right, so, so far we have done adjectives, sicknesses, illnesses, positive feelings,
negative feelings, services, suntans, prostate exams, getting drunk. There's still more,
so stay with me and let's continue to the second part of the video.
Next, we can also use "get" with comparatives. So, I put "compare". So, get better, get worse,
get faster, get stronger, get louder, get bigger. So, to become better, to become worse,
to become faster, stronger, by training at the gym, for example, you can get stronger.
You can get worse. Like, if you're sick, "Oh, is he getting better? Is he getting worse?"
It's like, "No, he's getting worse." If he's in the hospital for a long time and his condition
is becoming worse, he is getting worse. Or the U2 song, "One", the first lyric is, "Is
it getting better, or do you feel the same?" Right? So, is it getting better? So, get louder,
get bigger. So, wow, like, if you have a child, you notice that they get bigger very quickly.
Next, prepositions. So, prepositions are wonderful. Everyone loves them, right? Right? No? Okay,
well, let's try and make sure we're okay. So, you can "get in" or "get on", this means
enter different forms of transportation, for example. So, you can get in a car or get in
a taxi. Enter a car, enter a taxi. You can get on forms of public transportation. So,
you can get on a subway, get on a bus, or if something is, you know, like a bike or
a motorcycle, you can get on a bike, or get on a motorcycle, get on a horse. Right? So,
get on top of them. Or public transportation, get on a plane, get on a bus, get on a train,
get on a subway, or a metro, or the underground. All right? So, this means enter.
Get around the city or the neighbourhood. So, to get around means to travel. So, how
do you get around, you know, your city? Oh, I get around by bus. I get around by using
the subway. I get around by walking. So, how do you travel around, get around your city
or your neighbourhood? Okay, next, get by. So, this is actually a phrasal verb. I thought
I would throw a phrasal verb into this lesson for you guys. To get by means to survive.
So, hey, how are you getting by living in, I don't know, like your new city, right? So,
how are you getting by living in Brasilia, if you're in Brazil, for example, or Brasilia,
sorry, if you want. So, how are you surviving? How are you doing? I'm getting by okay. I'm
not getting by so well. So, I'm not surviving, or I'm getting by. I'm surviving. Okay?
Next, you can get to, just the preposition to get to a place. So, we got to the library
at six o'clock. We got to the gas station at five. So, what time did you get to whatever
place you went to, for example, if you are talking in the past? You can also ask a person
what time they will arrive at a place. Say, what time are you going to get to wherever
it is? Get to Jen's house. What time are you going to get to Jen's house, for example?
And we'll talk more about locations a little lower down here.
And get up. So, get up, this can have two meanings. One, stand, get up on your feet.
Or get up, this can mean if someone is sleeping, also stand on your feet, but also wake up
and rise. So, get up, stand up for your rights. There's a Bob Marley song in there somewhere.
And finally, most of you, if you have been studying English for a while, this is probably
not news to you, but to get along with someone means to have a good relationship, a positive
relationship with them. I get along with my mom. I don't get along with my math teacher.
I get along with my cousin, but I don't get along with my aunt, for example.
And next, places. So, most of these are adverbs, so words like "here". Hey, what time did you
get here? If you are, you know, at a party with a lot of people, and you see your friend,
and they look like, you know, they have a drink, and maybe the drink is half-finished,
and it's like, oh, you're here. What time did you get here? What time did you arrive?
Okay? So, you can get or arrive at a place, at a location, an adverb. So, I got here at
six o'clock. Oh, when did you get there? When did you arrive there? Okay?
Get back. So, what time did you get back? Did you, like, return to, you know, your house,
for example, or to work? Or, sorry, guys, I need to get back to work. I can't stay longer
for lunch. I need to get back to work.
Get home. So, not "to home". "Home" is actually an adverb, so it's slightly different than,
you know, get to a place, get to, for example, the grocery store. You just say "get home".
I need to get home soon. I got home late last night. I'm going to get home, whatever, in
five minutes. If you are talking, you know, to your friend, your roommate, your wife,
your husband, I'm going to get home in ten minutes, five minutes. That's five, that's
Get downtown. So, same idea as home. I'm going to get downtown in 15 minutes. I will be there,
I will arrive in 15 minutes. And now, we have gotten to the end of this video. So, if you
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