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I got a book for my birthday.
To receive
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I get $7 an hour.
To earn
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Can you get that book for me?
To bring or fetch
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Do you get the lesson?
To understand
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He got a cold last week.
To be affected by, or catch
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I got the 4.55 train to New York.
To catch or take
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I got him by phone.
To communicate with
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That film really got me.
To have a strong effect on
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The police got him at the station.
To capture or seize
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To get about (or around)
Tom really gets around, doesn't he?
To be socially active
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To get ahead
It's very difficult to get ahead nowadays.
To be successful
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To get away
The thief got away from the police.
To escape
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To get back
I got my books back from Tom.
To recover or retrieve
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To get by
Sally gets by on just $1,000 a month.
To survive financially
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To get in
Come on, get in! Let's go.
To enter a car, train etc.
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To get into
He got into the university of his choice.
To be accepted
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To get off
Jerry got off at 52nd Street.
To exit from a train, bus etc.
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To get on with
I really get on well with Janet.
To have a good relationship with
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To get out
I got out of class at 3.30.
To leave
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To get over
He got over his operation very quickly.
To recover from an illness or bad occurrence
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To get through
That was a difficult test to get through, wasn't it?
To succeed in an examination, test etc.
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To get up
I got up at 7 this morning.
To get out of bed
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Gotta
I gotta go it's late
To have to (US)
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Have got to
I've got to hurry up!
To have to (US)
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To get down to business
Tom arrived at 12 and immediately got down to
business.
To begin working
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To get together
Let's get together this weekend.
To meet
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To get it together
Come on! Get it together, you are playing horrible
tennis.
To improve one's performance
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