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English File Advanced and own words
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Cartes-fiches
recover from (phr)
get over
start a career or profession (phr)
get into
move from place to place (phr)
get around
make someone understand (phr)
get through
manage with what you have (phr)
get by
fail to make enough process (phr)
get behind
depress (phr)
get down
write or speak to sb again later (phr)
get back to
avoid a responsibility or obligation (phr)
get out of
meet socially (phr)
get together
continue doing (phr)
get on with
do something wrong without getting caught or punished (phr)
get away with
nachholen
make up for lost time
Zeit nehmen
take up time
sometimes
at times
have more than enough time
with time to spare
I've got no time
formal: short of time, informal: pushed for time
have more than you thought
have time on one's hands
for now
for the time being
running out of time
no much time left
Rule for using GO instead of GET
GO is used for changes in people's personality, appearance and physical abilities
(ex: People go mad/bald/grey/blind/deaf.)
GO is often used for sudden, usually negative, changes
(ex: His face went red.)
GO can also be used for slower colour changes
(ex: The pages of the books had gone yellow over the years)
Rules for using TURN instead of GET
Turn often collocates with colours
(ex: The sky turned gold as the sun set.)
Rules for using GET and BECOME
GET and BECOME can often be used with the same sollocations, but BECOME is mor formal
(ex: She gave up smoking when she became pregnant.)
The same is true for collocations with adjectives such as angry, bored, excited, depressed, upset, impatient, violent
(ex: He became depressed after his wife's death)
BECOME ist used with the following:
extinct, (un)popular, homeless, famous