Reflexion

Last English lesson I made a presentation about the word 'get' and possible word combinations with get. The presentation took place after our break. All the time I was very nervous. During the presentation I had the feeling that I was talking in a language that sounded like English but for me it only sounded strange. After finishing I was very pleased about the positive reaction for my presentation.

Presentation GET

• frequently used in spoken English
  has a lot of different meanings:
  ., basic
  ., specifc
  ., phrasal verbs
  ., common expressions
  

Basic meanings:
• receive, obtain, buy something
to get a newspaper / to get a letter / to get top marks / Go to the store to get the book.
• change position
move / be moved / How are you getting home tonight?
• change state
become or make / We are getting old but not wiser.



Specific meanings:
• get dinner
to prepare dinner
Saturday I‘ll get dinner.
• get it
to understand
Did you get it?
• get someone
to annoy
His laziness really gets me sometimes.
• get to know
to become acquainted
I get to know him, he is interesting.

Phrasal verbs based on get:
• get at
reach / find / He will get at the right place.
• get away with
do wrong without being caught
He got away with all the money.
• get behind
fail to do something by a certain time
He got behind with his work.

• get by
manage (financially)
We get by because we don‘t buy a lot.
• get down
depress / The message is getting him down.
• get down to
begin to give some serious attention to
Let us get down to the topics.

• get on
manage / We‘ll get it on!
• get on
advance, develope
He is getting on very well.
• get out of
avoid a responsability
He got out of his duty.
• get over
recover from
She has got over her illness.

• get round
spread / The news got round quickly.
• get through
come to a successful end
We got through the project.
• get through
use up all of / We got through the biscuits.
• get up to
to do (especially something bad)
What are the children getting up to do?
They are so quiet.

Common expressions based on get:
• get out of bed on the wrong side
be in a bad mood
Did you get out of bed on the wrong side? You are in such a bad mood.
• get off to a good / bad start
started well / badly
The concert got off to a good start with one of his best songs.

• get-together
informal meeting / party
The get-together will start at five.
• got rid of
threw away / destroyed
He got rid of all his belongings.

• getting you down
bringing you down
Problems are always getting him down.

• get on well
do well with
Jogging in the morning will help you get on
well at work.
• get my own back
take my revenge
I‘ll get my own back soon.

Health

Some words and phrases from our last brainstorming:

headache Kopfschmerzen
stomachache Bauchschmerzen
diarrhea Durchfall
vomitting Erbrechen
a temperature Fieber
an cold Erkältung
shaking grate Schüttelfrost
mouth felt strange

What are the symptoms?
I am breaking out in cold sweat
Are you on any kind of medication
I´am going to measure your blood pressure.
Can I measure your blood pressure.
Can I take your pulse.
Can I take your temperature.

pressure on my chest
Can´t breath properly.
Can´t get enough air.

pain in my arm
my arm is numb

Where is your headache located
affected by the weather wetterfühlig
a draught

Where is your headache