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get
get + sustontivo (get a letter / get a job ete) = recbir/consequir, obtener, comprarjtomor ira llamar 0 a
‘buscar, encontrar, troer, et
its get it eo
you don’t have something you have it
‘Did you get my postcard?’ “Yes, I got it yesterday’ “@Recibiste ... 7"‘Si a rec
I like your sweater. Where did you get it? —¢... lo compraste?
Is it difficult to get a job at the moment? é€s dificil encontrar trabajo ... ?
(ol teléfono) ‘Hello, can I speak to Lisa, please? ‘Sure. I'll get her’... ‘La llamo!
Can you get me a knife from the kitchen? —¢Puedes traerme un cuchill ... ?
We get wool from sheep. La fana se obtiene
También se dice get a bus / a train / a taxi (= tomar un autobis / un tren /un taxi):
‘Did you walk here?” ‘No,I got the bus?
get + adjetivo (get hungry / get cold / get tired etc) = hacerse/volverse + adjetvo
—ryou get hungry
Ensen: ae \e are hungry
Esta construccién corresponde a verbos esparioles, con frecuencia reflexivos 0 derivados de adjetivos. Por ejemplo:
get angry (enfodarse) get dressed (vestrse)
get cold (enfriarse) get lost (perderse)
get drunk emborracharse) get married (casarse)
get tired (consarse) get ready (preparar/orepararse)
get wet (mojarse) get hurt (hacerse dafo)
get late (hacerse tarde)
get hungry (entror hambre)
get better/worse (mejorar/empeoror)
get dark (oscurecer / hacerse de noche)
get old (envejecer)
It was raining very hard. We didn't have
an umbrella, so we got very wet.
I got up and got dressed quickly.
We didn’t have a map, so we got lost.
get here/there (sin to): f
How did you get here? By bus? get to
If you don’t eat, you get hungry.
Drink your coffee. It’s getting cold.
I'm sorry your mother is ill. I hope she
gets better soon.
Nicole and Frank are getting married soon.
get to + lugar = llegar 0:
Lusually get to work before 8.30.
We left London at 10 o’clock and got to Manchester at 12.45
get home (sin to) = llegar a casa:
What time did you get home last night? (no get to home)
get in/out/on/off subir/bajar (de los medios de transporte)
his work / 8.15
wnd.left home. at 7.30 and. got. to work at 8.15.
2 London / 10.15 —> Bristol / 11.45
Teft London at 10.15 and
3 the party / 11.15 home / midnight
4 Escribe una frase verdadera acerca de ti
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57.5 Completa las frases con got in / got out of / got on / got off.
1 Kate ...90t.in._. the car and drove away,
21 the bus and walked to my house fiom the bus stop.
3 Isabel the car, shut the door and went into a shop.
4 [made a stupid mistake. I the wrong train.
57.6 Traduce al ingles.
1. Puedes traerme el azficar de la cocina, por favor? 7 Lucia y Roberto se casan hoy.
2. Me voy a casa, Esti oscureciendo. 8 ‘aDénde esti Andy?”
3 ,Cémo puedo llegar a la estacién? “Se esta preparando para salir’
4 {Dénde puedo comprar un periédic 9 Subimos al avién en Barcelona y dos horas més
5 Tu hermana se enfadé conmigo ayer. tarde bajamos en Londres.
6 Era mny tarde cuando Hlegaron a casa 10 Ayer llegué tarde al concierto porque me perdi
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