Learn various idiomatic phrases that use the English word "get"
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Jonathan: Do You Need to Escape from your American House? I’m Jonathan. |
| Dede: And I’m Dede! |
| Jonathan: In this lesson, you’ll learn different idiomatic phrases that use the word “get”. We’ll listen to a conversation at Dave and Sheila’s apartment. |
| Dede: Dave's feeling bad because of his break-up, but he and Sheila are a bit bored so they want to have some fun. |
| Jonathan: As usual, they will be speaking very informally. Ready to listen? |
| Dede: You bet! |
| DIALOGUE |
| Dave: I'm bored. We should go do something after work to get out of the house tonight. |
| Sheila: Agreed! I have a colleague that said he could get us into that new club in Dupont Circle; you in the mood to shake your booty? |
| Dave: I do love to get down… but I haven't really been in the mood for dancing since Isabel dumped me. |
| Sheila: Aww, did she trample your heart? I didn't realize you hadn't gotten over her yet. |
| Dave: Yeah… I’d rather do something more low-key. |
| Sheila: What about that bar in Adams Morgan. It's always packed and they have lots of microbrews. |
| Dave: Sounds good. I get off work around 6 |
| Sheila: OK, well I better get going to work. |
| Dave: Yeah, me too! |
| Sheila: Hope you feel better! |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Dede: I didn’t realize that D.C. had so much in terms of nightlife… |
| Jonathan: You probably remember when we learned about Happy Hours as a popular destination for young professionals. |
| Dede: Sure do! |
| Jonathan: But D.C. nightlife is not just after-work drinks. The city has a wide variety of night-life options that range from hip-hop dance clubs and jazz bars to gay and lesbian clubs and bars that serve hundreds of kinds of beer. Whatever your preferred nightlife style, they are bound to have a good option for you in Washington, D.C. |
| Dede: Sounds like it can be a fun place for anyone! |
| Jonathan: That’s for sure! Let’s get to the vocab, then! |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Dede: Let's take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. |
| The first word we shall see is: |
| Jonathan: Dupont Circle [natural native speed] |
| Dede: An area of Northwest Washington D.C. known for its art community and gay and lesbian establishments |
| Jonathan: Dupont Circle [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Jonathan: Dupont Circle [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Jonathan: to trample [natural native speed] |
| Dede: to step on harshly and repeatedly |
| Jonathan: to trample [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Jonathan: to trample [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Jonathan: to get over [natural native speed] |
| Dede: to recover, to accept, to move on |
| Jonathan: to get over [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Jonathan: to get over [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Jonathan: low-key [natural native speed] |
| Dede: relaxed |
| Jonathan: low-key [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Jonathan: low-key [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Jonathan: Adams Morgan [natural native speed] |
| Dede: An area of Northwest Washington, D.C. known for its nightlife and many bars |
| Jonathan: Adams Morgan [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Jonathan: Adams Morgan [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Jonathan: packed [natural native speed] |
| Dede: crowded |
| Jonathan: packed [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Jonathan: packed [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Jonathan: microbrew [natural native speed] |
| Dede: beer made by a small company, usually local and released to a small market |
| Jonathan: microbrew [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Jonathan: microbrew [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Jonathan: colleague [natural native speed] |
| Dede: coworker, somebody who works with you |
| Jonathan: colleague [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Jonathan: colleague [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Jonathan: booty [natural native speed] |
| Dede: slang for your rear end |
| Jonathan: booty [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Jonathan: booty [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Jonathan: to dump [natural native speed] |
| Dede: slang for "to break up with someone" |
| Jonathan: to dump [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Jonathan: to dump [natural native speed] |
| VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE |
| Dede: That’s all the words we have for this lesson. Why don’t we take a look at some of the phrases from the dialogue. |
| Jonathan: Sounds good! What’s our first one? |
| Dede: "Trample", meaning "to step on harshly and repeatedly." |
| Jonathan: When Sheila asks Dave “Did she trample your heart?”, she means that Isabel hurt him deeply and emotionally. |
| Dede: Has anyone ever trampled your heart? |
| Jonathan: Oh… so many times… |
| Dede: You poor thing… |
| Jonathan: But what’s really going to trample my heart is if we don’t finish these phrases! Why don’t you give us the next one? |
| Dede: (laughs) Well, It’s "booty", which is slang for "rear end" or "behind" |
| Jonathan: Sheila asks “you in the mood to shake your booty?” to see if Dave wants to go out dancing. As we learned in the vocab, “booty” is a cute slang term. When we say “shake your booty”, we are referring to dancing. |
| Dede: I remember a popular song that used the word booty.... |
| Jonathan: Yeah! There was a hit dance song in the 1970s called “(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty”. Since then, it has been a cute way to refer to going out and dancing and having a fun time. |
| Dede: Sounds fun! |
| Jonathan: I think so too. Let’s move onto the grammar. |
| Dede: Alright! |
Lesson focus |
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| Dede: The focus of this lesson is the many meanings of “to get”. |
| Jonathan: “To get” is an incredibly common part of many phrasal verbs. |
| Dede: Throughout this series, we have learned several, but In this lesson, we will be focusing on many different ways to use “to get” as a part of a phrasal verb. |
| Jonathan: There are dozens of ways, but let’s just look at some of the most common examples. |
| Dede: First, let’s look at one from the dialogue. |
| Dave: "I do love to get down…" |
| Jonathan: This is a pretty specific example. “To get down” in this case means "to party" or "to dance." |
| Dede: There are literally dozens of “to get” phrasal verbs and we are not going to come even close to covering all of them in this lesson. For a more detailed look, check out the Lesson Notes. |
| Jonathan: That’s a great idea, but let’s at least go through all of the examples from the dialogue. |
| Dede: Sounds good. Another one we heard was… |
| Dave: "We should go do something after work to get out of the house tonight." |
| Jonathan: In this case we hear “to get out” |
| Dede: “To get out” can mean a lot of things, but Dave is using it here to mean "escape" or "leave." He really is bored and wants to leave the house. |
| Jonathan: That’s right! Here’s another example… |
| Sheila: "I have a colleague that said he could get us into that new club." |
| Dede: Here, Sheila uses the phrasal verb “to get us into” |
| Jonathan: When we talk about getting into somewhere, we mean “gaining entrance” or “being able to go in” |
| Dede: So that means that the club might be hard to go into because it’s so exclusive, but that Sheila’s co-worker can help them gain entrance. |
| Jonathan: Let’s hear another. |
| Sheila: "I didn't realize you hadn't gotten over her yet." |
| Dede: “To get over” something or someone means to recover from them. |
| Jonathan: Dave is still pretty upset about his break-up with Isabel. |
| Dede: So we can say that he hasn’t “gotten over her” yet. |
| Jonathan: Great, let’s hear one last example from the dialogue. |
| Dave: "I get off work around 6:30 |
| Dede: When we say “to get off” something, we can mean a lot of different things |
| Jonathan: Like “to get off” a bicycle means to dismount it, and “to get off” a train means "to exit it." |
| Dede: But they all have one thing in common… |
| Jonathan: When we “get off” something, we finish using the object or doing the action. So getting off work means… |
| Dede: Finishing work! |
Outro |
| Jonathan: Which is what we are just about to do! |
| Dede: Thanks for joining us! |
| Jonathan: We hope you enjoyed this lesson. Until next time! |
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