英会話ワンポイントレッスン16. トーク･アベニュー新宿 Vocabulary GET
Contributed by Joseph Smith
ONE POINT LESSON: VOCABULARY
GET
The word get can be used in many different ways among native English speakers.
Sometimes get means to receive. As in:
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Bruce will get a promotion next month if he reaches his sales target.
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Every day, Sally gets a lot of junk mail in her mailbox.
Sometimes get means to become. As in:
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It will be cold tomorrow morning, but will get very hot as the day progresses.
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If Tim does not turn in his report by 5pm, his boss gets very angry.
Sometimes get means to go, or to arrive. As in:
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You can get to the stadium via the number nine bus.
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We should get to Osaka by nine o'clock.
Sometimes get means to buy, or to take into your possession.
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Tony went to the grocery store to get some milk.
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I have to go to the embassy and get a new visa.
And sometimes get means to have someone do something for you. As in:
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I got my hair cut yesterday. (Someone else cut it, after I asked them to.)
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Today I will go to get my suit cleaned. (Someone else will clean it, after I ask them to.)
So remember, get is a very versatile and useful word that can have many different meanings.
