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21 March 2008: Expressions with Get

Today is Good Friday which means that it is a holiday here in England and people are relaxing at home, working in their gardens or visiting their friends. On Sunday people will give each other chocolate eggs and a lot of us will eat too much chocolate and feel quite ill afterwards. Still, the fact that it is Easter does mean that the worst of the winter is behind us and that we can look forward to the spring and summer. On the 30th March the clocks go forward one hour and it really is still light quite late in the evenings. It will continue to get a little lighter every day until the 21st June, which is the summer solstice. After that it very gradually gets darker a little earlier every day until December the 21st which we call the shortest day. But now we can really look forward to the lighter mornings and evenings and if the weather is good it will be lovely.

I thought we might try get to grips with GET today. To get to grips with something means to start solving the problem and there are lots of different expressions with the word get.

Exercise
Look at the different expressions and see if you put the right one in the gaps in the following sentences.
What really    is the way he blows his nose on the sleeve of his jumper. (annoys)
He    very easily so be careful you don't annoy him. (lose one's temper)
"There's someone at the door. I'll   ." (answer the door)
I think he is a very strange person and I never   . (understand)
Have you heard? Pete's    at last. He's been out of work for at least 6 months. (to be given something)
I've been trying to talk to Helen all day but I can't   . Do you know where she is? (reach someone by telephone)
They are quite serious people and    the Observer every Sunday. (to receive or buy regularly)
Did you    the Tower of London while you were in London last week? (be able to do something)
What time does this train    to London? (arrive)

The saying this week is "Don't put all your eggs in one basket". We use it when we want to tell someone to not depend on only one plan or idea but to have other possibilities in case things go wrong.

Have a great Easter and mind you don't eat too much chocolate.
Best wishes from all at English in Chester.


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