Frazni glagoli so v angleščini nekakšna stalnica in se jim ni možno izogniti. Obstajajo glagoli, ki nase vežejo občutno več predlogov kot ostali glagoli. Tak je naprimer glagol GET.

1. Get about

  • Pomen: obiskati veliko krajev
  • Primer: I get about a lot with my job.

2. Get about

  • Pomen: postati znan, priti na dan
  • Primer: It didn’t take long for the news to get about – everyone’s talking about it.

3. Get about

  • Pomen: hoditi ali obiskovati različna mesta
  • Primer: She can’t get about much, but she is in her eighties.

4. Get about

  • Pomen: imeti osebne ali intimne odnose z veliko ljudmi
  • Primer: She gets about a bit; she’s always with some new guys.

5. Get above

  • Pomen: obnašati se, kot da ste boljši oziroma bolj pomembni od drugih
  • Primer: She’s been getting above herself since she got promoted.

6. Get across

  • Pomen: uspešno komunicirati oziroma prenesti sporočilo
  • Primer: Sarah got her ideas across at the meeting.

7. Get across

  • Pomen: priti iz ene strani na drugo
  • Primer: It’s impossible to get across the road without the traffic light.

8. Get across

  • Pomen: premakniti neko stvar iz enega mesta na drugega
  • Primer: How are we going to get these bags across the river?

9. Get across to

  • Pomen: biti prepričljiv ali narediti dober vits
  • Primer: How can a singer get across to the audience?

10. Get after

  • Pomen: gnjaviti nekoga oziroma ga utrujati
  • Primer: We should get after him to go out with us this weekend.

11. Get after

  • Pomen: loviti, preganjati, ujeti
  • Primer: Get after her and give her the message before she leaves the building.

12. Get ahead

  • Pomen: napredovati
  • Primer: Nowadays, you need IT skills if you want to get ahead.

13. Get ahead of

  • Pomen: pospešiti nekaj
  • Primer: I work at home in the evening to get ahead of schedule.

14. Get along

  • Pomen: oditi
  • Primer: It’s late; we must be getting along.

15. Get along

  • Pomen: napredovati
  • Primer: How’s the homework getting along?

16. Get along with

  • Pomen: razumeti se z nekom
  • Primer: I want to get along with my sister but we have nothing in common.

17. Get along with

  • Pomen: sporijemati se z nečim
  • Primer: How are you getting along with your report?

18. Get around

  • Pomen: postati znan, priti na dan
  • Primer: It didn’t take long for the news to get around once it got into the newspapers.

19. Get around

  • Pomen: hoditi ali obiskovati različna mesta
  • Primer: He gets around a lot – he’s always flying somewhere different.

20. Get around

  • Pomen: premikati se
  • Primer: He’s finding it hard to get around since the operation and spends most of his time at home.

21. Get around

  • Pomen: izogibati se nekemu problemu
  • Primer: You can’t get around the fact that smoking kills.

22. Get around

  • Pomen: prepričati nekoga v nekaj
  • Primer: She didn’t want to accept my application because it was late, but I managed to get around her.

23. Get around

  • Pomen: imeti osebne ali intimne odnose z veliko ljudmi
  • Primer: He gets around a bit; he’s always with some new girlfriend.

24. Get through

  • Pomen: Manage to pass
  • Primer: The water got through the roof and damaged the carpets.

25. Get around to

  • Pomen: končno uspeti nekaj narediti, truditi se nekaj opraviti
  • Primer: It always takes me ages to get around to replying to letters.

26. Get at

  • Pomen: uporabiti grožnje, podkupnino ipd, da bi vplivali na nekogaršnjo odločitev
  • Primer: The gangsters got at the jury despite the evidence presented in court.

27. Get at

  • Pomen: kritizirati
  • Primer: His boss is always getting at him for arriving late.

28. Get at

  • Pomen: misliti, ciljati na kaj
  • Primer: What do you think she’s getting at? I’ve no idea what she wants.

29. Get at

  • Pomen: doseči
  • Primer: It’s on the top shelf and I can’t get at it.

30. Get away

  • Pomen: zbežati
  • Primer: The robber got away with a lot of jewellery, which the police later found abandoned.

31. Get away

  • Pomen: oditi na kratek oddih
  • Primer: We love to get away from everything and relax on the beach.

32. Get away

  • Pomen: odtrgati se od nečesa
  • Primer: He didn’t come because he was stuck at work and couldn’t get away.

33. Get away from

  • Pomen: odmakniti se od ključne teme pogovora
  • Primer: We should not get away from the main ideas here.

34. Get away with

  • Pomen: nekaj doseči, čeprav smo to naredili na pol ali nepravilno, “izmazati se z nečim”
  • Primer: Do you think we could get away with using the cheaper product?

35. Get away with

  • Pomen: zbežati brez kazni
  • Primer: Thieves got away with a car worth $200 000.

36. Get up

  • Pomen: vstati iz postelje
  • Primer: I get up at seven o’clock on weekdays, but lie in till noon at the weekend.

37. Get away!

  • Pomen: izraz presenečenja in nejevere, dvoma
  • Primer: ‘These tickets didn’t cost me a thing.’ ‘Get away!’

38. Get back

  • Pomen: vrniti se od nekod
  • Primer: The train was held up so we didn’t get back home until midnight.

39. Get back

  • Pomen: vrniti nekaj
  • Primer: Don’t lend him any money; you’ll never get it back.

40. Get back

  • Pomen: odmaknit se
  • Primer: The police told the crowd to get back to allow the ambulance through.

41. Get back at

  • Pomen: maščevati se
  • Primer: I’ll get back at her for landing me in trouble.

42. Get back into

  • Pomen: ponovno začeti z neko aktivnostjo, potem ko je nismo opravljali nekaj časa
  • Primer: I am getting back into my singing lessons after the summer break.

43. Get back into

  • Pomen: najti novo motivacijo, da opravljamo nekaj
  • Primer: The children lost interest for a while, but they are getting back into it.

44. Get back to

  • Pomen: odzvati se nekomu, ko bomo dobili oz. imeli neko informacijo
  • Primer: I’ll get back to you as soon as I hear any news.

45. Get back to

  • Pomen: ponovno začeti nekaj opravljati po tem, ko smo bili prekinjeni
  • Primer: It took me ages to get back to sleep after the phone rang.

46. Get back together

  • Pomen: ponovno začeti vezo
  • Primer: We split up a few months ago but got back together last week.

47. Get together

  • Pomen: sestati se z nekom
  • Primer: We got together in the pub for a drink.

48. Get off

  • Pomen: sestopiti z vlaka, avtobusa
  • Primer: I got off the bus and walked to my house.

49. Get behind

  • Pomen: podpreti nekoga
  • Primer: Teachers always get behind their students.

50. Get behind with

  • Pomen: biti pozen s plačili ipd
  • Primer: If you get behind with mortgage payments, you might lose your home.

51. Get by

  • Pomen: imeti ravno dovolj denarja za preživetje
  • Primer: I am getting by because my brother gave me money.

52. Get by

  • Pomen: ne biti opažen, biti spregledan (npr. napake)
  • Primer: I had checked it, but there still were a few errors that didn’t get by the computer repair shop.

53. Get by on

  • Pomen: uspeti preživeti z določenim zneskom denarja
  • Primer: It’s hard to get by on my salary.

54. Get by with

  • Pomen: imeti dovolj nečesa, da lahko opravimo neko opravilo
  • Primer: We could get by with that computer, but a more powerful one would be better.

55. Get down

  • Pomen: narediti nekoga depresivnega, nesrečnega ipd
  • Primer: The miserable weather in winter really gets me down.

56. Get down

  • Pomen: zapisati, zabeležiti
  • Primer: I couldn’t get down everything he said.

57. Get down

  • Pomen: uspeti pogoltniti
  • Primer: The medicine tasted horrible and it was difficult to get it down.

58. Get down

  • Pomen: oditi od mize po obroku
  • Primer: When they had finished dinner, the children asked if they could get down.

59. Get down

  • Pomen: zmanjšati
  • Primer: The doctor says I my get my cholesterol levels down.

60. Get on

  • Pomen: vstopiti na vlak, avtobus
  • Primer: Dan got on the train to go to the capital.
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