Słownik phrasal verbs

Lista angielskich zwrotów frazeologicznych zaczynających się na literę 'G'

Get (14)

Get over something

- overcome something (usually difficult or unpleasant)
- recover from an illness, shock, surprise etc.

Has Walter got over his financial difficulties yet?
I can't get over Jack leaving for Island without telling us.

Get something over

- communicate one's ideas.
- complete something.

Professor Wright knows his subject, but he's not very good at getting over his ideas to his students.
As soon as I get my exams over, I'm going on holiday.

Get away with something

- escape reprimand or punishment for something

You shouldn't let her get away with telling lies.

Get down to something

- start serious work on something; tackle something

It's time you got down to your studies or the other students will leave you behind.

Get by

- manage

If you want to speak a language well, you can't get by without mastering its idioms.

Get through

- manage to pass through
- succeed, pass a test
- get a telephone connection

There's a hole in the fence where the dog gets through.
The exam was difficult. Not all students got through.
All the lines to London were engaged. I just couldn't get through.

Get through something

- finish something; complete something successfully
- use something up
- eat or drink a large quantity of something

I got through the book in one evening.
His salary's quite high, but he's usually got through it by the middle of the month.
Jimmy got through a big plate of pasta and then asked for a second helping!

Get through to someone

- succeed in establishing an understanding with somebody, in communicating with somebody

Tim and I had a row, and since then I just haven't been able to get through to him.

Get something through

- cause something to be approved or accepted
- succeed in bringing through

It was the personnel manager who helped to get my transfer through.
Alan always manages to get a double allowance of spirits through without the customs officials noticing.

Get on

- make progress
- manage, succeed
- become late, grow older
- have a good relationship, like each other's company

How's the broken leg getting on?
How are you getting on with your English course?
Time's getting on, we'd better go home.
They get on well at work but not socially.

Get on to someone

- trace/detect somebody
- make contact with somebody, consult somebody

The police have finally got on to the man who was blackmailing the actress.
I complained to the shop assistant about the faulty washing-machine and they said they would get on to the manufacturers.

Get on with something

- continue to do something, make progress with something

Turn the television off and get on with your homework.

Get someone through

- help someone to pass an examination
- connect someone by telephone

The teacher got all his pupils through without difficulty.
By the time the girl at reception had got me through to Tom's extension number, he'd gone home.

Get up

- get out of bed
- (wind, storm) increase

I’m not used to getting up early.
There's a strong wind getting up.

Get someone up

- call someone from bed
- dress someone formally, dress someone in fancy-dress costume

Can yon get me up at six tomorrow?
The children were got up in their best clothes for Granny's seventy-fifth birthday celebrations.

Get something up

- arrange/organize something
- study, memorize

We're getting up an evening of folk singing.
Tom is getting up his maths formulas for the test tomorrow.

Go (21)

Go about

- circulate
- move or walk about
- wear regularly

There's another rumour going about that the Prime Minister is going to resign.
Teenage boys tend to go about in groups.
Does he still go about in those old army boots?

Go about something

- manage something; approach/tackle something

Can you help me with this maths problem? I don't quite know how to go about it.

Go after someone/something

- try to get someone/something

He's gone after another job, in Leeds.

Go along with somebody / something

- agree with someone
- comply with something; do as someone suggests
- approve of something

I'll go along with you there. You're right!
Suggest putting the child in a private school. Maybe the parents would see sense and go along with it.
Do you go along with the idea of inherited titles?

Go by someone/something

- trust as correct; form a judgement from what somebody says

Don't go by that clock. It's fast.

Go down

- be received
- lose in value, fall

His speech went down very well with the audience.
The share index has gone down again by twenty points.

Go down with something

- fall ill with something

Most of my colleagues have gone down with flu.

Go for someone

- attack someone
- admire someone, be attracted by someone
- apply to someone, include someone

He went for the fat man with a knife.
It isn't true that dark girls usually go for fair men.
Listen carefully, because this goes for you all.

Go for something

- like something
- try hard to get something, make something one's aim.
- be sold for a sum of money.

I don't really go for rap music.
Ann is going for the tennis championship this year.
'How much did the house go for?' 'Actually, it went for far less than I had expected.'

Go in for something

- compete in something
- have as an interest or hobby
- choose as one's career.

Robin's going in for the 400 metres.
Ronald goes in for collecting antique weapons.
Susan's going in for nursing.

Go into something

- investigate/examine something
- state something in detail

The solicitor said that he would go into the matter very thoroughly.
We haven't enough time to go into the history of the case, so perhaps you could summarize the main points.

Go off

- explode
- (food) go bad
- get worse
- (informal) fall asleep
- result, succeed

The bomb went off without warning, but luckily nobody was seriously hurt.
Don't drink the milk, I think it's gone off.
The standard of his work has gone off over the last few weeks. Dad's gone off in the chair. Don't wake him!
'How did the meeting with the CEO go off? ' 'It went off rather well, actually.'

Go off someone/something

- lose one's liking or taste for someone / something

Jane had a nice boyfriend, but he must have gone off her because she hasn't seen him for a long time.

Go on

- continue talking
- continue, resume
- happen, take place
- (informal) behave

I was tired of listening, but he just went on and on.
We'll stop there for today and go on with the reading tomorrow.
Will someone please explain to me just what's going on here?
Patty was going on like a silly schoolgirl.

Go on at someone

- (informal) grumble at someone, reprimand someone

My last English teacher was very hard to please. Every day he went on at me about something or other.

Go out

- cease to be in fashion
- be sent, be announced
- emigrate

I hope plastic coats will soon go out. They 're not very comfortable.
Have all the wedding invitations gone out yet? She went out to New Zealand about five years ago.

Go over something

- repeat something
- examine/check something
- search something

Could you go over the explanation once more, please?
Let's go over the figures again.
The police went over his room three times, but found nothing.

Go through

- be concluded, accepted

I hear that the deal went through. Congratulations!

Go through something

- use something up, consume something
- search/examine something
- suffer pain, hardship, loss
- discuss something; review something

How many pints of milk do you go through a week?
The customs went through all our luggage at the airport.
Most families went through quite a lot during the war. Shall we go through the details of the plan again?

Go through with sth

- complete something, continue something to the end

The plan was very daring, and at the last minute I felt I couldn't go through with it.

Go up

- increase in price
- be constructed

Wines and spirits are going up again next week.
There's a new department store going up in the town centre.