I got an email / We can get a bus / When do you think we'll get to Paris? - get + noun usually means 'receive', 'fetch', 'obtain', 'buy', 'catch', get to + a place means 'arrive in/at', It's getting dark / I seem to have got very forgetful / The traffic gets worse every day. - get + adj/comparative adj means 'become', Did you know Dan got sacked last week? / My husband got caught on the motorway driving at 150km/h. - get + past participle is used to make a passive structure. This is more informal than 'be' and is used to talk about bad/unexpected things, I'm going to get my hair cut. / I need to get my passport renewed. - get(have) + object + past participle is used to say that you have ask another person to do smth, We need to get someone to fix the central heating / Could you get Jane to finish the report? I'm too busy. - get + object + infinitive with 'to' to mean 'make', 'tell', 'persuade' or 'ask' sb to do smth,

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