83 English lessons using 'get'

English Lesson: I used to be able to run five miles without breaking a sweat. Now I get winded after the first five minutes.

1. “I used to be able to run five miles without breaking a sweat. Now I get winded after the first five minutes.”

English Lesson: Before we get started, I have something to tell everyone. I wanted to let you all know that I'm pregnant.

2. “Before we get started, I have something to tell everyone. I wanted to let you all know that I'm pregnant.”

English Lesson: It's nice and all, but by the second or third day I started to get restless.

3. “It's nice and all, but by the second or third day I started to get restless.”

English Lesson: OK, let me take attendance and then we'll get started.

4. “OK, let me take attendance and then we'll get started.”

English Lesson: I got a flat.

5. “I got a flat.”

English Lesson: That's a very generous offer. Um, let me think it over for a few days and get back to you.

6. “That's a very generous offer. Um, let me think it over for a few days and get back to you.”

English Lesson: Let's crack open a window and get some fresh air in here.

7. “Let's crack open a window and get some fresh air in here.”

English Lesson: Don't you hate how those cords always get tangled up?

8. “Don't you hate how those cords always get tangled up?”

English Lesson: I don't want to get all bulked up; I just want to get toned.

9. “I don't want to get all bulked up; I just want to get toned.”

English Lesson: Can you tell him to swing by my office when he gets a chance?

10. “Can you tell him to swing by my office when he gets a chance?”

English Lesson: OK, OK. No need to get all melodramatic.

11. “OK, OK. No need to get all melodramatic.”

English Lesson: He gets cranky when he doesn't have a nap.

12. “He gets cranky when he doesn't have a nap.”

English Lesson: Just as I started to think that I was going to get a few minutes to relax, the baby woke up and started crying at the top of his lungs.

13. “Just as I started to think that I was going to get a few minutes to relax, the baby woke up and started crying at the top of his lungs.”

English Lesson: If you're feeling under the weather, by all means go home and get some rest.

14. “If you're feeling under the weather, by all means go home and get some rest.”

English Lesson: Unfortunately, the people who seem to get ahead are the ones who know how to kiss ass the best.

15. “Unfortunately, the people who seem to get ahead are the ones who know how to kiss ass the best.”

English Lesson: These days, it's nearly impossible for a family to get by on a single income.

16. “These days, it's nearly impossible for a family to get by on a single income.”

English Lesson: I'm sorry. I just don't get what you're trying to say.

17. “I'm sorry. I just don't get what you're trying to say.”

English Lesson: Watch out! Your fingers are going to get caught in the door.

18. “Watch out! Your fingers are going to get caught in the door.”

English Lesson: Maybe a few of us can all chip in and get her something really nice for her baby shower.

19. “Maybe a few of us can all chip in and get her something really nice for her baby shower.”

English Lesson: Sorry, I can't help but get sucked in when there's a game on.

20. “Sorry, I can't help but get sucked in when there's a game on.”

English Lesson: Hi. You've reached Misty. I'm not available to take your call right now, but please leave a message and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.

21. “Hi. You've reached Misty. I'm not available to take your call right now, but please leave a message and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.”

English Lesson: Now it's just a matter of getting everything unpacked!

22. “Now it's just a matter of getting everything unpacked!”

English Lesson: Let's not get bogged down in the details at this point.

23. “Let's not get bogged down in the details at this point.”

English Lesson: Don't let their pettiness and negativity get to you.

24. “Don't let their pettiness and negativity get to you.”

English Lesson: Sorry to keep pestering you, but who can I speak to about getting access to the shared drive?

25. “Sorry to keep pestering you, but who can I speak to about getting access to the shared drive?”

English Lesson: You get what you pay for when it comes to shoes.

26. “You get what you pay for when it comes to shoes.”

English Lesson: Sweetheart, it's 2011. Get with it!

27. “Sweetheart, it's 2011. Get with it!”

English Lesson: OK. Let's get down to business.

28. “OK. Let's get down to business.”

English Lesson: Can I get a sip of that?

29. “Can I get a sip of that?”

English Lesson: Not exactly, but I did get some promising leads.

30. “Not exactly, but I did get some promising leads.”

English Lesson: The Immigration office makes you jump through all kinds of hoops to get a green card.

31. “The Immigration office makes you jump through all kinds of hoops to get a green card.”

English Lesson: We're not stopping to get ice cream, and that's that!

32. “We're not stopping to get ice cream, and that's that!”

English Lesson: No way! Get out of here!

33. “No way! Get out of here!”

English Lesson: I don't get it.

34. “I don't get it.”

English Lesson: My grandpa used to tell me about how he had to get up at the crack of dawn every day to start work on the farm.

35. “My grandpa used to tell me about how he had to get up at the crack of dawn every day to start work on the farm.”

English Lesson: I just thought I'd come out and get some fresh air and sunshine.

36. “I just thought I'd come out and get some fresh air and sunshine.”

English Lesson: Actually, can I get plastic instead?

37. “Actually, can I get plastic instead?”

English Lesson: The only thing about fish is that it's so hard to get rid of the odor.

38. “The only thing about fish is that it's so hard to get rid of the odor.”

English Lesson: I want to try to shed a few pounds and get back in shape.

39. “I want to try to shed a few pounds and get back in shape.”

English Lesson: Can I get you something to drink? Coffee? Tea?

40. “Can I get you something to drink? Coffee? Tea?”

English Lesson: I'm getting a head start on my Christmas shopping.

41. “I'm getting a head start on my Christmas shopping.”

English Lesson: I watched a few episodes, but I couldn't really get into it.

42. “I watched a few episodes, but I couldn't really get into it.”

43. “Can I get change for a twenty?”

44. “Do you get what I'm trying to get across?”

45. “It's super important that I get this internship.”

46. “You should put some stuff on it to keep it from getting infected, don't you think?”

47. “I doubt I'll get much for it.”

48. “She was asking something about her travel arrangements, but I didn't quite get what she wanted.”

49. “I don't want to get into it right now.”

50. “I get distracted so easily!”

51. “I wouldn't sign up for a tour unless it was somewhere that's really hard to get around in as a foreigner.”

52. “Did you get it colored?”

53. “Can I get you something to drink?”

54. “Let's get an objective opinion. Tom, what do YOU think?”

55. “I need to go get my prescription filled, so I'll be back in a while.”

56. “I get this sharp pain in my shoulder whenever I raise my arm.”

57. “I can definitely tell you're getting better.”

58. “I probably won't be able to get to that until tomorrow morning.”

59. “I think I have a pretty good shot at getting it.”

60. “It's getting harder and harder to earn a living as a photographer these days.”

61. “So far I've just been getting caught up.”

62. “Please get back to me by the end of the day.”

63. “OK! Get off my back!”

64. “Is your back getting stiff?”

65. “How often do you get the opportunity to move to another country?”

66. “My wife'll kill me if I don't get home soon.”

67. “You just need to get out there and talk to people more.”

68. “Are you getting a refund?”

69. “Let me get straight to the point.”

70. “I've got to get my own place.”

71. “Are you getting any reception?”

72. “I don't buy into the idea that you have to go to college to get a good job.”

73. “I think you need to get your priorities straight.”

74. “Don't expect to get a high-paying job right out of school.”

75. “He ended up getting job offers from both companies.”

76. “What's it going to take to get through to you?”

77. “Did you get the revised schedule I sent out last week?”

78. “Once you get to know it, it's not that hard.”

79. “Do you still want to get together?”

80. “All right – let's get to work.”

81. “You get to pick and choose when you work.”

82. “Where'd you get it done?”

83. “I should get going.”