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Глагол GET в составе идиоматических конструкций

· A man cannot give what he hasn't got - На нет и суда нет;

· A penny saved is a penny got - Копейка рубль бережет;

· Get out of control - Отбиться от рук;

· Gets the first of the dew - Кто рано встает, тому Бог дает;

· Go to the end of the earth to get something - Достать из под земли;

· Gut no fish till you get them - Цыплят по осени считают;

· Nothing to be got without pains - Без труда не вынешь и рыбку из пруда;

· What's got into you? - Какая муха тебя укусила?

· Without danger we can not get beyond danger - Клин клином вышибают;

· Words are not birds - out you let them, and back you never get them! Слово не воробей, вылетит - не поймаешь!

· You've got the wrong sow by the ear - Слышал звон, да не знаешь, где он;

· Your own comfort comes first and let others get lost! - Своя рубаха ближе к телу!

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HAVE/GET SOMETHING DONE and other uses of get

Causative HAVE

For a service someone does for us we use to have something done. There is a full range of tenses but the most common are present continuous, going to, present perfect and past simple. The infinitive is also used. E.g.:

HAVE + OBJECT + PAST PARTICIPLE

· We are having our flat decorated. (present continuous);

· She's going to have a tooth taken out. (going to);

· He has had his nose altered. (present perfect);

· I had my hair cut a week ago. (past simple);

· We want to have our car repainted. (infinitive).

GET SOMETHING DONE

In everyday speech we often use get instead of have for present continuous and past simple, but not for present perfect.

We are getting our flat decorated.

He's getting his nose altered.

He's got his nose altered. (not possible)

He got his nose broken in a fight.

Maria has got her car stolen. (not possible)

GET meaning `manage'

We also use get something done to mean «manage to do it», with a sense of achieving something. This does not mean that somebody else did the work.

E.g.:

I got my work finished in the end. (= I managed to do it in the end.)

Jack is difficult to work with, but he gets the job done. (= He manages to do the job.)

Have you got the computer to work yet? (= Have you managed to make it work?)

GET + `V-ing'

Get is also used to mean «start to do something», when we give someone an order.

E.g. Get moving! (= start)

GET SOMEONE TO DO something

This means that we make them do it.

E.g. I got him to check the figures a second time just to make sure.

We can also say:

I had him to check the figures a second time just to make sure.

GET MARRIED, etc

Get also forms expressions with married, arrested, accepted, chosen etc. E.g.:

He got arrested on the way out of the stadium.

They're getting married in Paris next month.

I got accepted for the job.

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PRACTICAL EXERCISE Replace the italicized phrases by the verb GET with appropriate particles

1. You are wet through and mustn't stay out any longer. You'd better go and put on some dry clothes. 2. The snowdrifts held up our train and we arrived at the station with an hour's delay. 3. His offence is grave this time and he won't escape punishment. 4. «Thank your lucky stars that you only bruised your legs when you fell», said the mother. 5. Don't alight from the bus until it stops. 6. He is growing old and you should make allowances for his age. 7. I can't remove the lid of that tin. Will you help me with it please? 8. If you want us to remove that stain from your coat, leave it with us for a couple of days, will you? 9. The new block of flats is being built very fast. 10. She is a very agreeable person by nature and she is on good terms with everybody. 11. She has got the knack of the job and now she manages it very well. 12. «Why haven't you got connected? » «No, I've been trying for about an hour but I got nowhere». 13. Sobinov used to arrange concerts in aid of the students most of whom lived from hand to mouth in those days. 14. He hurried to tell her that a subscription was organized for the switchman's widow and children. 15. Don't worry about the frog. It can't escape from the jar I put it in.

KEY

1. get on; 2. get to; 3. get off; 4. got off with bruises (lightly); 5. get off; 6. getting on; 7. get off; 8. get off; 9. getting on; 10. gets on (well); 11. gets on with; 12. got through; 13. get up; 14. got up; 15. get out of