Listening exercises with “Get together”
- The phrasal verb to get together means to meet or gather with people in the same place. This phrasal verb usually communicates the idea of meeting in an informal, social sense.
Here’s an example:
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Here’s another example:
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Esc — Play/Pause (rewinds 1.5s)
Ctrl/⌘ + ← — Skip back 1.5s
Ctrl/⌘ + → — Skip forward 1.5s
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- We can also use the phrasal verb with an object – to get sb together – to communicate the idea of bringing people together or arranging for them to meet.
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Esc — Play/Pause (rewinds 1.5s)
Ctrl/⌘ + ← — Skip back 1.5s
Ctrl/⌘ + → — Skip forward 1.5s
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- Note that we can use the phrasal verb get sth together to talk about things as well as people:
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Esc — Play/Pause (rewinds 1.5s)
Ctrl/⌘ + ← — Skip back 1.5s
Ctrl/⌘ + → — Skip forward 1.5s
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- We can use this phrasal verb as a noun, get-together, to talk about a social gathering or informal meeting:
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Esc — Play/Pause (rewinds 1.5s)
Ctrl/⌘ + ← — Skip back 1.5s
Ctrl/⌘ + → — Skip forward 1.5s
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- Finally, this phrasal verb can be used reflexively – to get yourself together – to communicate the idea of getting organised, functioning more effectively, sorting out your life, and so on:
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Esc — Play/Pause (rewinds 1.5s)
Ctrl/⌘ + ← — Skip back 1.5s
Ctrl/⌘ + → — Skip forward 1.5s
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