Category: G - argot courses

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get at

25/8/2020

We use [get at] to mean imply (something):

We’ve spent an hour in this room and I still can’t understand what he’s talking about. [replacing phrasal verb]
We’ve spent an hour in this room and I still can’t see what he means. [replacing phrasal verb]
We’ve spent an hour in this room and I still don’t know what he’s implying. [replacing phrasal verb]

Whatever he’s getting at, I don’t like it.
I can see what you're getting at. It's a difficult decision but I don't see how I can help you.

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go about

14/8/2020

We use [go about] to mean begin or carry on with something:

I’m sorry but I think you’re proceeding in the wrong way. [replacing phrasal verb]
I’m sorry but I think you’re starting this all wrong. [replacing phrasal verb]
I’m sorry but I think you’re tacking this in the wrong way. [replacing phrasal verb]

I think he should leave the marketing team to go about their business and stop trying to micro-manage them.

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get ahead

22/7/2020

We use [get ahead] to mean be successful:

We need to be more creative if we’re to be successful in this market. [replacing phrasal verb]
We need to be more creative if we’re to prosper and increase market share. [replacing phrasal verb]

Do you really think it’s possible to get ahead in life without a degree?
Once he understood the dynamics of the company, he really got ahead and rose to Chairman in less than ten years.

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get by

30/5/2020

We use [get by] to mean: manage with difficulty to live or accomplish something.

We’ve not much money but enough to get by.
Can we get by with these resources?

Although we’ve enough food to manage, I hope the snow melts soon. [replacing phrasal verb]
Although we’ve enough food to survive, I hope the snow melts soon. [replacing phrasal verb]

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flexible: you have busy lives, so our courses fit your schedule
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