11(^150) Spoken English II
Example: We got together in the pub for a drink.
Get up = get out of bed
Example: Iget up at seven o'clock on weekdays, but lie in till noon
at the weekend.
Get up = organise
Example: They got up a list of two hundred people who were op-
posed to the local council's plans.
Get up to = do something wrong or naughty
Example: The children are always getting up to some trouble or
other.
Give away = entrust your daughter to her husband during the
marnage ceremony
Example: He gave his daughter away and told the groom to lOOK
after her.
Give away = tell a secret
Example: She didn't give anything away about the party so it came
as a complete surprise to me.
Give back = return something you-'ve borrowed
Example: Igave her back the twenty pounds she'd lent to me.
Give in = stop doing something because it-'s too hard or requires
too much energy
Example: I couldn't fInish the crossword puzzle and had to give in
and look at the answers.
Give in = submit homework., etc.
Example: The projects have to be given in three weeks before we
break up for the end of term. (British)
Give off = emit pollution or something else unpleasant