get rid of . escape from 摆脱

It is not easy to get rid of a bad habit．去掉一种坏习惯是很不容易的。

I can't get rid of my cold．我感冒老不好。

We should get rid of the bad style and keep the good．我们应该去掉不良作风，保持优良作风。

You should get rid of such silly ideas．你必须去掉这些糊涂观念。

get the better of . get the best of . win over； beat ；defeat 赢得；打败；获胜

He got the best of it in the contest．他在比赛中赢了。

Be careful in dealing with him because he will try to get the better of you．对付他要小心，因为他会设法击败你。

He easily got the better of her in that argument．在那场辩论中他轻而易举地击败了她。

 get the message .  get the word . understand clearly what is meant 理解；完全了解

The teacher talked to the students about being on time，and most of them got the message．老师要学生养成守时的习惯，大部分同学都了解他的意思。

Miss Li hinted to her boyfriend that she wanted to break up，but he didn't get the message．李小姐暗示她的男友要和他分手，但他并没有理解她的意思。

There is always some so-and-so who doesn't get the word. 总是有人不能领会到要旨。

Did you get the word about putting on some extra fuel? 有没有人跟你说要多加点油?

get the word out .  帮助宣传,放出消息

I know how to get the word out. 我知道该怎么放出消息了。

The only way to get the word out I realized was to sell direct. 我意识到，唯一能创出这个牌子的办法就是直销。

get the sack . be fired or dismissed from work被解雇

Jack got the sack at the factory last week．杰克上周被工厂解雇。

During the depression，many workers got the sack．在不景气的时候，许多工人被解雇了。

get the sack . be told by one's lover that the relationship is over与恋人绝交

Mary gave Sam the sack．玛丽与山姆断交了。

 get through . pass through 通过；穿过；越过

The water gets through the house every time it rains．每逢下雨，这房子都漏。

You would wonder how such a large animal could get through such a small hole．你或许会想这样大的一个动物是怎么通过这么小的一个洞的。

He got through into the flooded mine and rescued the wounded miners．他钻进了淹了水的矿井，把受伤的矿工救了出来。

 get through . finish or deal with 完成；解决

I've a pile of papers to get through before the meeting．会前我有一堆文件要处理。

He got through his business as quickly as he could．他尽快完成了他的事务工作。

My secretary is very quick；she gets through a lot of work in a morning．我的秘书很利索，她一个早上能干完许多事情。

 get through . be successful in；pass an examination or vote（考试）及格；通过考试或表决

I got through the written papers but failed in the oral examination．我笔试及格，但口试失败了。

The teacher got them through without any failures．老师让学生全部通过了考试。

The candidates didn't all get through．候选人没有全部通过。

 get through . be approved by Parliament，etc；cause（a bill，）to be passed 通过（议案、法案等）

The bill got through by a margin of five votes．这议案以五票的微弱多数通过。

We hardly had any difficulty in getting the bill through．我们毫不费劲地就使这项议案通过了。

 get through . consume；spend；use up花完；用完；度过（时间）

She got through her husband's money in a year．她一年内就把丈夫的钱全花完了。

You may wonder how so much food could be got through by such a small child．你会感到奇怪，这样小的孩子怎么能吃掉那么多的食物。

He usually gets through his salary by the middle of the month．他通常半个月就用完了一个月的工资。

His Sundays were difficult to get through．他的星期天很难打发。

 get through . reach a destination 抵达目的地

If more supplies do not get through in time，thousands of refugees will die．如果更多的救济品不能及时到达的话，数以千计地难民将要死亡。

I started as soon as your message got through to me．我一接到你的信就立刻动身了。

 get through . make contact with somebody （usu．by telephone）接通（电话）；取得联系

The operator finally got me through．电话员终于帮我接通了电话。

 get through . succeed in surviving 经过…之后仍然活着

The patient got through another bad winter．这病人又平安地度过了一个严冬。

get through to . reach by telephone 接通（电话等）

I can't get through to London；the lines are always busy．我无法接通伦敦，因为老是占线。

I called you several times yesterday evening but couldn't get through to you．昨天晚上我给你打了好几次电话，但是都没有打通。

get through to . （cause to）be understood by（使）被理解

Few teachers can get through to students who don't，want to learn．教师很难使自己讲的东西被不想学的学生所理解。

I explained once again，but I still couldn't get through to him．我又解释了一遍，但他仍然听不懂。

get through to . （in sports）reach（the next stage of a competition）（体育）进入下一比赛阶段

We were so pleased when our team got through to the last part of the competition．我们队进入了最后一轮比赛，我们很高兴。

get through to . arrive successfully顺利到达

The news finally got through to us．这消息终于传到了我们这里。

The villagers were cut off by the flood，but the army managed to get supplies through to them．由于闹水灾，村民们与外界失去了联系，可是军队设法把给养运到他们那里。