get to . arrive at；reach the point of 到达；触及

The boat will only get you to the nearest island，and you have to make your own way from there．这只小船只能把你带到最近的一个岛屿，你得从那儿再自己走。

We must get to the bottom of the matter．对这个事情我们必须追根究底。

They have got to the essence of things．他们已经触及到了事物的本质。

get to . disappear 消失；不见了

I don't know where my ring has got to；I hope it has not been stolen．我不知道我的戒指到哪儿去了，但愿不是被偷掉了。

get to . start着手

We must get to our work now．现在我们得开始工作了。

get to . be understood by 被理解

I've tried to help the troublesome boy，but I can't seem to get to him．我一直试图帮助这个好惹事的男孩，但我似乎无法被他所理解。

get to . have an effect on the feelings of （对人的情感）产生影响；感动

His sad story really got to me，and I wanted to help him．他的不幸经历确实使我感动，我想帮助他。

I think your accusation got to John．我想你的控告对约翰是有影响的。

get together . collect 搜集

It'll take me a week to get together all the materials I need for my talk．搜集我演讲所需要的全部资料得花一周时间。

get together . assemble；bring together；unite集会；和好；团结

We get together once a year at Christmas time．我们每年圣诞节时聚会一次。

Mary and her husband had a quarrel yesterday，but I got them together at my house，and they made up．玛丽和她丈夫吵了一架，我把他们在我家劝到一起又和好了。

get together . reach an agreement 达成协议；取得一致意见

Whether the two great powers will ever get together is impossible to say．这两个大国能否达成协议还很难说。

get up . （cause to）arise from a bed（使）起床

Please get up at five tomorrow．明天请五点起床。

get up .  stand；rise from one's seat 由（座位等）站起来

Few men these days get up to give a lady a seat on a bus．如今几乎没有几个男士在公共汽车上给女士让座。

get up . organize；plan 组织；筹划

The children are getting up a play for next week．孩子们正组织下周的演出。

The youth club is getting up a concert．青年俱乐部正在筹备一场音乐会。

The students have got up another petition against the building of a nuclear power station．学生们又一次组织了抗议建立核电站的请愿活动。

Our reading club is getting up a picnic for next month．我们的读书俱乐部正计划下个月的野餐。

get up . move to a higher level 爬高（坡）

The hill was so steep that the old car had difficulty getting up．此山太陡，这辆老车很难爬上去。

get up . rise in position（在地位或职位上）晋升

Thompson has got up in the world．汤普森举世闻名了。

get up . dress up；make beautiful or attractive 打扮；装扮

The children were got up in their best clothes on June 1．孩子们在六月一日穿上了节日的盛装。

She gets herself up attractively like a girl of twenty．她打扮得很迷人，象一个二十岁的姑娘。

They got grand father up as Father Christmas．他们把爷爷打扮成了圣诞老人。

The book has been got up very nicely by the designer．设计师把这本书装帧得非常漂亮。

get up . study；memorize 学习；背熟

I should get up my history for the test tomorrow．我得背历史准备明天的考试。

get up . stimulate；rouse 激发；激起

His rude manner really got my blood up．他那无理的态度简直把我的肺都要气炸了。

get up against . （cause to）stand or move next to（使）靠近

I got up against the window to try to look out．我走近窗户想往外看。

get up against . offend；annoy 冒犯；触怒

I hope you don't get up against the director in one of his bad tempers．我希望你别在主任脾气不好时去冒犯他。

get up the nerve . build up one's courage until one is brave enough 鼓起勇气；放大胆子

Jack got up the nerve to ask Ruth to dance with him．杰克鼓起勇气邀请露丝跳舞。

get up to . reach 达到

The temperature got up to thirty-two degrees centigrade  by nine o'clock．九点钟气温达到三十二摄氏度。

get up to . do（something．bad）干（坏事）

Whatever will the students get up to next? 学生下一步究竟想搞什么名堂?

He always gets up to all sorts of tricks．他总是玩弄各种诡计。

Go and see what those boys are getting up to．去看看那些男孩在捣什么鬼。

Don't get up to any mischief．不要胡闹。

get up to . catch up with；come level with赶上；达到

I hope to get up to the required speed for the shorthand exam within the next two months．我希望在两个月内能达到速记考试所要求的速度。

He soon got up to the other students in his class．他很快就赶上了班上其他学生。

We had just got up to that boat when a strong wind hit us．我们刚要赶上那条船，就遭到了一股大风的袭击。

 get what's coming to one . receive the good or bad that one deserves；get what is due to one；get one's share 善有善报，恶有恶报；得到应得的奖赏或惩罚

at the end of the movie the traitor got what was coming to him and was put in jail．影片结束时，那个叛徒得到了应有的惩罚，被关进了监狱。

John didn't think he was getting what was coming to him，so he quit the job in that company．约翰认为他没有拿到他应得的酬劳，所以他辞掉了那个公司的工作。