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User_gary Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

get through my mother

I can easily get through my mother to give $1000. Then we can enjoy with it, friends.

Are these sentences correct?

Please help me.
  

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No-- what is it you wish to say regarding your mother and the $1000?

  • No-- what is it you wish to say regarding your mother and the $1000?
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No-- what is it you wish to say regarding your mother and the $1000?
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Mister MicawberNo-- what is it you wish to say regarding your mother and the $1000?

Thank you Mister Micawber.

Sorry, it was "get round". So the sentence becomes
" I can easily get round my mother to give $1000. Then we can enjoy with it, friends."
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I don't think that works-- 'get round' usually means to avoid or circumvent. Here is the idea:

I can easily get round my mother and borrow $1000 from my dad. Then we can enjoy ourselves with it, friends.
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Mister MicawberI don't think that works-- 'get round' usually means to avoid or circumvent. Here is the idea:

I can easily get round my mother and borrow $1000 from my dad. Then we can enjoy ourselves with it, friends.

Thank you Mister Micawber.

But I have come across this meaning in the Cambridge dictionary :
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No-- you'll have to wait for a BrE speaker to verify its currency-- as you can see, it is marked 'UK' in your dictionary.
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Yes, this use is common in the UK.

" I can easily get round my mother to give me $1000. Then we can enjoy ourselves with it."

As the dictionary says, you use charm to persuade someone to do something, and you normally have some sort of relationship with the person (but not always). It has a sense of getting something you don't really deserve to get! The person you are 'gettin

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