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Soheil1 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

Get to

Hi
What makes "get to" mean differently in:
Don't let her GET TO you; she's just in a bad mood.
and
When I GET TO it, I'll look at the matter carefully.

?Your help is appreciated
  

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soheil1 What makes "get to" mean differently in ... Different meanings of words are adopted through the course of history. There are many words in English (and in other languages, maybe in your own) that have two or more meanings.

— CalifJim

  • soheil1 What makes "get to" mean differently in ...
  • Different meanings of words are adopted through the course of history.
  • There are many words in English (and in other languages, maybe in your own) that have two or more meanings.
  • This case is not at all unusual.
  • We took our picnic lunch to the river and sat along the bank and ate it there.
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soheil1What makes "get to" mean differently in ...
Different meanings of words are adopted through the course of history. There are many words in English (and in other languages, maybe in your own) that have two or more meanings. This case is not at all unusual.

We took our picnic lunch to the river and sat along the bank and ate it there.
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CalifJimDifferent meanings of words are adopted through the course of history. There are many words in English (and in other languages, maybe in your own) that have two or more meanings. This case is not at all unusual.We took our picnic lunch to the river and sat along the bank and ate it there.I need to go to the bank today to use the ATM.CJ
But there should
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soheil1But there should be a way to discern the exact meaning.
That's your opinion, perhaps, but in fact there is no way to discern exact meanings unless you have quite a bit of experience using the words correctly in context.

You have to find out how a word is used if you want to figure out its meaning (or meanings). Dictionaries give you some idea
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soheil1But there should be a way to discern the exact meaning.
No. Words are used in different ways by different people every day. When a particular meaning of one word or group of words is generally accepted, than that is one of its meanings.
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