fall for a trick | be deceived, taken in by it | |
fall for sb | fall in love with sb | |
fall out with sb | have a quarrel with sb | |
fall in with sb | meet sb by accident, when travelling | |
fall in with sb's plans | agree with them | |
fall off | tumble off-a ladder etc, diminish in number, grow fewer | |
fall through | came to nothing, could not be put into practice | |
fall on one's feet | be lucky | |
a downfall | collapse or ruin | |
fall down | collapse | |
get out of sth | avoid doing sth without getting punished | |
get sb down | depress sb | |
get at | reach, mean, to try to say, attack morally | |
get away with a crime | not to be punished for a crime | |
get off scot-free | not to get punished for doing sth wrong | |
get off lightly | receive a very slight punishment | |
get through an examination | pass it | |
get through money | spend it very quickly | |
get through to get up to mischief | do sth naughty or forbidden | |
get over an illness | recover from it | |
get over a loss | recover from it | |
get over a difficulty | find the solution to it | |
get by in an examination | pass it rather unexpectedly | |
get by as... | succeed in being mistaken for... | |
get on well with sb | live in harmony with sb or have a pleasant relationship with him | |
get on sb's nerves | make sb irritable, annoy him very much | |
get behind with sth | allow work etc to accumulate and so to get behind schedule with it | |
get down to work | settle down to it, begin it seriously | |
get away | make one's escape | |
get on with sth | work as it and make progress in it | |
give off a smell | emit, exhale | |
give out a smell | emit it | |
give out | be finished or all used up, announce publicly, distribute, pretend | |
give-and-take | compromise on both sides | |