English Conversation Class - The verb Get

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Lara : Hi Thais, What's up? It's very nice to see you again!
Amanda : Yeah! We thought you'd given up!
Thais : Nice to see you too girls...Give up? No way! I was just trying to organise my business hours. I think that this new schedule will allow me to keep my course.
Stefany : Oh, I like hearing that!
Thais : Well girls, What was the last class about?
Lara: It was a very interesting class !
Stefany : About the verb get.
Thais : Get??? Oh my gosh! This verb can take many different forms. It seems to be very difficult.
Amanda : We also thought that way...
Lara : But teacher J.B. made us change our mind.
Thais : So , How can I use the verb get?
Amanda : You can use the verb "get" when you capture...
Lara : Hurt...
Stefany : or " kill" something or someone
Thais : Get can mean these three verbs? Is that so simple?
Amanda : believe us!
Thais : Show me an example
Lara : Ok. Let me try...Imagine that someone had shot a cat.
Thais : Poor cat !
Lara : I love cats but it's just an example.
Thais : Ok. Go on !
Lara : So you could say ..." He got a cat"
Amanda : or ..." he hurt a cat "
Stefany : or even " He killed a cat "
Thais : How can you be so evil ? I'm kidding! I got it!
Amanda : Really? We told you that it isn't so difficult.
Thais : You are right. So tell me ...What are we gonna learn today?
Lara : Nothing
Thais : What do you mean? Aren't we gonna have lesson today?
Stefany : Actually We are already in class. J.B. asked us to practice the structures of the verb get.
Amanda : And this is what we are doing , ok?
Thais : Alright! Did you watch T.V. yesterday night?
Lara : Which program?
Thais : The evening news
Stefany : Where? On Record T.V.?
Thais : I think it was on Globo but I'm not sure.
Stefany : So?
Thais : I heard that the police got Brazil's largest drug dealer , A.K.A. Nem.
Lara : Which Police got him?
Thais : Rio de Janeiro police's force
Amanda : Where is he gonna be buried?
Thais: Buried? He is not dead
Stefany : Is he hurt? In the hospital ?
Thais : No . He isn't in the hospital. He is in the cage!
Lara : The police captured him !
Thais : That's the ticket! They caught him and put him in the jail.
Amanda : It seems that you really understood the grammar
Stefany : Teacher J.B. told us that there are over sixty meanings for the word "get"
Lara : Get can be a simple verb like hurt,kill or capture
Amanda : it can be followed by an adjective
Stefany : and it can be followed by a verb in the past perfect
Thais : This " get " is getting me nervous.
Lara : We better stop for a while. We don't want to get you bored with this.
Thais : No way! Let's keep studying ! Hey! what's up , Stefany?
Stefany : I think that I was bitten by a mosquito.
Thais : The mosquito got you!
Lara : This is not funny, Thais.
Thais : I think it's funny! And I think that you should get him before he gets you too.

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