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1    achieve, acquire, attain, bag, bring, come by, come into possession of, earn, fall heir to, fetch, gain, glean, inherit, land, make, net, obtain, pick up, procure, realize, reap, receive, score     (slang)   secure, succeed to, win  
2    be afflicted with, become infected with, be smitten by, catch, come down with, contract, fall victim to, take  
3    arrest, capture, collar     (informal)   grab, lay hold of, nab     (informal)   nail     (informal)   seize, take, trap  
4    become, come to be, grow, turn, wax  
5    catch, comprehend, fathom, follow, get the picture, hear, notice, perceive, see, suss (out)     (slang)   take in, understand, work out  
6    arrive, come, make it     (informal)   reach  
7    arrange, contrive, fix, manage, succeed, wangle     (informal)  
8    coax, convince, induce, influence, persuade, prevail upon, sway, talk into, wheedle, win over  
9    communicate with, contact, get in touch with, reach  
10      (informal)   affect, arouse, excite, have an effect on, impact on, impress, move, stimulate, stir, touch, tug at (someone's) heartstrings     (often facetious)  
11      (informal)   annoy, bother, bug     (informal)   gall, get (someone's) goat     (slang)   irk, irritate, nark     (Brit., Austral., & N.Z. slang)   pique, rub (someone) up the wrong way, upset, vex  
12    baffle, confound, mystify, nonplus, perplex, puzzle, stump  

get across  
1    cross, ford, negotiate, pass over, traverse  
2    bring home to, communicate, convey, get (something) through to, impart, make clear or understood, put over, transmit  
get ahead  
1    advance, be successful, cut it     (informal)   do well, flourish, get on, make good, make one's mark, progress, prosper, succeed, thrive  
2    excel, leave behind, outdo, outmanoeuvre, overtake, surpass  
get along  
1    agree, be compatible, be friendly, get on, harmonize, hit it off     (informal)  
2    cope, develop, fare, get by     (informal)   make out     (informal)   manage, progress, shift  
3    be off, depart, get on one's bike     (Brit. slang)   go, go away, go to hell     (informal)   leave, make tracks, move off, sling one's hook     (Brit. slang)   slope off  
get at  
1    acquire, attain, come to grips with, gain access to, get, get hold of, reach  
2    hint, imply, intend, lead up to, mean, suggest  
3    annoy, attack, be on one's back     (slang)   blame, carp, criticize, find fault with, hassle     (informal)   irritate, nag, nark     (Brit., Austral., & N.Z. slang)   pick on, put the boot into     (slang)   taunt  
4    bribe, buy off, corrupt, influence, suborn, tamper with  
get away     
abscond, break free, break out, decamp, depart, disappear, escape, flee, leave, make good one's escape, slope off  
get back  
1    recoup, recover, regain, repossess, retrieve  
2    arrive home, come back or home, return, revert, revisit  
3      (with)       at   be avenged, get even with, get one's own back, give tit for tat, hit back, retaliate, settle the score with, take vengeance on  
get by  
1    circumvent, get ahead of, go around, go past, overtake, pass, round  
2      (informal)   contrive, cope, exist, fare, get along, keep one's head above water, make both ends meet, manage, subsist, survive  
get down  
1    alight, bring down, climb down, descend, disembark, dismount, get off, lower, step down  
2    bring down, depress, dishearten, dispirit  
get in     
alight, appear, arrive, collect, come, embark, enter, include, infiltrate, insert, interpose, land, make inroads (into), mount, penetrate  
get off  
1    alight, depart, descend, disembark, dismount, escape, exit, leave  
2    detach, remove, shed, take off  
get on  
1    ascend, board, climb, embark, mount  
2    advance, cope, cut it     (informal)   fare, get along, make out     (informal)   manage, progress, prosper, succeed  
3    agree, be compatible, be friendly, concur, get along, harmonize, hit it off     (informal)  
get out     
alight, break out, clear out     (informal)   decamp, escape, evacuate, extricate oneself, free oneself, leave, vacate, withdraw  
get out of     
avoid, body-swerve     (Scot.)   dodge, escape, evade, shirk  
get over  
1    cross, ford, get across, pass, pass over, surmount, traverse  
2    come round, get better, mend, pull through, rally, recover from, revive, survive  
3    defeat, get the better of, master, overcome, shake off  
4    communicate, convey, get or put across, impart, make clear or understood  
get round  
1    bypass, circumvent, edge, evade, outmanoeuvre, skirt  
2      (informal)   cajole, coax, convert, persuade, prevail upon, talk round, wheedle, win over  
get together     
accumulate, assemble, collect, congregate, convene, converge, gather, join, meet, muster, rally, unite  
get-together     
celebration, conference, do     (informal)   function, gabfest     (informal, chiefly U.S.)   gathering, jolly     (Brit. informal)   knees-up     (Brit. informal)   meeting, party, reception, social  
get up     
arise, ascend, climb, increase, mount, rise, scale, stand  
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you catch more flies with honey
exp.
The actual say is: "You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar" This means that it is easier to persuade people if you use polite arguments and flattery than if you are confrontational.
you catch more flies with honey
id.
the carrot is more effective than the stick
there is more room on the outside than on the inside
q.
This expression means it is better to let one's emotions out, rather than bottled up inside. It is also often said when someone has gas.
this is just something my grandmother would say in cajun french
tops
adv.
maximum; no more (or later) than; at the most
E.g.: You have to be back at 11 o'clock tops; The show lasted one hour tops
get wasted
exp.
get drunk or take drugs; get high
upcycle
v.
to recycle somethiing and make it into something more upmarket
a necklace made of upcycled plastic bags
overtrain
v.
to practice something excessively, to train too much
overtrain
v.
to train too much, to train excessively
Coaches can't overtrain the athletes before a championship.
libdem
adj.
Liberal Democrat (UK), more frequently used in plural : libdems
familiar word formed by the combination of liberal, currently headed by Nick Clegg
homebound
adj.
forced by a medical condition to spend most of the time home
overshare
v.
to overshare is to share too much intimate information with somebody
"sorry, have I overshared?"
slumpy
adj.
undesirable, at much lower standards than expected
synonym for "shitty"
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n-count
v.
has the same molecular kinetic energy but appears different in more ways than not.
[English.] to think like you are fucking the minds of others over while giving them all the love you can at the same time, and knowing this will help them.
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Interaction
n.
a process by which two or more things affect each other
In my science class, I learned the interaction between humans and the Earth is getting more negative because people keep emitting the carbon dioxide.
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core
n.
the most important or central part of something
[US] The core of the book focuses on the period between 1660 and 1857.
sober up
exp.
to become more serious
live off the grid
exp.
live without being connected to one of more public utilities (such as water, electric power)

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