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General C1 · Unit 3 · History & Drama

3A. A love-hate relationship

C1 · Advanced · the many faces of get

Unit 3 · Epigraph
"Ambivalence is the only honest answer to any city you have loved for more than a decade."
— overheard on the Piccadilly line
Objectives

What you'll be able to do

5 min
  • Use get naturally across its six main meanings (receive, become, arrive, understand, cause, obtain).
  • Deploy at least eight idiomatic get-phrases in speaking.
  • Talk in nuanced terms about ambivalent attachments — to people, cities and habits.
  • Follow, discuss and quote a TED talk on complicated cultural belonging.
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