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| get the hang of |
| 1. v. (colloquial) To begin to understand or manage at a basic level; to learn to handle with some skill. |
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| Driving feels awkward when you’re new to it, but it’s easy once you get the hang of it. |
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| Analysis |
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| get |
| 1. v. (ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire. |
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| I'm going to get a computer tomorrow from the discount store. |
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| Lance is going to get Mary a ring. |
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| 2. v. To receive. |
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| I got a computer from my parents for my birthday. |
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| the |
| 1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already |
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| I’m reading the book. (Compare I’m reading a book.) |
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| The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.) |
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| The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird. |
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| 2. art. Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause. |
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| Hang |
| 1. n. Name and trademark of a musical instrument invented and built by PANArt Hangbau AG. |
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| 2. v. (intransitive) To be or remain suspended. |
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| The lights hung from the ceiling. |
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| 3. v. (intransitive) To float, as if suspended. |
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| The smoke hung in the room. |
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| of |
| 1. prep. Expressing distance or motion. |
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| 2. prep. (now obsolete, or dialectal) From (of distance, direction), "off". |
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| 3. prep. (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.). |
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| 4. prep. From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.). |
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| There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage. |
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