8ILLNESS [transitive not in passive] to catch an illness.I got flu last winter and was in bed for three weeks.She was worried she might get food poisoning.
9ACHIEVE [transitive] to achieve something .I got 98% in my last maths test.the person who gets the highest score.
10RECEIVE A PUNISHMENT [transitive] to receive something as a punishment .He got ten years in prison for his part in the robbery.
11ARRIVE [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to arrive somewhere .What time will we get there?We didn’t get home until midnight.
get toWe got to Paris that evening.► see thesaurus at arrive 12REACH A POINT [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to reach a particular point or stage of something.I’ve got as far as chapter 5.I couldn’t wait to get to the end of the book.Where have you got up to in the story?It was disappointing to lose, having got this far in the competition.