Phrasal Verb Fun

get through, get through to
Through means movement from outside of something, in to it, and then
outside it again.
We imagine a cable or a phone line as a pipe. Electricity or information
goes
through
the cable.
In the old days when you phoned somebody at work, you had to go
through the switchboard. You had to speak to the nice receptionist and
persuade her to connect you to the right person. You wanted to be put
through. When that happened she would say, '
Putting you through
.'
When this had happened you had got through. You had got through to the
person you wanted.

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Sometimes we use this expression when we talk about talking to slow,
stubborn or hysterical people. It can be very difficult to get through to
them.
GET THROUGH is a
two-word verb without an object
No problem.
GET THROUGH TO is a
three-word verb
. No problem either
.
get up
What do you do most mornings? You get
up
(out of bed).
Two-word verb without an object
No problem.
give
(give, gave, given)
Everybody knows what give means. Children probably learn it about the
same time as
take
. You give me a present, I take it.
give away
Sebastian felt bad about being rich, so he gave all his money away.
(He gave it all to charity perhaps.)
Away
always has the sense of great distance. Far away is further than
just far. So, to give something away means to give it so you won't see it
again.