绕开; 传播; 随意走走; 说服
Garages & Parking-(车库和停车)
A：You should save some money on parking here.
把车停在这儿可以省些钱。
B：Yeah, I don’t have to pay for a space on the street.
是呀，我不用再付钱在街上找地方停车了。
A：Really? How long did it take you to find a spot yesterday?
是吗？你昨天找地方（停车）兜了多久了？
B：Well, last night it took me half an hour to find a spot when I came home from work.
哦，昨晚我下班回来的时候花了半小时才找到一个地方停车。
A：You get home late, don’t you?
你很晚才回家，是吗？
B：Yeah, around seven. Most of the street parking is gone by then.
是，差不多7点了。那个时候街上大都没有停车的地方了。
A：Ah, well. You can’t have everything.
是，可是你不可能要求事事都完美。
B：Yeah. I can live with it. It’s great to be living alone.
是呀。我可以应付的。一个人住很不错。
促销
A：I am going to be home a little bit late tonight. You’ll have to have supper on your own.
今晚我要晚一点回家，你就自己吃晚饭吧。
B：Why is that?
为什么啊？
A：There’s a big sale at Macy’s today. Everything is either buy one, get one free, or half price.
今天麦希商店大促销，所有的东西不是买一送一就是半价。
B：You’re not going to spend all of our money, are you?
你不会把我们所有的钱都花了吧？
A：Of course not. The offer is too good to pass up, isn’t it?
当然不会了。只是如此好机会不应该错过。
B：I guess so. Would you mind picking up some shirts for me if you see some?
我想也是，如果你看到衬衣，帮我买几件好吗？
A：Sure, which color would you like?
好，你喜欢什么颜色。
B：A green and a light blue one.
一件绿色和一件浅蓝色的。
A：Ok. Would you like long sleeve or short sleeve shirts?
好。你喜欢长袖还是短袖。
B：Long sleeves, please.
长袖的吧。
A：Do you need anything else?
你还需要别的吗？
B：Check out the appliances section. We could really need another washing machine.
去看看家电区，我们可能再买一台洗衣机。
A：Ok, I will. Hopefully that will be half off instead of buy one get one free.
好，我会去看的。希望那儿东西是半价而不是买一送一。
B：Just have a look.
去看一下吧。
A：Anything else?
还要别的吗？
B：Actually, we could use a new lawn mower. And maybe a grill for the backyard.
实际上，我们可能要一台新的割草机。还有后院得配一个烤架。
A：Do you just want to come along? It might be easier if we both went.
你想要和我一起去吗？要是俩个人去可能会容易些。
B：Yeah, you’re right. Let’s go!
你说的对，我们一起去吧！
A：Do you have any money?
你有钱吗？
B：No, but I have plenty of credit cards.
没有，但是我有足够的信用卡。
A：Maybe I should hang on to those. I know what happens when you get around tools and machines!
或许我应该带着。当你在逛工具和机器区的时候，我知道会出现什么情况！
1. 规避(法律等走动：get around to 找时间做,开始考虑 | get around 规避(法律等走动 | get at 到达;了解;查明
2. 避免：应该得到deserve; have right to; is worthy of | 避免avoid; shun; get around; circumvent | 幻想fantasy; play of the mind
3. 有办法应付局面：get along with 相处融洽 | get around 有办法应付局面 | get away with 成功;逃避惩罚
4. 传递消息：get away 逃脱,离开 | get around 传递消息 | get by 通过,经过
1. 克服，解决（问题或困难）
To get around a problem or difficulty means to overcome it.
e.g. None of these countries has found a way yet to get around the problem of the polarization of wealth.
这些国家都还没有找到办法来解决贫富分化的问题。
2. get around
2. 规避，避开（法律或规章）
If you get around a rule or law, you find a way of doing something that the rule or law is intended to prevent, without actually breaking it.
e.g. Although tobacco ads are prohibited, companies get around the ban by sponsoring music shows.
虽然严禁为烟草做广告，但一些烟草公司却通过赞助音乐会来打擦边球。
3. （消息等）传开，散播出去
If news gets around, it becomes well known as a result of being told to lots of people.
e.g. They threw him out because word got around that he was taking drugs...
由于有传言说他吸毒，他们把他解雇了。
e.g. I'll see that it gets round that you've arrived.
我一定保证让大家知道你到了。
4. 通过取悦（或奉承）说服
If you get around someone, you persuade them to allow you to do or have something by pleasing them or flattering them.
e.g. Max could always get round her.
马克斯总有法子把她哄顺了。
5. 到处旅行；游历
If you get around, you visit a lot of different places as part of your way of life.
e.g. He claimed to be a journalist, and he got around.
他自称是一名记者，经常四处游历。
1. So online vendors buy postcards and line up to get the stamps, especially around Valentine's Day.
2. Gridlock has abated, and you can almost get around the city by car these days.
3. " We sometimes get too obsessed with keeping possession and passing the ball around, " the Cameroon international told a news conference.
4. The draft also made clear the punishment for those who get a helping hand but then turn around and blackmail the good Samaritan.
5. But the researchers at Pennsylvania State University were able to get around these problems by chemically modifying elements of the reactor.
6. get around
6. When Chinese travel around the world, the card's users can use foreign currency and get US dollars.
7. Some gamers can always manage to come up with some tricks and loopholes to get around restrictions.
8. And traditionally high petrol prices in Europe are an incentive to get out the old bike for short trips around compact German towns.
9. To get around the long waiting lists at many New York adoption agencies, many couples advertise themselves directly to mothers through classified ads and websites.
10. Property developers will be banned from converting new commercial spaces into residential apartments, a major target for speculators looking to get around the price cooling measures.
verb
1. avoid something unpleasant or laborious
e.g. You cannot bypass these rules!
Synonym: bypass short-circuit go around
2. be released or become known
of news
e.g. News of her death broke in the morning
3. move around
move from place to place
e.g. How does she get around without a car?
Synonym: get about
4. be a social swinger
socialize a lot
Synonym: swing