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Questions (Please!) Hi, there Could you help me? 1) This one is about the usage of "get". Are these sentences odd? a) A person just had his face operated and someone says to him/her: "Don't get too much sun on your face" Does it sound odd? b) Children in the back seat of the car are feeling hot because the air conditioner isn't blowing in the back. Would it sound odd if they said: "We are not getting any air back here"? c) I don't want to put a sweater in the washing machine because little spots shows up on it every time I do. Could I say "You have to hand wash this one. It gets a lot of spots if you put it into the washing machine d) Would you use the phrase "Not to get rusty" in the sense of "not to lose the habit"? If so, can you give me an example? 2) What's the difference between a scoop of news, a rundown and a roundup? 3) Do you say a glimpse into or at something? I see "into" sometimes, but then I found this: "Newly released Hillary Clinton Emails Offers Glimpse at Husband's Advice" Thank you!

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Hello Gabriel, In answer to your questions: 1.a) 'Don't get too much sun on your face' - this sentence isn't odd, it just means try and keep your face in the shade by wearing a hat. b) 'We are not getting any air back here' - again, not odd. It's a statement by the children saying they aren't getting any air in the back. c) Just a few minor changes - 'You have to hand wash this one. It gets a lot of little spots all over it if it's put into the washing machine'. d) Use the phrase, 'I don't want to get rusty'. Example: 'I don't want to get rusty with playing the guitar, so I try and play a few chords every day'. 2. A news scoop is a news item reported by just one journalist/newspaper before everyone else. A news roundup is gathering and an analysis of all the main news events of the day. A rundown of the news is a list of the news from the most important event down to the least significant. I think :) 3. "Newly released Hillary Clinton Emails Offers Glimpse at Husband's Advice" - This sentence is saying that Bill Clinton was giving Hillary advice in emails. 'Glimpse at' - bit of a sneaky/quick look. Hope answers have helped. Melanie
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1) a) Sounds fine b) Fine, though if it was me in the back of the car I might be more specific and say "I'm not getting any of the cold air back here", saying just 'air' sounds a little like I'm complaining about not being able to breathe very well c) Fine d) Yup you can use it this way. For example; "I need to speak Spanish everyday or my conversation skills will get rusty". 2) Scoop - if a news organisation/journalist/whoever has a 'scoop' it means that they have a piece of news that no one else has and is very important/exciting. For example maybe a newspaper discovers some scandal about a politician so they publish the story exclusively (without sharing it to any other news organisation) - people will call it a 'scoop' for that newspaper. Rundown / roundup - these have very similar meanings, it means like having a 'summary' of the news, so a news presenter on TV might say "and now here is the roundup/rundown of all the latest news today..." before showing all headlines of the day's news. 3) You can say both, and a lot of the time you can probably just use them interchangeably. You might say "glimpse into..." when the subject you are getting a glimpse of isn't exactly a 'specific item or thing' and more of a 'topic', for example "We get a glimpse into the lives of corrupt politicians". With "glimpse at..." it can be more of a specific thing like 'husband's advice or "we get a glimpse at the England national team's latest football kit". Hope this helps.
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