Grammar Tips

Get Over 

• get over: get to the other side.

"The schoolboy finished last in the hurdle-race because he was too short to get over the hurdles."

"Because of the heavy snow the car could not get over the hill."

•    get over: recover from something, feel better after having a sickness or problem.

"It took me a few days to get over my cold."

"I was very sad when my grandmother died; it took me a long time to get over it."

Make up

  

You've probably heard make up used as a noun for cosmetics, but did you know that it's also used as a phrasal verb?

• Make up - (noun) a cosmetic worn on the face to change your appearance.

• Make up - (phrasal verb) to forgive / apologise with someone and to be friends again after a fight or argument.

"I often fight with my brother but we always make up soon after."