I wanted to get down from that tree quickly.

VOA: special.2009.11.15

President Obama will get down to business soon after his arrival in Moscow.

VOA: standard.2009.07.06

"There is a sense that when the political leaders arrive in the next few days, that they will be able to overcome some of the stumbling blocks, because I believe the leaders will be able to really grab this issue by the scruff of the neck and get down to the substance and bridge the remaining gaps,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.17

"Get it down," he said. "Take chances.It may be bad, but that's the only way you can do anything good."

VOA: special.2010.01.03

But before Lee could get there, Union troops -- thousands of them marched down the road below Jackson.

VOA: special.2009.09.24

He learned to get light to go far enough down a glass fiber to pass on signals.

VOA: special.2009.12.08

The train was slowing down as it came into the town of La Crosse where the three soldiers would get off the train.

VOA: special.2009.12.12

They got this name from their political opponents, who charged that they were willing to burn down the barn to get rid of pro-slavery rats.

VOA: special.2009.03.05

We don't want to get the Supreme Court into making fine distinctions about what is better than others, because that will lead us down a slippery slope.

VOA: special.2011.07.04

The director may have said, "Calm down,now.Get your act together."

VOA: special.2010.07.25

Sometimes,people may get caught with their pants down.

VOA: special.2010.05.02

"They fall all over the Earth, not just Antarctica, but the best places for us to find them are the deserts because they don't get weathered and they don't break down as easily."

VOA: special.2010.07.28

"It's really standing firm and not letting those kinds of questions get you down because they are going to come."

VOA: standard.2010.02.25

"It appears that cell contact and landline contact is either down or so busy that we definitely cannot get through.

VOA: standard.2010.01.12