So,if we get down to brass tacks, we can prevent ripoffs and bogus ways of earning money in that jungle out there.

VOA: special.2010.05.16

To be successful, a person in business works hard and tries to get down to brass tacks.

VOA: special.2010.05.16

I wanted to get down from that tree quickly.

VOA: special.2009.11.15

Lieutenant Dan was alwaysgetting these funny feelings about a rock or a trailor the road, so he'd tell usto get down, shut up.

VOA: standard.other

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

If the lead climber were injured in a fall from any higher up, the belayer could not get him down.

VOA: special.2009.12.09

"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

When you get tired from all that walking, there are more than nine thousand benches where you can sit down.

VOA: special.2009.10.30

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

This week,in New Zealand, crowds of girls even pushed his mother down to get near him.

VOA: special.2010.04.30

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