AEE 2540: Grab or Get? English Vocabulary for Errands

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Patrick_H

2025.12.31

简单做了个笔记供大家参考：

• grab：快速/随手/非正式，强调「省力、立刻、随性」

• get：通用/正式，强调「获得、达成、状态」

Grab 重点搭配+音频原句

1. grab a bite（随便吃点）

• Let’s grab a bite before the meeting.

• We can grab a bite on the way home.

2. grab a coffee/drink（喝杯咖啡/饮品）

• I need to grab a coffee first.

• Want to grab a drink after work?

3. grab a seat/taxi（找座位/打车）

• Grab a seat and I’ll be right back.

• I’ll grab a taxi to the station.

4. grab sth quickly（顺手拿/快速取）

• Let me grab my bag and go.

• Can you grab the keys for me?

5. grab attention/opportunity（吸引注意力/抓住机会）

• Her speech grabbed everyone’s attention.

Get 重点搭配+音频原句

1. 基础义：得到/到达/变得

• I need to get a new phone.（得到）

• What time do you get home?（到达）

• It’s getting cold outside.（变得）

2. 高频短语

• get up（起床）→ I get up at 7 a.m.

• get dressed（穿衣）→ She gets dressed fast.

• get lost（迷路）→ Don’t get lost in the mall.

• get together（相聚）→ Let’s get together this weekend.

核心用法点睛（音频重点）

• Grab = 快、懒、随性（日常琐事首选，超口语）

• Get = 万能通用（正式/非正式都可，无「快速」含义）

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晓涵_pAu1

2026.1.01

Very useful!

AugsReiko

2025.12.31

1.grab
:casual way of saying buy sth./it would be pretty quick.conversational and very easy for someone to do it .
ex:
.I need to grab flour and sugar at the store .
.can you grab that while you're out?

2.pick up
:it's less of a big deal.
ex:
.I'm giving him a ride to the shop so he can pick up his car.
.I need to pick up my grocery order .

🙅can you buy some milk?(a much bigger deal)
✓can you grab/pick up some milk on the way home?

3.get
:more common
ex:
.I need to get some apples while I'm at the store .

⭐️ I need to pick up my prescription from the pharmacy or I need to get my prescription. 🙅(grab)
(because certain verbs were more likely to use for specific things )
⭐️chunk
.I need to get gas while I'm out .
(it's part of it like the action of filling your tank .you can't just pick sth. up or grab sth.)

⭐️.obtain/acquire/purchase(too formal)
🈲fetch/snag
ex:
.I need to fetch my jacket from the car .
（①known object at a specific location.）
（②it might be a little more potentially more British to use it./regional dialect)
（③dog: Fetch!)

.I snagged the last seat on the plane.
(this implication of being lucky to get sth. there is like a special deal. you were lucky to get sth.)

AugsReiko

2026.1.01

A:hey! I'm heading out to run a few errands. need anything while I'm out ?

B:oh perfect ! can you grab some coffee filters from the store? I use the last one this morning .

A:sure .no problem. I'm also going to pick up some cleaning spray .we're almost out.

B: oh. thanks. could you get some milk too ?

A:yep! will do. text me you think. if you think of anything else I should grab while I'm out.

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