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1 get there
expr1) infmlIt's nice seeing people you know getting there — Приятно, когда люди, которых ты знаешь, добиваются успеха
That's all right. You'll get there in the end — Ничего. Ты в конце концов своего добьешься
I suppose we'll get there eventually — Я думаю, что в конечном итоге мы достигнем цели
2) AmE slHe knew he was going to get there — Он знал, что напьется
3) taboo slAnd the next thing he knew they were sixty-nining, and from the sounds, the gasps, they were making it, they were getting there — Не успел он опомниться, как эти две чувихи начали лизать друг у друга между ног, и по издаваемым ими звукам и прерывистым вздохам он понял, что они вот-вот кончат
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2 get there
разг.достичь своей цели, добиться своего; преуспеть, достичь успеха [первонач. амер.]We don't 'ustle, but we get there just the same. (Gr. Greene, ‘A Gun for Sale’, ch. III) — Мы не торопимся, но своего добьемся.
I'm not jealous, honestly I'm not - it's nice seeing people you know getting there - but that girl - a star at the Pall Mall already! Help! (J. B. Priestley, ‘The Good Companions’, book III, ch. I) — честное слово, я не завидую. Приятно, когда преуспевают люди, которых ты знаешь. Но эта девица - звезда на Пел-Мел! Караул!
‘Any more old ladies hot on the scent?’ ‘They're not doing so badly,’ I said. ‘One of them, at all events, thinks she's got there.’ (A. Christie, ‘The Murder at the Vicarage’, ch. XXVII) — - У вас что, есть еще пожилые дамы, которые идут по горячим следам? - У них, между прочим, это не так плохо получается, - ответил я. - По крайней мере у одной из них. Она уверена, что знает убийцу.
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