Getting it

The Brazilians that I talk with about such things, have a hard time with the English word "set."  I have to take their word for it.  I don't remember learning English, but "set" doesn't seem particularly hard to me. I know that as a learner of Portuguese, the hardest English word for me to get is "get."  It is a common word in my internal narrative but it doesn't exist in Portuguese. You don't get married or dressed, you marry or dress.  You don't get lost or drunk, you are lost or drunk; If you get a gift you gain it; if you get a job you arrange; a number you obtain; groceries you buy; and a shot you receive. No one will get you a manager in Brazil, but they may call one; you aren't going to get a ride, but you may catch one; and you won't get a second chance, but you may have one. Want to get something done? Try making it done instead, there is no get in Portuguese. No one gets happy, or sad, or lonely or mad - but they may become these things. You can't get to there from here, but you can go there; you can't get out, but you can leave; and you will never get it, but you will struggle mightily, every day, to understand.