Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
You want something to be done by a deadline. You want to "get someone to do something" by then. (Sinngemäß: dafür sorgen, dass jemand etwas bis zu einem bestimmten Zeitpunkt erledigt.)
The use of “please”:
If something has to be done, tell the other person clearly. It helps if you are in a position in the hierarchy to do that, for example if you are the supervisor. In this case you can use "please", though do not overuse the word. It can seem too pushy, reproachful (vorwurfsvoll) or even sarcastic.
Examples of “please”:
Please finish this by Friday.
Can you finish this by Friday please?
Use “we”:
Sometimes it is good to use the "we" pronoun so the other person doesn't feel like you are focusing on him or her, or giving an order.
Examples of “we”:
Can we finish this by Friday?
We need this done by Friday at the latest.
This is a priority, we really have to complete this by Friday.
Use the passive form:
We can also use the passive (to be done: something is done) to make the request less direct.
Examples of the passive form:
This has to be done by Friday.
Can this be taken care of by the end of the week?
What can we do to make sure this is done by Friday?
Ask when and if it is convenient:
You can ask if it is convenient for the other person to do it.
Examples of this:
When you have a minute, could you check this data?
Could I bother you to take a look at this report and let me know if we can send it to the customer as is?
this is self-explanatory, it means to make contact with a person, as the similar phrases above indicate
Example:
Can you get in touch with our supplier?
Using “get”:
Again, as mentioned in my previous entry, “get” is a verb with many meanings and uses, and again, this meaning of “get” is “to arrive”. In this case, to “arrive” where you have contact with or could “touch” someone. though of course here it is figurative.
Examples:
I’ll get in touch with them later.
If you have any problems, please get in touch with our help desk.
Please fill out the form, submit it, and we’ll get in touch with you.
to contact someone again, to follow up on something, to return a call
Meaning:
the phrase means to contact someone you are talking to or who wrote to you with a question
Examples:
We’ll get back to you as soon as we have an answer.
I’ll get back to you after the meeting.
Using “get”:
“Get” is a verb with many meanings and uses. One meaning of “get” is “arrive”.
So we can say that the phrase “to get back to someone” means “to arrive back” or “to return to” somewhere. “Somewhere” can have the abstract meaning of “here in this conversation.” That is a short explanation of how the verb “get” is being used in the phrase “to get back to someone.”
Examples:
When did you get to work?
I got home late last night.
The shipment got here on time.
Just for fun, some of you may remember or know the song by The Beatles called Get Back. The meaning in the lyrics is both geographical, to return to where you came from, as well as abstract, to return to your former state of being.
Here is a Wikipedia entry on the song →.
And, for further fun, here is a youtube video of The Beatles performing Get Back on the rooftop of Apple Studios in London in the film Let it Be.
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