to be out to get (someone)

Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 1,073 – Seeking Asylum.

This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 1,073. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.

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This episode is a dialogue between Julie and Ed about people who need to leave their home country and go to a different country because they’re not safe where they’re living now. Let’s get started.

Julie: The government is out to get me. I feel like I don’t have any real freedom and everything I do is being monitored.

Ed: Maybe you should move to another country.

Julie: I guess that’s one solution.

Ed: Yes, you should seek asylum in another country.

Julie: Become a refugee? I’m not sure I want to do that.

Ed: Well, if you feel like