Daily life
drag yourself out of bed
force yourself to get up
To drag yourself out of bed is to get up when you feel very tired or unwilling.
Hear it in real life
How are you feeling today?
Exhausted. I could barely drag myself out of bed.
I dragged myself out of bed to catch the first train.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I dragged me out of bed at six.
Say: I dragged myself out of bed at six.
Use a reflexive pronoun such as "myself" because the person getting up is also forcing themselves.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
drag yourself out of bed; dragged myself out of bed
Your turn: say it out loud
I dragged myself out of bed to catch the first train.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
drag yourself out of bed
force yourself to get up
“I dragged myself out of bed to catch the first train.”
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