Manage to get English symbol (4)
I believe the answer is:
rune
'symbol' is the definition.
(rune is a kind of symbol)
'manage to get english' is the wordplay.
'manage' becomes 'run' (I've seen this before).
'to get' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'run'+'e'='RUNE'
(Other definitions for rune that I've seen before include "Letter of an ancient Germanic alphabet" , "Mysterious character" , "Ancient character" , "Early symbol used in carvings" , "Spell" .)