10 PHRASAL VERBS you MUST Know! | Antonio Parlati

Hello everyone and welcome back to my YouTube  channel! So, today we're going to talk about  

phrasal verbs. Now, if you want to learn English,  phrasal verbs are a must! You truly can't live  

without them. Native speakers use them all the  time; but before we even get into it, what is a  

phrasal verb? What are they? So, whenever you see  a verb plus a preposition, that could be a phrasal  

verb. Now, I'm saying "could" because in reality  there's a distinction between prepositional verbs  

and phrasal verbs. I'm going to try and be quick  just to give you an idea. So, prepositional verbs  

are the sum of two meanings, the meaning of  the verb plus the meaning of the preposition,  

so you have something like "fall down"  the meaning of the verb is to fall, where?  

down. They're very self-explanatory, no problem  to understand them. Now phrasal verbs are a  

little bit trickier because you still have  a verb plus a preposition but in this case,  

they don't always make sense. An example that  i'm pretty sure everybody knows is "to shut  

up". "to shut up" means to stop talking but if  you think about it- okay, to shut your mouth  

but then why "up"? I'm pretty sure there is an  explanation but, you know, they don't always  

make sense immediately. Those are phrasal  verbs. And then if you have two prepositions  

you have a phrasal prepositional verb but enough  with the definitions let's just get into it.  

Here are 10 phrasal verbs that I think everybody  should know. Phrasal verb n.1 "to make up".  

Now, I'm pretty sure everybody knows this term  um as a noun, you know, the stuff that you put  

on your face to enhance it, makeup and it  could also work as a verb with the same  

meaning but it's not very common. People usually  say "I'm putting on makeup" instead of "I'm making  

myself up" however this phrasal verb has plenty  of other meanings, for example, "to invent" if you  

make something up it means you're inventing it.  If you think someone's lying to you you could say  

"you're making it up", it's not true,  you're inventing it, you're making it up.  

"I'm tired of your made-up excuses" that  means I'm tired of your invented excuses.  

Another meaning is "to forgive someone" after  you've had an argument with them, so when you  

reconcile with someone "you make up with them"  "they had an argument but eventually they made  

up". To make up can also mean to compose, to  comprise "A puzzle is made up of different pieces"  

that means a puzzle is composed of different  pieces. "English speakers make up 4.9% of the  

world's population". You can also use "to make up"  to mean "to compensate for something" let's say  

your boss is mad at you because you're always very  late to work you could say "I'm sorry, I will make  

up for it by working harder" or let's pretend your  friends invited you to a party but you can't go  

so you say "I'm sorry, I can't come but I promise  I will make it up to you" as a way of being  

forgiven by someone you've upset. The last meaning  of this phrasal verb is "to assemble, to put  

together ingredients to prepare something" "making  up a mixture" for example. The second phrasal verb  

is "to hang out". As a prepositional verb it's  the meaning of "hang" plus the meaning of "out"  

so it means to display something like you can hang  out a flag you can hang out a sign you can hang  

out a banner or if something is drooping, it's  protruding like "The dog's tongue is hanging out"  

but informally this phrasal verb has a  completely different meaning. "To hang out"  

means to spend time somewhere or with someone  so "What are you doing today? Oh, nothing much,  

I'm just hanging out by the pool" that means I'm  just spending time there, at the pool. "Hey do  

you want to hang out tomorrow?" That is "Hey  do you want to spend time together tomorrow?"  

Phrasal verb number three "to break out". We're  going to focus on two meanings here: the first  

one is "to escape" "The prisoner broke out of  his cell" for example. That means he escaped,  

but figuratively this phrasal verb is commonly  associated with skin, in particular with pimples,  

with zits. Let's say you tried a new moisturizer  and the next morning you wake up with a bunch of  

pimples on your face, you could say "Im breaking  out" I'm breaking out or "That moisturizer broke  

me out" so you might want to stop using it  and start looking for a product that prevents  

breakouts. Hold on, I forgot to mention  that "to break out" can also mean "to start"  

in case of a war or a disease, for  example: "The great war broke out in 1914".  

Number four "to come across". Again, we're going  to focus on two meanings: the first one is "to  

meet someone or find something by chance". "I came  across john the other day" that means I met him,  

I bumped into him. That's another phrasal verb "to  bump into someone" or to come across someone means  

to meet them by chance. Or "I was cleaning my room  and I came across some old photos". "Come across"  

can also mean "to give the impression". "Your  tone is coming across as very rude right now"  

"He came across as a very friendly guy" he gave me  the impression of being very friendly. Number five  

"to work out". I'm pretty sure all of you are  familiar with the meaning that has to do with  

physical exercise "I work out every day to stay  healthy" that means I exercise every day, but  

"working out" also indicates how something is  going, how it's developing, especially if it's  

going well. "We weren't sure about our project,  but eventually everything worked out perfectly"  

everything went well, that's what it means. Six  "to keep up with" we have two prepositions here  

so this is a phrasal prepositional verb but that  doesn't matter. Now, I am certain that you've seen  

this phrasal verb in the title of a very famous  show "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" but let's  

see all its meanings. First of all it can mean "to  go as fast as" "While running he was struggling to  

keep up with his friend" meaning he couldn't  run as fast as them. If we use that meaning  

in a figurative way we get something like "to stay  informed" which is exactly what they meant in the  

title "keeping up with the Kardashians" to stay  informed on what they're doing. Another example,  

let's pretend your friend doesn't know what  TikTok is, you could say "You don't know  

what TikTok is? What do you mean? Try to keep  up! Keep up with the times!" stay informed.  

Another figurative meaning is "to perform as well  as" "I'm failing to keep up with my classmates"  

meaning I'm not performing as well as the  others. Lastly "keep up with" can also mean  

to stay in contact with someone, to keep in  touch like "I try to keep up with my grandparents  

via email". Seven "to get over". This one is very  common and it means "to recover from" something  

like an illness "I hope you get over your flu"  that means I hope you recover from your flu, but  

it's not just illnesses. It could also be a shock  like "I'm still trying to get over the fact that I  

passed my exam" like I can't believe it, i'm still  shocked, I can't get over it. Or a person, usually  

an ex-boyfriend or girlfriend a person you were  in a relationship with, in a romantic relationship  

with. "He's still trying to get over Vanessa"  meaning he's still trying to stop thinking about  

her, to stop being in love with her. That's really  sad! Number eight "to give up". Moving on to a  

very easy one "to give up". It's a super common  phrasal verb and it simply means "to surrender,  

to stop trying". "I tried to convince them,  but I give up". You can also give up a habit,  

an addiction "My dad gave up smoking" that  means he quit smoking, he doesn't smoke anymore.  

Nine "to figure out". This has mainly two meanings  that are very much related. It could mean "to  

solve" like you could figure out a math problem,  but informally it also means "to understand". "I  

can't figure out why my printer is not working"  I don't understand. The tenth and final phrasal  

verb for today is "to back up". It can have mainly  three meanings. Okay so the first meaning, let's  

just get it out of the way, has to do with data.  I'm pretty sure you're already familiar with it.  

So if you back up a file that means you're making  a copy of it, you're saving it somewhere else,  

somewhere safe like um you can back up a file on  a drive, on your computer. "Make sure you do a  

backup of your photos before updating your phone"  for example "Make sure you back up your photos"  

The second meaning is "to support" and it  could be used literally or figuratively. So  

if you back someone up it means you're  supporting them, you have their back  

"Don't worry, I will back you up" I will support  you. The figurative use has to do with providing  

evidence to support your claims "Do you have any  evidence to back up your statement? Do you have  

any evidence that supports your statement? So we  know you're not lying. The third meaning- and this  

is very common in informal conversations- is to go  back and repeat something that you already said.  

Let's pretend your friend is telling you a story  very fast and you don't understand something,  

you kind of get lost, you could say "Whoa whoa  back up a little! Can you back up a little?"  

like could you just go back a  little and repeat what you said?  

Again, this is very useful in informal  conversations. So that was it guys! now that  

we're done with it, I wanted to tell you that  I picked 10 phrasal verbs which in my opinion  

are not basic, like I still wanted to pick some  phrasal verbs that are super common and are super  

useful and that native speakers use all the time  and I did, but I feel like these phrasal verbs  

are not basic English, you know, I wanted to do  something a little bit more advanced for you guys.  

If you know them, good job! All right you guys,  thank you so much for watching this video! If  

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