Learn 8 Phrasal Verbs for opening: pop open, peel off, flip up...

Hey there, let's get into this - gonna have a drink, because it's 2:00 somewhere, and

I'm kind of thirsty for some ginger wine.

Let's get into this!

So, sometimes I have a problem because this thing at the top of the bottle doesn't open.

It doesn't come off - ahh, use my teeth.

And we actually have very specific words to take the top or the cap off of certain containers.

So, when you're hungry, you're going to get a snack going.

Hmm, wine to snack, that's fine.

I'm going to teach you some phrasal verbs to help you when you have to open things.

So, how to open things.

First of all, probably the most important thing, and you know the quality of the wine

that I drink.

If it is a twist off.

Now usually, I like a nice Spanish rioja, if anyone would like to donate a case.

Red wine, thank you.

And you can take off the cork, but this bottle - because it's cheap - we twist off the cap.

Delicious.

So, twist off means you actually turn it and that's a phrasal verb.

So, I can twist off the cap of a bottle.

Some beers are twist off.

Be careful, you might break your teeth.

The next thing we can do - I have a bottle of sauce, and this sauce has a cap, okay?

A cap and a lid, very similar, but a cap doesn't come off all the way, and I flip up the cap.

And then I can squeeze out some sauce - not going to do that, not very delicious sauce.

So, if I flip up the lid, I do like this.

And we don't say "flip down the lid", we just flip up and close.

English, why are you so difficult?

What's next on our list?

Peel off, okay.

Now, because Ronnie's very healthy, I have some yogurt.

And I actually have to peel - I don't know, a lid.

It's not a sticker, but we can say I peel off the lid and then I eat it.

Now, apparently, I don't have a spoon, so I guess I'll save this for later.

But it is my favorite blueberry.

We'll get into that one after.

So, peel off means you actually have to release something that's sticky.

This is awesome.

This is very, very slang.

And let's say that I have a pack of sugar, or bust into.

I can also use this for a bag of chips, because you just can't wait to eat those delicious

buggers in the bag.

So, I can bust into - I open very quickly.

Sometimes, it makes a noise - boom - like an explosion of chips everywhere.

Be careful, you don't want to get chips all over your face.

Very embarrassing.

Sometimes, you're going to hear this wonderful sound.

Maybe, for me, one of the best sounds in the world.

Ah.

I have just cracked open - it's not a beer, it's a just drink.

So, we usually say, "Oh, I cracked open a beer", or I'm going to crack open a beer.

In Canada, drinks we also call "pop".

Some places in America say "soda", but in Canada and in some places in America, they

say "pop".

So, I cracked open a beer or I cracked open a pop, because it makes a sound like a crack.

Don't smoke crack, by the way, okay?

Just open it, right?

Another thing I can do as a phrasal verb is take off.

So, I can take off the lid of my marker.

Again, I can call this a lid or a cap.

They're the same thing.

And then I put on, so take off and the opposite of this is put on the marker.

Put on the lid, not the marker.

This one is fun, too, because it actually makes the sound of a pop.

So, I can - oh cool, let's do it again!

I can pop open a container.

Oh!

Fun, fun, fun!

So, I popped open the container.

This one is going to be really popular, I think, in some time zones that we're in.

Some eras that we're living in.

I have some soap, but this could also be hand sanitizer, maybe mayo?

No.

Maybe you have a pump.

So, I'm going to press this down and I say "pump out".

So, I'm going to pump out some soap.

I'm not going to eat this.

I'm not even going to pretend to eat this, because soap just isn't delicious.

So, if you have trouble, like I do, with opening things, at least now you know the phrasal

verbs for them.

So, you can pump out something.

You can pop open something.

Take off the lid.

Crack open a beer.

Bust into something.

Peel off, flip up, or twist off.

What's your favorite phrasal verb from this?

Let me know in the comments, and I'll see you later.

I gotta go wash my hands.