Top 10 Phrasal Verbs in English - Most Common Phrasal Verbs

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Are you ready to add the top 10 phrasal  verbs to your vocabulary? Now make sure  

you watch right to the end because I'm going  to quiz you so you really feel confident using  

all your new phrasal verbs. So let's go  with number one. Number one to come around  

to an opinion or an idea. And this means to change  your opinion or to see a new point of view. Now  

notice the sentence structure because we have  two prepositions around and to and then after  

to we need something we need a noun an opinion or  an idea. For example, I came around to the new job  

after I heard about the benefits package. So  remember, this means you change your opinion.  

So previously, you didn't want the new job.  But now you've come around to it. So you've  

changed your opinion. Now you want the new job  because you heard about the benefits package.  

We commonly use this without the preposition  to and without specifying the something  

when the something has already been mentioned. For  example, at first I didn't want to move to Boston,  

but I came around after I visited. So notice I  didn't say I came around to something because  

the something had already been mentioned. So I  came around to the idea after I visited number  

two it to get across a point or message and this  is when you clearly and effectively communicate  

a point or a message. For example, make sure  you get across that the project is over. Budget.  

So if you're having a meeting with a client and  your boss has very particular message or idea,  

the project is over budget, and your boss wants  you to communicate that in a clear, effective  

way. Your boss wants to make sure you get that  across. Now we also use this when you're talking  

you're talking you're talking and the ideas aren't  really coming out very well. And after a while  

you stop and you say what I'm trying to  get across is and then you see your point.  

What I'm trying to get across is the project  is over budget number three it to show off.  

This is when you deliberately display your skills  or abilities in a way to impress other people.  

Now this is frequently used in the negative  don't show off, don't show off, but  

there's definitely a time and a place  when you want to show off. For example  

when you're going to a job interview. You  shouldn't be modest. You should show off your  

skills and abilities. You should talk about all  your awards, your accomplishments, your degrees,  

the compliments you've received. You want to show  off all of your experience to the interviewer.  

So an interview is the perfect time to show  off. Also if you're going for your IELTS exam,  

you don't want to be modest with your knowledge  of the English language you want to show off your  

abilities. By using a range of grammatical  structures and a range of phrasal verbs and  

idioms and expressions you want to show off to  the interviewer number four to count on. Now this  

is exactly the same as to rely on or to depend on.  So you have three different phrasal verbs all with  

on that mean the exact same thing and this is  of course when you trust someone or something to  

complete a specific task or objective for example,  I can always count on Selma to stay late. So you  

can trust Salma to complete the specific task or  objective, which is to stay late. And remember  

you could replace this with rely on I can always  rely on Selma, or depend on I can always depend on  

Selma. Now we frequently use this in a question  response. For example, Can I count on you?  

Can I count on you to close the deal? And then you  can reply back and say absolutely you can count  

on me. Number five to come between. Now this is  when something disturbs a relationship. And that  

relationship can be a professional relationship,  a social relationship, romantic, family  

relationship, it can be any kind of relationship.  For example, Jacob and Marcus were best friends  

until Sylvie came between them. So that's the  image you could have. They were close, Jacob  

and Marcus, but then Sylvie came between them  and now they're divided. Sylvie disturbed their  

relationship. Now it's very common for a girl or a  guy to come between a relationship but it doesn't  

have to be a person. It could be that Jacob  and Marcus were very close, but the promotion  

came between them. The new job came between them.  Their family came between them. Their politics  

came between them. Their religion came between  them, it could be anything came between them.  

Money is a good one as well that comes between  people in relationships. And remember you can use  

this in any type of relationship. Number six to  put up with something or someone. And notice this  

is a two preposition phrasal verb put up with put  up with and we use this to say that you tolerate  

bad behavior or unwanted behavior to put up with.  For example, I don't know how you put up with your  

boss. I don't know how you tolerate your boss.  Now of course we can be more specific and specify  

the action that the boss does. I don't know how  you put up with your boss's constant criticism,  

for example, or your boss's distasteful jokes.  For example, I don't know how you tolerate it.  

Now we commonly use this to say  I'm not going to put up with  

and then the behavior. I'm not going to put  up with your constant criticism any longer.  

Number seven to bounce back. Now to bounce back.  This is when you recover or recuperate. Now,  

you can use this when you recover from a negative  situation in a business context, like for example,  

a bad sales quarter or a bad product launch for  example, but it can also be when you recover or  

recuperate from an illness. So you can use  it in both those situations. For example,  

in a workplace situation, you could  say, I don't know how we'll bounce back  

from our laws in q2. So I don't know how we'll  recover. And then you could have a discussion. How  

can we bounce back? Does anyone have any ideas on  how we can bounce back? Now in terms of recovering  

or recuperating from an illness, you could say it  took me a while to bounce back after my surgery.  

So it took me a while to recover, recuperate  number eight, act up. This means to behave badly,  

or strangely. This is very commonly used with  parents describing the actions of their young  

children or even their older children. My son  keeps acting up behaving badly, but we can also  

use this with devices and objects. For example,  my computer keeps acting up behaving strangely.  

My computer keeps acting up. I hope it doesn't  break. Number nine to make it up to someone. This  

is quite a long one. So pay attention to this  sentence structure to make it up to someone.  

Now we use this when you try to compensate for  a wrongdoing. For example, let's say it's your  

best friend's birthday. And you can't go for  whatever reason. So this is the wrong doing not  

going to your best friend's birthday party. Now  if you want to compensate for that wrongdoing,  

you could say I'm so sorry. I can't make your  birthday party. I promise, I'll make it up to  

you. I'll make it up to you by taking you out  for a nice dinner. I'll make it up to you by  

going to the movies with you. I'll make it up  to you by buying you a really nice present. So  

those are the ways you're going to compensate. Now  you might be wondering what is this IT, in make  

it up to someone? We use it with it because what  you're trying to compensate for has already been  

explained. So you don't have to say it again.  Now you can use this in a business context.  

Let's say you went over-budget on a client's  project. And you might say to your team,  

how are we going to make it up to the client. How  are we going to compensate for our wrongdoing.  

The wrongdoing was you went over-budget. And  then maybe someone would suggest, we can make  

it up to them by offering a discount or offering  a free product, offering an extra service. So  

those are how you're going to compensate for the  wrongdoing, to make it up to someone. Number 10,  

to barge in. When you barge in, you enter a  place a location unexpectedly and you interrupt  

whatever is taking place. For example,  I was in my office working and this kid  

just barged in and handed me his CV. But later  I hired him. So by saying the kid barged in,  

it implies that he didn't have an appointment.  He wasn't expected. He just barged in  

unexpectedly and he interrupted whatever I was  working on. But in this case it was successful  

because he got the job. And now you have the top  10 phrasal verbs added to your vocabulary. So  

are you ready for your quiz? Here are the  questions for the quiz. You need to complete  

each sentence using the correct phrasal verb. So  go ahead and hit pause now and complete the quiz.  

All right, so how was that quiz, easy,  difficult one. Let's find out. Here are  

the correct answers. Go ahead and  hit pause and see how well you did.  

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