If You Know These 150 English Words, Your English is FLUENT!

Welcome to this vocabulary masterclass! Today you are going to learn over 150 words

that you can use in your daily speech. Of course, I'm Jennifer from JForrest English,

now let's get started! First in this master class,

you are going to learn 22 small talk phrases and all of these phrases will help you feel

confident starting conversations with native speakers

let's get started first of all you might be wondering what is small talk

small talk is polite conversation about unimportant and uncontroversial topics

remember unimportant small talk is supposed to be boring

now when can you make small talk first of all notice I said you make small

talk that's the verb you use make small talk

I Learned how to make small talk today so let's talk about when you make small talk

maybe you get to a meeting early and there are 3 to five minutes

before the meeting starts perfect time to make small talk

you're in the elevator with a coworker or someone you don't know

or maybe you're waiting in line at the grocery store

or the bank or a perfect time when you sit down beside

a stranger like when you sit down on a plane

and you're going to be sitting next to that person

for five hours you can make small talk let's talk about why you should make small

talk this will help you understand why

it's supposed to be boring because small talk is just to fill silence

so if your elevator ride takes 30 seconds you can go down 30 seconds in silence

or you can have 30 seconds of a boring conversation with your coworker or a stranger

the choice is yours is also to make the other person feel more

comfortable if you sit down on that plane

and you're going to be sitting beside this other person for five hours

simply exchanging a few words will make both of you feel more comfortable

so now let's talk about all the phrases that you

need to make small talk just like a native speaker

the first category is the weather nothing is more boring than talking about

the weather so it's the perfect topic for small talk

now because we work virtually now and you have members of your team all over

the world you can say what's the weather like in Toronto

today assuming you're not in Toronto

so you can ask them oh what's the weather like in your city today

now don't worry about writing down any of these

phrases because I summarize everything in a free lesson

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you can make a simple statement like beautiful day

isn't it that's a great one with a stranger when you're going in an elevator

beautiful day isn't it notice you're adding isn't it

as a question tag you could say I hear it's supposed to rain this weekend

so it's supposed to that's in the future oh I hear supposed to rain tonight

tomorrow the next day in the weekend next month any future reference

you can make a general statement I'm really looking forward to spring

and the other person will likely say yeah me too it's been such a long winter

I know right and then you just

naturally have a boring conversation about the weather

another simple statement looks like looks like another hot weekend

and then again just like before yeah doesn't it what are you going to do

and then you can naturally start talking about the

weather or you can transition into the weekend

which we will learn about in just a second one final expression for you this one is a

question is it still snowing now

you can use this one if you have been in the office or inside

and you're asking someone and you know they were just outside

or you might not know but you're assuming that they've been outside

is it still snowing is it still raining is it still cloudy is it still sunny

and then obviously you use whatever weather is appropriate for the specific

time another boring category that everyone loves

talking about traffic just ask your coworker or that stranger in

the elevator how was the traffic

how was the traffic coming in this morning leaving whatever the time of day is

now if you know the person takes a specific route

then you could ask them did you get stuck in the traffic on Main Street

too because you know

your coworker or the person you're talking to

had to take Main Street now even if you this is a stranger but you're at the airport

so they have to take a certain road to get to

the airport so you can still use this with strangers

you can make a simple statement like the bus was 20 minutes late today

so you don't need a car to use these you can use

whatever method of transportation that you use

another question for you do you know when and then ask something traffic related

do you know when the bridge is supposed to be fixed

and this is a bridge that the person you're talking to

will 100% know is under construction again this could be with a stranger

because to get to the airport you have to go over a bridge

now keep in mind when you're making small talk

you don't actually care about the answer remember that's not the goal

the goal isn't to find out when the bridge is going to be

fixed the goal is simply to have a boring conversation

to fill time to kill time and to make the other person feel comfortable

our next category Topical Events a topical event

is simply something that people are talking about

right now it could be a holiday a sports event it could be a new movie

something on the news it's topical people are talking about it

so if it's the time of year of the Olympics or just before just after

and you're sitting next to a stranger on the train

you could just ask them oh what's your favorite Olympic sport

and the question will seem normal and natural because everyone is talking about the Olympics

or if it's award season you can ask who do you think will win best actor

if it's a holiday a major holiday you can ask them

are you staying in New York for Christmas or you can ask another question related to

that holiday around Thanksgiving in North America

everyone buys a Turkey so it would seem extremely appropriate to

ask a someone even a stranger have you bought your Turkey

yet and

it could turn into a really interesting conversation because they might have a story about it

or they might say oh actually

we don't celebrate Thanksgiving because I'm from

and maybe they're from a different country and then even if they don't celebrate it

you can still have an interesting conversation so it's a great conversation starter

maybe there's a community event and you can ask them

do you know anyone running the Marathon this weekend

and even if the answer is no well then you can still go back and forth

oh yeah me neither I don't like sports too much

oh what do you like and then it will naturally evolve

movies are a great choice there's always a new movie or a new Netflix

show or even a new popular YouTube video

and you can ask them have you seen the new Star Wars movie yet

and even again even if they say no oh what kind of movies do you like

oh you don't like movies you like music what kind of music do you like

and then conversation can naturally evolve just remember that

small talk should be boring and non controversial of course elections are topical events

but you don't wanna talk about elections when you're having small talk with a stranger

or someone in elevator you should not ask them did you vote yet

who did you vote for that is inappropriate for small talk

our final category though weekend something everyone loves talking about

now keep in mind if this is on a Tuesday you can talk about the last weekend

if this is on a Thursday the future weekend and if it's on a Wednesday

well you can decide you can talk about either one

past or future so there's always a weekend to discuss

did you do anything exciting this weekend now this is in the past maybe on a Monday

or Tuesday you can just change this to the future

if it's Thursday or Friday are you doing anything exciting this weekend

what are you up to this weekend native speakers love using this expression

that's in the future in the past what were you up to this weekend

being this past weekend an easy one do you have any plans

do you have any plans this weekend asking for a recommendation or advice again

even if you don't actually want the recommendation or advice

is a great conversation starter you can ask

do you know of any events happening this weekend or can you recommend

can you recommend a great Italian restaurant or just restaurant in general

or whatever restaurant you want or you could ask them

what's your favorite cafe near here I love asking this question

because I get to go to new places I would never find on my own

and I have tried some amazing spots just by asking strangers oh

what's your favorite restaurant near here what's your favorite cafe near here

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now let's continue with our lesson now you are going to learn

50 important idioms that native speakers use in our daily speech

a blessing in disguise this is when something a situation seems bad or unlucky at first

but it results in something positive at a later date

so let's say you get fired from your job obviously that seems bad

maybe even unlucky but later on you get a job 10 times better

it pays better you have a better boss better coworkers the location is better

everything about this job is better you can say getting fired was a blessing in

disguise my new job is so much better

a dime a dozen this is used to describe something that is

common and not special so

you can say tech startups in Silicon Valley are a dime

a dozen they're very common they're everywhere

and they're not very special everyone's a tech startup in Silicon Valley

a dime a dozen to beat around the bush this is when you avoid saying what you mean

because it's uncomfortable or awkward so let's say

you want to end your romantic relationship with your partner your friend could tell you

don't beat around the bush be direct and tell that person you want to

break up better late than never so

let's say you've been working with a company for 10

years and you finally got your first promotion

after 10 years and you're telling your friend this

and you're a little annoyed because you've been there for 10 years

but your friend could say better late than never to remind you that

yes it took 10 years

but it's better than not having a promotion better late than never to bite the bullet

I love this idiom this is when you force yourself to do something difficult

or unpleasant because it's necessary or inevitable inevitable means eventually you have to do

it so why not bite the bullet and do it now

for example just bite the bullet and ask your boss for

a promotion break a leg

this is a very common idiom that we use to say

good luck good luck break a leg but

we especially use this before someone gives a performance

most commonly a theatrical performance but when you're going for a job interview

you are in a sense performing or when you're doing your speaking exam for

your ILS you are performing so before you're speaking

exam your friend your partner could say break a

leg which means good luck to call it a day

when you call it a day it means you stop working for that day

usually because time is up or because you've done enough work for that

day and you're going to stop for example

it's getting late let's call it a day let's call it a day so that means you can

go home to cut somebody some slack

so let's say there's this coworker

who has been showing up late to work every day

and not doing a very good job at work they seem very distracted

they're not working very hard they're not contributing

but that person's dad just died so you might say let's cut him some slack

his dad just died so you're not going to punish him

as severely as you normally would to be glad to see the back of

this means that you're happy that somebody has left

because you don't like them so let's say it's Jane's last day at work

she quit she has a new job but you didn't like Jane you can say

I'm glad to see the back of Jane to be the best thing since sliced bread

this is a compliment used to say that something usually technology or an invention is extremely

useful excellent or high quality

so you could give me a compliment and say this

YouTube channel is the best thing since slice bread

if you think that's true then put it in the comments

there are plenty of fish in the sea so let's say your friend went on a date and

she says Pierre hasn't called me back and it's been

three weeks you can encourage your friend by saying

don't worry there are plenty of fish in the sea

come rain or shine this is used to say that an event will take

place despite external circumstances

so let's say tomorrow is a vacation day for you

but there's a big project deadline tomorrow but you might say I'm taking the day off tomorrow

come rain or shine to cut corners this is when you do something in the cheapest

easiest or fastest way but by omitting something or by not following

rules so you might say we felt pressured to cut

corners because of the tight deadline

to get your act together so your parents might say to you

or your sibling or someone you know you're 30 and you still live at home

and you don't have a job you need to get your act together

you need to organize yourself so you can live and in an effective and efficient way

get your act together to break the ice this is such an important one

because this is used to help people who don't know each other

to feel more comfortable around each other especially when they're meeting for the first

time let's break the ice by introducing ourselves

and sharing something interesting about ourselves clear as MUD this is used to say that

something is very difficult to understand so if somebody gave you instructions

but their instructions didn't make any sense at all

and they ask you so is everything okay do you understand you can say clear as MUD

which tells the person you do not understand at all

crystal clear something is very clear and easy to understand

his instructions were crystal clear to rock the boat this is when you do

or say something that could upset people or cause problems

don't rock the boat until the negotiations are done

so don't say anything that could upset someone or that could cause problems until we sign

the deal and then you can cause problems if you want

to to get out of hand

this is another way of saying to get out of control

which means you no longer have control over a situation

you could say the party got out of hand which means you were no longer able to control

it the party got out of hand

and some valuables were broken a bad apple

this is used to describe a bad or corrupt person

within a group you could say there are a few bad apples in

the company to cut to the chase this is

when you only talk about the most important points

of a subject or topic so if you were running out of time in the

in a meeting you might say we're running out of time

so I'll cut to the chase I'll only say the most important points

to come in handy this is used when something is very useful

for a specific purpose so if it's pouring rain outside

you might say an umbrella would come in handy an umbrella would be very useful

in this particular situation to reinvent the wheel this is when you waste

time trying to recreate something

that somebody else has already created so let's say you ask your boss

should I create a presentation for the conference and your boss suggest using last year's presentation

it's already created and your boss can add don't reinvent the wheel so

we often use this idiom in the negative to go with the flow when you go with the flow

it means that you do what other people are doing

or you agree with the opinion of others the majority so

let's say you're having a company dinner and you originally wanted to have burgers

but the majority of people say they want pizza so you can go with the flow and have pizza

instead of burgers because that's what the majority wants to

be skating on thin ice

this is when you do something that is dangerous or involves risk

he's skating on thin ice by lying to his wife it involves risk it's dangerous

don't do it a silver lining this is something positive

that comes from something negative so the pandemic is negative right

but is there anything positive a silver lining maybe we could say

one silver lining of the pandemic is that

it made us realize how important our relationships are

with friends and family to have a sweet tooth this is somebody who likes eating sweet foods

especially chocolate so if people offer me dessert

generally I'll say no because I don't like sweet food

so I can say no thank you I don't have a sweet tooth

which means I don't really like sweet foods to go Dutch

this is when you agree to share the cost of something

especially a meal so let's say you're having dinner with a friend

family member even a romantic partner and they say

I'll pay for the meal you can say no no no

let's go Dutch which means you're going to divide the cost

50 50 to make ends meet

this is when you have just enough money to pay for essential items

you might say with food prices increasing we're barely making ends meet

to ring a bell this is when something usually a person

a place or information is familiar to you so let's say

you're having a conversation with a co worker and they say oh

have you met Fred from accounting and you're thinking Fred

Fred Fred from accounting that doesn't ring a bell the tip of the iceberg

this is used to describe a small part of a much bigger problem

these small local protests are just the tip of the iceberg

to blow off steam this is when you say or do something that helps you release strong

feelings or strong energy strong emotion

after our fight I went for a walk to blow off steam

so when you were on that walk you were able to calm down

to release that negative energy a piece of cake

this is something that was extremely easy that exam was a piece of cake to be out of

the woods this is when you no longer have a problem

or difficulty our profits are increasing

but we're not out of the woods yet to get over something

this is when you recover from an illness it took me two weeks to get over that cold

to not be one's cup of tea this is used to describe a type

or category that you don't like thanks for the invite but camping isn't my

cup of tea I don't like that category of activity

to be loaded this means to be rich to have a lot of money

I just found out my cousins loaded to nip something in the bud

this is to stop something before it has an opportunity to become established

we need to nip these rumors in the bud before the employees start worrying

out of the blue when something happens out of the blue

it happens suddenly and you weren't expecting it

my boss gave me a promotion out of the blue you weren't expecting it how awesome is that

to keep one's chin up this is to remain cheerful in a difficult

situation because in difficult situations

we tend to put our chin down but when we're happy we tend to keep our chin

up for example I know the economy seems bad

but keep your chin up to raise against the clock

this is when you try to finish a task quickly before a specific time I raced against the

clock to finish the audit and meet the deadline

to catch somebody off guard this is when you surprise somebody by doing

something they weren't expecting or weren't prepared

for the politician was caught off guard

when asked about the scandal to be on one's radar if something is on your

radar it means you're considering it or thinking

about it or aware of it

you could say leaving the company isn't on my radar

it's not even something I'm considering to stab someone in the back

this is to betray someone to do something harmful to someone who trusted

you she told the client she did all the work on

the project I can't believe she stabbed me in the back

like that to make a B line for something

this is when you move quickly and directly towards something

so let's say you're at a wedding or a conference and they're about to serve lunch

the buffet lunch everyone made a beeline for the food

they went quickly and directly to the food to be in hot water this is when you're in

a situation where you might be criticized

or punished the politicians in hot water after his comments on gender

Equality to be dressed to the nines

this is when you're dressed formally smartly or fashionably

we dress to the nines for our wedding anniversary so

you usually dress to the nines for a special occasion

to be between a rock and a hard place this is when you're in a difficult situation

or you have to make a difficult decision if I accept the promotion

then I'll have to move abroad and I know maths my partner won't come with me

so I either accept the promotion that I really want

but then I have to lose Matt or I stay with Matt and I don't get the promotion

hmm I'm between a rock and a hard place

it's a difficult situation it's a difficult decision

Lo and behold this is an expression used to say that something surprising happened

I was on vacation in Japan and lo and behold I saw my childhood sweetheart

so it's very surprising that I see my childhood sweetheart

across the world in a foreign city Lo and behold and finally

No. 50 to let the cat out of the bag this is when you accidentally reveal a secret

so let's say you're planning a surprise party for your

wife or husband or friend and they know about it

you might say you know about the party don't you who let the cat out of the bag

who told you who revealed the secret who let the cat out of the bag

amazing job adding those idioms to your vocabulary now let's move on and you'll learn

50 opinion words that you can use to express your opinion

naturally and professionally are you ready to add 50+ phrases to your vocabulary

to confidently share your opinions of course

you can use this when you're in meetings at work

you're giving a presentation you're talking to some friends

you're going to a networking event you're at a party so

you can use this in more formal and informal situations as well

now let's get started with first sharing your personal opinion

let's say you're in a work meeting and you have an idea you want to share with

everyone we should hire a marketing expert to build

our website you can absolutely see that

but you can sound more professional more advanced if you use an opinion word

now there are many different phrases you can use to share your personal opinion

I recommend starting with 2 to 3 that you like the most

and then you can add more once you get comfortable with them

so you have variety and you're not always using the same one

here's the list in my opinion as far as I'm concerned from my perspective

from my point of view personally I think that in my view

I'd say that I believe that I strongly firmly believe that

I'm convinced that there's no doubt in my mind that I feel that

in my mind it seems to me that so let's take our idea again

we should hire a marketing expert to build our website

as far as I'm concerned we should hire a marketing expert

in my opinion in my mind personally I think that we should hire a marketing expert

so you can use any one of these and remember variety is key

you don't always want to say in my opinion you can absolutely use that

but you want to have variety now let's talk about agreeing with an opinion

so you're in a meeting and a calling says we should postpone the conference

or your colleague use an opinion word and said

I firmly believe that we should postpone the conference

now let's say that you agree with your colleague what can you say well again

here's a big list start with 1 to 2 and add them as you get

comfortable I agree I agree with you

I think so too that's a good point you're right definitely absolutely

I second that I couldn't have said it better myself

I couldn't agree more we're on the same page you hit the nail on the head

so your colleague says from my perspective we should postpone the conference

and you say I couldn't agree more we should postpone the conference

you're right we should postpone the conference absolutely we should postpone the conference

I agree with you now let's see

your colleague shared an opinion that started with

I don't think I don't think we should postpone the conference

personally I don't think we should postpone the conference

we have one very specific phrase that you can use

when you want to agree with a negative opinion do you know what that is in my mind

I don't think we should postpone the conference neither do I neither do I

you only use this when you're agreeing with I don't think neither do I

now let's talk about disagreeing with an opinion so you're in a meeting and you're calling

says in my mind we should look for a new supplier

now you don't agree what can you say you can say I disagree with you

I'm afraid I disagree on the contrary I understand where you're coming from

but I respect your opinion but that's a good point however

I see your point but I have a different perspective I think can I share my opinion

that's one way of looking at it but have you considered the fact that

now the first one I shared I disagree with you

is probably the least commonly used because it sounds argumentative

and we generally want to say this softly to someone

so it's way more common to say I'm afraid I'm afraid I disagree with you

it makes it a lot softer or you could acknowledge that I respect your

opinion but I don't think that's a good idea

I respect your opinion but I think we should keep our supplier

my personal favorite in this category is I understand where you're coming from

but and then you share your opinion or whatever information you like

I understand where you're coming from this is another way of saying

I respect your opinion I understand where you're coming from

but right now isn't the best time to change our suppliers

because it's our busiest time of year we should wait until Q4 and remember

you can add your personal opinion words as well

from my perspective in my mind from my point of view we should wait until

Q4 so you can absolutely combine these different

opinion words together

now let's talk about sharing a general opinion so something that most people would agree

with here's a statement

repetition is key when you're learning any new skill

now I personally believe this but it's not my opinion per se

this is just a commonly held opinion by most people

by many different people so here are some general opinion words you

can use it said that it's believed that I've heard

that it's considered that

it's generally accepted that most agree that some say that it goes without saying that

researchers experts suggest that so

I could say it's generally accepted that repetition is

key when you're learning any new skill

and personally I agree and personally I couldn't have said it better

myself so you absolutely can share a general opinion

but then agree with that general opinion using one of the phrases you've already Learned

or maybe you want to disagree with this statement well then of course

you can use one of the phrases to disagree on the contrary repetition isn't that important

I'm afraid I disagree repetition isn't that important in my mind

and then you can share your opinion and finally

let's talk about how to ask someone for their opinion

so let's say I shared a general opinion most

agree that repetition is key when learning a new skill

and I want to ask for your opinion on this specific topic I can say

do you agree what's your opinion what do you think what are your thoughts

what's your view how do you see the situation what's your take on it what about you

how about you has that been your experience what is your experience been

are we on the same page is that something you would support too

so if you're talking to someone who's currently learning a new skill

it could be really interesting to ask them has that been your experience

what are your thoughts on that do you agree finally

in this master class let's talk about phrasal verbs

you are going to learn 40 phrasal verbs with get

to get ahead this means to progress so to make progress towards something

and we most commonly use this in a career setting

or academic setting for example if you want to get ahead you need fluent English

would you agree with that put that in the comments if you want to get

ahead you need fluent English

now notice how I didn't specify get ahead in what

if you wanna get ahead at work in your career so don't forget that but you can also just

say if you want to get ahead to get along with

most students know this one do you know this one when you get along with

someone it means you have a good relationship with

that person I really get along with my boss

but we commonly use this in the negative I don't get along with my boss

so you can use it in both the positive or the negative

so which describes you I get along with my boss

I don't get along with my boss to get away this means to escape

so you can use this into context the criminal got away so that means he escaped

the robber got away he stole my car and he got away

he escaped but we also use this more in the sense of

to escape from your daily life the difficulties of your daily life

oh I really need to get away work has been so busy I don't get along with

my boss I need to get away

another common phrasal verb with get away is to get away with something

and that something is negative for example she got away with the crime

this means she wasn't punished for the crime so she did something wrong

but she got away with it she got away with stealing the car

notice that verb ing with stealing the car to get off lately

this is when you are punished for something but you're punished less severely than you

anticipated so maybe you forgot to submit a report at

work but you got off lightly your boss didn't fire

you but they did remove you from the account

so you were punished but you were punished less severely than you

expected we also use this more in a criminal context

she stole the car but she got off lightly so maybe she didn't go to prison

she only had to do community service to get back

this is used to say that you return to your original starting point

so let's say you're at home but then you go to the store

and then you return back home so now you can say I got back at 7:00

what time did you get back now you can specify the place

what time did you get back home back to the office oh

I got back around 7 we commonly use this with your vacations

what time did you get back from your trip to Italy

oh I got back on Tuesday you returned home from Italy

there's also the phrasal verb to get back to someone

you might say oh I really need to get back to John

when you get back to someone it means you respond to that person

so if I say I need to get back to John it means that John contacted me but I have

not replied so maybe he asked me a question

and I have not answered his question I need to get back to John

or you John might say when are you going to get back to me

when are you going to respond to my question when you get back into something

it means you continue doing something that you stopped for a period of time

so let's say you decided to learn how to play guitar

or piano and you play guitar every week for months

and months and months and then you stop playing guitar

you get very busy at work but then work is no longer busy

so you say oh I need to get back into guitar

I need to get back into my guitar lessons so maybe you could use this with your language

lessons I need to get back into my English language

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over to get back at someone this is used for revenge

so if you didn't get back to John which means you didn't reply to John

and you didn't answer his question maybe John will try to get back at you

he'll try to get revenge on you so

maybe he'll tell everyone that you're not very helpful

and that's how he gets back at you to get behind someone or something

this is when you support someone or something so let's say

your company has a new policy on their dress code

and you like the policy you can say I can really get behind that policy

you support that policy to get by this is when you have just enough resources

to survive we most commonly use this with financial resources

so you might say with inflation I can barely get by so it means you can pay

your bills pay your mortgage buy groceries

but just enough at the end of the month you have one or two dollars left in your account

I'm getting by to get into trouble I'm sure you do this all the time

when you get into trouble it just means you enter that situation

where you're doing something you're not supposed to be doing

which is the trouble so kids get into trouble all the time

that's why you don't leave your kids at home without an adult to supervise them

because they're going to get into trouble they're going to write on all the walls with

crayon or eat all the cookies in the fridge

they're going to get into trouble to get on this is when you board

which means to enter certain vessels certain methods of transportation

so you can get on a plane a train a boat

or a bus I got on the plane you entered the plane you boarded the plane

to get on is also used as an expression to say that someone is old

or has become very old so you might say my grandma is getting on

which means my grandma is now quite old she's become very old my grandma's getting

on so she has difficulty getting on a plane

now what's the opposite of on I'm on the plane I got on the plane

so now I need to get off the plane and remember

you only get off certain methods of transportation planes trains

boats and buses this is my stop I need to get off the bus

get off the train for vehicles cars

vans or trucks you get in and get out of

I got in my car I got out of my car so don't confuse those two

we also use get in when you enter a room in a building

or enter a house or a location so this is very common at work

a coworker could ask you oh what time did you get in

they mean what time did you enter the office so you can also use it to mean

what time did you start your work day because when you enter the office building

technically you started work so what time did you get in is another way

of saying what time did you start work

now in this case although the opposite of in is out

we have an expression to get off which means to end work for the day

so someone could ask you oh what time do you get off today

what time do you usually get off what time are you getting off tomorrow

this means what time do you finish work do you end work just for the day

to get out is also used as an expression of disbelief

so let's say your friend tells you I won the lottery get out

get out get out of here get out of town so you can add get out of

here or less commonly but still common

get out of town it's just to show that I can't believe it

what get out get out

so if your friend says something very shocking or surprising

I'm moving to Antarctica get out get out of town why

why are you doing that when you get out of something

or get out of doing something it means you avoid doing something unpleasant

so I could say I need to get out of cleaning the garage

because that's unpleasant and I don't wanna do it to get together

this is when people organize socially they join each other socially

so I might ask what time are we getting together tonight

so what time are we going to meet each other join each other and have dinner

have a cup of coffee go for a walk do something social now

if you specify the noun you need with what time are you getting together with your

friends tonight you probably know this one

to get up what time do you get up this is when you leave your bed in the morning

first thing in the morning so what time do you wake up

this is when you open your eyes but then get up is when you actually leave

your bed so I wake up at 6 a m

but I don't get up until 6:30 but how about this one get up to

what did you get up to last night this is a common way of simply asking what

someone did oh what did you get up to last night

oh not much I watched a movie we also use this one though

to imply that someone is doing something wrong my kids are always getting up to no good

this is the same thing as getting into trouble but in a general context oh

what did you get up to last night it's what did you do last night to get across

this is to communicate your ideas successfully so as a non native speaker

you might say I have a hard time getting my ideas across

I have a hard time communicating successfully and if you have a hard time getting your ideas

across someone might ask you what are you getting at what are you getting

at this is another way of saying

what are you trying to communicate what do you mean

so if you're trying to explain something but the other person doesn't understand

they can say what are you getting at now to get at

can also mean to successfully reach something or find something or obtain something

so let's say I have a shelf and I have a hat on a very high shelf

I might say I can't get at my hat I can't reach my hat

to get rid of this is when you throw away so permanently remove unwanted items

so remember I said I wanted to get out of cleaning my

garage because there's so many things I need to get

rid of there's so many unwanted things in my garage

that I want to permanently remove so maybe once a year

you can go through your entire house and get rid of things get rid of unwanted

things to get wound up about something

is when you get really angry about something so

let's say your father doesn't like politics in general

so every time he sees something in the news about politicians he gets wound up

he gets really angry but you might say to your dad

get over it get over it to get over something is when you tell someone

they shouldn't have strong feelings towards something else

and those strong feelings are usually negative feelings

so if your dad gets really wound up about politics

you can say oh just get over it it's not a big deal

you can of course get over someone do you know this one

when you get over someone it means

you no longer have romantic feelings for that person

so after my divorce it took me years to get over my husband

it took me years to stop having romantic feelings towards my

husband now someone could say get over it

stop being upset about the situation that you're no longer with your husband

but that might be a little insensitive you can also get over an illness

which means you recover from an illness it took me weeks to get over my cold

it took me weeks to recover from my cold to get around this is how you travel within

an area so if you're a tourist you might Google

what's the best way to get around New York City

and of course it's not by car you don't wanna get around by car

because the traffic is terrible so walking is the best way to get around

or taking the subway is the best way to get around New York City

when you get around to something or to doing something

it means you finally do something after not doing it for a long period of time

so let's say I was trying to get out of cleaning the garage

because I didn't really wanna get rid of all that unwanted stuff

but I finally got around to cleaning the garage so I finally clean the garage

after a long time of not cleaning the garage to get it together

is when you take control of your life or your emotions so

let's say your friend is really upset because she broke up with her husband

and she has not gotten over him and you want to tell your friend to just get

over it but instead you tell your friend

get it together get it together you need to take control of your emotions

because your friend is crying all the time or she's really upset she's really Moody

angry not pleasant to be around and you tell your friend you need to get it

together which is a little bit of tough love

but sometimes it's necessary there are many phrasal verbs with debt

through that have different meanings when you get through something

it means you endure or deal with a difficult situation

it was really difficult for me to get through my father's death so my father died

obviously that's a difficult situation hopefully you don't say get over it

because that would be very insensitive but I had a hard time getting through my father's

death so you can use this in a personal situation

you can use it in a work situation as well I don't get along with my boss

so I have a hard time getting through our meetings

I have a hard time dealing with our meetings because I don't get along with my boss

when you get through something it can also mean that you successfully finished

something that was very difficult or time consuming

I finally got through the report so you finished it

but it took you a really long time it was difficult when you get through to someone

it means that you successfully contact them after numerous attempts of trying to contact

them so let's say I needed to get back to John

I needed to respond to John but every time I called John I got his voicemail

I could say I'm having a hard time getting through to

John so I can't get back to John

because I can't get through to him but we also use to get through to someone

when you're able to communicate something to someone

in a way that they they understand it so I told my friend that she shouldn't quit

her job and I explained all the reasons why

and I finally got through to her so I finally made her understand why

she shouldn't quit her job your head is probably spinning right now

with all of these phrasal verbs with gat but all you need is some practice

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