If You Know These 15 Phrasal Verbs, Your English is EXCELLENT!

If you know these 15 phrasal  verbs, your English is excellent.

These are 15 phrasal verbs that  native speakers use in daily  

speech in both professional and social situations.

So your English is excellent if you know them.

Welcome back to JForrest English.

Of course, I'm Jennifer.

Now let's get started.

Remember that phrasal verbs have  multiple meanings depending on context.

So I'll show you the phrasal verb and then I'll  

give you an example sentence so you can  see how that phrasal verb is being used.

Our first phrasal verb pull off.

I know the team can pull it off.

Pull off?

Do you know this one?

In this context, a pull off means to succeed  in doing something difficult or unexpected.

For example, getting a high mark on your IELTS  is challenging, but I know you'll pull it off.

So notice here, I know you'll pull it off here.

It means I know you'll succeed at  getting a high mark on your IELTS.

How about this one?

If you have a great teacher,  I know I'll pull it off.

Maybe that's something you would say.

I know I'll pull it off.

I will be successful if I have a great teacher.

And I hope I'm that great teacher for you.

If you agree, stop.

Put.

That's right, that's right.

I'll pull it off with Jennifer's help.

Put that's right in the comments.

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Now let's listen to some real world  examples using this phrasal verb.

Is it something you've really managed to pull off,  

or does the Middle East really  still have US kind of sucked in?

So how did Ukraine pull  off such a stunning attack?

It requires a bit of confidence to pull off.

Our next phrase over Take off.

Sarah's online store really took off.

Do you know what this means?

Take off.

This means to become successful or popular.

For example, my YouTube channel  didn't take off at first.

It wasn't successful or popular at first,  

but I was persistent and consistent  and eventually it took off.

Eventually it became successful.

I could also say, and eventually I pulled it off.

I pulled it off.

And in this case, it represents creating  and growing a successful YouTube channel.

Or I could say to you, if you're consistent, your  English fluency and confidence will take off.

Do you agree with that?

Well put.

That's right.

That's right put, that's right in the comments.

Now let's listen to some real world  examples using this phrasal verb.

Just to the point where your  career is starting to take off,  

you're taking on seniors you after the trial.

She was able to move.

Away to Florence.

And that's where we.

Really see her career kind of take off, but  once you look at that 10 year mark and beyond,  

that's where things really start to take off.

Next, put off.

She put off scheduling her IELTS.

Do you know what put off means?

This means to delay or postpone doing something.

She put off scheduling her IELTS  until she mastered phrasal verbs.

Now this means she'll schedule her  IELTS once she masters phrasal verbs.

You might say, let's put off the meeting.

Let's delay the meeting  until after the long weekend.

Or your husband or roommate might ask you, are  we still cleaning out the garage this weekend?

And you can say, let's put it off and  tell winter, let's delay it until winter.

Let's listen to some real world examples.

Do you put off writing a  paper until the last minute?

Just an idea being put off for  a better time that never came.

Bunnies and I think it's such a waste when people  just put off their vacation or travel plans.

Next turn around.

How did you turn around your online store?

Do you know what this means to turn around?

This means to take a business plan or  system from not successful to successful.

For example, the new manager turned  the marketing department around,  

so to turn something around to take the marketing  department from not successful to successful.

Or she turned around her speaking  skills by practicing speaking every day.

And you can add to this and say her excellent  

communication skills helped her  career take off become successful.

Let's listen to some real world examples.

I'm hoping we can.

Turn it around to accommodation that has turned  the business, turned it around, our economy in.

Peril.

We turned it around.

Our next phrasal verb call off.

Do you know why the meeting was called off?

Do you know what this means to call off?

This means to cancel something  that was planned or scheduled.

For example, the company had  to call off the conference,  

cancel the conference because of the hurricane.

Now let's compare this  sentence to one with put off.

Remember, put off means delay.

The company had to put off the  conference because of the hurricane.

Do you know the difference  between these two sentences?

In the first example we call off the  conference will not happen, it is cancelled.

But in the second example, we put off the  conference will happen but at a later date.

Or you could say she called off her  birthday party when she got sick.

She cancelled it.

She didn't put it off, she called it off.

Let's listen to some real world examples.

As violence, they began to receive threats to.

Call off their.

Events.

After two hours, the man looks  call off their attack and retreat.

So we decided to call off the wedding at the last.

Minute How are you doing with  these phrasal verbs so far?

Our next phrasal verb to catch up on.

I spent the whole day catching up on emails.

Do you know what this means?

To catch up on?

This means to do something that you  haven't been able to do recently.

For example, I need to catch up on your lessons.

Maybe you say that to me or to your  teacher or your piano instructor.

This means you haven't been able  to review the lessons recently.

So now you have many lessons to review  and you need to catch up on them.

You need to watch all the  lessons you haven't reviewed.

Or you could say this weekend  I caught up on my chores.

I did all the chores I haven't been able to  do because I was too busy doing other things.

So I put them off.

But this weekend I caught up on them.

Let's listen to some real world examples.

Anyone that wants to catch up on that part of the  story can go back and watch our original issue,  

which they should do anyway because it  feels like a way to catch up on social.

Media or read?

Something.

Let's have this down.

Catch up on e-mail.

Go home at a regular time.

Our next phrasal verb blurred out.

I can't believe I blurted  that out in front of my boss.

Do you know what this means to blurt out?

This is when you say something  suddenly without thinking,  

often something that shouldn't have been said.

For example, let's say you're in a meeting and  

you're discussing a strategy  or a goal, and you say P.

There's no way we'll pull that off.

There's no way we'll be successful.

And then later in the meeting you can  say, oh, why did I blurt that out?

I have such a big mouth.

So this is an expression to have a big mouth.

Someone who has a big mouth often says things  

they shouldn't say because they  don't think before they speak.

So people with big mouths often blurt things out.

Or maybe your coworker is looking  for a new job but it was a secret.

But then you say to your Co worker,  I accidentally blurted out that  

you're looking for a new job so you  said it suddenly without thinking.

Let's listen to some real world examples further.

When girls blurt out answers  without raising their hands.

One of you.

So what's your story?

Can you just blurt out a 30 second story?

His first reflex was not to  blurt out what was going on.

Next, comb through.

Do you have time to comb through this report?

Do you know what this means to comb  through and notice that B is silent?

Comb, comb through.

This means to analyze or review  something carefully and completely.

Before you submit your CV, you should comb  through it to make sure there are no errors.

That's always good advice.

Or I combed through this entire  textbook to prepare for my IELTS.

You reviewed it entirely and completely.

She spent the whole afternoon combing through  old family photos to create a scrapbook.

Let's listen to some real world examples.

Help NASA kind of comb through our data.

So I went back to my staff was comb.

Through this go comb through  their website next skim through.

I only had enough time to skim through the report.

Do you know what this means to skim through?

This means to review something  quickly without going into detail,  

so you can think of it as  the opposite of comb through.

For example, the consultant  has an impressive background,  

but I only skimmed through his proposal.

I didn't read it fully.

She skimmed through the recipe to  make sure she had all the ingredients.

So she looked at it quickly, not fully.

Let's listen to some real world examples.

Can't sort of skim through it.

And I'm just going to skim through couple  of the highlights, read the class syllabus,  

skim through textbooks, and  review all the materials.

Next, gloss over the consultant  glossed over the budget increase.

Do you know what this means?

To gloss over?

This means to briefly mention  something without going into  

detail, and you do this often to  avoid discussing it thoroughly.

For example, the manager glossed  over the consultant's rude comment.

So how could he gloss over this rude comment?

Maybe he's in the middle of  a meeting and he says to the  

consultant who remembers said something rude.

He says to him, I appreciate your perspective.

Anyway, let's review the upcoming conference.

So he mentioned it briefly, but then  he quickly moved on to something  

else because he didn't want to spend  time reviewing that negative comment.

How about this one?

My brother always glosses over why his  girlfriend doesn't come to family gatherings.

He mentions it quickly but then  moves on to a different topic  

on purpose because he doesn't want to discuss it.

He glosses over it.

Let's listen to some real world examples.

Of this stuff.

So I didn't want to gloss over anything.

In the early days, I would gloss  over my family's experience.

I'll have to gloss over or  emit many formal details.

Next, pan out.

The speaker we wanted didn't pan out.

Do you know what this means to pan out?

This means to have a successful outcome.

The strategy didn't pan out.

This means the strategy wasn't successful,  didn't have a successful outcome.

So we need to revise our approach.

Or you could say to your spouse  or roommate or family member,  

let's see how our kitchen Renault  pans out before we start The bathroom.

Renault is short for renovation.

So you're renovating your kitchen.

Let's see how it pans out.

Let's see how successful it is.

Before we start another  Renault, another renovation,  

Let's listen to some real world examples.

Another reason why this learning styles theory.

Doesn't pan out.

And in that way, in case there were any  failures, in case things didn't pan out,  

we're excited to see how the metrics of those pan.

Out our next phrasal verb, drift off.

I think I drifted off during the presentation.

Do you know what this means to drift off?

This means to gradually become less  focused or to fall asleep unintentionally,  

not on purpose, often while  engage in another activity.

Here's a real example.

Sometimes I drift off when my husband  starts talking about his work.

Now in this case, I don't fall asleep,  but I gradually stop paying attention  

to my husband and I start just  paying attention to other things.

We have another expression.

My mind wanders.

I drift off because my husband's  work is very technical and often  

I don't really understand what he's saying.

So I drift off.

You could also say I must have  drifted off during the movie.

Now this could mean that you stopped  paying attention to the movie and  

you started paying attention to other things.

Or quite likely, you fell asleep during the movie  and you didn't even realize that it ended and  

hours later you're asleep on your couch and the  movie is over and you had no idea you drifted off.

Let's listen to some real world examples.

Listening to the sound of the ocean  as you slowly drift off to sleep.

It might.

Feel nice for a while to drift off into past.

Memories.

Eventually, Henry began to  drift off for the last time.

Next, dip into, we had to dip into  our emergency fund to make payroll.

Do you understand this one?

To dip into this means to spend a portion  of a reserve or saving often temporarily.

So you have this reserve or  saving and if you dip into it,  

you take a portion, some of that money out.

So this is you specifically with spending money.

For example, the company had  to dip into its emergency fund,  

so take a portion of that fund  to cover the unexpected expenses.

Or we had to dip into our savings  to cover the cost of the car repair.

Let's listen to some real world examples.

The House had initially proposed a  $2700 payout but couldn't muster the  

votes required to dip into savings to pay for it.

But there are other proposals to dip into  it, one for a school loan construction fund,  

and therefore I don't need to dip into my savings.

Our next phrasal verb pick up.

I pick up a lot of English  expressions by watching TV.

Do you know what this means in this context?

Pickup means to learn something  informally or casually,  

often through exposure rather than instruction.

So right now you're not  picking up these phrasal verbs.

I'm teaching them to you.

This is formal instruction.

But if you're watching a TV show and you hear  the speaker say a phrasal verb in speech,  

and you learn the meaning of that  phrasal verb from that TV show,  

you just picked up that phrasal  verb, which is a great way to learn.

Or maybe you have a great skill.

You know how to code and someone asks  you, did you take coding classes?

And you say, no, I just  picked it up over the years.

So you were exposed to coding and you just  learned it gradually from being exposed to it.

You didn't take formal classes  or have formal instruction.

Let's listen to some real world examples.

Happening to LinkedIn learning more  than ever to pick up new skills,  

find people with similar hobbies  and pick up new interests.

It's not uncommon for humans to pick up.

New accents?

How about this phrasal verb shake off?

If you make a mistake, just shake it off.

Do you know this one?

If you're a Taylor Swift fan,  you probably do shake off.

This means to get rid of something, such as  a problem or mistake, and move on from it.

So you can imagine the problem is  right here and you just shake it off.

Shake it off.

This is commonly used in sports.

The coach might say to the team, we're down three  points, which means we're losing by three points.

We're down three points.

We need to shake it off and play better than ever.

So this means not let let the  fact that we're losing affect us.

We need to forget about it  and play better than ever.

Or you could say, I know I made a few  grammar mistakes during my spoken exam,  

but I just shook them off and I passed.

Which is a great reminder that you can  make mistakes and still pull it off,  

still be successful.

And they shake off criticism  with the flip of the wig.

So my challenge is that we share  and we shake off those narratives.

It had developed a reputation  as the king of knockoffs,  

and it couldn't shake the  reputation of being a copycat.

So how did you do with these 15 phrasal verbs?

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