Learn English in 10 Hours - ALL YOU NEED TO SPEAK ENGLISH FLUENTLY

Welcome to this English master class.

You are going to learn phrasal verbs, idioms  and expressions to help you sound like a native.

You'll learn how to speak fast and pronounce  all your new vocabulary just like a native.

And this will help you understand  fast speaking natives as well.

Welcome back to JForrest English.

Of course, I'm Jennifer Now

Let's get started.

Here's how this master class will work.

You'll listen to a sentence three times and  you need to write down exactly what you hear.

And after you'll learn how to use  the expression just like a native.

Let's get started with the  first listening exercise.

Claire, let's get a move on.

Claire, let's get a move on.

Claire, let's get a move on So  how did you do with that clip?

Did it sound fast?

He said.

Claire, let's get a move on 1st.

Let's talk about let's.

This is a contraction of let us, let's,  let's native speakers always say let's.

And this is the imperative verb tense,  which is used for orders or instructions.

So this is given as an instruction.

Let's get ah.

Now native speakers, it sounds like we  speak fast because we take individual words,  

we don't add pauses and we  pronounce them as one word.

Get ah, sounds like getta, getta, getta, move on.

You have the on move.

Now on is a vowel, so we can transfer that  sound and we can say these two like one word.

Move on, von move on, move on, move on.

Now what does this mean?

Let's get a move on.

This is an idiom and it means to  begin moving faster or quickly.

It's the same as saying hurry or hurry up.

You could say to your friend, the movie starts  in less than one hour, let's get a move on.

Let's hurry.

Let's move faster.

Or you can say if we're going to finish the  project on time, we need to get a move on.

So now you know how to combine  your sound so you can speak faster.

And you know what this expression means.

So it's your turn to practice.

I want you to imitate my pronunciation  and I want you to say it out loud,  

and I'll say it three times.

Let's get a move on.

Let's get a move on.

Let's get a move on, Claire.

Let's get a move on.

Let's get a move on.

Let's get a move on.

Let's try this again.

I'll play the clip three times.

Just give me a shot when you're done.

Just give me a shot when you're done.

Just give me a shout when you're done.

How do you do with this one?

Just give me a shout when you're done.

Let's talk about how to  combine those sounds together.

Give me Do you know what a native speaker says?

Gimme, Gimme, Gimme.

Now we can also take that article off  and add it and say Gimme a, Gimme a yeah,  

Gimme a Native speakers also reduce  sound, so we say them very unstressed.

So instead of saying your, which is very  stressed, I need to open my mouth wide.

Your I can just say your, your  and the sound is unstressed.

It's more my throat your.

Now let's talk about what this means.

Give me a shout.

What does this mean?

Maybe you know what the verb to  shout, which means ah, to shout.

But what about ah, shout as a noun?

Well, this simply means call me  because a shout is a phone call.

So give me a shout is the same as saying call me.

So if I'm leaving the house or the office, I  could say to the people there, give me a shout.

If you need anything I'm leaving, but call  me if you need anything, give me a shout.

This is commonly used with a when clause.

Give me a shout when you land.

So notice when plus present.

Simple.

When you land, give me a shout.

When you land, call me when you land.

In this case it was give me a shout.

When you're done, you are done.

So to be done.

This means to be finished.

So this means the task is complete.

I could text you or give you a shout  and say I'm done with the report.

I'm finished with the report,  the report is complete.

I could also say I'm done working on the report.

So notice you need your gerund verb.

I'm done working on the report.

Or I could simply say I'm done.

So now it's your turn to practice.

I'll say it three times and I  want you to repeat it out loud.

Just give me a shout when you're done.

Just give me a shout when you're done.

Just give me a shout when you're done.

Just give me a shout when you're done so.

If he pops out, give me a shout.

I'll give you a shout when we're done.

Let's try this again.

I'll play the clip three times.

Sorry, Give me a SEC.

Sorry.

Give me a SEC.

Sorry.

Give me a SEC.

How'd you do it?

This one?

I'm sorry.

Give me a SEC.

This should have been easy for  you because you just learned.

Give me Gimme and give me a Gimme a Gimme a.

Now what does suck mean?

Give me a suck.

What's a suck?

It is short for second.

We take the word 2nd and we shorten it to suck.

Notice that K sounds suck.

Give me a SEC.

Give me a SEC.

We use this to say give me a short period of time.

So that might be a few seconds or  it could also be a few minutes.

I could say give me a SEC to find your file.

And then I take hopefully just three to five,  

maybe 10 seconds to find  your file and you're waiting.

Give me a SEC to find your file.

This is commonly used to get someone's attention  to and to ask if they have time right now.

So you could knock on my door and  say, Jennifer, do you have a SEC?

So you're asking me, do you have a few minutes?

Do you have a few seconds?

Do you have a SEC?

Or maybe you could text your  colleague and say, where are you?

The meeting started 5 minutes ago.

And then you reply back and  say, I'll be there in a SEC.

I'll be there in a short period of time.

Now it's your turn to practice this one.

I'll say it three times.

I'm sorry, give me a SEC.

I'm sorry, give me a SEC.

I'm sorry, give me a SEC.

I'm sorry, give me a SEC.

Do you have a SEC?

I'll be there in a SEC.

Let's try this one more time.

I'll play the clip three times and  I still haven't figured it out.

And I still haven't figured it out.

And I still haven't figured it out.

Did this one sound fast to you?

It was pretty fast, he said.

And I still haven't figured it out.

Again, it sounds fast because we're taking  individual words and combining them together.

Figured it out.

Sounds like figured it out.

So you need to take the end sound from  one word and transfer it to the next.

Figured it out and then it  has to sound like one word.

Figured it out, figured it out.

Figured it out, figured it out.

To figure something out.

Most students know what this means.

It means to understand or solve something.

As a question I could ask you,  have you figured it out now?

I can also add yet.

Have you figured it out yet?

This is in the present perfect verb tense.

So if you use he or she as the  subject you need to change,  

have to has, has he, Has she figured it out yet?

To reply positively, you can  say I have figured it out.

You can add already.

I have already figured it out.

And then for he or she, he or  she has already figured it out.

When you reply positively, this is a completed  pass action, but there's a result in the present.

So maybe the result is so now the client  won't fire us because I figured it out.

I've solved the issue or the problem,  but in the clip it was negative.

I haven't figured it out.

And then you can add yet at the end for he or  she you need hasn't, which is the contraction.

He hasn't figured it out yet.

This shows that it's an ongoing process.

You're still trying to figure it out,  

but did you notice that the speaker  said I still haven't figured it out.

So the speaker didn't use yet.

They used still and notice that placement.

It's subject.

I still and then haven't or if it's he or she,  

he still hasn't figured it out  using still instead of yet.

It emphasizes that it's ongoing and it  also emphasizes the difficulty of the task.

So it sounds like he's struggling with this.

You might say, we've been working on this bug  for hours and we still haven't figured it out.

So it really emphasizes the struggle.

I could reply back and say, OK,  give me a shout when you figure it  

out because remember you need the present simple.

After that when statement, give  me a shout when you figure it out.

Or I could be less patient and put pressure on  this person and say, well, let's get a move on.

The client will be here in an hour.

Now it's your turn to practice.

I'll say it three times and  you need to repeat after me.

I still haven't figured it out.

I still haven't figured it out,  

I still haven't figured it out,  and I still haven't figured it out.

If you haven't figured it out  yet, no one's figured it out yet.

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Now let's continue with our lesson.

Amazing job.

Now let's complete another listening exercise.

It was a cakewalk.

It was a cakewalk.

It was a cakewalk.

Did you get this one?

I said it was a cakewalk.

Let's talk about was, uh, you can combine  these together and it sounds like was.

So notice I'm linking the sounds and I'm taking  that was, but it's a, it's a voiced sound.

So I'm going to transfer that sound to aw.

So you hear SA, SA was a,  was a, it was a cakewalk.

It was a cakewalk.

This thing was a cakewalk, right?

What does this mean to be a cakewalk?

This means that something is simple or effortless.

You might be familiar with the  idiom to be a piece of cake.

When you describe something as a piece  of cake, it means simple or effortless.

This is the same idiom, it's just  slightly changing it to be a cakewalk.

Easy cake.

Hopefully you would say learning English becomes  a cake walk when you have a great teacher.

If you agree then put cake walk cake walk.

Put cake walk in the comments.

Remember that you have to conjugate your verb  to be with the subject and the time reference.

This was a cake walk in the past.

Simple.

This is a cake walk in the present.

Simple.

This will be a cake walk in which verb tense  the future simple and this has been a cakewalk.

Which verb tense the present perfect.

And also remember the article,  It's always a cakewalk.

This was a cakewalk.

Let's try this again, a little more advanced.

I'll say it three times.

It's a Band-Aid fix.

It's a Band-Aid fix.

It's a Band-Aid fix.

Did you hear this one?

I said it's a Band-Aid fix.

Of course it's is our contraction of  it is it's it's Band-Aid is 2 words.

But to pronounce them like one, I'll  take that D and transfer it to the vowel.

Band-Aid, Band-Aid, Band-Aid, Band-Aid fix.

A Band-Aid fix is a temporary  solution to a problem.

Understand this expression.

You need to know what a Band-Aid is.

This is a Band-Aid.

This is the brand name for bandage, but the brand  

name is Band-Aid and native speakers  just refer to bandages as band aids.

I put band aids on it, but remember this  means a temporary solution to a problem.

You could say filling the  potholes is a Band-Aid fix.

This entire Rd.

needs to be repaved, but it's just a Band-Aid fix.

Now, there are many temporary solutions  to help you improve your English,  

but not all of them are permanent.

For example, relying on ChatGPT to  write for you is a Band-Aid fix.

Remember the article?

Our noun is a fix, and then Band-Aid  is an adjective, a Band-Aid fix.

And although a Band-Aid fix means a temporary  solution, you can't say say a Band-Aid solution.

You must always say a Band-Aid fix, because  that's the word choice in this expression.

Let's try this again, a little more difficult.

I'll say it three times.

You can't rest on your laurels.

You can't rest on your laurels.

You can't rest on your laurels.

Did you get this one?

I said you can't rest on your laurels.

Native speakers often pronounce T as a flap T,  

which means we don't push out that puff of  air because it forces us to take a pause.

You can't.

So I don't say you can't.

I say you can't.

You can't Reston.

So here you hear that T because I'm  linking the two words together and  

I'm transferring the T sound onto  the vowel Reston ton Reston Reston.

Your is pronounced in spoken  English as an unstressed your.

Your you can't rest on your your laurels.

This could be a hard word to  pronounce depending on your  

native language because we have  an R and an L Lore OLS Lore OLS.

So divide the sounds and tell you're  comfortable with each sound lore OLS  

and then you can pronounce it as one.

Laurels, Laurels.

The expression is to rest on your laurels.

We use this to say that you shouldn't become too  comfortable or stagnant with past achievements,  

past successes you should set new goals.

You should push yourself further.

You shouldn't rest on your laurels.

For example, the author wrote an international  bestseller but then rested on her laurels.

So she had a past accomplishment, past success  with this international bestseller that she wrote.

But because she rested on her laurels,  it means that she didn't set new goals.

She didn't push herself further,  

so she didn't write anything after  that international bestseller.

She just remained successful based on her past  success, but didn't achieve any new success.

Let's think about this in a  language learning context.

Maybe you have a past success  with a high score on an exam.

It's amazing that you got a  band 9 on your IELTS last year,  

but you can't just rest on your laurels.

So this sounds like after your  amazing accomplishment, your band 9,  

you stopped trying to improve, you  stopped trying to improve even more.

You just rested on your laurels.

You had that past success and  you thought you were done with  

language learning, which of course isn't the case.

So to help motivate this friend  who's resting on their laurels,  

you can say subscribe to J for his English and  keep improving, keep learning, keep growing.

Don't rest on your laurels.

Let's let's write this one more time,  the most advanced listening exercise.

I'll say it three times.

I'm going out for a bit.

I'm going out for a bit.

I'm going out for a bit.

Did you get this one?

I said I'm going out for a bit.

Of course I'm is our contraction of  I am I'm, I'm, I'm going out again.

We have that flap T because  I'm not going to say out.

I'm going out.

I'm going out now.

Many Native speakers will combine all three  of these together and they'll pronounce for as  

more of an unstressed fur, fur a fur a bit,  fur a bit, and again, that flat T on bit,  

because I'm not saying bit for a bit, for  a bit, you can still link them together  

even if you say for or a Native speaker  commonly says fur for a bit, fur a bit.

Now, sometimes Native speakers  will pronounce the T In this case,  

because it's at the end of a  sentence, there's a period.

So we have to take a pause  anyway for a bit, for a bit.

I'm going out for a bit to go out.

This means to temporarily leave your current  location, most commonly your home, for a bit.

Is a time reference and it means  for a small amount of time.

Sorry guys, I have to go out for a bit.

This is a common way that  someone will say they're leaving.

I'm going out for a bit now.

Where are they going?

Well, remember, it's more of a  they're going out temporarily.

So perhaps they're going to run errands,  

go grocery shopping, meet a friend, or go  to the movies any small amount of time.

We also commonly use this as a suggestion to say,  

let's leave the house and do  something more interesting.

We've been watching Netflix all day.

Let's go out.

Let's go out for a bit.

Let's go out tonight.

Now let's do an imitation exercise so you  

can practice these pronunciation  changes and practice fast English.

So I'll say each sentence again three times,  

and after each sentence, I want you  to repeat the sentence out loud.

Here we go.

It was a cakewalk.

It was a cakewalk.

It was a cakewalk.

It's a Band-Aid fix.

It's a Band-Aid fix.

It's a Band-Aid fix.

You can't rest on your laurels.

You can't rest on your laurels.

You can't rest on your laurels.

I'm going out for a bit.

I'm going out for a bit.

I'm going out for a bit.

Amazing job.

Now let's complete another listening exercise.

It's not a big deal at all.

It's not a big deal at all.

It's not a big deal at all.

Did you get this one?

I said it's not a big deal at all.

It's it's a contraction of it is not a.

We can combine these together, but  notice we have a T between two vowels.

So a native speaker is going to pronounce  that as a soft D and say nada, nada.

It's nada.

It's nada, big deal.

And then we can do the same with act with that T  

and then all I can put them together and  then I'll pronounce that T as a soft D.

And it sounds like Add all Add all at all at all.

It's not a big deal at all.

Let's talk about what this means to be a big deal.

This describes something that's  important, serious, or significant.

We use this in both positive  and negative situations.

For example, when you do something and  the consequences are serious in a bad way,  

getting caught plagiarizing is a big deal.

You could be expelled.

So here the consequences are  serious in a negative way.

You could be expelled, which means  permanently removed from your school.

Is that that big of a deal?

Yes, it's a big deal.

But we also use this in a positive way.

Getting a promotion is a big deal.

You can finally buy a house.

So here the promotion is important and significant  for the impact it will have on your life.

It's a big deal.

No big deal.

It's a huge deal.

Now remember our example was in the negative.

It's not a big deal at all.

So we can use this in two ways.

First, to say that something isn't  serious, significant, or important.

Important, For example, missing  the party isn't a big deal.

Your friend will understand.

So the consequence of that action,  

missing the party isn't very  important or significant or serious.

It's really not a big deal.

It's not a big deal.

Now we also use this as a reply when someone  

offers appreciation or their  thanks for something we did.

Your friend could say thanks for agreeing to help  me move this weekend, I really appreciate it,  

and you can reply back and say it's not  a big deal at all, I'm happy to help.

Now, if you want to sound  really American and casual,  

you can reduce that entire sentence to two words.

No biggie, no biggie.

So no biggie represents it's not a big deal.

No biggie, no biggie.

It's really common with native  speakers in a casual, informal way.

So I could show my appreciation to you and say  

thank you so much for liking  this video and subscribing.

Don't forget to do those two things and  then you can reply back and say no biggie,  

no biggie, it's not a big deal at all.

I'm happy to So put, put that in the comments.

No biggie.

No biggie, no biggie.

Put that in the comments.

Let's try this again.

I'll say it three times.

So what are you into?

So what are you into?

So what are you into?

I said.

So what are you into?

What are can combine together and  that R can sound very reduced.

What are what are what are so in what  are what are what are So basically  

I'm forming a contraction in spoken English.

Although this does not exist as a  contraction is what we do in spoken English.

So what are you can become  more of an unstressed Yeah  

or ya ya ya almost identical in pronunciation.

What are ya inta?

So you can take into and change it to inta.

I didn't do that personally, but many native  speakers do, so be prepared to hear 2 as TA.

So what are you into?

What are you into?

This is a casual way to ask someone  about their interests or preferences,  

so definitely add this to your vocabulary.

It will help you sound like  a Native American speaker.

So what exactly are you into, Jesse?

To reply, you can say I'm to be  into I am, I'm into plus a noun.

I'm into music, art, yoga,  photography, hiking, biking,  

or whatever other activity that you're into is  also very common to answer what are you into?

Just with a verb of preference and  simply say I like music, I love yoga,  

I adore photography, or whatever  your interest or preference is.

So what are you into?

What about you sleeveless?

What are you into this again?

I'll say it three times.

Can we play it by ear?

Can we play it by ear?

Can we play it by ear?

Did you get this one?

I said can we play it by ear?

Can is an auxiliary verb.

It's there to ask the question.

When is an auxiliary verb?

We pronounce it as kin, kin, unstressed,  because the main verb is what you hear.

Play.

Can you play?

Can you play?

We can combine play and it together.

I'll take that Y and I'll use it to connect.

Play it yet.

Play it, Play it.

But you say it as one word.

Can we play it by ear?

Do you know what this means?

When you play something by ear,  

it means that you make decisions as they  happen rather than planning in advance.

If your friend or spouse asks you,  what should we do this weekend?

And you don't want to make plans, you  just want to decide as it's happening.

So you wait until dinner to decide  what you're going to have for dinner,  

rather than planning it in advance the day before.

You can say, let's just play it  by ear, let's just play it by ear,  

You're right, let's play it by ear.

Or someone asks what are you going to do  

on vacation because they know  you have a vacation planned.

You can reply back and say we have a few  tours planned and we'll play the rest by ear.

The rest being the rest of your vacation.

We'll play the rest by ear.

We'll decide what we want to do in  the moment, based on how we feel,  

based on where we are, based on the  situation, rather than deciding in advance.

What about you?

When you're planning a vacation, do  you prefer to have a full itinerary,  

which means every day all the activities you're  going to do on that day are decided in advance?

That's a full itinerary.

Or do you prefer to play it by ear?

No plans, you're just going to decide  what to do based on how you feel.

Or perhaps #3 a little bit of both.

So put in the comments.

Your preference?

1-2 or three For me, I would probably  choose #2 just to play it by ear.

I like being more spontaneous.

But my husband, Kevin, he is  definitely a full itinerary person,  

which I learned the first time  we planned a vacation together.

So now we do #3 we do a little bit of both.

So we both are satisfied.

What about you?

Share yours in the comments.

I don't know.

Play it by ear.

Why?

Let's try this one more time.

I'll say it three times.

Turns out I bought a knockoff.

Turns out I bought a knockoff.

Turns out I bought a knockoff.

Did you get this one?

Maybe a little more challenging.

I said.

Turns out I bought a knockoff.

Turns out I can combine those  together and it sounds like.

Turns out.

So I'm using that S to glide to the  next word, but I say it as one word.

Turns out turns out I bought a so bought is  pronounced bought so I can combine those together.

Bada bada.

Just like got a native  speakers commonly say gotta.

Well you can do the same thing  with bought a bada bada knock.

The K is silent and off because they go together.

Knock off.

It's one word.

I'm going to use that knock, cough cough.

So I'm going to pronounce the final K on knock,  

and I'm going to pronounce it  on off, knock off, knock off.

Let's talk about what this means.

Turns out to turn out this is an extremely  common phrasal verb and is used in many  

expressions in daily speech, so definitely  add it to your vocabulary in this context.

Turns out is used to say that something is  

surprising or unexpected, so I  did not expect this situation.

Turns out it was spam.

So let's say you were supposed to work late  tonight and you knew about this last week.

You've planned your your  entire week to work late today.

You've made plans and arrangements.

But then your boss says, oh, actually,  you don't have to work late tonight.

We finished the project.

So you can say, oh, turns out I don't have  to work late tonight because it's unexpected.

It's surprising.

It's not what you thought.

Turns out grammatically there  should be a subject here.

It turns out I don't have to work late tonight.

But this is called a dummy subject  in English, where the subject,  

it doesn't actually represent anything,  is just the existence, the situation.

Because it's a dummy subject in spoken English,  

we often drop it and just say, turns  out I don't have to work late tonight.

But in written English, a subject  is required grammatically.

Let's talk about a knockoff.

What is this?

Because turns out I bought a knockoff.

What's a knockoff?

A knockoff is a copy or an imitation of  something, usually a product or service.

Knockoffs are very common with designer brands.

So the original is a Louis Vuitton handbag,  

which has a very distinct look to  it, but there are a lot of knockoffs.

They're fake, they're fake Louis Vuittons.

And from a distance you  probably can't tell at all.

But when you examine the quality  of the material, it's very obvious.

So in this situation, maybe it's My friend bought  a Louis Vuitton, but turns out it was a knockoff.

At least designer or knockoff,  

it's just buy another knockoff that's  actually a cubic zirconia knockoff.

Now let's do an imitation  exercise so you can practice  

all of these pronunciation changes  that take place in spoken English.

I'll say each sentence again three  times, and after I see the sentence,  

I want you to repeat the sentence out  loud and imitate my pronunciation.

Here we go.

It's not a big deal at all.

It's not a big deal at all.

It's not a big deal at all.

So what are you into?

So what are you into?

So what are you into?

Can we play it by ear?

Can we play it by ear?

Can we play it by ear?

Turns out I bought a knockoff.

Turns out I bought a knockoff.

Turns out I bought a knockoff.

Amazing job.

Now let's complete another listening exercise.

Our first listening exercise.

I'll say it three times.

Thanks for your help.

You rock.

Thanks for your help.

You rock.

Thanks for your help.

You rock.

Did you get this one?

I said thanks for your help.

You rock.

Very easy, right?

At a natural pace.

Native speakers, we reduce sound.

So 4 becomes Fer thanks Fer your becomes your.

Thanks for your.

Thanks for your help, your help.

Thanks for your help.

Now let's review a common mistake that  

I hear beginner students make and  sometimes even advanced students.

You can say thank you or thanks.

You cannot say thanks you or think and notice.

In our example we have thanks for your help.

Thanks for your help.

What is your help?

This is a noun, so we have thanks for plus noun.

You can also use thanks for plus  gerund because for is a preposition.

So what would thanks for your  help be in the gerund form.

Do you know?

Thanks for helping me.

Thanks for your help.

Thanks for helping me and you rock.

This is a very natural way to say you're great.

You're awesome.

I use this in the comment section to reply  to your lovely comments all the time.

But don't say you are rock.

It is not to be rock.

It is to rock.

You rock.

You rock.

You're awesome.

You're really great.

You rock.

Put that in the comments.

You rock.

You rock.

Thanks for your help.

Thanks for helping me.

Thanks Billy.

You rock.

You rock.

Thanks, honey.

Let's try this again.

A little more difficult.

I'll say it three times.

She's starting to rub off on you.

She's starting to rub off on you.

She's starting to rub off on you.

Did you get this one?

I said she's starting to rub off on you.

She's is our contraction.

She is she's she's starting to.

So instead of two, you can use an unstressed tub.

She's starting to rub off because  rub off is a phrasal verb.

They go together.

I can take that B sound and connect it to the  next word, but I have to combine them together.

I have to see them as one word,  rub off, off, rub off, rub off.

I can also take that on and add it together.

So I'm saying those 3 words as one rub off fawn.

So here I'm taking the F from off and I'm adding  

it to on fawn, rub off fawn,  rub off on, rub off on you.

What does this mean?

To rub off on someone is when someone's  behavior or personality effects someone else.

Let's take Janice and let's say  Janice loves helping other people.

Now let's say Fernando spends a week working  

with Janice and now Fernando  starts helping other people.

You could say Janice rubbed off on Fernando.

Here we have it.

In the past, simple rubbed, rubbed, rubbed  off on Janice, rubbed off on Fernando.

Now you could also take the specific  personality trait or characteristic,  

in this case, Janice's helpfulness,  which is a noun, Janice's helpfulness,  

because the helpfulness belongs  to Janice, so it's possessive.

Janice's helpfulness rubbed off on Fernando.

So that specific character trait of Janice.

Transferred to Fernando because  they spent time together.

Marcus is really rubbing off on you.

Finally, I'm rubbing off on you.

My deviousness has finally rubbed off on you.

Let's try this again.

I'll say it three times.

He rubs me the wrong way.

He rubs me the wrong way.

He rubs me the wrong way.

Did you get this one?

I said he rubs me the wrong way.

Notice this expression uses the verb to rub  and our last expression use the verb to rub.

But they have completely different  meanings and that's why this is a  

more advanced listening exercise,  because maybe you understood the  

words but you don't know what this  means to rub someone the wrong way.

This is to annoy someone but with out intending  

to remember Janice from our last  example and she was very helpful.

But maybe for some reason she  just rubs you the wrong way.

She annoys you but there's nothing  that she does to annoy you.

Just maybe your personalities clash.

They don't go together.

So if you're planning a social gathering you  might say is it OK if we don't invite Janice?

She rubs me the wrong way.

An entire person like poor Janice can rub  you the wrong way, but it also could be  

something specific that someone said  or did and overall you like Janice,  

but just that one thing she said  or did rubbed you the wrong way.

For example, your comment  just rubbed me the wrong way.

So maybe she said something in a  meeting that really annoyed you,  

but you know she did not intend to annoy you.

Hear your comment.

This is a noun.

Your comment rubbed the past  symbol of the verb to rub.

And notice that soft D rubbed  rubbed me, rubbed me the wrong way.

Is it me?

But do I rub you the wrong way?

Not J Guy rubs me the wrong way.

He rubs everyone the wrong way.

But pop our final listening  exercise and the most advanced.

I'll say it three times.

I had a hunch he'd quit.

I had a hunch he'd quit.

I had a hunch he'd quit.

Did you get this one?

I said.

I had a hunch he'd quit.

Notice for pronunciation.

I had AI, had a, had a, so I  combine had a together as one word.

I had a hunch he'd quit.

Now, did you hear that?

The he'd he'd quit?

Well, that D represents what  word would he would quit.

He'd quit.

He'd quit very difficult for students to hear.

Native speakers understand it based on  context and based on grammatical structure.

It would sound awkward without it.

So we know it's there even though  we can't really hear it either.

When you have a hunch, a hunch is the noun  and then the verb that goes with it is have.

So to have a hunch, this is when you think or  

predict that something is going to  happen, but it isn't based on facts.

It's based on your intuition, your feeling.

So you could say I have a hunch.

She'll accept our invitation.

Now if someone replies back and says why,  all you would say is because I have a hunch.

I have a feeling, I have a gut  feeling and notice the grammar here.

I have a hunch this is the present simple  

and then she'll accept she will  accept that's the future simple.

I have a hunch she'll accept  our invitation because you're  

making a prediction about the future.

But you could use this in the  past, like our listening exercise.

I had a hunch last week in the  past, so that's the past simple.

Last week I had a hunch that he would quit.

So would is the past simple of the verb will.

I had a hunch that he'd quit  and using that is optional.

You don't need it.

You could please say I had a hunch he'd quit.

I had a hunch.

Just a hunch.

I had a hunch, but I wasn't certain.

Now let's do an imitation exercise so you can  practice speaking fast, just like a native.

I'll say each sentence again three times, and this  time I want you to repeat each sentence out loud.

Here we go.

Thanks for your help.

You rock.

Thanks for your help.

You rock.

Thanks for your help.

You rock.

She's starting to rub off on you.

She's starting to rub off on you.

She's starting to rub off on you.

He rubs me the wrong way.

He rubs me the wrong way.

He rubs me the wrong way.

I had a hunch he'd quit.

I had a hunch he'd quit.

I had a hunch he'd quit.

Amazing job.

Now let's complete another listening exercise.

Are you all set?

Are you all set?

Are you all set?

I said, are you all set?

Notice that the you becomes more of an unstressed.

Yeah or yeah.

So it's a very subtle difference.

Oh.

Ah, yeah, yeah, native speakers will use both.

Arya, Arya, are you all set?

And notice I don't push out  that T, so set, all set.

Now what does this mean to be all set?

This simply means to be ready.

So you can use this all the  time in your daily speech.

So I could ask you, Are you ready  for your presentation tomorrow?

And you can reply back with those two words.

All set.

All set, The full form would be I am all set.

And then you can just reduce that  to all set, which means I'm ready.

I'm ready for my presentation tomorrow.

We commonly use this to confirm  that someone is ready to leave.

Leave a house, leave a  restaurant, leave any location.

Are you ready to go?

And you can reply back with those two  words, all set, which means I'm ready to go.

All set, all set, all set.

Let's try this again, a little more challenging.

I'll say it three times.

My weeks off to a rocky start.

My weeks off to a rocky start.

My weeks off to a rocky start.

Did you get this one?

I said my weeks off to a rocky start.

Notice that contraction weeks that  is week is my week is my weeks,  

my weeks off and instead of saying to ah, I can  combine those together with A to Washington.

So I use that to glide to to  my weeks off to a rocky start.

The reason why this is more difficult is  because you may not know the expression.

The expression is to be off to  A and then adjective start and  

in this example, my adjective is rocky.

My weeks off to a rocky start.

Rocky means difficult or uncertain.

He and I got off to a rocky start.

Alright, sure, tonight got  off to a weird rocky start.

We often use this adjective  rocky to describe relationships.

It could be a romantic relationship,  a relationship with family or friends,  

or a relationship with your boss or Co worker.

Your friend might come to you  upset and say our relationship  

is a little rocky right now  and she wants your advice.

But remember you can use any adjective with  this expression so hopefully you'll use a +1.

My weeks off to an amazing start and notice  because my adjective starts with a vowel,  

my article becomes and an amazing  start off to a great start.

So we're off to a good start and you can use this  expression as a reply to how's your week going.

So why don't you practice this right now?

How's your week going?

And I want you to put in the comments  my weeks off to a adjective start.

And you choose the adjective, put that in the  comments and hopefully it's a positive adjective.

Let's try this again.

I'll say it three times.

What do you have on the go today?

What do you have on the go today?

What do you have on the go today?

Did you get this one?

I said.

What do you have on the go today?

Have you heard that native speakers pronounce?

What do you as Wadia?

Wadia?

We combine all those sounds together,  Wadia, an alternative is whatcha, whatcha.

And I use both of them equally.

So it's important that you  know both of them as well.

And this question is how a native speaker  will commonly ask, what are you doing today?

So the expression is have on the go.

What do you have on the go today?

What are you doing today?

Now instead of have on the go, neither speakers  will also say what do you have going on?

So on the go is one option,  going on is another option.

What do you have going on today?

Hey girl, what do you got going on today?

So to answer, maybe you could say today  I'm studying J4's English lessons.

Is that what you have going on today?

Let's try this one more time.

I'll say it three times.

Did you nod off in the presentation too?

Did you nod off in the presentation too?

Did you nod off in the presentation too?

Did you get this one?

I said, did you nod off in the presentation too?

Native speakers will combine  did you and say did you?

Did you?

So you hear a just sound, did you?

Or we can reduce that to did  ya or did ya so that uh or ah.

So all three options are common.

Nod off is a phrasal verb, so  we'll pronounce it as one word.

Nod off.

So notice I'll take that D sound and I'll connect  it on the off, but I have to combine it together.

Nod off, nod off, nod off to nod off.

This means that you fall asleep accidentally  

when you're not supposed to,  like during a presentation.

So hopefully you're not nodding  off during this lesson right now.

Or maybe you nodded off on the bus.

I nodded off on the bus and missed my stop.

Has that ever happened to you?

Or maybe you see one of  your coworkers nodding off?

I think Sarah nodded off.

Someone should wake her up  before her boss sees her.

You just nod off.

I nodded off, so I nodded  off a little, nodded off.

Ross, you were snoring.

Now let's do an imitation exercise so  you can practice your pronunciation.

I'm going to say each sentence again,  

and I want you to repeat the sentence  aloud and imitate my pronunciation.

Are you all set?

Are you all set?

Are you all set?

My weeks off to a rocky start.

My weeks off to a rocky start.

My weeks off to a rocky start.

What do you have on the go today?

What do you have on the go today?

What do you have on the go today?

Did you not off in the presentation too?

Did you not off in the presentation too?

Did you not off in the presentation too?

Amazing job.

Now let's complete another listening exercise.

Let's get started.

I'll say it three times.

I got a lot on my plate.

I got a lot on my plate.

I got a lot on my plate.

Did you get this one?

I said I got a lot on my plate now got a native  speakers pronounce this as gotta gotta, I gotta.

I got a lot on my plate.

The expression is to have a lot on one's plate.

Have you heard this?

It's very common.

When you have a lot on your  plate, it means you're very busy.

You have many different tasks to complete.

Now notice in my spoken expression I used got.

I got a lot on my plate.

I got a lot on my plate because native  speakers commonly replace have with  

got in spoken English in a casual informal way.

But in written English or more formal  professional English, it's best to use have.

So let's see some examples.

I could say give the project to Isabel.

Amar already has a lot on his plate.

Now of course, our verb is have, so you need to  conjugate it with the subject and time reference.

In this case, Amar, third person  singular Amar has in the present simple.

And notice Amar has a lot on his plate because  the expression requires a possessive his plate.

We also use this expression to talk  about a time we were busy in the past.

So you have to conjugate that verb.

We had a lot on our plate  because the subject is we.

So now I need our plate.

And then you can use a past simple time reference.

Last week with the conference,  I got a lot of my plate.

Right now we just got a lot of my plate.

I got a lot on my plate.

Let's try this again.

I'll say it three times.

I'm thinking of taking up sewing.

I'm thinking of taking up sewing.

I'm thinking of taking up sewing.

How'd you do?

I said.

I'm thinking of taking up sewing.

Take up is our phrasal verb, and  notice I pronounced it as one  

taking up, taking up because the  preposition belongs to the verb.

Native speakers may drop that taking that  G sound, and it sounds more like taken,  

taken, but then you have to connect  the preposition taken up, taken up.

I'm thinking of taking up sewing.

You may hear that.

And did you get sewing?

Because of course, the  pronunciation is the same as sew.

There's no sewing, though adding an ING.

So sewing is the activity, but the  pronunciation is the same as the word.

So let's talk about this phrasal verb.

When you take up an activity or  a hobby, it simply means start.

And this is one of the reasons that students,  you don't understand native speakers because  

our vocabularies are filled with phrasal  verbs, idioms, and expressions like this one.

So remember our last expression?

I have a lot on my plate.

Let's combine these together.

I'd love to take up sewing, but I  already have so much on my plate at work.

Of course, take is a verb,  so you need to conjugate it.

I could say Max took up guitar  last year and he's already amazing.

What about you?

Are you thinking of taking up notice?

You need that gerund.

Thinking of taking up?

Are you thinking of taking  up a new activity or hobby?

Share that in the comments below.

We'll take up yoga or jogging  or, you know, we'll be organized.

Taking up just making.

Yeah, I am.

Well, Missus B and I did take  up synchronized swimming.

Let's try a more advanced test.

I'll say it three times.

Have you nailed down the dates yet?

Have you nailed down the dates yet?

Have you nailed down the dates yet?

I said have you nailed down the dates yet?

And the reason why this is  more advanced is because  

I'm using an expression you may not  be familiar with for pronunciation.

I said have you, but a lot of  native speakers reduce you to  

just a ya ya have ya have ya have ya nailed.

So you might hear that now nailed.

Notice in the past simple that Ed is a very  soft D nailed, nailed, but we have nailed down.

So because I have AD sound on  down and these two go together,  

I'll pronounce it as one and you'll  only hear 1D sound nailed down.

Nailed down.

So it's pronounced exactly the same as nail down,  

but if you say it together,  that D is used for both.

Same with dates yet.

Notice how that blends into the for yet dates  yet and it sounds like one word, dates yet dates.

Yet the phrasal verb here  is to nail something down,  

and that's when you firmly  establish or confirm something.

So just think of it as 100% confirmed.

I could say I'm not signing the  contract until we nail down the terms.

Once the terms are nailed  down, they're 100% confirmed.

So you can think of them as official.

So then I'm comfortable signing the  contract in a more everyday context,  

you might say, let's nail down our  vacation plans by the end of the week.

Once your plans are nailed down,  

they're 100% confirmed so you can  get excited about your vacation.

Now notice my question, Have  you nailed down the dates yet?

What vertanse is that?

It's the present perfect and I'm using the present  perfect because this is an unfinished timeline.

If the person says no, it's still  possible for them to nail down the  

dates to confirm the dates  because it's unfinished.

To reply, you can say no, not yet because  we use yet with the present perfect.

No, I haven't nailed down the dates yet.

Or you could say, yes, I nail down the dates.

Pass, simple to show a completed pass action.

Or you could say, yes, I  have nailed down the dates.

This is the present.

Perfect.

It's a completed pass action  with a result in the present.

Once we nail down our mission, I'm  just nailing down the specifics.

I'll nail it down this week.

Let's do one more even more advanced.

I'll say it three times.

You can't dodge his calls forever.

You can't dodge his calls forever.

You can't dodge his calls forever.

Did you get this one?

I said you can't dodge his calls forever.

Now notice can in spoken English.

I'm not going to pronounce that hard.

Can't with the T.

You can, can.

Can't dodge.

Notice here the D is silent, the middle  D Dodge, dodge, dodge his calls forever.

Now what does dodge mean to dodge?

This is when you purposely avoid or ignore.

So he's calling but I'm not  answering, I'm purposely ignoring it.

I'm dodging his call.

So to you I might say you can't  dodge speaking in public forever.

You can't purposely avoid it or ignore the  activity At some point you just have to do it.

Now notice I use dodge speaking  because you can dodge something,  

his call, or you can dodge doing something.

So the verb in ING dodge speaking, we  sometimes use this in a more positive way.

I might say great job dodging that question.

So maybe you were asked an inappropriate  question in an interview or a meeting,  

but then you strategically  avoided answering that question.

So I might say, great job dodging that question.

She's touching calls.

Or why have you been dodging my calls?

She's dodging my phone calls.

Now let's do an imitation exercise.

I'm going to say each sentence again three  times, but I'm going to leave enough time  

for you to repeat the sentence out  loud and imitate my pronunciation.

Let's do that now.

I got a lawn on my plate.

I got a lawn on my plate.

I got a lawn on my plate.

I'm thinking of taking up sewing.

I'm thinking of taking up sewing.

I'm thinking of taking up sewing.

Have you nailed down the dates yet?

Have you nailed down the dates yet?

Have you nailed down the dates yet?

You can't dodge his calls forever.

You can't dodge his calls forever.

You can't dodge his calls forever.

Amazing, John.

Now let's complete another listening exercise.

Looks like we're back to square 1.

Looks like we're back to square 1.

Looks like we're back to square 1.

I said looks like we're back to square one.

Did you get that one?

Let's talk about the pronunciation changes.

Notice the contraction were were.

This is we are as a contraction were.

Now notice how unstressed my pronunciation is?

It sounds like were not we're were.

This is how native speakers  say it at a natural pace.

We're back, we're back.

We're back.

We're back to.

This sounds like TA in real English.

TA.

We're back to.

We're back to square one.

We're back to square 1.

Now, what does this mean to be back to square one?

Well, square one on a board game  is the beginning of a board game.

So when you're back to square one,  

it means you're back to the beginning  and you're back to the beginning.

The start because you tried  something and it didn't work,  

so you had a failed attempt  and you have to try again.

Looks like we're back to square one.

It looks like we have to start again from the  beginning because our first attempt failed.

Our next listening exercise,  I'll say it three times.

I don't know if we can trust  her, she's pretty wishy washy.

I don't know if we can trust her.

She's pretty wishy washy.

I don't know if we can trust her.

She's pretty wishy washy.

I said.

I don't know if we can trust her.

She's pretty wishy washy.

First, let's talk about  don't know at a natural pace.

This sounds like don't know.

I don't know.

I don't know, don't know.

I don't know.

I don't know if we can notice here we  can trust when can is the auxiliary verb.

So it's not the main verb.

We reduce this to can, can and  it's very unstressed sound.

I don't know if we can if we can trust, if  we can trust and notice you hear trust more  

because it's the main verb and can,  which sounds like can is very short.

Can can trust can trust.

I don't know if we can trust her Now here we  can get rid of that H sound and it just sounds  

like her Trust her, but then you combine it to  the word before trust her, trust her, trust her.

I don't know if we can trust her.

She's this is a contraction for  she is she's pretty wishy washy.

What does wishy washy mean To be wishy washy?

This is when you have no clear  or consistent ideas or decisions.

We generally use this as an adjective to  describe someone who changes their mind,  

changes the decision that they make frequently.

So that's why you don't know if you can trust  

her because she says she's going to  come to your party or help you move.

But because she's wishy washy, tomorrow  she might change her mind and say, oh,  

actually, I'm not coming to the party  or I'm not going to help you move.

But then maybe the next day she changes her  mind again and she does come to your party.

She's wishy washy.

I don't know if I can trust her.

She's pretty wishy washy.

Our next listening exercise,  I'll say it three times.

You got to give him props.

He's a real trooper.

You got to give him props.

He's a real trooper.

You got to give him props.

He's a real trooper.

I said you got to give him props.

He's a real trooper.

You got to got to sounds like  gotta you gotta you gotta give him.

Same thing we saw with her.

Get rid of the age and it will sound like him but  

you can combine it to the word  before give em, give em give em.

You gotta give em props.

He's this is a contraction.

He is.

He's a real trooper.

Now what does this mean to give someone prompts?

This is when you give someone  respect, credit, or recognition.

So let's say a coworker of  yours gets a really big client.

Well, if you want to give your  Co worker credit or recognition,  

you could say, oh, we got to give them props.

And then you can celebrate his big achievement.

Let's talk about he's a real trooper.

When you describe someone as  a trooper to be a trooper,  

this is someone who perseveres  through hardship or difficulty.

So they persevere, they keep going.

They don't give up, they  don't quit, they persevere.

And This is why you got to give them props,  

because he didn't quit even though it was  difficult, because he's a real trooper.

Our next listening exercise,  I'll say it three times.

Our successes and failures were writ large.

Our successes and failures were writ large.

Our successes and failures were writ large.

I said our successes and failures were writ large.

Notice our I did not pronounce this as  our I said are are a very reduced sound.

Are our successes, our successes,  our successes and failures here.

And when and comes between  two nouns or even 2 verbs,  

we reduce it to our successes  and successes and failures.

FB and T, successes and failures.

Our successes and failures were writ.

Did you spell this starting with AR or with AW?

The West is silent, just like in the word right.

The West is silent, but in spelling it's there.

In pronunciation it isn't writ large.

What does writ large mean?

This is an adjective that  simply means to be very obvious.

So our successes and failures were very obvious.

Why is that?

Perhaps we work for a public company, and when  we fail, the general public knows we failed.

But also, when we succeed, the  general public knows we succeeded  

because our successes and failures are writ large.

They're very obvious.

Are you ready for your last listening exercise?

I'll say it three times.

With a few twinks, it'll be good to go.

With a few twinks, it'll be good to go.

With a few tweaks, it'll be good to go.

I said with a few tweaks, it'll be good to go.

Did you hear that contraction?

It'll, it will, sounds like it'll, it'll.

It's a very soft sound.

It's easy to miss that will,  it'll, it'll, it'll be.

It'll be.

But without it, the sentence  wouldn't be grammatically correct.

If I said it be, that isn't correct.

It will be.

It'll be, it'll it'll, it'll be good to go.

Just like we saw before.

2 is a reduced sound, an unstressed sound.

To good to go, to to go, to  go, good to go, good to go.

What does this mean with a few tweaks?

Tweaks are changes, small changes.

So let's say you're writing a report  and your boss or Co worker wants you  

to remove this section and add this information.

That would be a tweak.

A tweak you need to make a small change,  

a tweak with a few tweaks, with a  few changes, it'll be good to go.

When something is good to go,  good to go, it means it's ready.

And we use this in two contexts.

Ready to leave or ready to start doing something.

So let's say you and your  friend are going to the movies.

Your friend could text you and say good to go.

Are you ready to leave?

And in this case it could be, Are you ready  to leave your house to meet me at the movies?

Good to go, good to go.

We use this a lot as native speakers.

In this context, it'll it'll be good to go.

Something can also be good to go in the  context of it's ready to start doing something.

For example, the new website  will be good to go on Monday,  

which means the new website will be  ready, ready to start doing something,  

ready to start receiving visitors,  ready to be available to the public.

The new website will be good to go on Monday.

Now the new website as a subject is it.

So if you already know you're talking about the  website, you can say it'll it'll be good to go.

Now let's do an imitation  exercise so you can practice  

these natural pronunciation changes  and practice these new expressions.

I'll say each sentence again three times in a  row, and I want you to imitate my pronunciation.

Try to say it just like me.

Get all those pronunciation changes.

And I want you to say this out loud so you can  do this as many times as you like to practice.

Looks like we're back to square 1.

Looks like we're back to square 1.

Looks like we're back to square 1.

I don't know if we can trust her.

She's pretty wishy washy.

I don't know if we can trust her.

She's pretty wishy washy.

I don't know if we can trust her.

She's pretty wishy washy.

You got to give him prompts.

He's a real trooper.

You got to give him prompts.

He's a real trooper.

You got to give him prompts.

He's a real trooper.

Our successes and failures were writ large.

Our successes and failures were writ large.

Our successes and failures were writ large.

With a few twinks, it'll be good to go.

With a few twinks, it'll be good to go.

With a few twinks, it'll be good to go.

Amazing, John.

Now let's complete another listening exercise.

We need to nip this in the bud.

We need to nip this in the bud.

We need to nip this in the bud.

Did you get this one?

I said we need to nip this in the bud.

Now let's talk about need.

Notice that I didn't pronounce  the D need, because if I do that,  

it forces me to take a pause, which slows me down.

So if you don't pronounce that D at the  end, you'll be able to speak faster.

We need TA TA notice how to  becomes more of an unstressed top.

We need to nip to nip to nip this in.

So notice here we have this in and again,  I can connect those together and I can  

take that as sound and I can add it to the  beginning of in because it begins in a vowel.

This sin, and it sounds like one  word, this sin, this sin, the bud.

You need to nip this in the bud.

Now what does this mean?

When you nip something in the bud?

It means you stop something before  it becomes serious or permanent.

And that's something that you  want to stop is a negative  

behavior or a problem or some sort of issue.

I use this expression with my little Kitty Sasha.

When she was just a kitten, she  used to scratch at the furniture.

Now obviously this is a negative  behavior that I want to stop.

And if I let her keep scratching, then it will  become a permanent habit, a permanent behavior.

So I needed to nip her scratching in the bud.

I needed to nip it in the bud.

So maybe there's an issue or a problem  that you want to nip in the bud.

For my students, I would say you need to  nip your fear of public speaking in the bud,  

which means you need to stop  it when it's just a small fear.

Because if you let it grow  and grow and grow and grow,  

it's going to be a lot more difficult to overcome.

So you need to nip your fear  of public speaking in the bud.

So if you're with me, put that in the comments,  Nip fear in the bud, nip fear in the bud.

Put that in the comments and I certainly hope that  my channel and these lessons help you do that.

I just want to nip any problems in the  bud and I nip this thing in the bud.

Going to nip this thing in the bud.

You need to nip this in the bud.

Let's try this again with  another listening exercise.

I'll say it three times.

Don't blow his common out of proportion.

Don't blow his common out of proportion.

Don't blow his common out of proportion.

Did you hear what I said?

I said don't blow his comment out of proportion.

Don't is a contraction of do not don't.

It will help you speak faster and again,  drop that T so you don't take a pause.

Don't blow blow is blow is so notice on his I  drop that H and I combine those two together.

Don't blow is comment out of you  can reduce those into one sound.

ODA don't blow his comment outa proportion.

You're blowing this way out of proportion.

Now let's talk about the meaning here.

When you blow something out of proportion,  

you make an event or a problem seem  more serious than it is in reality.

So let's say you have a job interview  and it's going to be in English.

But remember, you nipped fear in the bud, so  you're not afraid to speak in public, right?

But imagine that you didn't nip fear in  the bud and you're stressing and you're  

anxious and you're nervous, but the  event is going to a job interview in  

English and you make it seem like  this big, terrible, scary event.

So you could say don't blow it out of proportion.

Or if you're telling a friend how  nervous you are about this job interview,  

your friend could say to you, you're  blowing this way out of proportion.

Now notice here I added way out of proportion.

It's very common to add way  to make it sound stronger.

So to emphasize it, you're blowing  this way out of proportion.

Blow it way out of proportion.

You're blowing this way out of proportion.

Let's try this this again.

I'll say it three times.

My client really chewed me out.

My client really chewed me out.

My client really chewed me out.

How'd you do it?

This one?

I said.

My client really chewed me out.

Now let's talk about chewed.

Notice this is an Ed verb, a past simple verb,  

but the pronunciation is a soft  D chewed the the Now again,  

we can drop that sound when we're connecting  it to other words, so you don't really hear it.

My client really chewed me out.

And notice how I Take Me Out  and I combine them together.

Now I use a soft ya sound to  combine 2 vowels me out yaout.

So I add a ya in front of out yaout but I combine  it with me so it sounds like one word meow meow.

So you don't hear it when  you're speaking at a fast pace.

But if you slowed it down you would  hear the very slight ya in front of out.

My client really chewed me out.

Your boss just chewed me out.

The expression is to chew someone out.

And this is when you tell someone angrily  that they've done something wrong.

So this is not a positive thing.

Now notice the difference between these sentences.

I chewed my assistant out.

The client chewed me out.

So notice the difference in the first one.

I chewed my assistant out.

I'm giving the angry comments.

The second one, my client chewed me out.

I'm receiving the angry comments now.

Sometimes my students, maybe even you, sometimes  my students chew me out in the comments section.

They tell me angrily that I've  done something wrong in the video,  

so please don't chew me out, but that  in the comments, I won't chew you out.

I won't chew you out, please.

Don't chew me out.

It's not very pleasant to read  negative comments, so don't do it.

Chew me out about something more like chewed out.

I've been chewed out before.

Wanted me to chew you out.

Let's try this one more time.

I'll say it three times.

We're not laying anyone off.

We're not laying anyone off.

We're not laying anyone off.

Did you get this one?

I said we're not laying anyone off.

Now notice where this is a contraction we are,  

and notice how unstressed it is where  we're where we're not, we're not.

Now as a contraction you could also say we aren't.

So both of those contractions are common.

I just chose to use where we're not.

We're not laying anyone off.

Now notice how I can combine anyone off.

Off starts with a vowel and  anyone it ends on an N sound.

So I can take that N and just add  it in front of the vowel Anyone  

noff noff anyone off and it sounds  more like 1 sound to lay someone off.

This is when a company stops  employing someone because the  

company doesn't have the money or  the work to employ that person.

Any So your manager or your boss could say to you,  sorry, our sales are down so we have to lay you  

off, which means that they don't have the money to  keep paying you so they can't employ you anymore.

Talking about land people  off, I had to lay them off.

I had to lay off 27 robots.

To lay someone off is the active form.

It's the subject doing the action.

But it's also very common to use the sentence  structure to *** **** off or to be laid off.

And this is when you are receiving the action.

So this is when you lose your job because your  company doesn't have the money or the work.

And remember, we use get for the transition  from not laid off, so employed to laid off.

So the transition from employed to  unemployed, that's to *** **** off.

Now to be laid off, that's simply  talking about your current state.

So now you are unemployed.

I wasn't fired from my job, I was laid off.

I got laid off.

Wait, we're going to *** **** off.

Now let's do an imitation exercise so  you can practice these pronunciation  

changes and you can practice speaking  fast, just like a native speaker.

So I'll say each sentence again three times,  

and I want you to repeat the sentence  out loud and imitate my pronunciation.

Here we go.

We need to nip this in the bud.

We need to nip this in the bud.

We need to nip this in the bud.

Don't blow his comment out of proportion.

Don't blow his comment out of proportion.

Don't blow his comment out of proportion.

My client really chewed me out.

My client really chewed me out.

My client really chewed me out.

We're not laying anyone off.

We're not laying anyone off.

We're not laying anyone off.

Amazing job.

Now let's complete another listening exercise.

They've been bickering all day.

They've been bickering all day.

They've been bickering all day.

Did you get this one?

I said they've been bickering all day.

Let's talk about the pronunciation changes.

Notice I have they've.

This is a contraction.

They have they've, they've,  

they've native speakers use contractions  in spoken English almost 100% of the time.

So you need to be very, very comfortable hearing  

the contraction because it affects the  grammar of the sentence you need to have.

They have been bickering because that shows  

the grammar and the grammar is  the present perfect continuous.

So if you didn't have that, it  would be grammatically incorrect.

They've been bickering all day.

Now notice I said bin, bin, a very unstressed bin.

This is how we pronounce the past participle  of the verb be bin in American English.

I don't speak British English, but  I believe in British English they  

pronounce it more stressed being, but  in American English we don't do that.

We just say bin, bin.

They've been they've been bickering all day.

Now, to understand fast English outside  of the classroom, you need to hear the  

individual words, but you also have to  understand the meaning of the words.

So let's talk about the verb to bicker.

This is when you argue about  things that are not important.

The concept of bickering is extremely  common and everyone does it.

And we usually do it with people  we spend the most time with.

Our family, our spouses, husbands  and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends,  

our close friends, our coworkers  that we spend a lot of time with.

Anytime you spend a lot of time with  someone, it's common that you'll bicker.

But it's different from fighting because  when you're fighting with someone,  

usually there's a strong emotion involved.

But when you bicker, you don't  really have that emotion.

It's less serious because the  things you're arguing about,  

fighting about, are not actually important.

Like I said, this can be very  common in the workplace when  

you spend a lot of time with your coworkers.

So maybe you're in a meeting and you've been  

discussing an issue for hours with your  coworkers, but people start bickering.

They start arguing about  things that aren't important.

You could say we didn't get anything done  today because we bickered all meeting.

We are getting bicker.

Yeah, we bicker either.

Yeah, well, we were bickering  because they were bickering.

Your kids are bickering.

Let's try this again with  another listening exercise.

I'll say it three times.

That street's pretty sketchy.

That street's pretty sketchy.

That street's pretty sketchy.

How'd you do with this one?

I said that streets pretty sketchy.

Did you hear that streets the S?

Well, that is the verb to  be in a contraction form.

The street is the streets.

The streets pretty sketchy.

Again, it's extremely important  that you hear these contractions  

for grammar because we need  the verb to be grammatically.

The sentence would sound very  awkward if you didn't have it  

because it would be grammatically incorrect.

That streets pretty sketchy,  sketchy, sketchy, sketchy, sketchy.

Let's talk about to be sketchy.

That street is our verb to be to be sketchy.

This is used to say that  something is not completely safe.

So by saying that streets pretty sketchy, I am  saying that street doesn't look completely safe.

I don't think that street is safe.

So I'm saying we shouldn't go down that street.

We should avoid that street.

Now why would I say this street is sketchy?

This is an adjective that  native speakers use a lot.

If I say your streets sketchy, it's most  likely because it's dark or LAX lighting.

There aren't a lot of people around,  there's broken glass or broken windows,  

or there are a lot of abandoned  buildings on that street.

It could be all of those reasons or it could be  

just one of those reasons for me to  say that street doesn't look safe.

That street's pretty sketchy.

I could say let's take another St.

This one looks sketchy, so I can also use the  verb look look sketchy but I have to conjugate it.

This street looks sketchy.

Or let's say your friend or your husband  or your wife came to you and said, hey,  

I heard this amazing business proposal today.

All we need to do is invest $1000  and we're guaranteed $100,000.

And you could say that sounds sketchy.

So notice here the verb is to sound  sketchy and you're saying the idea,  

the plan, the business proposal  doesn't sound completely safe.

We also use this to describe people.

He's a sketchy guy or he's sketchy.

She's sketchy.

In this case, you're saying the person isn't  safe, which means you can't trust the person.

So with people, it's a way of saying,  I don't think I can trust him.

She's sketchy.

He's sketchy.

Seems a little sketchy.

You're kind of sketchy.

Laundry to some sketchy laundromat.

Let's try another listening exercise.

I'll say it three times.

You must have seen it.

You must have seen it.

You must have seen it.

Did you get this one?

You must have seen it.

But notice I didn't actually say.

Have I reduced that entirely to just?

You must.

You must.

I could also reduce it to more of an of sound,  which is very commonly done by native speakers.

You must of, you must of.

You must have seen it.

Notice for seen it.

I use that that N sound to  connect the two words together.

Seen it, seen it, seen it.

So you hear it in front of it.

It sounds like NIT.

But if you say those two words  together, it blends together.

Seen it, seen it.

You must have seen it.

Now let's talk about the grammar  of this must is a modal verb,  

and grammatically you need must plus  base verb, which is the verb without to.

So grammatically you need must have.

In written English you must use must have  seen it because that's grammatically correct.

But in spoken English, it will  sound like must, ah or must of.

But in written English, if you wrote you must  ah or of, it would be incorrect grammatically.

So just remember what I'm  explaining is first spoken English.

You must have seen it 200 times.

You must have seen it 2:00.

You must have seen them here.

Let's try this one more time.

I'll say it three times.

What's the ETA?

What's the ETA?

What's the ETA?

I said once The ETA, of course we have once.

That's the contraction of  what is what's what's the now?

Because ETA it begins with a vowel  sound E I could say either the OR  

the because we do a more stressed the  when the next word starts in a vowel,  

but this isn't a rule that native  speakers follow all the time.

But if I did a more stressed E in the, IT would  really blend together with ETAVTA and it would  

almost sound like it's just one word, the TA,  because I wouldn't really repeat the E on ETA.

The ETAI believe In my example, when I did the  listening test, I think the first time I did  

it more of the ETA and the second time I did it  more of the ETA and the sounds blended together.

Let's listen to that again and see what I did.

What's the ETA?

What's the ETA?

What's the ETA?

Now ultimately, either way that you  pronounce it, the ETA or the ETA is fine.

Now you're probably wondering, well, what's ETA?

This stands for estimated time of arrival.

So your ETA, the ETA or someone,  some things ETA is the estimated  

time of arrival for at someone or  something when it's expected to arrive.

So let's say we're talking about a  project and your boss wants to know  

when this project will arrive  in his inbox or on his desk.

He could say what's the ETA and he could  just say the if it's obvious you're talking  

about the project, he could say what's your ETA  because you're the one submitting the project.

Or he could say what's the projects ETA.

So the ETA belongs to the project.

So you need that possessive what's the projects  ETA and they all have the same meaning.

We commonly use this with friends or coworkers,  

family members to let them know  when we're going to arrive.

So let's say you were supposed to be at  your family's house at 7:00 for dinner,  

but you're running late.

You could send them a text  message and say running late.

Google says my ETA is 642 or 15 minutes now.

Google says because when you put something in  Agps, Google will tell you or whatever you use,  

Google will tell you when  you're expected to arrive.

That's your ETA.

What's their ETA?

OK, ETAETA, 11 minutes.

Now let's do an imitation exercise so you  can practice your pronunciation as well.

So I'm going to say each sentence  again, and then I want you to repeat  

the sentence out loud and try to imitate  my pronunciation as closely as possible.

And I'll say each sentence three times.

Let's do that right now.

They've been bickering all day.

They've been bickering all day.

They've been bickering all day.

That's St's pretty sketchy.

That's St's pretty sketchy.

That's St's pretty sketchy.

You must have seen it.

You must have seen it.

You must have seen it.

What's the ETA?

What's the ETA?

What's the ETA?

Amazing job.

Now let's complete another listening exercise.

Maybe I'm just in a rut.

Maybe I'm just in a rut.

Maybe I'm just in a rut.

Did you get this one?

I said.

Maybe I'm just in a rut.

Of course I'm is a contraction.

I am, I'm and notice how in awe sounds  like one word in a in a I'm in a rut.

In a rut.

The expression here is to be in a rut.

Now you can also say to be stuck in a rut.

Stuck is optional.

When you're in a rut, it means you've been doing  an activity like your job or a hobby or a task.

You've been doing it too long and  you feel like you need to change.

Why are you in a rut?

Same thing every day, knowing  exactly what to expect.

That's a rut.

So let's say every day you  work all day, you eat dinner,  

but then at night, every night you watch Netflix.

That could be your rut.

We watch Netflix every night.

We're stuck in a rut.

We're in a rut.

Arena Rut.

So to help you get out of that rut, you  just need to do something different.

So you might say let's go to the park tonight.

So instead of watching  Netflix, you go to the park.

You enjoy the beautiful day.

To help you get out of your rut.

You're a rider.

Ruts are normal.

Let's try this again.

I'll say it three times.

My boss is stuck in his ways.

My boss is stuck in his ways.

My boss is stuck in his ways.

How'd you do with this one?

I said my boss is stuck in his ways.

Notice how boss is.

We see it as one word, bosses.

Bosses.

It's the exact same pronunciation as  the plural form of the noun bosses.

I have two bosses, but here with the verb to be.

My boss is stuck in his ways.

It's the exact same pronunciation.

The expression to be stuck in one's ways.

Notice ways is plural and it's one possessive.

My boss is stuck in his ways.

This is when someone is unwilling to change how  they do things or how they think about things.

Kind of stuck in his ways.

For example, my boss won't let me work remotely.

He's stuck in his.

His ways because he's too stuck in his ways.

Gloria, this is good for him.

So he has a specific way of thinking  about how work should be done,  

and he's unwilling to change his thinking.

Now, this same expression can also  use the verb set to be stuck or to  

be set in one's ways, and it  has the exact same meaning.

You're young me, I'm set in my ways.

Let's try this again.

I'll say it so three times.

Need a hand, Need a hand, Need a hand.

This one was easy, right?

I said need a hand and notice need.

Ah, sounded like one word.

Need a need a hand.

Need a hand?

Grammatically, this is missing the auxiliary  verb and the subject Do you need a hand?

But native speakers commonly drop  that and just say need a hand.

And this is the same as saying need any help?

Do you need any help?

Exactly the same meaning.

Now to answer and to accept that  help, you could say sure I could  

use a hand and this is the same  as sure I could use some help.

Hey, tomorrow I could really use a hand in here.

And if you want to request the  assistance using this expression,  

you can say, can you give me a hand?

Can you give me a hand?

And this is the same as can you help me?

Can you help me?

Hey, Rach, can you give me a hand with this box?

And you can give me a hand right now by  liking this video, subscribing to my channel,  

and sharing this video with your friends.

That would really give me a hand.

Let's try this again.

I'll say it three times.

How can I get my foot in the door?

How can I get my foot in the door?

How can I get my foot in the door?

Did you get this one?

I said how can I get my foot in the door?

Do you know this expression to  get ones or all foot in the door?

This is used when you join  an organization, a company.

You take a specific job that's at a low  level, but you're doing that because you  

hope that low level will turn into a higher  position that's getting your foot in the door.

You've already got a foot in the door.

For example, I'm a journalist, but I took a job  as a receptionist to get my foot in the door.

I was just trying to get one foot in the door.

But you have to be careful with this  strategy because you don't want to  

say I took this job five years ago to get my  foot in the door, but now I'm stuck in a rut.

That would mean that you're still  a receptionist five years later.

So you haven't moved up, so your  strategy of taking a lower position  

to get your foot in the door  hasn't been very successful.

Now let's do an imitation exercise so  you can practice your pronunciation.

I'll say each sentence again, and I want  you to repeat the sentence out loud.

Let's do that Now.

Maybe I'm just in a rut.

Maybe I'm just in a rut.

Maybe I'm just in a rut.

My boss is stuck in his ways.

My boss is stuck in his ways.

My boss is stuck in his ways.

Need a hand.

Need a hand.

Need a hand.

How can I get my foot in the door?

How can I get my foot in the door?

How can I get my foot in the door?

In this English Vocabulary Master class, you're  going to learn over 300 phrasal verbs for  

your daily speech to help you understand fast  speaking natives and sound fluent and natural.

Welcome back to J Phrase English.

Of course, I'm Jennifer.

Now let's get started.

This is a long lesson, but it's  divided into small sections.

You'll learn a group of 10 phrasal verbs.

Then you'll complete a quiz and then you'll  learn the next group of phrasal verbs.

Let's get started with Group 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  two, and then after two 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 changed 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 1st 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  #2 to get across a point or a 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 this 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 state your point.

What I'm trying to get across is the  project is over budget #3 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 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 or 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 Selma 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 #5 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.

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Now let's continue with our lesson number  six to put up with something or someone.

And notice this is a 2 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 #7 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 loss 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 #8 to 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 #9  to make it up to someone.

This is quite a long 1, 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 wrongdoing, 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 the 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 out to the client?

How are we going to compensate for our wrongdoing?

The wrongdoing is 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 #10 to barge in.

When you barge in, you enter a  place, a location unexpectedly,  

and you interrupt whatever's 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.

So now you have the first group.

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This is more of a formal phrasal verb because  

it's used when you accept or  follow a rule or regulation.

So we use it mainly with government rules,  court rules, even business rules as well.

For example, as a tourist, you have to abide  by the rules of the country you're visiting.

So if you see a sign that says no  parking, you have to abide by that rule.

You have to follow that rule.

Now remember, we also use  this to say you simply accept.

You accept, but then you follow it.

For example, let's say you go to court because  

of a dispute and the court  doesn't rule in your favor.

You still have to abide by that decision.

You have to accept it and then follow it.

So this is a more formal phrase over,  but it's very useful because we all  

have to abide by many different rules,  regulations, and policies #2 to dawn on.

This is an excellent phrasal verb  to add to your daily vocabulary.

To dawn on is when you finally  realize or understand something.

For example, one day it just dawned  on me that I need to change careers.

So one day I just realized  I need to change career.

So you can absolutely say,  

realize we're just using the phrasal  verb dawn on and it's extremely common.

Now notice the sentence structure here.

It dawned on me something dawns on someone.

So that it is the realization, it dawned  on me that I need to change careers.

So just keep that in mind because the  sentence structure is commonly used  

with it dawns on and then someone #3 to pull off.

This is also a must know phrasal verb.

When you pull something off, you're able to do  something that is difficult or unlikely to do.

For example, let's say you're a wedding planner  and a couple comes to you and tells you they want  

to have this huge 300 person wedding in three  weeks and they want you to plan everything.

That's really difficult and it might even be  

unlikely that you're able to plan a  300 person wedding in three weeks.

So you could say, I don't  know if I can pull that off.

I don't know if I can do that  because it's very difficult.

I don't know if I can pull that off the  that being planning the 300 person wedding.

Now let's say you do successfully  plan the wedding after.

You could say I can't believe I pulled that off.

I can't believe I pulled off planning a 300 person  wedding in only three weeks #4 to back out of.

This is an excellent business phrasal verb.

It's used when you fail to  keep a commitment or a promise.

Now, in a business context, a commitment  could be something you agree to or arrange to.

It can be formal and you have a contract in place,  

or it could be more informal and  you just agree to it verbally.

So if you don't keep that  commitment, then you back out of it.

For example, I can't believe the  client backed out at the last minute.

Now notice here I just said backed out.

I didn't use the of.

We only use the of when you  specify the noun, the something.

I can't believe the client  backed out of the agreement,  

the project, the plan, the proposal  at the last minute #5 to clam up.

This is an excellent phrasal verb for all  of you or anyone that does public speaking,  

because when you clam up, you're unable to  speak, usually because of fear or nervousness.

But this can also be used if you simply  refuse to speak for whatever reason.

For example, I always clam  up when I'm public speaking.

When I'm public speaking, I become  unable to get the words out.

You clam up.

Now my advice to you is if you feel like you're  going to clam up, just take a deep breath.

Number six, to Mull over.

When you Mull something over, you  think about it, or you consider it.

And the something you're mulling over  is simply an idea, an idea proposal,  

a suggestion, and you Mull it over,  you think about it, you consider it.

So let's say you're in a meeting and  a client or colleague suggests a new  

tool to use and and you need to think about it.

So you could say, give me a few days to Mull it  over and I'll get back to you to Mull it over.

the IT being using the tool, purchasing the tool,  

whatever you're going to do, give  me a few days to Mull it over.

Now you can also specify the noun,  

and you can say I need to Mull the deal  over before I commit #7 to pan out.

This is an extremely common phrasal verb.

To pan out simply talks about  how a situation develops.

For example, I'm not sure  how this merger will pan out.

So the situation here is the merger and we're  talking about, well, how's the merger going to go?

How's it going to develop?

Will it be positive?

Will it be negative?

Will there be challenges  or difficulties, benefits?

That's how the situation develops.

So here I'm saying I'm not sure.

I'm not sure how the merger will pan out.

Now let's see.

The merger has some difficulties or challenges.

You could say the merger  didn't pan out, didn't develop.

The merger didn't pan out as we  had expected #8 to ramble on.

This is an excellent one for all you  public speakers because when you ramble on,  

you talk at length without getting to the point.

So let's say I rambled on for 5 minutes  trying to explain the definition of ramble on,  

and at the end you didn't understand  it at all and you're confused.

You're a little annoyed  because I wasted your time.

I rambled on.

So this is used as a negative, and it's  used when you're communicating an idea.

So we generally use this as a complaint.

The speaker rambled on for  20 minutes #9 to nod off.

This is when you fall asleep, but  is when you fall asleep usually  

for a very short period of time and  usually when you're not supposed to.

So this isn't when you go to  bed at the end of the night.

OK so let's say you're in a meeting  at work and you're colleague is  

rambling on and the topic is very  boring and you start doing this,  

that is nodding off and this motion of your  head, what I'm doing this is the verb to nod.

Nod your head.

So when you fall asleep, what do you do?

You nod your head.

So that's where this phrasal  verb to nod off comes from.

And remember, we use this  for short periods of time,  

usually when you're not supposed to fall  asleep, for example, when you're driving.

So I might say I always listen to loud music  when I'm driving at night so I don't nod off.

And #10 I love this phrasal verb to luck out.

When you luck out, you're very  lucky in a specific situation.

So let's say there's this major sale on the new  iPhone model, and they're selling for 50% off.

And you go to the store and  you get the very last one.

You could say, I can't believe I lucked  out and got the new iPhone for 50% off.

You lucked out.

You were very lucky in this specific situation.

Or let's say you're driving during rush  hour and you're going to an appointment.

You get a parking spot right in front  of the office in rush hour downtown.

You can say, I can't believe I lucked  out and got such an amazing parking spot.

Or if you're telling that story to a friend,  

I got this parking spot right in front of  the building downtown during rush hour.

They could say, wow, you really lucked out.

You really lucked out by  getting that parking spot.

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Number one, to RIP off.

We use this when someone is selling something  or buying something and the buyer feels that  

the price is too high compared to  the value of whatever they're buying.

For example, I can't believe I paid $200 for that.

She ripped me off.

Now notice the sentence structure.

You RIP someone off, she ripped me off.

Another example, she told everyone that  I ripped her off but it was a fair price.

So just because someone claims you  RIP them off, it doesn't necessarily.

Mean it's true.

#2 to wear out.

We use this when something is damaged or weakened  because of age, it's old or because of use.

You've used it a lot.

For example, I wore out my  tennis shoes last summer.

If someone said that to me, I would assume  they played a lot of tennis last summer.

They played so much tennis  that they wore out their shoes.

They became damaged from use  from continually playing tennis.

We also use this in an  adjective form to be worn out.

So it would be very.

Common to say I need to buy new tennis  shoes because mine are worn out.

So of course are because shoes is plural and  we need the plural form of the verb to be mine.

My tennis shoes are worn out.

So both forms are very common #3 to draw up.

We use this when you need to prepare paperwork,  

and generally that paperwork is for  a contract, an agreement, a proposal,  

generally something that two people need  to sign or agree on to make it official.

For example, I asked my lawyer to drop the papers.

Whenever you're dealing with a lawyer,  the papers are going to be official.

So this is a perfect time to use to draw up,  

or you could say we're waiting for our  bank to draw up the mortgage agreement.

So that's another very official  document that you need to sign.

And you can use the phrasal  verb to draw up #4 to burnout.

This is a phrasal verb that has  gotten a lot of attention recently,  

especially with the pandemic, because to burnout.

This is when you feel exhausted mentally  or physically from prolonged stress,  

stress of work, stress of a  situation like a pandemic,  

stress of a family situation like a  divorce or an illness, something like that.

At a prolonged period, you can be stressed out for  a day, but when you burn out, it means you've had  

that stress for a long period of time, several  weeks, several months, or even several years.

For example, I burned out at my last.

Job.

So perhaps I was working so much that I went.

Through this period of prolonged.

Stress.

I burned out.

Another example, I burned out  after caring for my aging parents.

So caregivers often experience burnout.

So you can use this in a work situation,  

or you can use it in a personal situation  as well #5 to look up to someone.

So notice we have two prepositions,  Look up to and then someone.

We use this when you admire  someone or you respect someone.

So I could say I looked up to him like a father.

So of course I admire and respect my father,  and I'm comparing the situation to someone else.

I looked up to him, I admired him like a father.

Another example, I really look up to my boss.

So you admire your boss or you respect your boss.

You hold your boss in high regard.

So you can use this in a work situation.

You can look up to people and you can use this  in a social situation, a family situation.

You can have many different people in your  life that you look up to for different reasons.

Number six, to step up.

Now that's the phrasal verb, but we most  commonly use it in the expression to step it up.

Notice that it it's very important to step it up.

To step it up.

This simply means to work harder or to try harder.

Now you can say we need to step it up  if we're going to meet the deadline.

So you have this deadline,  you need to work harder.

So it's the same as saying  we need to work harder if.

We're going to meet the deadline.

Step it up.

Now what is this it in the expression?

Well, the IT would represent work or effort.

We need to step up our work.

We need to step up our effort.

Step it up.

I encourage you to use it that way.

Step it up because you'll  sound like a native speaker.

We have a really common expression with this.

Step it up and then you add the two words a notch.

Step it up a notch.

If you look at a dial, A  notch is one move on the dial.

So it represents a little bit, a  small amount, step it up a notch.

It's just like saying step it up a little bit.

So that's just a common expression.

You need to step it up a notch  if you want to meet the deadline.

So you can use it with a notch.

It's very common.

Common or you can use it without #7 to hone in on.

This is another two preposition phrasal verb  we have hone in on, hone in on something,  

and this means to really focus on something, to  put all your attention on something specific.

For example, if we want to get more customers, we  should really hone in on small business owners.

So maybe right now you're not being very  specific and you're looking at all customers,  

but you want to hone in on one specific segment  of the population, small business owners.

So you're going to focus on them,  you're going to hone in on them.

Another example for the presentation, we  should really hone in on South America.

So maybe you're a global company and you  have brand branches all over the world,  

but for this specific presentation, you're going  to hone in on one specific part of the world.

South America #8 this is a must  know phrasal verb to bring up.

And this is when you begin a  discussion on a specific topic.

For example, if you're in a staff meeting, it  would be very common for the boss or whoever's  

leading the meeting to say, before we end the  meeting, does anyone have anything to bring up?

Does anyone have a specific  topic they want to discuss?

Does anyone have anything to bring up?

Or after the meeting, you  might tell another colleague,  

I didn't have a chance to bring  up the marketing proposal,  

so you didn't have a chance to discuss this  specific topic, the marketing proposal.

Maybe you ran out of time #9 to talk into and  

the sentence structure is to  talk someone into something.

And this means to convince  someone to do something.

For example, she talked me into helping her move.

She convinced me to help her move.

So when someone uses this, oh, she talked  me into helping her move, it gives you the  

impression that the person didn't really want  to do the activity, but somebody convinced them.

But please, please, I really need your help.

I'll buy pizza.

Or maybe you could say my team talked me into  bringing up the bonus at the staff meeting.

So notice I use bring up, discuss  a specific topic, the bonus.

My team talked me into bringing up the bonus  

now because maybe discussing the bonus  is a little bit of a sensitive issue.

And nobody.

Wants to do it, but your team convinced you.

Lucky you.

So they talked to you into  it and #10 to stick around.

This is a must use phrasal verb.

You can use it in a social  setting or a professional setting.

To stick around means to stay in  a location for a period of time.

So let's say you're at this beautiful  park with a friend and after an hour or  

so your friend has to leave and they  say, do you want to share an Uber?

And you say, no, I'm going to  stick around a little bit longer.

So you're going to stay in a specific  location, the park, for a period of time.

It's unknown how long you'll stay.

That doesn't really matter.

It's just the fact you're going to stay.

I'm going to stick around a little bit longer.

It's such a beautiful day.

I'm going to stick around now.

You can also use this in the negative.

I can't stick around very  long because I have a meeting.

Although it's a beautiful day,  I can't stick around very long.

I have a meeting to get back to.

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Continue on number one to take up.

This means to occupy or to fill.

Now we use this specifically  with two different nouns.

You can take up time and you can take up space.

And they're both.

Very commonly used, for example I could say.

This.

Meeting took up my whole morning so it  occupied or filled the amount of time.

Now we can also use this with space.

For example I need a new couch because my couch  

takes up too much space so  it occupies or fills space.

So remember you can use.

This with both.

Time and space, and they're both  very commonly used #2 to branch out.

Now this means to expand and we.

Use this specifically.

In a business context.

So let's say you're in a meeting and you're  discussing how to increase your profits.

You might suggest branching out into new markets.

So if you only sell in North  America, you can branch out,  

expand and sell in Europe or  in Asia, Africa, for example.

We need to branch out into new markets  #3 this is a fun one to jot down.

Now, you would probably  understand this from context.

In the meeting, I jotted down a few notes.

I jotted down a few notes.

So it's the exact same thing as write down.

I wrote down a few notes,  but it's very commonly used.

So someone might ask you, maybe your  boss or a colleague even might say,  

hey, can you jot this down?

And then they might give you a number or a  date or a location and you write it down.

Now, of course not.

Many people use pen and paper anymore, right?

We take electronic notes,  

but if your colleague asks you to jot  something down, you can absolutely.

Take.

Out your phone and make a note in your phone.

Jot it down in your phone.

Write it down in your phone.

So this still applies even though  we don't really use pen and paper.

Much.

#4 to carry out this means  to perform or to conduct.

And we use this specifically  in a business context.

For example, next week we're carrying out  our customer surveys, our student surveys,  

we're carrying out our surveys, we're  conducting them, we're performing them.

So I'm just going to do the survey.

That's the simplest.

Way to say it next week.

We're doing the surveys, we're carrying out  the surveys #5 this is an important one,  

so make sure you jot it down  #5 to keep up with something.

This means to make sufficient progress on.

Let's say that you have this many orders,  and it's your job to fulfill those orders.

If you fulfill this many, you've kept up with  the orders you've made sufficient progress.

But if you fulfill this many or this many or  this many or anything less than the total number  

of orders, then you haven't kept up with the  orders you haven't made sufficient progress on.

Now, of course, you can use this  with many things other than orders.

You can use it with your studies,  your reading list, your chores,  

your performance reports,  your filing, your scheduling.

You can use it with many, many, many other tasks.

Number six, to fill out or to fill in a form.

Now this is one that confuses a lot of students  and they asked me, do I fill out a form?

Do I fill in the form?

What's the difference?

The reality is there is no difference  specifically when we're talking about a form.

Now when you have to fill out an application,  

you could also fill in an application,  fill out your passport renewal.

You can fill in your passport renewal.

In this specific context.

There's no difference #7 to drop in.

This is a great phrasal verb because you can use  it both in a business context or a social context.

Now, to drop in simply means to visit.

So if you're talking to a friend and  you're planning to visit that friend,  

you can say, how about I drop in Saturday morning?

How about I?

Visit.

Saturday morning.

Now in a business context, you might have a  client that wants to drop in, that wants to visit,  

or you might drop in on a client just to say  hello and to keep that relationship going.

So you can use this in both a  social and a business context #8 to.

Push back.

This means to delay or postpone in  the context of a scheduled event.

So it's scheduled event like a meeting.

Let's see, the meeting was scheduled for  Monday, but everyone is really busy on Monday.

Well then push the meeting back until Wednesday.

Postpone it until Wednesday.

Now you can use this in a social context.

So you might be planning your  wedding anniversary and it's  

your 10 year wedding anniversary  and the actual date is March 30th.

But everyone is busy.

So you might push it back until the  middle of April so more people can attend.

Well, everyone's busy, so let's push back the  party until next week, until two weeks from now.

So you can push back a scheduled event,  which means to delay or postpone #9 to call.

Off.

Now this means to cancel a scheduled event.

So remember in our last one, to  push back, you delay or postpone,  

but the other alternative is simply to cancel it.

But.

Generally, when you call  something off, it's because.

There.

Were some problems or issues associated with it.

But the problem or issue could be a scheduling  conflict and just people couldn't attend.

So let's say you were planning  a conference for the summer,  

but nobody registered because  everyone's really busy in the summer.

So you might discuss it with your team  and say let's call off the conference.

Attendance is too low, so let's call it off.

Let's cancel it.

Now.

You can also use this in a social context.

You might call off your wedding.

But if you cancelled your wedding,  then most likely there was a problem,  

an issue, a big one, right?

So in that context, in a social event,  most people will wonder what happened.

Why did they call off their wedding?

Why did they call off their anniversary?

They're going to assume that something  is wrong and #10 to sort out.

This means to organize or to fix.

If there's a.

Problem.

For example, I need to sort out my travel plans.

So it could mean I just need to organize them.

So I need to decide when I'm going to travel,  

what airline I'm going to use,  what hotel I'm going to use.

I need to sort out my travel plans.

But I can also use it if there's some  sort of problem and I need to fix it.

For example, my flight was cancelled,  so I need to sort out my travel plans.

I need to fix this problem with my plans.

So to sort.

Something out, you can organize  it, or you can fix it if there's a.

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Group of phrasal verbs number one to tune out.

This is a very useful phrasal verb because  it's used to say you stop listening to someone.

You stop paying attention to them because you  don't like what they're saying, basically.

So you tune someone out.

This is something that kids do all  the time with their parents, right?

If your parent is giving you advice and you  don't want to hear it, you just tune them out.

So your parent is talking, but  you're just not really listening.

So you might say, I always tune out my  mom when she gives me relationship advice.

Now this can also happen a  lot in a workplace situation.

Let's say the Co worker that sits beside you is  just a very negative person and complaints a lot.

You might just simply tune them out.

So you stop listening to them because you don't  want to hear all that negativity and complaining.

So you just tune them out.

They're talking but you're  not listening #2 to tick off.

This is a useful one because it means  to annoy, to anger, or to irritate.

Now we use this in two very  specific sentence structures.

It ticks someone off.

It ticks me off when my coworker doesn't help.

So it ticks someone off and then you explain the  

situation that causes the anger,  the frustration or the irritation.

Now the other sentence structure is  just to say someone or something.

Ticks me off John, really.

Ticks me off.

He's so negative.

John really irritates me,  frustrates me, annoys me.

John really ticks me off.

He's so negative, but I just tune him out.

Number three, to talk up and you talk someone  or something up and, and that means you speak  

in a way that makes that someone or  something sound really beneficial,  

really positive, really amazing,  maybe even more so than the reality.

So let's say you're in sales and you're trying  to sell this piece of software to a company.

Well, you're going to talk up that software.

You're going to.

Talk about that software in a way that  really highlights all of its positive.

Features.

And you probably won't  mention any negative features.

You're going to talk it up, or let's say that.

You're.

Really close friend applied  for a job in your company?

Well, you're probably going  to talk up your friend.

You're going to speak.

About your friend Very enthusiastically,  very positively, because you want your.

Friend to get the job, you're going  to talk up your friend #4 to pile up.

This means simply to increase in amount.

And we generally use this with work.

So in general, you could say  work is really piling up.

Work is increasing in amount.

You can use this with specific work.

So you might say my expense reports are piling up.

Or even with household chores, you  might say the laundry is piling up,  

The Dirty dishes are piling up, they're increasing  in amount #5 to mope around, to mope around.

This is when someone moves  from one location to another,  

but they do it in a very unhappy  way, A lazy way, a disappointed way.

And it's generally.

Because something.

Is wrong.

Something specific is wrong.

So maybe they just lost  their job or they just broke.

Up with their girlfriend so they  mope around the house all day.

They go from the couch to the kitchen back.

To the couch.

But they look really upset and lazy and no  energy so this isn't really a positive thing.

We generally say stop moping around.

You need to stop moping around  and start looking for a job if  

that's the reason why you're moping around.

Because you lost your job.

Stop moping around and look for a job.

Number six, to loosen up.

This is a great one.

It means to be more relaxed,  more comfortable or less serious.

So you might say she was very shy at first.

But then she loosened.

Up.

So she became.

More relaxed, more comfortable.

Now we often use this as advice to  someone if someone is just being.

Too serious, you might say.

Loosen up, Loosen up it's similar to saying  relax a little, relax a little, loosen up.

You need to loosen up.

Oh, just loosen up #7 to kick off.

This is a great one because when you  kick something off, it means you start.

But we use this in the context of a.

Sports.

Event, a meeting, a conference or even a party.

So some sort of event with people.

So in sports, it's very common to say the game  the match kicks off at and then you say the time  

the match kicks off at 3, the game kicks off  at 7, and that's just when the game starts.

Now you could also say let's kick  off the meeting by and then you  

can explain how you're going to start the meeting.

Let's kick off the meeting  by introducing the new CFO.

Or let's kick off the meeting by sharing the  good news #8 this is a fun one to horse around.

When you horse around, you  behave in a silly or noisy way.

So basically what children do  all the time, they horse around.

But you might say the kids were horsing  around and they broke my favorite vase.

Now, although this is commonly used in children,  it can of course be used for adults as well,  

because adults act in silly and  noisy ways all the time, right?

Even in workplace context.

So you might be talking about how your  team is constantly horsing around.

And as a bonus, you can also say goof around is an  alternative, but they're both very commonly used.

So horse around or goof around #9 to get by.

This is when you have just enough money  to live on, but not very much extra.

So you can basically pay all  your bills and that's about it.

So you might say cents, our twins were born.

It's been more difficult to get by.

You have two new babies in the house.

Well, first, congratulations.

But of course, that's very expensive.

So now you only have enough money  to pay your bills to buy the food,  

buy the diapers, buy the groceries,  pay your mortgage, things like that.

We're getting by.

We're getting by.

You're just surviving.

So if someone knows you're going  through a tough time financially,  

maybe you lost your job and  they ask you, how's it going?

Is everything OK?

You could say, well, I'm getting by, I'm  getting by, which let's know you're surviving.

You have enough to pay all your core  expenses, and finally #10 to flip out.

Now, this can mean to become very excited, but it  can also mean to become very angry or agitated.

So it's when you have a very strong emotion.

But that emotion can be positive  excitement or it can be negative anger.

And it will be.

Obvious based on context.

So if you.

Just won a competition or a prize or the lottery,  

you might flip out and become  very, very excited, right?

The sports team flipped out.

When they won the gold.

Medal or the team flipped out when they  lost the game, the team became very angry.

So you can use it in both situations.

And for this expression, you can also  say freak out, freak out, flip out.

They mean the same.

And again, positive excitement or negative anger.

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And then you'll move on to  the next group, number one to.

Ache for to ache for this.

Is a very nice romantic phrasal verb.

Now we really use this in the context  of a romantic relationship, so.

Make sure you use that appropriately.

And to ache for something or someone is when you  really really want that something or someone.

For example, he was lonely and aching for love.

So this.

Is perhaps a little more of a poetic phrasal verb.

You will probably hear it in  novels, stories, movies, TV.

He was aching for love.

So maybe you won't use that in your vocabulary,  

but you'll likely hear it in  romance movies or romance novels.

Now, you may be more likely  to use ache for someone.

Let's say your husband is overseeing.

He's on a business trip and he'll be gone for two.

Or three weeks.

You might say I'm aching for my husband.

So if you're talking to your friends or family.

Even your colleagues.

You could say, oh, I'm really aching for my  husband, He's been gone for two weeks already.

Number.

Two to beef.

Up.

This is a fun one.

When you beef something up, you  make it stronger or more important.

Now we do use this in the  context of bodybuilders and  

they can beef themselves up, become more muscular.

So you can use that in a fitness context.

But we also use this in  more of a business context,  

perhaps surprisingly, because  you might say I need to.

Beef.

Up my resume.

I need to make my resume  stronger or more important,  

I need to beef up my communications skills.

For example #3 to make up and in  this context we're talking about  

to make up with someone with someone  to make up with someone is when you  

forgive someone after after an argument or  a dispute in a family context, young kids.

Argue a lot, right?

And.

Older kids too.

But you might say to your son, your daughter.

You need to make up with your.

Sister, you need to make up with your brother.

You need to make up with your cousin or a friend.

And you list a specific person, which  means you need to forgive that person.

Stop being angry at that person,  stop fighting with that person.

So we definitely use this in a  social context of family context,  

but you can absolutely use  this in a professional context.

Co workers fight as well.

There are disagreements in companies.

So you might say to one Co worker,  Sally, you need to make up with Mark.

You work on the same team.

You have to get.

Along you need to make up with  with each other #4 to nail down.

This is when.

You understand the exact details of something or  you get a firm decision on something, so let's.

Say you're.

Planning a conference and you have  a general idea of the conference.

It will take place in summer.

It will be on this general topic or  theme, but when are the exact dates?

What specific topics?

Who specifically will be the keynote speaker?

Who specifically will be presenting?

Who will you hire to cater the conference?

You need to nail down those details.

So you need to either understand the  exact details, or you need to make a  

firm decision on who's going to cater when  the conference will exactly take place.

So that's a very useful phrasal verb,  

and you can use it in a business context  or a social context #5 to open up.

When you open up to someone, you talk very  freely about your feelings or your emotions,  

things that make you quite vulnerable, things  you probably don't share with everybody.

For example, after years, she  finally opened up about his death.

So for many years there was this tragic death,  perhaps, and she didn't really talk about it.

She didn't talk about her feelings about the  death, but then after years she opened up.

She started talking freely about  how she felt, the circumstances,  

how she's dealing with it, those types of things.

Her inner feelings and emotions.

Now notice I didn't use to someone I could  say she opened up to her family about.

His.

Death.

So you have about and then the specific  topic and two and the specific people.

You'll commonly hear people say, I've never  opened up to anybody like this before.

If someone says that to you, they're basically  saying they feel very comfortable around you.

They feel like they can share their  inner thoughts, feelings, emotions.

And that's a very positive thing.

It shows you have a very close relationship  number six to slip into something.

Now this is when you quickly  put on a piece of clothing so.

This is a very specific phrasal verb.

It's only used with clothing.

Now for example this.

Shirt is quite pretty.

Isn't it?

But let's be honest, it's  not the most comfortable.

Shirt.

So after I'm done recording this video, I'm  going to slip into a T-shirt I'm going to put on.

A T-shirt or if it's.

First thing in the morning and you're in.

Your housecoat.

But then you hear your doorbell.

You might quickly slip into some sweatpants  and answer the door, so it's simply another.

Way to say put.

On #7 To stand by something.

When you stand by something, it's used to show  that you still support or believe something.

So I might say we still.

Stand by our opinion that  interest rates need to increase.

So that's my opinion, that's my belief.

Interest rates need to increase.

I stand by that.

I still support that.

I still believe that.

So you'll hear this a lot.

From people in power, politicians, executives  in business, they'll have an opinion,  

have a belief and then they'll state  I stand by that to let you know they.

Still believe?

That specific opinion?

Do you stand by that, and if so, why?

I stand by that, Yes, I stand by that.

And the reason simply is.

Now we also use.

This with.

Stand by someone.

When you stand by someone, it  means that you support someone,  

usually when something negative has happened.

So let's say that your Co worker was accused of.

Stealing from the company but you  know your Co worker didn't do it.

You might say I stand.

By.

Her.

I stand by her.

Which means you're going to support her.

In this difficult time #8 to wind down.

To wind down.

This is an excellent phrasal verb because it  means to relax after a busy or stressful day.

So you might say I always read.

At the end of the day to wind down.

To help me wind down.

I always read at the end of the day or  I go for a walk after work to wind down.

So it just means to relax.

But it's another way of saying it, and it implies.

That you were very busy or stressed out to.

Wind down #9 to zone out.

This is when you stop paying  attention for a short period of time.

Now we've all done this,  especially when we were kids in.

School.

And your teachers talking and you just zone out.

Now, generally people zone out because they  don't have interest in a particular topic.

For example, whenever people  talk about sports, I zone out.

I just stop listening and I start  thinking about something else in  

my own head and I'm not listening  to the conversation about sports.

I zone out, I stop paying attention,  

but then when the conversation  changes, I'll pay attention again.

So it's always for that short.

Of time #10 to turn in This is a.

Very useful phrasal verb because  it's simply means to go to.

Bed.

It's another way of saying.

To go to bed and it's.

Very common.

So of course you can say I'm tired,  

I'm going to bed, but you can also  say I'm tired, I'm going to turn in.

I'm going to turn in and  it's extremely commonly used.

So I suggest you use it.

You can use it as a suggestion, hey, it's getting  late and you have that job interview tomorrow.

You should turn in, you should go to bed.

Or you can use it in question form as.

Well.

What time did you you turn in?

What time?

Did you go to bed?

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To act on this simply means to take action.

So to act, but you act on specific information,  advice, or recommendations that you've received.

For example, the manager acted  on the findings of the report.

So of course in this report there's lots  of information and advice and if you act  

on that information, the manager  acts on the findings of the report.

Or in a meeting you might suggest to your Co  workers, we need to act on the recommendations.

We need to take action outside of the workplace.

You might say we need to act on the  advice from our financial analyst.

So they gave you some advice.

You need to act on it #2 to  bargain for, to bargain for.

This is when you expect something to happen.

But that something is usually negative.

So you expect something negative to happen.

Now notice the sentence structure here.

Because we most commonly use this  phrasal verb in the negative form,  

we hadn't bargained for such a high interest rate.

So it's saying we didn't expect,  

or you could say we hadn't bargained  for so many people at the conference.

So this is a great expression that you can use,  

but I recommend using it in the  negative number three to opt in.

When you opt into something, it means  you become a member of something.

So if you're a new employee at the company,  

they might have certain things that are  membership based such as the pension plan,  

the healthcare plan or other insurance  plans, maybe even some committees.

And if you want to be a  member, you need to opt in.

For example, as a new employee, you  need to opt into the insurance plan.

Now the opposite of in is out.

So if you don't want to be  a member, you can opt out.

So for example, new employees are  automatically added to the insurance policy.

If you don't want to be a  member, you need to opt out.

You need to opt out number four to play down.

This is a great phrasal verb.

It means to make something seem less  important or less serious than it really is.

For example, the government  tried to play down the scandal,  

so they had the scandal and they want to  make it seem less important or less serious.

They try to play it down.

Or I could say the documentary played down his.

Divorce.

So there's this documentary on  this person who got divorced,  

and they're trying to make it seem less serious  or less important than it really was in reality.

And that's what you need to keep in mind.

In reality, the situation was more serious,  but the documentary played it down.

I wasn't that.

Big of a deal.

#5 to drop out when you drop out.

This is specifically used when you quit a course  or you quit an entire program, a school program.

So if you're pursuing a degree  and you quit, then you drop out.

Now, interestingly, Bill Gates.

Dropped out of college to.

Start Microsoft, and we know  how successful that was.

So although it might seem negative  that you drop out, you quit.

Maybe not always the case.

Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook,  also dropped out of college to start Facebook.

I'm not encouraging you to drop  out, but it's not always a negative.

And you can also use this for a specific course.

For example, I think I'm  going to drop out a calculus.

It's too difficult.

I'm going to quit calculus number six to cut back.

This is when you spend less, you do  less or you use less of something.

This is very commonly used  by governments or companies.

The government has announced plans to  cut back on defense spending by 10%.

Now notice I said on if you specify  the something defense spending,  

you need to use the preposition on cut  back on cut back on defense spending.

I could also just say the government  announced plans to cut back in that  

sense is just reduce, reduce spending, spend less.

And then you have to clarify,  we'll cut back on what now,  

We frequently use this as advice to someone.

Let's say you told me, Jennifer,  I drink 10 sodas a day.

I would say, whoa, you should cut back.

You should consume less.

That's too much soda.

You should cut back #7 to sit in on  this is a great business phrasal verb.

It's used specifically in  the context of a meeting.

And when you sit in on a meeting,  it means you attend a meeting,  

but you only attend that meeting as an observer.

So you're not going to participate,  

you're not going to present,  you're not going to ask questions.

You're just going to attend as an observer.

So if there's a really interesting meeting at  work, but you are not directly related to the  

subject matter, you might ask the organizer,  is it OK if I sit in on the meeting today?

And which means you're just  going to attend, to listen,  

to receive the information,  you're not going to participate.

Or if you're planning a sales meeting, you might  

say it would be useful to have someone  from accounting sit in on the meeting.

So someone from accounting is just going  to be there to absorb the information,  

but you don't expect them to  participate or present anything.

So very useful phrasal verb in a business context  #8 this is a fun one to whip up, to whip up.

This is very specific because it's used with  food and it's used when you make food quickly.

So you make yourself breakfast, lunch,  dinner, a snack, It doesn't matter.

You make any type of food.

But you do it.

Really.

Quickly.

So you might say, Oh no, I'm running late.

I need to whip up my breakfast.

I need to make my breakfast really quickly.

Or let's say you have some guests come over  unexpectedly and and you want to serve them.

Something you might say to your husband.

Give me a few minutes to whip up some appetizers.

I'm going to make some appetizers really quickly.

So it's a great phrasal verb that you can  add to your daily vocabulary #9 to dress up.

I love this phrasal verb.

To dress up is when you wear more professional or  formal clothing, usually for a specific occasion.

So if you're.

Going out for a nice dinner, maybe it's  someone's birthday or an anniversary.

You would dress up.

You would wear more formal or professional  clothing than you normally would.

Or let's say you have some really important  yes coming into your office, some VIP guests.

Well, you might dress up.

If you normally wear just a T-shirt, well,  

you might put on a dress shirt,  maybe even a suit with a tie.

Or if you're going to a wedding, of course,  

that's a great opportunity to dress  up, to wear more formal clothing.

Now, we often use this in question form.

If you're invited to a dinner or a party,  you might ask, do I need to dress up?

Do I need to wear more formal clothing?

And they can reply back and say no, it's informal.

There's no need to dress up  and #10 to get at to get.

At.

Something When someone is getting at something,  

they're trying to explain or  express something specific.

We commonly use this in question form.

Let's say your Co worker is talking to you and  they're talking about a meeting that you have,  

but you're not really sure what they're trying to  express to you, what they're trying to explain.

You could say.

I'm not sure what you're getting at.

I'm not sure what you mean.

I'm not sure what you're trying to explain.

I'm not sure what you're getting at.

Now we also use this when we're trying to explain  something and explanation isn't going too well.

And then we can say what I'm.

Trying.

To get at is, we need to cut back.

What I'm trying to get AT is and then you state  what you mean, what you're trying to explain.

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Number one, to bear on this means  to be connected to or related to.

For example.

I don't see how that  information bears on this case.

So I don't see how that information is  connected to or related to this case.

I don't see how it bears on this case.

Now we can also mean to bear  on to mean influence or affect.

For example, our relationship  didn't bear on my decision.

So maybe you have a personal relationship  with a contractor and you interviewed  

many contractors and you chose the one  you have a personal relationship with.

But you want people to know  that personal relationship  

didn't impact or affect It  didn't bear on my decision.

This is a more professional  or formal phrasal verb.

You'll hear it a lot in the news, in reports,  

and you can use it a lot in a business  context #2 to care for something.

When you care for something, not someone,  

something, it means that you like you  have a preference for that something.

But we commonly use this in the negative.

So I could say I don't care for chocolate  cake, I don't care for chocolate cake.

It's just another way of saying  I don't like chocolate cake.

I don't have a preference for chocolate  cake, I don't care for chocolate cake.

So it's another way if  somebody offers you something,  

you could decline it and simply say,  oh, I don't care for chocolate cake.

Or if your coworkers are discussing the latest  

reality TV show and they want  to know what you think about it.

You can say.

I don't care for reality TV, it's just  letting them know you don't really like it.

It's not your personal preference.

Reference number three, to perk up.

To perk up means to feel better,  happier, or more energized.

So think of first thing in the morning when  you wake up, you're still pretty sleepy, right?

And what do a lot of people do?

They drink coffee.

So you could say coffee perks me  up, coffee makes me more energized.

Or going for a walk perks me me up.

We also use this when someone  isn't feeling well because they're  

sick or because something negative  happened, like they lost their job.

And you might go over with some flowers, with  some chocolates or just with yourself to try to  

help perk up that other person to help make  them feel better, happier, more energized.

So you might say, well, the flowers  perked her up, perked her, her up.

The flowers perked her up.

The flowers made her feel better, happier,  more energized #4 to sift through.

This is a.

Great phrasal verb.

We use this when you have large amounts of  information, perhaps a lot of paperwork or files,  

books, and you need to examine that information  to determine what's useful, what's important.

For example, after Giuliano quit, I  had to sift through all his files.

So he has all these files, a lot of  information, and you have to examine  

all of them to determine what you can delete  and what's important and you need to keep.

Or at home, maybe you're going  through your grandmother's photo  

albums and she has 20-30 different photo albums.

So you might ask your brother, can you  help me sift through these photo albums?

So you're going to examine them to determine what  

pictures you want to keep and what  pictures you want to get rid of.

Maybe you don't know who is in that photo  or the quality is really bad #5 to wrap up,  

this is another way of saying to end, to finish.

But it's very commonly used,  especially in a business context.

So if you're in a meeting and you're  coming to the end of the meeting,  

you could simply say, all  right, everyone, let's wrap up.

Let's wrap up for today.

Now we commonly add it.

Let's wrap it up.

Let's wrap it up for today.

It's getting late.

Let's wrap it up the IT is the meeting,  the meeting, the conference, the event,  

whatever you're in that you want to finish or end.

Or you could say how should  we wrap up the conference?

How should we finish or end the conference?

You want to do it in a memorable way, right?

How should we wrap up the conference?

And then you can have a discussion on that.

Number six to flip through.

When you flip through a book, a report,  

a magazine, it means you go  through it really quickly.

So usually because you want to get  a general idea of what that book is  

about or because you're looking  for very specific information.

So if you have this report that's 130 pages,  but you're looking for a very specific piece of  

information, you can just quickly flip through  it to find that specific part of the report.

Or you can do this when you're waiting  for a friend to arrive, waiting for a bus.

You might flip through a magazine, just  look through it, but you're not really  

reading anything, you're just flipping through it.

You're going through it quickly #7 to draw out.

When you Draw Something out, you make it  a lot longer than necessary or needed.

So it's usually used in a more negative context.

For example, he really drew out his speech.

He made the speech a lot longer than it  needed to be or that it should have been.

So it's more of a negative.

It's criticizing the speech.

Or you could say they really  drew out the ending of the movie.

So maybe you were enjoying the movie,  but then the end was just really long,  

way longer than it needed to be, and you're  wondering when is this movie going to end?

They really drew out the end  of the movie #8 to fall behind.

This is a great phrasal verb for both a  professional context and a personal context.

When you fall behind, it means you make  less progress than wanted or needed.

Let's say you were off sick  from work for over a week.

Well, you're definitely going to fall behind.

You're going to make less progress than  needed because you have a deadline or  

than just you simply wanted to make  because you were gone for an entire week.

So often we can fall behind because  we're sick or there is a competing  

deadline or competing project or something  going on in your person, personal life.

But it could also simply be because we didn't work  hard enough or fast enough and we fell behind.

So in a school context, if you don't spend  enough time reading or doing your homework,  

your exercises, you might fall behind.

And if you fall behind, you might have to ask  

your professor for an extension on a  specific assignment #9 to get around.

This is when you move from place to  place within a specific location.

So let's say the location is your  city, and I'm visiting your city.

I could ask you, what's  the best way to get around?

What's the best method of transportation  to go from place to place within your city?

So what would you say?

What's the best way to get around in your city?

And then you can say, oh Jennifer,  you can easily get around on foot,  

which means you can walk from location to  location because your city is very small.

Or you might say you definitely need a.

Car.

To get around, maybe your city is quite large  and spaced out and it's not possible to walk,  

so you need a car to get around  to go from place to place.

So this is an extremely useful  phrasal verb when you're a tourist,  

because you should absolutely know how to  get around in the city you're visiting.

And finally #10 to put off.

When you put something off, it  means you delay it or postpone it.

Now you could put off a meeting.

You could delay or postpone a  meeting for a specific reason.

You might say, let's put off  the meeting until next week,  

so let's delay the meeting until next week.

A lot of times people will put off things that  are unpleasant, things they don't want to do.

For example, I've been putting  off asking my boss for a raise.

I've been putting off asking my boss for a raise.

So notice the Jaron verb.

I've been putting off asking.

I've been putting off cleaning my closet.

I've been putting off buying new tires.

So you need that jaron verb.

And why are you delaying it?

Postponing because it's uncomfortable, Unpleasant.

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Number one, to aim at and you aim at a target.

And when you aim at a target, this  means to intend to achieve that target.

So you just try, you try to achieve that target.

For example, they're aiming at  reducing their costs by 10%.

So what's the?

Target in this sentence,  reducing their cost by 10%.

That entire clause is the target.

Now notice we have a gerund verb.

So you can absolutely have a gerund verb.

You can aim at doing something.

So a gerund verb.

You can also use a noun.

For example, his slingshot was  aimed at his neighbor's garage.

So the target in this example is the  neighbors garage and his slingshot was  

aimed at because that's the target he's attempting  to achieve #2 This is a great one to shrug off.

When you shrug something off, you disregard it.

You don't consider it important.

So I could say his insult.

An insult is something negative  you say to another person.

His insult was aimed at me to  use our first phrasal verb.

His insult was aimed at me, but I shrugged it off.

I said, meh, I don't care.

I'm not going to let it bother me.

I'm not going to let it hurt me.

It's not important.

I'm going to disregard it.

I'm going to shrug it off now.

Notice what I'm doing with my shoulders,  because this is the verb shrug.

You can shrug your shoulders.

And we generally do that when  we want to say meh, whatever.

We tend to shrug our shoulders.

So that's where this expression  comes from #3 to egg on.

That's right, to egg on.

This is a fun one.

When you egg someone on, you  encourage them to do something,  

but that something isn't in their best interest.

For example, let's say a student  is arguing with their teacher.

Now that probably.

Isn't in the students best?

Interest.

To argue with the teacher.

But if the other students are saying, yeah, keep  going, you're doing great, they're egging him on.

They're egging that student on.

They're encouraging that student to keep arguing,  even though arguing isn't in his best interest.

Or let's say you're considering  doing something a little risky,  

like jumping off a high Cliff when  you don't know what's beneath you.

And maybe you're not really serious  about it, but the crowd eggs you on.

Oh, do it, you can do it.

You should do it.

They're encouraging you even though  it can have a really negative outcome.

The crowd egged them on to jump off the Cliff.

Now most likely you won't use this in your  everyday vocabulary, but you'll commonly hear  

this on TV, in movies, or when you're reading,  so I wanted to share it with you so you're not  

confused when you see this egg on and you  have no idea what they're talking about.

Now you do #4 to turn down.

When you turn something down, it  means you reject that something.

And we use this in the context  of an offer or an invitation.

For example, they offered her  the job, but she turned it down.

She said no to the job, so of course you  can say she rejected, but it's very common,  

more common to say she turned it down.

So you can turn down something like a job offer.

You can also turn down an  invitation from someone else,  

a social invitation or a romantic invitation.

For example, I asked Marissa  out, but she turned me down.

When you ask someone else out, it means you invite  them to dinner or a coffee for romantic purposes.

I asked Marissa out, but she turned me down.

She rejected my offer #5 to zoom  in, or the opposite, to zoom out.

If there are any photographers here,  you already know what this means.

Because when you zoom in, the object  becomes closer and when you zoom out,  

the object becomes farther away.

And I'm sharing this with you because  everyone is meeting on video conference.

Now.

When you're having a video conference,  

you have a camera that's focusing  on you and is really important.

You have the correct zoom.

You don't want to be too close.

If you're too close to the  camera, you need to zoom out.

If you're too far, you need to zoom in.

So you might ask a colleague, hey, I  can't see you very well, can you zoom in?

Or a colleague might tell you your  pictures all blurry, you need to zoom out.

So now you know what that means for your  next video call number six to wiggle out of.

This is a great one.

When you wiggle out of something, you  avoid a situation, a task, a chore,  

a responsibility that you don't really want  to do, and you avoid it in a cunning way.

So let's say that tomorrow you're  supposed to clean out the garage,  

and you don't really want to,  but your wife or your husband,  

your sister, your brother, whoever  wants you to clean out the garage.

Now tomorrow when you're supposed to  clean out that garage, maybe you get an  

urgent phone call just at the right moment and  you have to go to work and finish something.

But you planned that phone call.

You planned that phone call to take place  right as you needed to clean the garage.

So you did that in a cunning way.

So you try to wiggle out of cleaning the garage.

So basically when you're asked to do  something and then you try to avoid it  

by creating a scenario where you  have a another responsibility.

Or maybe a friend asks you to move but you  tell them, oh, you have a back injury so you  

hurt your back and now you can't help them move  so you try to wiggle out of it #7 to hold up.

This is a must know phrasal verb because we use it  

when you're delayed and you're delayed  specifically while you're traveling.

This could be traveling on a flight or  a train, so a more long distance travel.

But it can also just be traveling from  

your office to another boardroom  or from your house to the car.

So it can be a very short distance travel  or a more longer travel as as well.

For example, my kids always hold  me up when I'm trying to leave.

So you're trying to leave the house and  then your kids, mom, mom, I need this.

Help me find that, do this for me.

And they delay you.

They delay you when you're trying  to leave, you're trying to travel.

My kids always hold me up.

Now, we commonly use this in the passive form.

So you might have an appointment that  you're trying to get to and you're late,  

and when you get to that appointment,  you can say, sorry, I'm late.

I was held up to be held up.

I was held up by my kids.

Oh, I was held up #8 to hit it off.

This is a great one.

When you hit it off, it means you  have a very positive relationship  

with someone right from the  first time you meet them.

So let's say you have a new coworker  and the first conversation you have,  

you realize you have a lot in common.

You really like the person, they're  nice, they're funny, they like you.

The conversations going really well.

You can say wow, we really hit it off, hit  it off that it is just our relationship.

We hit our relationship off but we always use it.

We really hit it off.

Now notice how I also said we, we  almost always use this expression  

with the subject we my Co worker and I  or we, my Co worker and I hit it off.

I would not say I hit it off with my Co worker.

That sounds unnatural.

We say we hit it off #9 to get through.

When you get through something,  it simply means you finish it.

But that something is usually a chore or an  unpleasant task, something that isn't enjoyable.

For example, I have 10 reports I need  to get through by the end of the day.

I have 10 reports I need to  finish by the end of the day.

But when I use the phrasal verb get through,  

it implies there's going to  be some effort, some struggle.

I don't really enjoy the task #10 to freshen up.

When you freshen up, you  quickly improve your appearance.

So before you go into a meeting or to  a social event, you can freshen up.

You can go into the bathroom  and you can brush your hair.

You can put on fresh lipstick.

You can check your makeup.

Now if you're a guy, maybe you put on  deodorant or Cologne, things like that.

So you quickly improve your appearance.

You freshen up.

So let's say you're going out for a nice dinner.

You might say, oh just give  me 5 minutes to freshen up.

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To.

Take off.

This is used when a flight leaves the.

Ground, for example tomorrow my.

Flight takes.

Off at 7:00 AM or what time?

Did your flight take?

Off.

So this is another way of simply saying what?

Time Did your flight leave?

Now, we also use this phrasal verb to  talk about a person leaving a location.

So you might.

Be at a party and it's getting late.

You have an early meeting and  you say thanks for the party.

I'm going to take off.

I'm going to leave.

Or someone might ask you what  time did you take off last night?

What time did you leave now?

Take off is also used to remove an  item of clothing, so at night before.

You get into your pajamas.

You take off your clothes.

Right before you get into the shower.

You take off your clothes.

I can also take off my makeup, which means to.

Remove or if it's really hot in the room.

You might say.

Oh, it's so hot.

In here, I need to take off my sweater.

Or when you come into the house and it's cold out,  you take off your jacket, you take off your shoes.

You take off your hat, you take  off your gloves, take off your.

Sunglasses so you can take off an item  of clothing, but you can also take off.

Off accessories like rings,  makeup, glasses as well take off.

Can also mean to become successful.

For example, after I improved  my English speaking skills, my.

Career really took off.

My career became successful, my career took off,  

or I could say overnight my YouTube  channel took off my YouTube channel.

Became successful so many.

Different phrasal verbs would take off,  but they're all commonly used, so make.

Sure, you learn all these individual meanings to.

Take after someone.

When you take after someone, you resemble  them in either personality or appearance.

And this.

Is.

Most commonly used with family members.

For example, it's very common  for a son to take take after.

His dad, which means he looks like him.

They look very similar.

But you might also say Julie is so funny.

She really takes after Uncle Frank.

So maybe Uncle Frank is really funny.

He's always telling these hilarious jokes.

And then Julie, it is also.

Really funny she takes after Uncle Frank so you  can use this with personality or appearance.

To.

Take apart.

When you take something apart, you  disassemble it so it goes from being  

whole one complete item, and then you  disassemble it into individual parts.

So if your car isn't.

Working you might take.

Apart the motor or?

Take apart the engine to try to  figure out what the problem is.

You might also.

Take apart a desk or take apart a bed when you're  

getting rid of it when you're removing  it from your home because it's easier.

To move when it's.

In individual parts, rather than  one big structure to take back.

When you take something back, it means that you  return a purchased item to the store for a refund.

So let's say you bought a pair of shoes.

Shoes at the store.

You come home and you realize they don't fit  very well, or you just don't really like them.

Well, you can take them back.

So you go to the store, you return the shoes.

And you get your money back now.

We only use this when you  physically go to the store.

So with online purchases we actually  don't use the phrasal verb take back.

So if you order something from  Amazon and you don't like it  

and you want a refund, we simply say I returned.

The.

Shoes I bought from Amazon or.

I sent back.

I sent back.

The shoes so just.

Keep that in mind.

We only use take back when you  physically go to the store.

You can also take someone back, which means  you reunite a previous romantic relationship.

So let's say that Rob and  Julie were a couple last.

Year.

But then they broke up.

They ended.

Their relationship.

But then Rob he begs Julie please take me back.

Please accept me again as your romantic partner.

Please take me back.

But Julie's friend might say don't take Rob back.

Why would you take Rob back?

You shouldn't take Rob back to take on.

When you take on a project or a task, it simply  means that you accept that project or task.

For example, your boss might ask.

The team who has time to take this on?

Who has time to take on this  new project or this new client?

And you might say I can take  it on, I can take it on.

So you accept that responsibility for that job.

You can also take over a  responsibility, a project,  

a task, which means that you assume  responsibility from another person.

So let's say Julie took on the project.

But then Julie decided to go.

On a three-week vacation.

So your boss might ask you to take over.

So the responsibility goes from Julie to you.

Hey Maria, can you take over this  project while Julie's on vacation?

Or it can be can you just take over this project?

So it can be permanent, it becomes your  project permanently, or it can just be  

a temporary situation while someone is  sick or on vacation to take someone out.

When you take someone out, it means you  invite them for an activity such as having  

a meal together or going to the movies  together, but you pay for that activity.

For example, let's say it's your birthday.

Well, your husband, your best friend,  your mother, your sister might take  

you out for dinner, which means they invite  you for dinner and they also pay for dinner.

That's the important part.

Or they might take you out for a  nice night at the movies and you  

go to the movies together or  maybe to the amusement park.

So you.

Can do other.

Activities, but it's mainly  used with meals so maybe your  

friend says why would you take Rob  back why would you take Rob back?

He didn't even take you out for your birthday.

He didn't invite you out for  dinner and then pay for that meal.

You can take up a new hobby or activity, which  means you start that new hobby or activity.

So you could tell your friends I decided to  take up karate, which means you decided to.

Start karate lessons as a new hobby  or activity or your friend might say,  

I didn't know you took up dancing I.

Didn't know you started.

Dancing as a hobby or activity.

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Feel free to take a break, but we're going to  move on and learn 30 more common phrasal verbs.

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To.

Run out of something.

This is when you use all of something  and therefore have none left.

We commonly use this with  food items, for example milk.

We ran out of milk.

This means you have no milk  left because you used it all.

Now notice ran.

That's the past simple of the verb run.

The conjugations are run, ran, run.

You could also say we've run out of  milk in the present perfect because  

it's a past action with a  connection to the present.

In a business context, you might say.

We're.

Running out of time.

So here notice in the present continuous we're  running out of and then the something is time.

It means you're in the process  of having no time left.

So if the meeting ends at  11:00 and right now it's 10.

50 you can say.

We're running out of time.

We need to end the meeting in 10 minutes.

You can also use this with ideas.

We're running out of ideas or patience.

I'm running out of patience,  

which means I'm in the process of  having no patience left to bring up.

This means to raise a topic for  conversation or to raise a child.

For example, he brought up an  interesting point at the meeting,  

which means he raised an interesting point.

He shared an interesting point.

He brought up an interesting point at the meeting.

Here brought is the past symbol of bring.

Now remember this also means to raise a child.

When you raise a child, it  means you care for and nurture.

Nurture a child from the time that child.

Is an infant until that child.

Is an adult, that is to  raise a child, for example.

She's.

Bringing up three children on her own.

So this means she's raising three children on  her own to look after someone or something.

This means to care for someone or  something for a period of time.

So generally we don't use this.

If you're caring for someone  or something permanently,  

like when you bring up a child, you're  caring for that child permanently.

But if you're looking after a child,  

it sounds like you're doing it  temporarily for a period of time.

For example, my son's 16.

So he looks.

After his younger brothers while I'm at work.

So my son who is 16, cares  for his younger brothers,  

but he's not bringing them up because  he's not doing that permanently.

He's caring for them for a period  of time, the time while I'm at work,  

so maybe 2 hours a day between after  school and when I get home from work.

My oldest child, who's 16, cares for my  younger children, his younger brothers.

We also use this with things to  care for things, for example.

Can you?

Look after my plans while I'm on vacation.

If someone asks you to look after something for a  

period of time while they're on vacation or  while they're traveling, they're asking you.

To care.

For it.

So that's a lot of responsibility for you.

You better not kill my plans to take off.

This means to remove something commonly  from your body, or to leave in the sense  

of removing something from your  body when someone comes to your.

House.

You might say please take off your shoes  before coming in so you want to keep.

Your.

Floors nice and clean so you ask  them to take off their shoes to.

Remove.

Their shoes now in the sense of to.

Leave.

If we commonly use this with flights, for example,  

my flight was supposed to take  off at noon, but it was delayed.

So if my flight's delayed,  

it means it's now taking off later  than scheduled, later than expected.

And when your flight takes off,  that's when your flight leaves.

It leaves the ground, it leaves the airport.

So you can use this one every single  time you're traveling and daily to  

talk about removing something  from your body to turn on.

I'm sure you know this one, but just.

To make sure.

This means to activate a  device, to turn on a device.

This is something that I ask Siri to do daily.

And you might ask Siri.

Or Alexa or.

Whoever your personal assistant is, hey Siri,  

turn on the lights or you might say,  can you turn on the air conditioning?

It's.

Really.

Hot in here?

So think of all the different  devices you have in your home,  

in your office, and even on you everywhere you go.

And you can use.

Turn on to mean activate, And if turn on means  to activate, well then what's the opposite?

What's the phrasal verb  for to deactivate a device?

Of course it's turn off.

Turn off a device, deactivate a device again,  

something you can ask your  personal assistant to do.

Hey Siri, turn off the music and this is.

Also something that parents have to remind.

Their children to do quite frequently.

For example, make sure you turn.

Off the lights before you leave.

Get up, this is 1.

You can of course.

Use every single.

Day because when you get up, it  means you wake up in the morning.

For example, I get up at 5:50  AM every day except Sundays.

On Sundays I get up at 7:00 AM.

So I sleep in on Sundays and oh, I enjoy that.

What about you?

What time do you get up?

Share that in the comments.

We also use get out to mean to rise  from a lying or sitting position.

So let's say you work.

In an office that has some really  comfortable couches and you might  

just be relaxing and lying on the couch, but.

Then your coworker says.

Quick get up.

Rob's coming and Rob is your boss,  and you don't want your boss to see  

you just lying on this couch when you  should be at your desk working, right?

So in this context, it doesn't mean  that you were sleeping on the couch.

It simply means you were in a  lying or even a sitting position.

So we talked about how takeoff.

Is used to.

Remove something from your body.

So if you're hot, you can take off your sweater.

But what if you're cold?

What's the phrasal verb to  add something to your body?

Do you know it's to put on?

To put on is to wear clothing or accessories  so you can think of them as adding them to.

Your body.

To put on also means to apply something  like makeup or sunscreen to put on,  

for example you could say to a friend.

It's chili out.

You should put on a sweater chili.

Means a little cold.

So maybe your friend is going out in  AT shirt but you say it's chili out.

You should put on a sweater to give up.

Hopefully a phrasal verb that isn't.

In your vocabulary.

To give up because this is used when  you stop trying to do something.

For example, don't give up just  because you made a few mistakes.

That's.

Part of the.

Learning process I'm sure some days you feel like  giving up learning English, which would mean.

Stop learning English, but don't give up.

However.

There are some things you  should give up like a bad habit.

And.

Give up is also used when you stop a bad habit.

For example, you should give up smoking, which  means you should stop smoking permanently.

Stop smoking.

So you should.

Quit smoking.

You should give up smoking permanently.

Stop smoking.

Quit smoking.

But you shouldn't give up learning  English just because you make a  

mistake or just because it's taking  a little longer than you expected.

Don't give up to look for when  you look for someone or something,  

you simply try to find to  locate someone or something.

For example, I looked for you at  the conference but it was busy.

This means I try to find someone, a  friend, a coworker, someone I know.

I try to find someone at a conference.

I looked for her or him, but I didn't find that  

person because there were too  many people at the conference.

The conference was busy.

Of course we use this with everyday objects.

Like our keys?

Our phone, our purse, even  something simple like a pen.

Can you help me look for my keys?

This is another way of saying  can you help me find my keys?

Can you help me locate my keys?

Because I don't know where they are.

Can you help me look for my keys?

So these are the 10 phrasal verbs that  you absolutely must know to understand  

native speakers and to sound fluent  and natural and advanced in English.

They were pretty simple, right?

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Practice with your favorite  phrasal verb from that section,  

and let's move on and learn the next  set of 10 phrasal verbs to act out.

This is when you perform or explain  something using actions and gestures.

For example, right now I'm acting out.

It's raining using my actions and my gestures.

I'm teaching you this one because when  you don't speak a language fluently,  

often we act out what we mean to  help the other person understand.

For example, I couldn't think of the  word for sunrise, so I acted it out.

How you're going to act out Sunrise I'm not sure.

You can try though.

Another example, I'm not sure what you mean.

Could you try acting it out?

This could be a smart way for you to understand  what someone else is saying #2 to belt out.

I love this one because it means to sing loudly.

For example, the crowd belted out  the national anthem before the game.

So the crowd sang the national anthem loudly.

They belted it out.

And here's another example that is true.

True for me.

I love driving alone because I  can belt out my favorite songs.

I can sing those songs very loudly  #3 to catch up with someone.

This is a must know phrasal verb.

This is when you meet someone after a period  of time to find out what they've been doing.

So let's say you and your friend  haven't seen each other for one month.

Well, you don't know what your friend  has been doing for that one month.

So you could text your friend  and say we need to catch up.

Are you free tomorrow?

This is a very common way that two native  speakers will arrange a a social gathering.

You could also simply say, let's catch up soon.

And this means let's meet soon so I can find  out what you've been doing and you can find  

out what I've been doing since the last time we  saw each other #4 to grind away at something.

This is when you work on something for  a long time or with a lot of effort.

For example, I had to grind  away at my taxes all weekend.

So this means I worked on my taxes.

But because I said grind away at, you know,  it took me a long time and a lot of effort.

You could also say I've been grinding away at  this report all week, but it's still not done.

So you've spent a lot of time on this report,  

you've put in a lot of effort,  but it's still not done.

You've been grinding away at it #5 to not at.

This means to trouble, worry, or annoy someone.

First of all, notice that silent G Nah Nah,  it starts with a an N sound not to not.

For example, his text message  has been gnawing at me all day.

So his text message has been troubling  me, worrying me, or annoying me.

You don't exactly know which one it is, but  based on context and based on my emotion,  

my facial emotion, you would know his text  message has been gnawing at me all day.

Or let's say you were in a meeting and  your coworker said something negative  

about you in front of everyone  and it's been bothering you.

Well your friend could say  don't let his comment not you.

Don't let his comment bother you or annoy you.

Number six, to pull 1's myself together.

This means to become calm or to  regain control of your emotions.

Calm down, calm down, calm down.

So let's say your coworker made that  angry or rude or mean comment towards  

you in front of everyone else  and you became very emotional.

You became very upset or  very agitated or very angry,  

even your friend could say pull  yourself together to let you know  

you need to regain control of your emotions  because you're being too upset, too angry.

We also commonly use this in the  imperative pull yourself together.

So notice with the imperative, you start  with the base verb, pull yourself together.

You need to pull yourself together.

Both of those are very common.

And then an hour later your  friend could say, hey, I.

Was calling you where?

Were you and you could say, oh, I went  for a walk alone to pull myself together,  

to regain control of my emotions and  simply to become calm #7 to rack up.

This means to acquire a lot of something and.

And that something is generally negative.

For example, I racked up a lot of  parking tickets while I was on vacation.

So maybe you're in a new city and you're not  familiar with the parking rules and regulations,  

so you racked up a lot of parking tickets.

Parking tickets are, of course, negative.

Or you could say when I was a student,  I racked up a lot of student debt.

Again, student debt is of course a negative.

And you racked it up, you acquired  it #8 To rub off on this is when a  

quality or a characteristic is passed  from one person to another person.

For example, her passion and  enthusiasm rubbed off on me.

So this means my friend was being very  passionate and enthusiastic and because  

of that I became very passionate and enthusiastic.

So her passion and enthusiasm rubbed off on me.

But we also use this with negative  qualities and characteristics.

For example, don't let Frank's  anxiety rub off on you.

So Frank is always anxious, and he's sharing  his anxieties in public with his team.

If you are not careful, his anxieties could rub  off on you, which means you will become anxious  

simply because Frank is anxious and you're  in the same room as frank #9 to slip up.

This means to make a careless error or mistake.

For example, I can't believe I slipped  up and told her about her surprise party.

So there was a surprise party  being planned for this person,  

and because it's a surprise, you're  not supposed to let the person know.

But I slipped up and I told her about the party.

I made a mistake and it was a careless mistake.

I should have known better.

Another example, you purchased  1000 units instead of 100 units.

That was a real slip up.

What do you notice here?

A slip up here is being used as the  noun form to simply mean a mistake,  

a careless mistake, and finally #10 to talk down.

This is when you try to make  something sound less important,  

less important than it really is in reality.

For example, the CEO try to  talk down the recent layoffs.

Layoffs is when you to fire people from a  company because there is no longer work for them.

So that sounds like the  company could be in trouble.

But if you try to talk down the recent layoffs,  

it means you try to make them sound less  severe, less important than they really are.

Or remember when I accidentally ordered  1000 units instead of 100 units?

Well, I could say I try to talk down my slip up.

Remember here, slip up is being used as the  noun form of the phrasal verb to slip up,  

and it means a careless mistake.

I try to talk down my slip  up, my careless mistake.

So I tried to make my mistake.

The fact I ordered 10 times  as many units as needed,  

I tried to make that sound like  not a big deal, not a big mistake.

I try to talk down my slip up.

And now you have the top 10 phrasal  verbs added to your vocabulary.

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Let's do it to dish out.

This.

Simply means to criticize.

So when you criticize someone or something,  you say something negative about it.

For example, she really dished  it out to Tom at the meeting.

She really criticized Tom at the meeting.

Now notice I said dished it out.

What's?

The IT.

The IT represents the criticism she dished  out the criticism she dished it out to Tom.

And we always use this expression with criticism.

So you don't need to specify that it.

I'm sharing this phrasal verb with you because  we have a very common in expression in English.

You can dish it out, but you can't take it.

You can dish it out, which means  you freely give criticism to others,  

but you can't take it, which means if somebody.

Tries to criticize you.

You do.

Not accept that you become  very upset or very angry.

So if someone is being very  critical, you might say,  

well, you can dish it out, but can you take it?

Can you receive the criticism that you're giving?

It's a way to remind someone that  maybe you shouldn't criticize others.

You can dish it out, but you can't  take it #2 to muddle through.

This is when you do or achieve something  accidentally without a specific plan.

For example, I muddled through making the cake,  so maybe I had no idea how to make this cake.

I I didn't know the procedure,  I didn't feel prepared.

I muddled through making the cake,  but it was actually quite delicious.

So sometimes when you muddle through something,  

the result isn't very positive because  you don't actually have a plan.

Other times it can be positive  in the end #3 to nerd out.

Oh, I love this one.

When you nerd out on something, it  means you discuss it in great detail.

Greater detail than the average  person would normally do.

For example, I can nerd out on  sentence structure all all day.

I can discuss sentence structure,  English sentence structure all day.

But my friends who are native English speakers  

have no interest in discussing  English sentence structure.

To them that is boring.

But to me as an English teacher, and  most likely to you as an English learner,  

we can nerd out on the English language all day.

I can also nerd out on  plants, talking about plants,  

different types of plants, looking at plants.

I really love plants as well,  but the average person probably  

doesn't want to discuss it  in as much detail as I do.

What about you?

What's something that you could nerd out on?

Nerd out on this specific topic all all day.

Share that in the comments #4 to stick around.

This is.

A very common phrasal verb, and it simply means  to remain in a place for a period of time.

Let's say you just finished dinner with  a friend at a restaurant and you drove,  

but your friend took the bus.

So you can just get in your car and leave.

But your friend has to wait until the bus comes.

So you could say, oh don't worry,  I'll stick around until the bus comes.

I'll.

Stay with you.

At this specific location, the restaurant  or the bus stop until the bus comes.

Or let's say you're in the  mall and it's raining outside.

You might say, well let's just  stick around until it stops raining.

So let's stay at this specific  location until it stops raining.

You'll absolutely use this in your daily speech  

and hear native speakers using this  one all the time #5 toe wash up.

This simply means to clean your hands, to  wash your hands and or to wash your face.

So before dinner, you could  say, oh, I just need to wash up.

And most likely you're going to wash your hands.

And I commonly say this in the  evening before I watch a movie.

I could say to my husband, oh just give me 5  minutes to wash up before we start the movie.

And for me it's to wash my face because I love  taking off my makeup before I watch a movie.

It's a lot more comfortable.

So women might use the wash up  for our face more frequently.

So it can be for both hands  and face number six to lock up.

This is when you securely close your  windows and doors or entrances to your.

House.

Or building.

So it's another way of simply saying lock.

For example, make sure you lock up before  bed, and in that case it's in your home.

And that's of course, good advice.

But if you work in a building,  

someone is likely responsible for  locking up at the end of the work day.

So one person might be responsible for  making sure that all the entrances to  

that building are securely closed or locked.

So for example, Sally is responsible  for locking up #7 to Yammer on.

This is when you talk continuously.

In an annoying way.

For example, I ran into Kate at  the mall and she yammered on for  

hours and I missed my bus so I ran into Kate.

I saw Kate but I wasn't expecting to see her.

I saw her accidentally.

I ran into Kate at the mall and she yammered on,  

oh, hi Jennifer, I'd love to  tell you about my vacation.

And then 10 minutes later, she's  still talking about her vacation,  

and she doesn't realize that I'm not  that interested in her vacation or  

I'm just busy and need to leave  to Yammer on #8 to mouth off.

When you mouth off to someone, you speak to that  person in a disrespectful way or in an angry way.

So this is something that kids,  especially teenagers, do to their parents.

And when I was a teenager, if I moused  off to my parents, I would be grounded.

When you're grounded, this means that  certain privileges are taken away from you.

So if you're grounded, maybe you can't go to the  movies with your friends, you can't use the car,  

you can't use the computer privileges  you would normally have in the house.

You're grounded.

You're grounded, and as adults,  we also don't want to mouth off  

to certain people like our boss or an  authority figure like a police officer.

Is definitely not a good idea  to mouth off #9 to Max out.

When you Max something out, it means  you take that something to a limit.

For example, I maxed out my  credit cards on vacation.

So your credit card has a limit, maybe $10,000.

If you maxed out that credit card,  it means that you spent $10,000,  

the maximum amount, the limit of that credit card.

Likely not the best idea.

And finally #10 to load up on.

When you load up on something, it means  you consume a lot of that something,  

or you purchase a lot of that  something for a specific purpose.

So let's say you're an athlete.

Right before a race or a competition,  you might load up on carbs.

Carbs are carbohydrates, energy for your  body, so you want to consume a lot of carbs.

Jim loaded up on carbs before the race.

Or you could say we loaded up on  toilet paper because it was on sale.

So we purchased a large amount of  toilet paper because it was on sale.

Now you have the top 10 phrasal  verbs added to your vocabulary.

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You are doing such a great job.

Now we're going to focus on the verb get and  

you're going to learn 40 common  phrasal verbs with the verb get.

And they'll be a quiz at the end.

Let's get started right now 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 want to 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.

In two contexts, 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.

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 getaway 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 is also the phrasal  verb to get back to someone.

You might say, oh, 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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Verb.

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 $2.00 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  crayons on 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 Co worker 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've 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.

Want to 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 6:00 AM 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 or what did you get up to last night.

Oh, not much, I watched a movie.

We also used 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 idea 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.

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 want to 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 of time.

So let's say I was.

Trying to get out of cleaning the garage because I  

didn't really want to 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 get  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  

finish 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 used 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 GET.

But all you need is some practice,  practice, practice and repetition.

So let's do that right now.

With a quiz so you.

Have a chance to review?

And practice these get phrasal verbs.

You already have at least 150  phrasal verbs in your vocabulary.

I've already lost count, so let's keep going.

This is your final section.

And because you're so advanced with phrasal  verbs, I'm, I'm going to quiz you first.

So you're going to complete  a quiz and then don't worry,  

I'll explain all the phrasal verbs in detail  and then you'll complete that same quiz again.

And I promise your score will greatly improve  from the first quiz to the second quiz.

So.

Let's do that now.

Question 1.

The phrasal verb used to invite  someone on a romantic date is now.

I'm only going to give you 3 seconds  for each question, so hit pause,  

take as much time as you need, and when  you're ready, hit play to see the answer.

The phrasal verb is to ask out question 2.

If you like a genre of music, you  can say I'm really country music.

I'm really into country music.

Remember, I'm going to explain every single  phrasal verb in detail, so don't worry if  

this test is difficult #3 If a movie made you  sad, you can say that movie really me down,  

that movie really brought me down #4  If you think someone should be happier,  

you can say cheer, cheer up, cheer up #5 Do you  have time to the dry cleaning on your way home?

Do you have time to pick up number six?

You see that box?

Can you at the post office?

Can you drop it off #7 We ended up at home.

We ended up staying at home #8 Which phrasal  verb is used to reject someone or something to  

turn down #9 When you complete a form,  you can use both fill in and fill out.

This is true #10 How did you that Maria was fired?

How did you find out?

So how did you do with that quiz?

Was it easy or difficult?

Share your score in the comments.

And now I'll explain every phrasal  verb in detail with example sentences.

Number one, to ask someone out.

Now pay attention to the sentence structure  because notice here I'm using someone.

You only ask someone out.

You don't ask something out.

And here's the reason why.

When you ask someone out, it's to invite them on  a romantic evening together, also known as a date.

So to ask someone out, you  invite them on a a date.

A date is a romantic evening spent with someone.

Of course it doesn't have to be an evening.

It could be a morning coffee date  or an afternoon date as well.

But I just said evening because most  of the time it is in the evening.

So let me give you an example sentence.

Why hasn't Jim asked Maria out yet?

He's obviously into her.

So notice here, why hasn't Jim asked Maria out?

Ask someone out, or someone is Maria.

Now, of course, you need the  subject who's doing the action.

So Jim is inviting Maria on a date.

A date is always romantic.

Right Now, Maria could say no,  

and we're going to talk about that  later on in one of our phrasal verbs.

So let me give you that example again.

Why hasn't Jim asked Maria out yet?

He's obviously into her.

Now you might be wondering,  Jennifer, what does that mean?

He's obviously into her.

Well, that's our next phrasal  verb, to be into someone.

To be into someone.

Now here I'll point out that  you can also be into something,  

but first let's talk about to be into someone.

When you're into someone, I'm sure  you notice based on the context,  

but it means to like someone romantically.

Now the context is really important because I'm  going to give you a musician who I'm really into.

I'm really into Jack Johnson.

Now when I say that, oh, I'm  really into Jack Johnson.

I don't like Jack Johnson romantically,  although he is pretty cute I guess.

But I don't like him romantically  but I really like his music.

So if you use into someone,  it depends on the context,  

but there is this meaning of liking and  for the most part that liking is romantic.

So if I said Jim is into Maria,  he likes her romantically.

But if I'm talking about being into  a celebrity or a musician, an actor,  

it's possible possible that I just like  them, but not necessarily romantically.

So keep that in mind.

Now, remember I said you  could also be into something.

Now, in this case, we're  talking about liking something,  

and it's usually an activity or a hobby.

So I was really into Jack  Johnson when I was really.

Into playing ukulele.

And playing guitar.

Jack Johnson is, he's an amazing musician.

He plays guitar and he plays ukulele.

So I was really into him and mainly when I  was into playing ukulele and playing guitar.

Those are two activities I don't really do  much anymore simply because I don't have time.

It isn't a priority for me to do those  activities right now at this stage  

in my life, although one day I would  definitely like to do them again now.

So you could talk about any hobby or activity.

Oh, I'm really into going hiking.

I'm really into playing video games.

So we use this with hobbies and activities mainly.

Our next phrasal verb to bring someone down.

To bring someone down is to make someone unhappy.

But there's that transition because that  person was happy and then something happened  

to bring them down and now they're not  happy, or they're at least less happy.

Than they were before.

So I could say that movie really brought me down.

Now notice here the my subject is the movie.

The movie brought me down.

I could also use a person.

My boss brought me down.

So something or someone can bring someone down.

That movie brought me down, so I was  happy, and then I watched the movie and  

now I'm not happy or I'm less happy, probably  because the movie was very sad or depressing.

Something like that #4 to cheer up.

So you can think of this as the opposite.

To cheer someone up is to make them happier.

Now we commonly use this in the imperative.

Cheer up, cheer up, Julie, cheer  up, don't be sad, cheer up.

So we commonly use this in the imperative,  but you can use it in other ways.

For example, I could say I took my friend out  to lunch to cheer her up, to cheer her up.

So that's the reason why I  wanted to make her happier,  

to cheer her up #5 to pick  someone or something up.

This is one of the most common phrasal verbs.

You probably know it, but did you  know you can also pick something up?

You pick someone up and you also  pick something up, and that's when  

you take an object or a person from  one location to another location.

So of course you might know it  in the sense of I pick my kids  

up after school or I pick my  husband up after work, right?

That's probably how you know it.

But you can use it with a something.

Maybe your husband could call you and say, oh,  hey, can you pick milk up on your way home?

Can you pick milk up?

So you're going to go to a location,  

the store, get milk and take it  to another location, your home.

Can you pick milk up on your way home?

It's very common to get a call from someone and  they ask you, oh, hey, can you pick this up?

Can you pick this up on your way home?

And that something is a grocery  item or something for your home.

So now you know how to use it  with a someone and a something.

And what's the opposite of to pick someone up?

Well, it's to drop someone off and you  can also drop something off when you  

drop someone or something off, it's to leave  someone or something at a specific location.

So of course you could say I  dropped my husband off at work.

I dropped my friend off at the airport.

Now, you might also ask someone, can you  drop this letter off on your way to work?

So they take the letter and they leave  it somewhere in a different location,  

the post office or a mailbox.

Can you drop this letter off on your way to work  

#7 to end up to end up is  a very useful phrasal verb.

We use it to say that you eventually do  something or eventually decide something.

So you might say I ended up asking Julie out.

I ended up asking Julie out.

Who is our first example?

I can't remember.

Oh, it wasn't Julie, it was Jim and Maria.

So let me give that again.

Jim ended up asking Maria out.

So remember before I said why  hasn't Jim asked Maria out yet?

So now remember to end up that's  to eventually do something.

So after a period of time, so Jim ended up  asking Maria out, but she turned him down.

Remember I said at the beginning, I'm  going to teach you a phrasal verb.

If Maria, I was going to see Julie again.

If Maria says no, well,  that's to turn someone down.

That's our next phrasal verb to turn someone down.

Now, you can also turn something down.

Can you think of something that  you might say no to, however?

How about?

A job offer, something like that.

So to turn someone down, to  turn something down is when  

you receive an invitation or a proposal to  do something and you say no, you decline.

You refuse, you reject you.

Say no.

So Maria turned Jim down.

Now you might also say I was turned down.

For the.

Job.

I was turned down.

Now you could turn that into an active sentence.

They turned me down.

I was turned down by the company.

They turned me down South.

In this specific phrasal verb, it  is commonly used in the passive.

So I would get comfortable with the passive,  

but you can use it in the active of course  as well #9 to fill in or to fill out forms.

OK, so notice here I gave you 2 prepositions.

I know students get confused.

What's the difference  between fill in and fill out?

There is no difference.

So specifically with forms, that's the  only time that there is no difference.

When you're entering information into a form,  

you're filling in that form,  You're also filling out that form.

It doesn't matter which preposition you use.

And honestly, I use both of them interchangeably.

So I just change between fill in, fill out.

I use both and you can too.

So if you go to an office, they might  say after you fill in this form or  

after you fill out this form, drop it off at  reception notice, drop it off at reception.

So take it to reception and leave it there.

Drop it off at reception.

Our final phrasal verb to find out, to  find out is when you understand something,  

you learn something or you discover something.

So maybe going back to our character Jim.

So maybe Jim could say, how did you  find out that Maria turned me down?

So maybe Jim is a little embarrassed.

He thought this was just a secret nobody knew,  

but then a friend tried to  cheer him up because he knew.

Maria turned him down after he asked her out.

Notice all our phrasal verbs.

So Jim could say, how did you find  out that Maria turned me down?

So how did you discover this?

How did you learn this?

How did you find this out?

And we use this when you want  to get information as well.

So I might say I need to find out  when the store closes because I  

have a package I need to drop off,  but I don't know when they close.

I need to find that out.

So learn or discover that specific information.

So now that you understand all of these  phrasal verbs, how about we do the quiz  

from the beginning again, and then you can compare  your score from the first time to the second time.

So let's do that same quiz now.

Question 1.

The phrasal verb used to invite someone on a  romantic date is the phrasal verb is to ask out.

Question 2.

If you like a genre of music, you  can say I'm really country music,  

I'm really into country music #3 If a movie made  you sad, you can say that movie really me down,  

that movie really brought me down #4  If you think someone should be happier,  

you can say cheer, cheer up, cheer up #5 Do you  have time to the dry cleaning on your way home?

Do you have time to pick up number six?

You see that box?

Can you at the post office?

Can you drop it off #7 We ended up at home.

We ended up staying at home #8 Which phrasal  verb is used to reject someone or something  

to turn down #9 When you complete a form,  you can use both fill in and and fill out.

This is true #10 How did you that Maria was fired?

How did you find out?

Question one.

Please bear me while I look up your file.

Please bear with me while I look up your file.

Question 2.

The phrasal verb to attend to means to attend  to means to work on #3 Why are you so angry?

You need to cool.

You need to cool down #4 The  phrasal verb for repair is.

The phrasal verb for repair is fix  up #5 The phrasal verb for to discuss  

something so you can reach an agreement  is to hash out to hash out number six,  

If someone is being too serious,  you can tell them to lighten up.

Lighten up.

You're being too serious.

Lighten up #7 After years of studying  English, my hard work has finally paid.

My hard work has finally paid off #8 We  shouldn't rule out a graphic designer.

We shouldn't rule out hiring a graphic  designer #9 My boss for being late again.

My boss chewed me out for being late again  

and #10 let's give everyone a few  minutes to before we begin to settle in.

So how did you do with that quiz?

Was it easy?

Difficult.

Share your score in the comments below.

And now I'm going to explain every  single phrasal verb in detail.

So let's do that.

Now to bear with someone, this  is a very common phrasal verb.

It has a simple meaning.

It means to be patient with someone.

So we use this a lot with customer service  

representatives or anytime someone  is providing you with a service.

Now it's very common when that person  is providing you with that service to  

say please bear with me, please  bear with me, Please be patient.

So notice our verb tense.

That's in the imperative, the imperative.

So we're starting with the base verb.

Now, if you use this verb and other  verb tenses, it's an irregular verb.

The past simple is bore, and the past  participle is any idea it's born.

That's right, born with an optional E for  spelling, but pronunciation is exactly the same.

In the past simple, you could say  I bore with him for 20 minutes.

I was patient with him for 20 minutes.

And in the past participle, you can  use this in the present perfect.

You might say, I've born with you for 20 minutes.

Our next phrasal verb is to attend to.

Now notice we're using the verb attend.

And I could say last night I attended.

The.

Party, But that's not a phrasal verb.

That's just a regular verb because  I don't have a preposition.

I attended the party, I went to the party.

But if we use the phrasal verb  attend to, the meaning is different.

I could say I attended to the party.

Now in this case, this means that I worked  on or I paid attention to the party.

So how could you work on a party?

Well, you could work on organizing a party.

So organizing all the details, sending  out the invitations, buying the food,  

cleaning the apartment, getting the decorations.

I attended to the party.

So.

Pay attention because the verb attend and the  phrase verb attend to have different meanings.

Our next phrasal verb to cool down.

To cool down, we use this.

When someone is really angry, upset, or  frustrated and you want them to relax,  

you can say cool down, Cool down.

So let's say a client has been sending you a  lot of emails and you're feeling really angry,  

irritated, annoyed, frustrated with that client.

But before you call that client,  you should definitely cool down.

You need to take a minute and  relax because you don't want  

to call that client when you're  angry and frustrated and annoyed.

You need to cool down.

Relax, Chill.

Our next phrasal verb to fix something up.

When you fix something up, it means  you repair it or you change it in.

Order.

To improve it.

Now in this case, when you change  it, it's not necessarily broken.

It could be that it's functioning, but you want  to improve it, so you make some changes to it.

You fixed it up.

So for example, I could say Sally loves  fixing up old cars in her free time,  

fixing up old cars, so she repairs them.

But it could also mean that she just changes them.

Maybe the car is working  perfectly, but she changes it.

She changes the color, or  she adds something to it.

She fixes it up.

Now, this is a very common phrasal verb around the  

house because there's always  something to fix up, right?

To change, to repair, to improve.

Our next phrasal verb, to hash something out.

When you have something out, it means you talk  about something specific with other people.

And you do that because you want to get agreement.

You want to get agreement on the details.

So you can use this when  you're planning a conference,  

planning a party, planning a  project, any kind of event.

And of course with a project or  conference, there are many details,  

the date, the time, who's doing what.

So you need to hash out those details.

You need to talk about them to get agreement.

OK, we agreed to the time of the conference.

We hashed it out.

We hashed out the time of the conference.

Our next phrasal verb to lighten up.

Now remember, I already taught you to cool  down, and that's when you're really angry,  

frustrated, annoyed, and you want to relax.

Well, when you tell someone to lighten  up, you also want them to relax.

But they're not angry, frustrated, or annoyed.

They're just being too serious.

That's it.

They're being too serious.

They don't have a sense of humor.

So maybe you were joking around  with a Co worker and they took it  

too seriously and you just wanted  to have some fun and joke around.

But they're too.

Serious.

So you might say lighten up, lighten  up, laugh a little, smile a little.

You're too serious.

So someone who's always.

Like this, You know they're not.

Smiling.

They're not laughing, they're  just always very serious.

You might want to tell that person to lighten up.

Smile, relax, laugh.

But just remember it isn't the same as cool down,  because cool down, you're angry and annoyed.

Lighten up, you're too serious.

That's the difference between the two.

Our next phrasal verb to pay off.

Now, when something pays off, it means  that you see the benefit of the something.

So let's say you spent the last month  at home studying for a big exam,  

and you took the exam and you passed.

You got a really high mark.

You.

Can say all my studying paid off.

So remember something pays off.

All my studying paid off.

I now see the benefit of all the studying I did.

So we use this a lot for any kind  of work or effort that you put in.

Now it can be mental work for studying, for your  job, but it can also be physical work as well.

So all your dieting, your exercising  paid off because now you lost weight,  

you're stronger, you see the  benefit of all your work.

So we can use this with both mental work and  physical work, our next phrasal verb to rule out.

We use this when something prevents  something else from happening.

So a classic example, we have  COVID and we have traveling.

Now COVID is preventing  traveling from happening, right?

So we can say COVID ruled out traveling, right?

COVID prevented traveling.

COVID ruled out traveling.

Our next phrasal verb to chew someone out to.

Chew.

Someone out.

This is when you tell someone  that they've done something wrong,  

but you tell them angrily so you don't tell them.

Calm it calmly.

You know you made a mistake.

You shouldn't have done that.

No, you're angry, so you might yell a little.

You might use language that you normally wouldn't.

You're angry somebody did something  wrong and you tell them so.

Maybe your boss?

Chewed you out.

Don't, because you were late for an  important meeting, so your boss was not calm.

Your boss was angry.

Why were you late?

You shouldn't have been late.

Why haven't I fired you yet?

He chews you out.

Or maybe you're on a sports team and your coach.

Chewed you out.

Because you missed an important practice.

Now, if somebody chews you  out and they're really angry,  

what phrasal verb goes with that phrasal verb  that we've already learned cool down, right?

Because if somebody's angry, why were you late?

You can say.

Cool down, cool down, relax, and then  you can explain why you were late.

Our final phrasal verb to settle in.

When you settle in, it means you get  comfortable in a new environment.

And that new environment is generally a  new house, a new school, a new workplace.

And of course, at the beginning, you're not  comfortable just because everything is new, right?

But then you need some time to settle in.

So settle in just means to get  comfortable in a new environment.

So let's say you move to a new  city and a few weeks later,  

a friend could ask you, oh, have you settled in?

Have you settled in?

So they're just asking you, do you  feel comfortable in your new city?

And then you might reply back and say, yeah,  I've settled in, or no, I haven't settled in yet.

Now that you know how to use  all of these phrasal verbs,  

how about we do the exact same quiz from the  very beginning and you can compare your score?

From the first time.

To this time.

So let's do that quiz again.

Now, question one.

Please bear me while I look up your file.

Please bear with me while I look up your file.

Question 2.

The phrasal verb To attend to means To attend  to means to work on #3 Why are you so angry?

You need to cool.

You need to cool down  

#4 The phrasal verb for repair is The phrasal  verb for repair is fix up #5 the phrasal verb  

4 To discuss something so you can reach an  agreement is to hash out to hash out number six.

If someone is being too serious,  you can tell them to lighten up.

Lighten up.

You're being too serious.

Lighten up #7 After years of studying  English, my hard work has finally paid.

My hard work has finally paid off #8 We  shouldn't rule out a graphic designer.

We shouldn't rule out hiring a graphic designer.

#9 my boss for being late again, My  boss chewed me out for being late again.

And #10 Let's give everyone a few minutes  2 before we begin to settle in question 1.

The phrasal verb used when you  gradually introduce a new rule,  

policy, or law is the phrasal  verb is to phase in question 2.

If you want to reserve a specific time  in your calendar, you can block it.

You can block it off Question 3.

When the fire alarm went off everyone of the  building, everyone cleared out of the building.

Question 4 will have to air conditioning this  summer will have to do without question 5.

If someone is removed from a position against  their will, they are they are forced out of that  

position #6 The phrasal verb used when information  becomes clear in one's mind is to sink in.

Question 7.

The government had to a lot of  companies during the pandemic.

The government had to bail out.

Question 80.

No, I think I behind my phone.

I think I left behind my phone.

Question 9, you don't want to  miss this amazing opportunity,  

miss out on and question 10, the  phrasal verb for arrive is show up.

So how did you do with that quiz?

Was it easy or was it difficult?

Now I'll explain every phrasal verb in detail,  

with the definition and example  sentence as well, to phase something in.

When you phase something in, it means  that you introduce something new,  

but you introduce it gradually,  which means little by little.

And generally, what we're  introducing is a new law,  

a new rule, a new regulation, or a new policy.

So let's say that your company has a new  policy and they're introducing a dress code.

A dress code will tell you what  you can and cannot wear to work.

Now, let's say they announced the new dress code,  

but they say we're phasing in the new  dress code over the next two months.

Now, why would they want to  introduce it little by little?

Well, maybe it's because they  want to give you time to prepare.

You might have to go out and  buy new clothing, for example.

So you might have to save money to do that  and get comfortable doing that as well.

So maybe the first week they introduce  the new shirts that they want you to wear,  

and then the next week it's the new shoes  and the following week it's the new pants.

And little by little, they phase in  the new dress code #2 to block off.

Now, the thing about phrasal verbs is they're  always used in a very specific context.

So in this context, a block off,  

we're talking specifically about time  in your calendar or on your schedule.

So you're blocking off time.

So what does that mean?

It means that you.

Reserve that time for a.

Specific task or activity, and  you reserve that time so no one  

else can schedule a meeting with  you or no one else can assign you  

a task during those specific blocks  of time because you block them off.

So let's say you're preparing for the IELTS, and  you might block off Monday, Wednesday, Friday from  

7:00 to 9:00 in your calendar, and that is the  time you're going to spend studying for IELTS.

Or if you have an important deadline at  work, you might block off the entire day.

So you might block off Monday and just focus  on that task so you can meet the deadline.

So this is probably something you do every  single day anyway for time management purposes.

And now you know how to explain that  naturally in English #3 to clear out.

And again, remember, phrasal verbs  are used in a very specific context.

And in this context, we're talking about clearing  out of a location, like a restaurant or even a  

conference, an office, a mall, any location  that has a lot of people in it, generally.

And when people clear out of a location,  it means they simply leave the location,  

but that location then becomes empty.

So the majority or all of  the people leave a location.

That's when you clear out of a location.

So let's say you go to lunch at a  restaurant around 1:30 and it's really busy.

You get the last available table and you're eating  your lunch or talking to your coworker and then.

Around 2:30 you look.

Around and you notice that you're the only table  left in the restaurant and remember the restaurant  

was full when you got there so you could turn to  your Co worker and say wow it really cleared out.

Which?

Means everybody left the restaurant  #4 to do without something.

This is a.

Really useful one because it's a fact of life.

You're going to have to do.

Without certain things at  certain times in your life.

So when you do without something,  

it means you manage despite the lack  of and it's the lack of the something.

That you do without.

So let me give you an example.

Maybe finances are a little tight.

You didn't get that bonus you were hoping?

For.

So you might say we'll have to do without  a cleaner for the next few months.

Do without a cleaner.

So a cleaner is someone who cleans.

Your house.

A house.

Cleaner now previously a lot of people call this a  maid I know many people in certain countries still  

call it a maid in North America it's considered  outdated and even a little politically incorrect  

to call someone a maid we now call them  house cleaners so just so you know it's.

More.

Politically correct.

To use house.

Cleaner.

So you have to.

Manage Manage your day-to-day.

Manage your house despite the  last back of a house cleaner.

We have to do without a house cleaner  because I didn't get the bonus.

So you can use this in a personal  context like I just gave you,  

or you can use this in a work context as well.

Maybe your assistant quit and you're  having trouble finding a new assistant.

So you might say, well, I guess I'll have to  do without an assistant for the next month.

Which means you have to manage all your  work without an assistant assistant.

Do.

Without something.

It's a very useful phrasal verb  because we all have to do without  

certain things at certain points in our life.

Our next phrasal verb to force out.

This is a very useful business phrasal verb.

You're going to hear it in the  media, newspapers all the time.

When someone is forced out, it means that  they are asked to leave their position,  

but it wasn't their decision to do so.

Notice the sentence structure I used.

I put this in the passive to be forced out.

For.

Example, the CEO was forced out after  the scandal, so there's a scandal.

Obviously, it didn't look good for the  CEO, so the company wanted him to leave.

The CEO himself did not want to leave,  

but the company wanted him to  leave, so the CEO was forced out.

Now, if you use it in the active sentence,  you be talking about who forced out the CEO.

So you might say the board of directors  forced the CEO out after the scandal.

So you can absolutely use this in the active,  but it's very commonly used in the passive.

Our next phrasal verb number six, to sink in.

When something sinks in, it  becomes clear in your mind.

And the something that's sinking  in is information, news, and event.

For example, it took him a while before his  mother's death sunk in, so his mother died.

But that fact, that event  didn't sink in for some time.

It didn't become clear.

So he didn't process it.

He didn't fully understand it.

He didn't fully accept it as a  fact, as a reality for some time.

So the event, his mother's death didn't sink in.

So we do use this a lot for tragic events,  

but we can also use this with  difficult or complicated information.

For example, let's say your  Co worker is explaining a  

new accounting software and it's pretty technical.

So your Co workers explaining it,  explaining it, explaining it quite quickly.

And you might say, give me a  minute to let that sink in.

So that is the information, the information  your coworker was just explaining.

And for that the information  to sink in, it means for you  

to fully understand it, to fully process it.

So we can use it for tragic  events, but we can also use  

this for complicated information #7 to bail out.

This is another must know business phrasal verb,  

But you can also use it in  your personal life as well.

When you bail someone out, it means  that you rescue them and you rescue  

them from a financially difficult situation.

So remember that CEO that was  forced out in our previous example?

Well, maybe he had a sister that bailed him out.

His sister bailed him out, which means  his sister helped him financially.

So maybe she gave him a place to stay  because he couldn't afford his rent.

She gave him food because he couldn't afford  

groceries and and she gave him  money because he didn't have any.

His sister bailed him out.

So we can use it in a personal context, but  this is commonly used in a business context,  

in the sense of the government bailing out  companies because they're about to go bankrupt.

And why would the government do that?

Well, because that company  is important for the economy.

For example, in the US as the company Chrysler,  

which is an automobile company, they've been  bailed out by the government multiple times.

Chrysler as a company has almost  gone bankrupt multiple times,  

and the government has come  in and bailed the company out.

They bailed Chrysler out #8  to leave something behind.

This is a very useful one  in your everyday vocabulary.

When you leave something behind, it simply means  that you forget something at a specific location.

So we do this all the time, right?

We go to a restaurant, a cafe.

We put our phone on the counter.

We get our coffee.

And we?

Go.

And Oh no, no, I left my phone behind.

I think I left my phone behind at the cafe.

So it's just the same as saying I  think I forgot my phone at the cafe.

You can use this with any object.

You can leave behind your keys, your sweater,  your jacket, your computer, whatever you want.

So this is a very useful one.

So what about you?

Have you ever left something important behind?

Maybe you left your cell phone behind.

Or your laptop behind.

Or important family photos behind?

Have you ever left something behind?

Let us know in the comments  #9 to miss out on something.

To miss out on something.

And this is when you miss an important opportunity  or an experience that shouldn't have been missed.

So let's say that you work for Tesla and  Elon Musk was making an appearance at your  

office that day and you were going to get  to meet Elon Musk, but your bus was late.

And you didn't?

Get to work on time and you.

Didn't.

And get to meet Elon Musk.

You, my friend, just missed out  on an opportunity of a lifetime.

You missed out on meeting Elon Musk.

So you could say, I can't believe I missed out.

You can just end it there.

I can't believe I missed out.

If you want to continue, you can say I can't  believe I missed out on meeting Elon Musk.

And finally #10 to show up.

To show up has a very simple definition.

It means to appear or arrive.

Native speakers don't really use appear or arrive.

We use show up.

For example, what time did  you show up to the party?

I would never say what time did you.

Arrive.

To the party, I wouldn't say that.

That sounds unnatural, outdated, too formal.

I would say, what time did you show up?

What time did you show up to the party?

What time did you show up last night?

Now let's say you got to work late one  day and your boss is standing at your  

desk as you're walking to your desk  and you're 45 minutes late and your  

boss might look at you and say,  oh, how nice of you to finally.

Show up.

That's obviously sarcastic.

But this happens a.

Lot if you get to a party really late or even  

if you're just having dinner at home  with your your husband or your wife.

But.

Dinner is normally at 7 and you  don't get home till 7:30 and your  

husband and your wife has been  waiting and waiting and waiting.

When you get home, they might say, oh how?

Nice of you to finally show up.

So we use this a lot in a  sarcastic way when someone  

is late, but we also use it just  to talk about getting somewhere.

Oh, I showed up at and then you say the time.

So now that you feel more comfortable with  these phrasal verbs, how about we do the  

exact same quiz again and you can compare your  score from the first time to the second time.

So let's do that quiz again now.

Question 1.

The phrasal verb used when you gradually  introduce a new rule, policy, or law is.

The phrasal verb is to phase in.

Question 2.

If you want to reserve a specific time  in your calendar, you can block it.

You can block it off question 3.

When the fire alarm went off, everyone of the  building, everyone cleared out of the building.

Question 4.

We'll have to air conditioning this summer.

We'll have to do without question 5.

If someone is removed from a  position against their will,  

they are they are forced out of that position.

Number six, the phrasal verb used when information  becomes clear in one's mind is to sink in.

Question 7.

The government had to a lot of  companies during the pandemic.

The government had to bail out.

Question 8 Oh no, I think I behind my phone.

I think I left behind my phone.

Question nine you don't want to miss  this amazing opportunity miss out on  

and question 10, the phrasal  verb for arrive is show up.

Question one.

I used to play video games every  day, but eventually I grew.

Out of it.

Question 2.

Do you know why Sarah of the meeting  earlier today walked out of the meeting?

Question three, can you add  mustard to the shopping list?

I just I just used it up.

Question 4.

You should your old books to your community store.

You should give away.

Question 5.

The bridge is because there was an accident.

The.

Bridges blocked off Question 6.

My boss said we can.

With canceling the contract, we can.

Go.

Ahead question 7.

My company using cell phones during work hours.

My company frowns on question 8.

I'm sorry I at you during the meeting  I overreacted last out question 9.

Can you help me this error sort out question 10.

The presentation was really long,  so I for a bit, so I wandered off.

So how did you do with that quiz?

Was it easier or was it difficult?

Well, now I'm going to explain  every phrasal verb in detail.

Number one to block off.

This is when you obstruct an exit  to prevent people from leaving.

This is a very common phrasal verb because on  your daily commute to work, you may have to  

take a detour, which means take an alternative  route because your regular exit is blocked off.

So let's say you get to work 15 minutes late.

You can say, sorry, I'm late.

Main Street was blocked off,  

and most likely that street or exit is  blocked off because of construction.

It's also possible that there was an  accident, or perhaps there's something  

like a parade or a protest that's preventing  people from using that exit #2 to lash out.

When you lash out, it means you react angrily.

You react with very strong negative emotion.

So this phrasal verb is negative,  and it's used in a negative way.

So you might say she lashed out when  I suggested a different approach.

So you shared an opinion and the person reacted  very negatively, very angrily, they lashed out.

Now for this phrasal verb,  it's very common to say at  

someone she lashed out at me when  I suggested a different approach.

The at someone is optional.

You don't need to do it, but it  can be very useful to specify who.

So if you want to specify the  person, then we use at someone.

She lashed out at gym, she lashed out at us.

It could be the entire group.

She lashed out at the client and  then you can explain the reason why  

she lashed out at the client because  the payment was late #3 to walk out.

When you walk out, it means  you leave a place angrily.

So we have another phrasal verb with angrily.

You leave a place angrily.

So let's say you're meeting with your  boss to discuss your performance.

Now, maybe you were expecting a 20% raise.

A raise is a pay increase, a 20% pay increase.

But your boss only offered you 2%.

You might say after my boss offered Me 2%, I.

Walked out.

So you left the room, you left the office,  

the meeting, but you didn't just  leave, you left angrily, angrily.

That's the key here.

So combining our last phrasal verb to lash out,  

to react angrily, we can say  after she lashed out at me.

I walked out.

#4 to sort out.

This.

Means to resolve a problem.

Now we can use this with a  business professional problem.

For example, let's say your payment processor  isn't working and you can't accept payments.

You might say we need to sort this out ASAP,  

we need to resolve this problem ASAP,  or who can we call to sort this out?

So you can absolutely use this in a professional  business context when there is a problem.

We commonly use this with personal issues with  

relationship issues when you have  a problem with another person.

So let's say you and your sister haven't  spoken in months because of a disagreement.

Maybe your sister lashed out at  you and then you walked out of  

her birthday party and you haven't spoken since.

Well, someone might suggest  some ways you can sort it out.

You need to sort it out with your sister.

You need to resolve the problem.

And in this case, the problem  is a personal problem.

So this is a great phrasal  verb to use for a business  

context and a personal context #5 to use up.

This is when you finish or  consume 100% of something.

So all of something.

And that's very important because I could say I  used the olive oil, so I consumed the olive oil.

But when I just say use, it  doesn't tell you how much.

How much olive oil did I use?

I use the olive oil, but if I say I used up the  

olive oil then you know I  used 100% of the olive oil.

So there is none left for you or for  someone else and you have to get more.

So I could say I.

Used.

All the olive oil, when I say  all the olive oil all means 100%.

So that is exactly the same as I used up  the olive oil number six to wander off.

This is when you leave a place  when you're not supposed to,  

or you leave a place without telling other people.

Now, this is commonly used with children.

So a mother might say, I have to watch my  daughter like a hawk or she'll wander off.

So little kids, they might not stay in a room,  They might wander off and go into another room.

But of course, that can be dangerous  if nobody is watching that child.

So this is commonly used with young  children, but we can also use it with adults.

So let's say you're on a museum tour and  you're in a foreign country on a museum tour.

Now you're supposed to stay with the museum tour.

You're not supposed to wander off and  just go look at other areas of the museum.

But you might say the tour was boring,  

so I wandered off #7 to grow out of this  is when you lose interest in something.

So to lose interest, you're no longer interested  in something because you're older or more mature.

For example, a lot of young kids play  video games for hours and hours and hours.

But as an adult, you might grow out  of it, so you no longer do that.

You no longer play video games  for hours and hours and hours.

Because you're older, you're  more mature #8 to go ahead.

This means to proceed.

This is a very useful phrasal verb.

We use it commonly to give someone  permission to do something.

So your coworker might ask you, is it OK if I  send the e-mail to the client and you can say,  

sure, go ahead, go ahead, which means proceed,  proceed with sending the e-mail, go ahead.

Now you can just say go ahead.

Or you can specify what the action is.

You can say go ahead and  send the e-mail or go ahead.

With.

And we need a gerund go ahead with sending the  

e-mail and send the e-mail  with sending the e-mail.

So pay attention to that sentence  structure #9 to give away.

This means to provide for free.

So this is a great phrasal verb for me.

I could say I give away my best tips and advice  

on how to become fluent right  here on this YouTube channel.

Now let's say you have a lot of items from  your kids, but your kids are grown up now,  

but you have a lot of their clothes,  their toys, even furniture for your kids.

You might want to.

Give.

That away so you can provide it to  another parent or someone else for free.

We gave away all our kids  clothes when they moved out.

So when you want to get rid  of something in your house,  

you can sell it or you can give  it away, provide it for free.

And finally #10 to frown on this  means to disapprove of something.

So you might say my boss  disapproves of casual clothes.

So you can say my boss frowns  on wearing casual clothes.

Notice our sentence structure frowns on wearing.

We need our gerund verb.

Now that you feel more comfortable  with these phrasal verbs,  

how about we do the exact same quiz again  so you can see how much you've improved?

Here are the questions.

Hit pause.

Take as much time as you need,  and when you're ready, hit play.

To see the answers.

Here are the answers.

Hit pause, take as much time as you need, compare  your answers and when you're ready, hit play  

question one.

You're not going to paying $500.00 for that.

You're not going to talk me into  question 2, Mariah, this sales proposal.

Yesterday, Mariah drew up question three.

Good news because everyone, we met the  deadline because everyone stepped it up.

Question 4, If you keep skipping breaks,  you're going to, you're going to burnout.

Question 5, that's a great point.

You should at the meeting, you should bring it up.

Question six.

Who do you the most in your family?

Who do you look up to?

Question 7.

How long do we need to at the party?

How long do we need to stick around?

Question 8.

Your tires look really you should get new ones.

Your tires look really worn out.

Question 9.

The seller tried to so we didn't buy it.

The seller tried to RIP us off.

Question 10.

I noticed that this report, our production costs,  

this report honed in on how  did you do with the quiz?

Was it easy or difficult?

Share your score in the comments and  don't worry if it was hard because  

now I'll explain every phrasal verb in detail.

Number one, to RIP off.

We use this when someone is selling something  or buying something and the buyer feels that  

the price is too high compared to  the value of whatever they're buying.

For example, I can't believe  I paid paid $200 for that.

She ripped me off.

Now notice the sentence structure.

You RIP someone off, she ripped me off.

Another example, she told everyone that  I ripped her off but it was a fair price.

So just because someone claims you  RIP them off, it doesn't necessarily.

Mean it's true.

#2 to wear out.

We use this when something is damaged or  weakened because of age, it's old or because of.

Use you've used it.

A lot.

For example, I wore out my  tennis shoes last summer.

If someone said that to me, I would assume  they played a lot of tennis last summer.

They played so much tennis that they wore out.

Their.

Shoes.

They became damaged from use  from continually playing tennis.

We also use this in adjective form to be worn out.

So it would be very common to say I need to  buy new tennis shoes because mine are worn out.

So of course are because shoes is plural and  we need the plural form of the verb to be mine.

My tennis shoes are worn out.

So both forms are very common #3 to draw up.

We use this when you need to prepare paperwork,  

and generally that paperwork is for  a contract, an agreement, a proposal,  

generally something that two people need  to sign or agree on to make it official.

For example, I asked my lawyer to drop the papers.

Whenever you're dealing with a lawyer,  the papers are going to be official.

So this is a perfect time to use to draw up,  

or you could say we're waiting for our  bank to draw up the mortgage agreement.

So that's another very official  document that you need to sign.

And you can use the phrasal  verb to draw up #4 to burn out.

This is a phrasal verb that has gotten a lot of  attention recently, especially with the pandemic,  

because to burn out, this is when you  feel exhausted mentally or physically  

from prolonged stress, stress of work,  stress of a situation like a pandemic,  

stress of a family situation like a  divorce or an illness, something like that.

But a prolonged period, You can be stressed out  for a day, but when you burn out, it means you've  

had that stress for a long period of time, several  weeks, several months, or even several years.

For example, I burned out at my last job,  

so perhaps I was working so much that I went  through this period of prolonged stress.

I burned out.

Another example, I burned out  after caring for my aging parents.

So caregivers often experience burnout.

So you can use this in a work situation,  

or you can use it in a personal situation  as well #5 to look up to someone.

So notice we have two prepositions,  Look up to and then someone.

We use this when you admire  someone or you respect someone.

So I could say I looked up to him like a father.

So of course I admire and respect my father,  and I'm comparing the situation to someone else.

I looked up to him, I admired him like a father.

Another example, I really look up to my boss.

So you admire your boss or you respect your boss.

You hold your boss in high regard.

So you can use this in a work situation.

You can look up to people and you can use this  in a social situation, a family situation.

You can have many different people in your  life that you look up to for different reasons.

Number six, to step up.

Now that's the phrasal verb, but we most  commonly use it in the expression to step it up.

Notice that it it's very important to step it up.

To step it up.

This simply means to work harder or to try harder.

Now you can say we need to step it up  if we're going to meet the deadline.

So you have this deadline,  you need to work harder.

So it's the same as saying we need to work  harder if we're going to meet the deadline.

Step it up.

Now what is this it in the expression  will the IT would represent?

Work.

Or our.

Effort.

We need to step up our work.

We need to step up our effort.

Step it up.

I encourage you to use it that way.

Step it up because you'll  sound like a native speaker.

We have a really common expression with this.

Step it up and then you add the two words notch.

Step it up a notch.

If you look at a dial, A  notch is one move on the dial.

So it represents a little bit, a small amount.

Step it up a notch.

It's just like saying step it up a little bit.

So that's just a common expression.

You need to step it up a notch  if you want to meet the deadline.

So you can use it with a notch, it's very common,  or you can use it without #7 to home hone in on.

This is another two preposition  phrasal verb we have hone in on.

Hone in on something.

And this means to really focus on something, to  put all your attention on something specific.

For example, if we want to get more customers, we  should really hone in on small business owners.

So maybe right now you're not being very  specific and you're looking at all customers,  

but you want to hone in on one specific segment  of the population, small business owners.

So you're going to focus on them,  you're going to hone in on them.

Another example for the presentation, we  should really hone in on South America.

So maybe you're a global company and you have  brand branches all over the world, but for this  

specific presentation, you're going to hone in  on one specific part of the world, South America.

Now many native speakers,  native speakers, not students,  

many native speakers mistakenly say  home in on, we need to home in on.

And that's because in  pronunciation they're very similar.

Honan, Homan and hone.

What's that?

It's not really used very much,  but everybody knows the word home.

But this isn't correct.

The expression is not home in on.

The expression is home in on.

So make sure you get that both in  pronunciation, home and and in spelling as well.

And if you hear a native speaker  say home in on their incorrect  

#8 this is a must know phrasal verb to bring up.

And this is when you begin a  discussion on a specific topic.

For example, if you're in a staff meeting, it  would be very common for the boss or whoever's  

leading the meeting to say, before we end the  meeting, does anyone have anything to bring up?

Does anyone have a specific  topic they want to discuss?

Does anyone have anything to bring up?

Or after the meeting you  might tell another colleague?

I didn't have a chance to bring  up the marketing proposal.

So you didn't have a chance to discuss this  specific topic, the marketing proposal.

Maybe you ran out of time #9 to talk into and  

the sentence structure is to  talk someone into something.

And this means to convince  someone to do something.

For example, she talked me into helping her move.

She convinced me to help her move.

So when someone uses this, oh, she talked  me into helping her move, it gives you the  

impression that the person didn't really want  to do the activity, but somebody convinced them.

But please, I really need your help.

I'll buy pizza.

Or maybe you could say my team talked me into  bringing up the bonus at the staff meeting.

So notice I used bring up, discuss  a specific topic, the bonus.

My team talked me into bringing  up the bonus now because maybe  

discussing the bonus is a little bit of a  sensitive issue and nobody wants to do it.

But your team convinced you.

Lucky you.

So they talked to you into.

It.

And #10 to stick around.

This is a.

Must use phrasal verb.

You can use it in a social  setting or a professional setting.

To stick around means to stay in  a location for a period of time.

So let's say you're at this beautiful  park with a friend and after an hour or  

so your friend has to leave and they  say, do you want to share an Uber?

And you say, no, I'm going to  stick around a little bit longer.

So you're going to stay in a specific  location, the park, for a period of time.

It's unknown how long you'll stay.

That doesn't really matter.

It's just the fact you're going to stay.

I'm going to stick around a little bit longer.

It's such a beautiful day.

I'm going to stick around now.

You can also use this in the negative.

I can't stick around very  long because I have a meeting.

Although it's a beautiful day,  I can't stick around very long.

I have a meeting to get back to.

Now that you're more comfortable with these  phrasal verbs, let's do that same quiz again.

So here are the questions.

You need to choose which phrasal  verb best completes the sentence.

Here are the questions.

Hit pause.

Now complete read the quiz and whenever you're  ready hit play and I'll share the answers.

So go ahead and hit pause.

Now.

Welcome back.

So how did you do on this quiz?

Let's find out.

Here are the answers.

So hit pause, review the answers, and whenever  you're ready, hit play and come back to the video.

Wow.

Think of all the phrasal  verbs you've learned so far.

Now you'll learn your next group of  15 phrasal verbs by completing a quiz.

And you've already?

Learned.

Some of these phrasal verbs.

So this should be easy for you.

Let's get started.

Our first phrasal verb?

Pull off.

I know the team can pull it off.

Pull off.

Do you know this one?

In this context, to 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 not great teacher for you.

If you agree with stop put.

That's right.

That's right.

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

Put.

That's right in the comments.

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

Is it something you 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 phrasal verb, 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, but 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 seniority.

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.

Hell, 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 until  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.

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 would 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, 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 comb 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.

Let's comb through this.

Like 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 hit, couple 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 consultants 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  engaged 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?

Pick up 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 ATV show and and you hear the  

speakers 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 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 that quiz?

Share your score in the Commons.

Now, to end in this master class, here  are 23 phrasal verbs I use every day.

First, let's talk about to call someone out.

This means to confront or criticize someone,  often publicly, for their actions or behaviors.

She called him out for not keeping his promises.

This means that in public she said you didn't  keep your promise and that was a bad thing.

She called him out.

Now my students, maybe even you,  always call me out when I make a typo.

They publicly say Jennifer.

You spelled that wrong Jennifer.

This isn't correct, but that's okay.

I don't mind Birch calling me out though.

Apparently called him out loudly.

Was interesting to hear them call us out on that.

Now let's compare this to to call out to someone.

This means to shout.

Or raise your voice.

To get someone's attention.

Hey, hey, John.

Hey, Mary.

He called out to his friend across the street.

He did this to get her or his attention.

So now let's compare these.

He called out his friend.

This is grammatically correct.

It means to publicly criticize.

He called out to his friend.

This is grammatically correct.

It means he shouted to get his friend's attention.

Hey John, I know this is very  confusing, so you'll want to review it.

I provide everything in a free lesson PDF.

You can find the link in the description.

Now let's talk about jump in.

When you jump in, it means you  enter a conversation or a situation.

So I could.

Say to you, if we were in a class or a meeting, a  live lesson, feel free to jump in with any ideas.

I'm inviting you to stop me in the middle  of my presentation to share your ideas.

Or maybe managers are talking and say it's  nice to see Sarah jumping in at meetings.

They're saying it's nice to see  Sarah participating, sharing her  

ideas more actively, maybe because she  feels confident speaking in English.

I'm going to jump in, tell her, make sure I get  this one in and lighten it up just a minute.

Please feel free to jump in at any point.

Now, just like my examples show, this  is generally used in a positive way,  

and that's important because  let's compare that to but in.

But in this means to interrupt or intrude  into a conversation in a negative way.

He kept butting in while I was presenting.

He kept stopping me to say something  and I found this very rude.

Just butting in here for some side facts.

Or you could say you should just **** out.

**** out.

It's none of your business.

So notice here I change **** in to **** out.

This means you should stop intruding and  something that doesn't concern you **** out Klaus.

So let's review.

Jump or **** into a conversation,  discussion, meeting, or situation.

Notice you need into as one word.

If you specify the noun a  conversation and but out of  

a conversation, discussion, meeting, or situation.

So remember the meaning and that structure.

Next, let's talk about to come  up with this means to think of  

or create something such as  an idea, plan or solution.

They came up with a new marketing  strategy they thought of.

They created.

Because Louis Pasteur came up with his  technique for sterilizing milk in 1865.

I spend time every day coming  up with new lessons for you.

I think about ideas.

I write them down.

I brainstorm for you.

Come up with So now let's change the  preposition and talk about to come out with.

This means to introduce or release  something new, usually a product or service.

The way we communicate changed when  Apple came out with the iPhone.

If we were sitting down having this interview  the day that Apple came out with the iPhone,  

you'd be asking me, really, they're going to  compete with Motorola Electric typewriters  

then came out with self-contained  correction ribbons so that you can  

make corrections right there  on the machine as you typed.

Let's compare these together.

Engineers at Apple came up with  the idea of a smartphone in 2005.

I don't know if that date is accurate.

This means they thought of the idea.

What if we had a phone now?

Apple came out with the iPhone in 2007.

That date is correct.

This means they released the  idea to the public as a product.

The product being the iPhone.

You could buy the iPhone.

Let's review to back out of something.

This means to decide not to do  something you had previously agreed to.

She backed out of the deal at the last minute.

Why are you backing out?

Or you said you were going  to finish the English course.

Don't back out now.

Don't even think about backing out, man.

Let's compare this to back something up.

This means to make a copy of Data to Prevent  law, something you should do for years.

My husband told me I should back up  my computer, but I didn't listen.

Then you back it up in your computer.

But now that I use Google Docs, my  files are automatically backed up.

A copy of my files are saved in a secure location.

So always back up your computer and don't back  out of things you said you were going to do.

Did you back up your data  to catch on to something?

This is when you begin to  understand or realize something.

It took him a while, but he  finally caught on to the joke.

Now you don't have to include the  something if context is obvious.

You could say it took him a  while, but he finally caught on.

If you're talking about a joke and the context  is obvious, but she caught on pretty fast.

But either way, people caught on to coffee's  advantages and began making tea from its leaves.

So let's talk about catch up to someone.

This means to reach the same  level or pace as someone else.

She is driving too fast, we'll never catch up.

You can say we'll never  catch up or catch up to her.

If you specify the someone you need the  preposition to hurry, they're catching up.

Now let's look at this sentence.

I need to catch up on my work so  I can catch up to my coworker.

When you catch up on something,  

it means you do the tasks that you  missed or were not previously completed.

With students able to catch  up on work over a coffee.

In the new cafe.

Let's talk about to get across.

This means to successfully communicate  or convey an idea to others.

He tried to get his point across to get something  

across his point across in the meeting  that'll get our point across, right?

Or I'm not sure what you're trying to get across.

Maybe you need to say it a different.

Way.

Anyways, the point that I'm trying  to get across is that social media  

has made everything just that much more  accessible #12 I love this one to cheer on.

This is when you courage or  support someone, often vocally.

Let's go.

Woo Hoo, you can do it.

The fans cheered on their their team and  I could say to you if you leave a comment,  

that is your way of supporting me vocally  so I could say thank you for cheering me on.

I couldn't have done it without your support.

Who cheered us on and picked  us up when we stumbled?

Someone will be there to cheer  us on and pick us up if we fall.

Let's compare this to Cheer Up.

This means to help someone feel  happier or to become happier oneself.

I brought him a coffee to cheer him up.

They try with considerable vigor to cheer us up.

Or let's combine these.

The fact that you came to cheer  me on, let's go, Jennifer.

That really cheered me up,  made me happier #14 carry on.

Most students know this.

This means to continue with an  activity or task despite challenges.

She decided to carry on with her  studies despite the difficulties.

Carry on, Let's compare this to carry out.

This means to complete or  perform an action, plan or task.

They carried out the experiment successfully.

And we carried it out as a family.

Let's combine these.

Let's carry on with the experiments.

Notice you need with when  you specify the something.

Let's carry on with the experiments.

Have you carried out?

Have you conducted the first Test?

So remember, you carry on with something and you  carry something out #16 to look into something.

This means to investigate or  examine something in detail.

The company is looking into the issue.

I'll look into it.

Let's compare this to look over something.

This means to review or examine  something briefly or casually.

She looked over the document before signing.

Look over this contract.

Let's combine these together.

I looked into, I investigated, I looked into  the company and I didn't find any red flags.

Red flags are potential risks or problems.

I didn't find any red flags.

I still need to look over.

Review the contract.

Let's review to check in with someone.

This means to communicate with someone to see  how they're doing or if they need assistance.

He checked in with his supervisor  before leaving for the day.

So how could he do this?

Well he would go up to his supervisor and  say do you need anything before I leave?

Thanks for checking in though.

Now let's compare this to to check up on someone.

This is when you monitor or  observe someone's progress,  

condition, or behavior to ensure all is well.

My dad had an accident so I check up on him.

I observe him and monitor him every day.

Would it kill him to check up on us?

Sometimes to check up on someone  is seen as a negative because it  

suggests that you don't trust someone's abilities.

So you often hear people complain and say  Oh my boss checks up on me every 5 minutes.

Suggesting your boss doesn't trust your  abilities and needs to monitor you closely.

Are you checking up on me #20 hang out.

You should know this one.

This means to spend time with  someone socially in a casual way.

We hung out at home all weekend, or it's very  common to say to people, let's hang out soon,  

let's spend time socially soon,  Cool, let's hang out tonight.

Don't confuse this with to hang up,  which means to end a phone call.

She hung up before they decided where to hang out.

Don't hang up, don't hang up.

Don't hang up, don't hang up.

22 to.

Break up with someone.

Do you know what this means?

This means to end a romantic relationship.

He broke up with his girlfriend last month.

Are you breaking up with me now?

You could also say we broke up.

So in this case, because the  subject is doing the action,  

you don't have to say with  someone we broke up, I broke up.

With him, he broke up.

With me, we broke up.

We.

We broke up.

Don't confuse this with to break something up.

This means to separate  something into smaller parts.

The teacher broke up the  assignment into three parts.

From this point, we're going to take the  life of the project and break it up into  

four phases so that we can discuss the  processes that are appropriate to each.

So if you say I broke her up, that sounds weird.

That sounds like you divided  her into smaller parts,  

but if you say I broke up  with her, that sounds sad.

You ended your romantic relationship with her.

Welcome to this English speaking master class.

Today you're going to practice  speaking in English for three hours.

This is an interactive class and you're  going to practice speaking with me.

I'm going to ask you questions and you're  going to open your mouth and answer.

And don't worry, because I'm going to provide a  lot of bonus grammar and vocabulary along the way.

Welcome back to J Force English.

Of course, I'm Jennifer.

Now let's get started first in this master class.

You're going to practice speaking on  the topic of catching up with a friend.

This is when you learn what's new  with someone since you last spoke.

So let's say I'm catching up with my friend  Paulo, and I haven't seen Paulo in six months.

So when I catch up with Paulo, I'm  going to learn everything that's new  

in Paulos life since the last time  we spoke, which was six months ago.

So of course it's very important to use  this when you're in social interactions.

Oh, let's catch up.

We need to catch up.

Let's catch up soon.

And that's exactly what we're doing in  our English speaking practice class.

You're catching up with a friend.

And guess what?

I am your friend.

I'm your friend that you're catching up with.

When was the last time we saw each other?

Well, maybe it was a week ago, maybe it was  three days ago, maybe it was six months ago.

So you can use this expression to catch up with a  

friend if you haven't seen each  other for weeks, months, years.

But you can also use this if you  haven't seen someone even for days.

So we're catching up.

I'm your friend.

You're my friend.

So let's catch up.

Let's.

Imagine that we're having  a tea or a coffee, water,  

orange juice, whatever your drink of choice is.

This is tea for me.

So we're having a cup of tea, a cup  of coffee, and we're catching up.

I'm going to ask you questions  to learn what's new with you,  

what's new with your life and  I want you to speak out loud.

I already see some amazing  comments, Vladimir said.

Long time no see.

Absolutely.

This is all great expression and actually  it's one that you're going to learn.

So amazing job.

And Vladimir also said, how have you been?

Vladimir, you're doing an amazing job.

So let's practice this more because you're  already using some of my expressions.

OK, so we're catching up with a friend.

We're friends.

You know what this means to learn what's  new with someone since you last spoke.

So we're catching up with a friend  and here are your instructions.

I'm going to ask you the questions at 1st and  I want you to answer my questions out loud.

Now this is very important because right now let's  see, say that Vladimir says how have you been?

And you just think the answer in your  head, are you practicing or speaking?

What do you think, yes or no?

Right now, am I practicing my speaking skills?

No, because there are no  words coming out of my mouth.

So right now you might be in a public place.

Even if you are, you can say it very quietly  and still open your mouth and see the words.

If you are in a very public place and  you don't feel comfortable doing that,  

we'll make sure you repeat this exercise when  you are in a private place and you practice that.

OK, but I really want you to open your  mouth and say the answer out loud.

And then of course, you're going to learn a lot  of expressions and great vocabulary along the way.

So Are you ready for my first question to you?

Let's see, what's my first question?

OK, so your name is James.

So imagine your name is James,  whatever your name is, and I say hi.

Long time no see, that is  exactly what Vladimir said.

So this is the first thing I would say to a  friend if I have not seen them for a long time.

I would say hi.

Hi Vladimir, hi Mozab, hi Yuzu,  hi Ayman, hi Anika, hi Havereira.

And I would say long time no see.

So now I want you to open your mouth.

Long time no see.

What could you say back as a reply?

Open your mouth and say the answer out loud.

Long time no see.

And what are you going to say?

Well, don't worry because we're  going to practice this together, OK?

But first of all, here's what you could say.

You could say I know, I know.

And notice how I'm putting  some enthusiasm into that.

I'm not saying I know, I know.

I know with.

Some enthusiasm, everyone.

Repeat that out loud.

Repeat after me.

I know, I, I know with enthusiasm.

I know, I know.

Now you can add on and say it's been too long.

It's been too long.

And notice you can emphasize that word  too, because this is an intensifier.

So you can make the sound of  this longer to intensify it.

So repeat this.

It's been too long.

It's been too long.

And did you get that contraction it?

What do we have here as this  contraction it's What is that?

What is that as a contraction?

Do you know what word that represents it's Well,  

this is it has been it has been too long because  this is in what verb tense the present perfect.

It has been.

Notice that pronunciation in been it's been  it has been, it's been it's been too long.

So let's try this all together.

So I'm going to do my part.

Long time no see.

And then I want you to repeat this  out loud and remember to try to  

imitate my pronunciation as closely as possible.

I'll say it one more time  so you have it in your mind.

I know it's been too long.

Here we go.

Hi, long time no see.

Did you open your mouth and say it out loud?

Because remember, you need  to practice your speaking.

So opening your mouth, saying  the words, hearing your voice,  

hearing yourself form that contraction,  hearing yourself elongate those sounds,  

which is very common in English pronunciation.

This is how you're going to feel confident,  

and this is also how you're going  to improve your pronunciation.

All right, so one question here  Yuzu asked, is it different?

It has been too long and it has been a while.

So excellent question.

Remember in spoken English to sound  very advanced, to sound very natural,  

I recommend using that contraction.

It's been, it's been, it's been a while.

It's been too long.

And I'm saying that because this is what I hear.

This is what native speakers use.

So if you want to sound more natural, sound  more fluent, then use the language that we use.

It's been too long, it's been a while.

There is a very subtle difference  between these two yuzu,  

but ultimately you can use one or  the other and it doesn't matter.

It's been a while means that it  has been a period of time because  

all while is not specific now the  subtle difference with too long.

If I say I have too much work, I'm saying the  amount of work I have is more than I want or need.

So if I say it's been too long, I'm really saying  

to you I wish we had seen each other  earlier, whereas it's been a while.

It's just a statement saying  it's been a period of time.

It's not necessarily saying I wish  we had seen each other sooner.

But honestly, they're very similar in meaning.

So that's the subtle difference.

Great question, all right.

And Mozab asked, it has been an ages.

Is this, does this make sense?

OK, So that's what you would  say, does this make sense?

Not an ages, you would say it's been ages.

It's been, it has been as  a contraction, it's been.

And then just the word ages, it's been ages.

And in this case, ages means a period of time.

So this is a substitute for it's been a while,  

it's been ages and ages sounds  like a long period of time.

It's been ages since we last spoke,  which sounds great, very natural.

And remember to use that contraction.

It's been.

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Now let's continue with our lesson.

Let's move on to our next question.

Are you ready for the next question?

Remember catching up with a friend.

What have you been up to?

So this is the next thing.

Very early on in my conversation,  I would meet my friend.

Hi, long time no see.

What have you been up to?

What have you been up to?

Been up to?

What have you been up to?

Do you know how to answer this?

Try right now.

Whatever comes to your mind.

Don't worry if it's right or wrong.

We're just practicing so.

What is the 1st?

Thing that you think of as an answer.

What have you been up to?

Say it out loud, What have you been up to?

You must know how to answer this  question because socially this  

is one of the first questions  native speakers ask each other.

What have you been up to?

So let's look at this a little closely.

So what have you been up to?

You can add on lately or recently  because this is in the present perfect.

But you don't have to.

You can just use what have  you been up to and end on to.

But if you want, you can add on lately, recently.

They're both keywords for the present perfect.

Now this is an action that started  in the past and continues until now.

Now been up to this is just  a substitute for doing.

So what have you been doing so up to?

You can replace that with the word doing.

What have you been doing lately, recently.

What have you been up to lately, recently,  Because remember, we're catching up with a friend.

I'm catching up with you.

I haven't seen you in a week, a month, a year.

So I want to know what have you been doing?

What have you been up to?

Now, here's a hint for you to answer this,  

to make the answer more approachable,  something you can accomplish easily.

Just name one thing, because if  I haven't seen you for one year,  

you have been doing many, many things.

Of course you have.

But just name one either the most  recent or the most interesting.

That's the best way to answer this.

So maybe you could say I started a new job.

What have you been up to lately?

Well, I started a new job.

Notice it's in the past.

Simple because the action started in  the past is a completed past action.

I started a new job.

We're.

Remodeling our kitchen.

So notice this is in what verb  tense we're remodeling our kitchen.

What verb tense is this?

The present continuous because  the action is taking place now.

This is in progress.

If I go to my kitchen right now, it's a disaster.

We're remodeling our kitchen.

To remodel means that you're changing the look of.

It.

You're making it more modern, you're  painting it, you're changing the colors,  

you're getting new cupboards,  new appliances, things like that.

We're remodeling our kitchen.

I'm learning how to play guitar again.

What verb tense is this?

The present continuous because  you're doing it right now.

I'm learning how to play guitar.

Or.

Of course, you might say I've been  focused on improving my speaking skills.

So this is in the present perfect because it's  

an action that started in the  past and continues until now.

So this is what I suggest for the  question, What have you been up to?

So I want you to just name one  thing and remember you can have  

different verb tenses because it could be  a past action, it could be in progress,  

or it could be an action that started  in the past or continues until now.

So think of one thing, I'll give you  a second and let's practice speaking.

Remember, I want you to open your  mouth and say the answer out loud.

One thing.

OK, I'll ask you again.

Hi, long time no see.

So what have you been up to?

Did you state that one thing?

What have you been up to?

Well, Math physics said I have  been working on a new project.

Excellent.

And what verb conjugation is this?

Who knows?

This is the present perfect continuous because it  

started in the past and math physics  is still working on this project now.

And I'm in said just working and focusing  on my relationship with my family.

Yeah, absolutely.

So Simon provided 2 points, but still,  that's great because it's short,  

it's concise, just working, focusing  on my relationship with my family.

That's wonderful.

All right, right.

And Pearl said I have been preparing my IELTS.

Excellent, Pearl.

That is a wonderful thing to be focusing on.

Now, just one thing, does anyone know  there's a little mistake in this Pearl?

I just want to correct it because  if you are preparing your IELTS,  

it's really important that  you fix this one mistake.

What's the one mistake here?

Does anyone know Pearl?

You need to have the preposition for you.

Don't prepare something,  you prepare for something.

I'm I've been because it started in  the past and continues until now.

I've been preparing for my IELTS.

So I just wanted to share that with you, Pearl,  

because it is extremely important that  you get prepositions for your IELTS.

But great job, Pearl.

I wish you the best of luck.

I'm sure you're going to do awesome.

So everyone put go Pearl, go  go Pearl, go in the comments.

All right, and Annika and Ancia,  Ancia says I've been improving  

my English speaking wonderful and  great job getting that contraction.

I've I've been improving.

This is a great way to instantly  sound more advanced sound more  

like a native speakers to use that contraction.

I've been improving my English  speaking great, great initiative.

OK, amazing.

So we know what have you been up to?

This is absolutely a must know  in any social conversation.

You can ask your colleagues this as well.

Oh, So what have you been up to?

And it could be in a work context.

Oh, I've been working on the Jones report.

I've been reorganizing our filing system, so  you can use this in a work context as well.

All right, so we talked about just naming  one thing to keep it simple and approachable.

You can use different verb tenses.

So my next question.

Now in North America, we're in summer.

Technically we're still in  spring, we're going into summer,  

but I understand the country  you're in, you might not have.

Our.

Four Seasons.

Maybe you're going into the rainy  season or you're going into winter,  

or you're going into the dry season.

So whatever season you're approaching,  just think of that season, OK,  

So you can replace summer with  whatever season you're going in.

And let me know in the comments.

I always find it so interesting the  different seasons around the world.

So let me know.

What season are you going into  in North America right now?

We're in spring and we're approaching summer.

So if I'm catching up with a friend, of course  I want to know Any big plans this summer?

Any big plans this winter, rainy season,  dry season, whatever it might be be.

Any big plans this summer?

So again, I want you to answer this out loud.

Don't worry about getting the right answer.

Just say the first thing that comes to your mind  

and I want you to open your  mouth and say the answer.

So I'll ask you again, any big plans this summer?

Any big plans this summer?

All right, well, let's see.

Now notice for the question  I just said any big plans?

This is how we speak in spoken English.

We often drop auxiliary verbs or subjects if  they're not necessary to understand the meaning.

We also do this in informal written English.

So if I'm sending a quick text message to  a friend, even a colleague, even my boss,  

but my boss and I have a close relationship, so I  communicate with my boss in a more informal way.

I would absolutely use this  in informal writing as well.

However, if you are writing  anything formal, academic,  

or for IELTS purposes, you need to  use the full sentence structure.

But let's just practice this.

Any big plans this summer?

I want you to repeat that out loud.

Any big plans this summer?

Awesome.

Now for your answer.

Now again, you can just state one thing to make  this easy for you to answer because you might have  

20 plans, 3 plans, you might have more than one,  you might have a lot, but you can just answer one.

Now notice how I said yes?

Why did I say yes here?

Yes, because technically  this is a yes or no question.

Do you have any big plans this summer?

Yes, I do.

No, I don't.

So to start my answer, I'll say yes.

We're going on a family vacation to Disney World.

So again, you can just choose one thing now.

Most likely that one thing  is going to be in the future.

It's possible that it could be in the present.

Perfect, because it started in  the past and continues until now.

But most likely it's going to be in the future.

So let's practice this.

I'm going to ask you again, and  I want you to answer out loud.

Any big plans this summer?

Let's see what people said.

Forever said.

Hiking with my friends on Sundays.

Yeah, exactly.

Great job forever.

And if you want, it's not a requirement,  

but if you want, you can start with  yes, because it's a yes, no question.

But again, it's not a requirement, just an option.

Yes, hiking with my friends on Sundays.

OK.

And her Priya, her Priya,  very nice name her Priya.

I will go to Scotland on holidays with my family.

OK, very nice, very nice.

This is a great answer.

I haven't decided yet.

And great verb conjugation as well.

I haven't decided yet.

Yet is a keyword for the present.

Perfect.

Excellent.

Going on said I'm going to visit my family.

Very nice.

Excellent.

Now let's see we have a no answer,  which is absolutely acceptable.

No, I have no plans for the summer, but  I hope I could have plan a short trip.

Exactly.

You can absolutely say no, I  have no plans for the summer.

But I hope.

I can plan a short trip, but I  hope I can plan a short trip.

OK, and so has said I'm going  to swimming class this summer.

Exactly That sounds fun.

So you can start with yes, you don't have to,  but yes, I'm going to swimming class this summer.

Very nice, Pearl.

Yes, I do exactly.

Do you have so notice?

Pearl answered.

Yes, I do, because I do have big plans.

Yes, I do.

I'm going to New Zealand.

That is wonderful, Pearl.

I have never been to New  Zealand and I would love to go.

So enjoy, enjoy your time.

All right, Mozav said.

Mozav said I'm going to  study English with Jennifer.

Well, thank you, Mozav.

I appreciate that.

OK, our next question, everyone,  you are doing so great.

So we're catching up.

Hi, long time no see.

How have you been?

What have you been up to?

Any big plans this summer?

Now, when you're having a  conversation with someone,  

of course you're going to ask them about future  activities, what are you doing this summer?

But you can of course ask them about the.

Past SO.

Remember I said right now in  North America we're in spring,  

we just finished winter and  we're going into summer.

So it's very common that I could ask  my friend you about the last season,  

the season we just finished.

So again, for you, maybe it's  not winter, maybe it's summer,  

maybe it's the rainy season, the  dry season, whatever it is for you.

So I can ask you, did you  travel anywhere this winter?

Remember, I want you to open your mouth and say  the answer, did you travel anywhere this winter?

So did you, did you Pearl?

Did you Anas?

Did you Stella?

Did you Najib, Boris, Nazir?

Did you travel anywhere this winter?

Tomas, did you travel anywhere this winter?

Remember, open your mouth and say the answer out  loud because I want you to practice your speaking.

Of course you can write  the answer in the comments.

Writing it is absolutely a  wonderful way to practice.

But make sure in addition to writing, you  also open your mouth and say the answer.

Did you travel anywhere this winter?

So let's say you didn't because in the last  one we answered yes, we answered positively.

So let's practice answering negatively.

So you could say no.

Now you could provide the reason why.

And then to expand on this to  make it more conversational,  

you could provide one interesting thing you did.

So no, you didn't travel,  but you did something right.

You still did activities,  whatever those activities are.

So choose the one that first comes to your mind,  

the most interesting one,  and then answer that instead.

But remember no the reason why.

And then one interesting thing you did.

So let's see a potential answer and  then you can practice this yourself.

So no, we didn't notice that contraction  didn't, didn't you can push out that T if it's  

at the end of a sentence because  you're taking a pause anyway.

No, we didn't practice that.

No, we didn't.

Didn't practice that out loud and imitate  my pronunciation, shadow my pronunciation.

No, we didn't.

Now we because it represents you and your family,  but you could of course say, no, I didn't as well.

No, we didn't.

Now the reason why winter  is very busy for me at work,  

that's a potential reason  why whatever your reason is.

And then one interesting thing  or the first thing you think of,  

but because bot is a, it's a connection word.

It's a transition word.

It helps you go from a negative.

No, I didn't travel to a positive.

I did something interesting, but I  remodeled our kitchen over winter.

Now notice remodeled is in the Ed  because it's a completed past action.

So right now my kitchen is fully complete.

Everything is done.

It's painted, new cupboards,  new appliances is fully done.

OK, so now your turn to practice.

So no, we didn't.

No, I didn't.

The reason.

And one thing you did instead.

OK, we'll practice this as spoken practice.

Did you travel anywhere this winter?

Did you travel anywhere this winter?

All right, let's see.

What do we have here?

Oh, here's one.

HM said no I didn't.

I was busy with my occupation and my own chores.

Your occupation?

You mean your work?

I would just say I was busy with work.

I was busy with work and my own chores.

You can add that as well.

Now, HM, not a requirement, but you can expand on  

and say 1 interesting thing you did or  the first thing that comes to your mind.

Just to expand on this because  a lot of students say, Jennifer,  

I, I open my mouth, but just one word  answers, very short answers come out.

I want to expand on my ideas.

Well, this is a great way for  you to expand on your ideas.

No, the reason and one interesting thing you did.

OK, Seda said no because I am occupied with  my job, but I learned cooking from my mother.

Excellent job, Seda, very nicely done.

No, I'm now just remember the  contraction is I apostrophe M  

I'm I'm no because I'm occupied with my job.

I would say busy because I'm busy with my work.

I could say job too, but I  probably more likely just say work.

No, I'm busy with work but  I learned how to cook from  

my mother or but my mother taught me how to cook.

Either.

Sentence structure is  correct but very nicely done.

I love that.

OK, Ismail said.

No, I didn't exactly.

Didn't get that contraction.

I'm very happy to see those contractions.

I was studying the whole winter.

Exactly, exactly.

I was studying the whole winter.

Now for you, for the one interesting thing.

Maybe Ismail, you could include one  interesting thing that you learned.

No, I didn't.

I was studying the whole winter, but I  learned how to use 20 new phrasal verbs.

So that could be the interesting thing you  

did because it relates to the  reason why you didn't travel.

So that could be a great strategy.

OK, Alexander, let's of course I  have to choose the Canadian flag.

No, I didn't.

So just remember, not you want just.

No.

Yes.

No, no, I didn't.

Traveling in winter for me is difficult  because of the house's chores.

I didn't want to come back with  a snow mountain in my door.

Exactly.

Very nicely said.

OK.

And Jamie said, unfortunately,  no, that's a great one as well.

Jamie, great job saying that because  you say, oh, unfortunately, no,  

unfortunately suggest that I wish.

I.

Had Unfortunately, no.

I looked forward to swim in the  river, but it'll be freezing.

I looked forward to.

What does Jamie need to do here?

I looked forward to swimming.

To look forward to.

This is a gerund expression.

You look forward to doing something.

I looked forward to swimming in the river.

But it'll be freezing.

All right.

Awesome job.

OK, our next question.

Well, when you're talking with friends, of course,  

you want to know about their  life, what they're doing.

But of course, everybody  always talks about the weather,  

so let's say I'm catching up with my friend you.

But of course.

We don't live in the same city, so  maybe we're catching up virtually,  

which is very commonly done.

So we're having a virtual catch up.

So I can ask you, how's the weather been lately?

How's the weather been lately?

I want you to repeat this out loud because  it's such an important common question.

You use this all the time and social  situations, work situations, small talk.

So notice that contraction house, repeat  that house, house, how's the weather?

How's the weather?

How's the weather been in?

How's the weather been lately?

OK, excellent.

So now you know the question.

You know how to pronounce it.

So now I want you to answer this out loud.

We don't live in the same city.

I'm sure our answers are very, very different.

So I want you to answer this out loud.

I'll ask it again.

How's the weather been lately?

Open your mouth, say the  words, practice your speaking.

How's the weather been lately?

OK, so notice here house with's This could  represent how is, but this is in the present  

perfect, so we know it's how has, but  the pronunciation is exactly the same.

And again, it's the present perfect because  I'm asking about the weather in the past,  

maybe the last few days, the last week until now.

How's the weather been lately?

Recently.

You can use either one or you can use neither.

You can just say how's the weather  been, How's the weather been?

So that is how to ask the question.

Now here's a potential answer.

And this is quite true for me especially.

It would describe right now  what's going on outside.

It's been, it has been.

So just repeat that.

It's been, it's been, it's been, it's been.

It's been unseasonably cool and rainy.

Cool and rainy now Unseasonably.

Unseasonably.

Does anyone know what this means?

Unseasonably cool and rainy?

Who knows, Who knows?

Let me know in the comments.

It's been unseasonably cool and rainy,  unseasonably, and then an adjective.

This means more of the adjective than normal  based on the normal weather, based on the climate.

So in the beginning of June in  my city is usually sunny and hot.

That is what it usually is, what it normally is.

So if I say unseasonably cool and rainy,  

it means it's not normally like this at this  time of year, but you don't have to use that.

Or you could use a an  adjective that is the opposite.

You could say it's been unseasonably  hot, which means hotter than normal.

It's been unseasonably rainy, unseasonably dry.

If it's unseasonably dry, it means it  should be raining, but it's not raining.

Or maybe you wouldn't use unseasonably  at all because right now the weather is  

exactly what you expect the  weather to be in your city.

So let's practice.

That's just to give you an example to help  

you expand your vocabulary with  some useful weather vocabulary.

But now I'll ask you again, and I want you  to open your mouth and say it out loud.

How's the weather been lately?

It's been it's been.

OK, so let's see some answers.

Dan Hale said it's been  horrible lately, to be honest.

Yeah, exactly.

You could use that as an adjective.

Horrible.

It's been horrible.

It's been terrible.

And then maybe you can state why  and you can use the unseasonably.

It's been unseasonably cold or maybe  hot, and that's why it's horrible.

Very good, user said.

It's been cloudy and rainy as usual.

Exactly as usual.

So this isn't unseasonable.

This is as usual.

It's been cloudy and rainy.

Very good as usual in June.

You need the preposition in June in Japan.

Very nice, Alexander asked.

Could I say barely warm?

It's been barely warm.

I mean, you could technically, that's  grammatically correct, but I don't think  

I would personally say it and I don't think  I would hear a lot of native speakers use it.

So it hasn't been very warm  or just it's been cool.

Instead of saying barely warm, I would  probably just use the opposite, which is cool.

Oh, it's been really cool.

It's been unseasonably cool.

It hasn't been very warm.

So that's what I would say.

It hasn't been very warm.

All right, Her, her Priya said.

It's been cloudy.

Exactly.

Very good.

And make sure you practice that out loud.

It's been cloudy outy.

Make sure you get that vowel.

Cloudy.

It's been cloudy.

Very good, Yuri said.

It's been cold.

Yeah, it has been in spoken English.

Make sure you use that contraction.

It's been, it's been, it's  been cold in Lima, Peru.

Very nice, OK.

And Vladimir said it's been scorching recently.

Excellent.

Scorching means extremely hot.

So unseasonably hot.

Hotter than, Well, perhaps no, because maybe it is  always scorching in June where you live, Vladimir.

So not necessarily unseasonably,  but scorching means very, very hot.

And if you add unseasonably, it means  it's unusual for this time of year.

OK, awesome job, everyone.

Great job practicing.

And make sure you're speaking out loud  as well imitating my pronunciation.

Now how about this question?

This is an easy one.

What were you up to earlier today?

Now, we already talked about up to  we saw this in another question.

Native speakers use this all the time.

Up to what were you up to earlier today?

So first I want you to practice and repeat  after me because you can use this as a question.

What were you up to earlier today?

What were you up to earlier today?

All right, so now remember that up to means doing.

What were you doing?

Now just know that up to is used in question form  

and it's also used in negative  form, but not positive form.

So often when I ask students  this, oh, what were you up to?

They'll say, oh, I was up to learning English,  

but that's not correct because we  don't use this in the positive form.

So in the negative form you would say I wasn't  

up to much because you can  use it in the negative form.

I wasn't doing much.

So repeat after me.

I wasn't up to much and notice up to you  can say that too as a more unstressed TA,  

I wasn't up to, I wasn't up to much.

Repeat after me.

I wasn't up to much.

Excellent.

I just ran a few errands.

Who knows what this means?

I've already heard some people talk about chores.

Household chores, Chores around the house.

What about errands?

And notice my pronunciation?

Errands.

Errands.

Very different from the spelling.

Errands.

Errands.

Repeat after me.

Errands to run errands.

Notice that verb?

It's run.

You run errands.

You don't do errands.

You run errands to run errands.

This is when you do quick  tasks outside of the house.

So who can name an example of an errand?

Oh, I ran an errand today.

What did you do?

Who can name an example of an errand?

Put that in the comments.

An example of an errand.

Let me know.

So maybe you could pick up your  dry cleaning, pick up your laundry,  

get groceries, get gas, which means to fill up.

Your car with.

Gas.

We just say get gas.

Maybe you had to drop off a  package at the post office.

Maybe you had to pick up some  lipstick for your next YouTube video.

These are all examples of errands.

OK, so now you know what the question means.

Let's practice this again.

I'm going to ask you, and I  want you to say it out loud.

What were you up to earlier today?

What were you up to earlier today?

Now to answer, you can just state what  you did now because it's earlier today  

and you're no longer doing the action  because we're talking, we're catching up.

You can put it in the past.

Simple.

I went for a bike ride with my family.

So just name one thing.

Always keep it simple.

Name one thing.

So what were you up to earlier  today you could add on earlier?

Today.

I went for a bike ride or you could  do the time reference this morning,  

this afternoon at 10:00 AM, at  3:00 PM, after lunch, before lunch.

So you can absolutely add on  a time reference if you like.

OK, and I went for a walk exactly an  awesome job getting 4A walk a walk.

This is the noun form and this is how  native speakers would say when you're  

just going for a leisurely purpose and the  past simple of the verb go is of course went.

I went for a walk.

Excellent job, Soha, And  sorry I can't read your name.

I was preparing for the coming jobs.

Although it's a holiday today in my country.

Oh, it's a holiday that's wonderful.

But I was preparing for the coming jobs.

OK, I'm not sure what the coming jobs mean means  

maybe it's I was preparing for  my my work, my upcoming work.

That could be what you mean.

I went for a stroll earlier today.

Nice job.

Adding earlier today, Thomas, at the end,  

I went for a stroll, a leisurely  walk without a specific destination.

I've been studying since morning.

Yeah, Najeeb, you can absolutely say that.

Oh, I've been studying and that implies that  

you're still studying now I went  to my Pilates class this morning.

Yeah, wake up.

Wake up and do Pilates.

Excellent name.

Very nice.

OK and math physics says I  went to visit my parents.

Exactly excellent job, everyone.

Great job practicing.

OK, And this is our last question and I saved  a fun one for last because hypotheticals.

Hypotheticals are always fun to practice.

So if you had the time to  take up a hobby, which one?

Would you choose?

So remember, this is hypothetical,  

so it doesn't matter if you don't have the  time now you are imagining you have the time.

It's hypothetical.

So it doesn't matter what your  current work situation is,  

your current study schedule is  your current financial situation.

None of that matters.

In this hypothetical situation.

You have the time to take up a hobby.

So which one?

Again, it's always easier to just  say one thing when you answer a  

question and then you can give more  information about that one thing.

If you had the time, if you had our conditional,  if you had the time to take up a hobby, which one?

Would you choose?

Oh, get that hobby in your mind.

So to take up a hobby, this  means to begin a new hobby.

So to start to begin a new hobby,  so practices, take up, take up cup.

Notice how those sounds linked  together, take up, repeat,  

take up, take up, take up a hobby, take  up a hobby and again begin a new hobby.

So here's a model that you  can use if I had the time.

So you're using the conditional in your answer.

If I had the time, I'd take up yoga.

I would take up.

I apostrophe D I'd I'd, I'd, I'd take up.

I'd take up.

So notice that D is almost not pronounced  when you say it in a in spoken English.

So repeat after this, I'd take  up, I'd take up, I'd take up yoga.

And then you can state the  reason or the fact fact.

So a fact.

What do I mean?

Well, maybe an interesting fact about yoga.

I take up yoga because I  know it's good for my health.

So maybe that's the reason why.

But maybe it's just a fact about yoga as well.

I'd.

Learn how.

To I would.

I'd learn how to So you need your infinitive.

I'd learn how to draw because it's very relaxing.

I'd start.

What would you start?

I'd start taking photos.

I'd start.

What would you start?

I'd start building websites.

I'd start speaking in English because I need  to pass my IELTS or whatever the reason why.

So you don't have to use all three.

Just pick one.

I'd take up.

I'd learn how to.

I'd start.

So let's practice this again.

If I had the time, repeat that.

If I had the time, I'd take up.

Because and then you can provide  your reason or perhaps a fact.

So let's try this again as a well,  let me show you a potential answer.

If I had the time, I'd learn how to draw.

This is true.

I've always wanted to learn how to draw.

If I had the time, I'd learn how to draw.

I love the idea of sitting in nature  and drawing the beauty in front of me.

And this is very true.

This is exactly how I would answer this.

I'd learn how to draw.

So I'll leave this up for you.

If I had the time, I'd take up because.

So I'm going to ask you again, if you had  the time, what hobby would you take up?

All right, make sure you answer and remember  we're practicing your speaking skills.

Open your mouth and say the answer out loud, OK?

Hastyard said.

If I had the time, I would  play exactly as a contraction.

I'd play video games, games  with an S, I'd play video games.

Now, maybe you can provide  a fact about video games,  

or you can provide a fact could be your favorite  video game, or you could provide the reason why.

OK, Jonathan said if I had the time, perfect.

I'd take up how to shoot a ball.

Very nice.

I'm glad you said this, Jonathan,  because the reason I provided the  

three different examples is because the  choice really depends on what you say.

Now if you say a hobby or  an activity like basketball,  

then you can use take up  because you take up a hobby.

But in your case you're talking about learning.

So you would say I'd learn how,  I'd learn how to shoot a ball,  

I'd take up basketball, I'd start playing  basketball if you wanted to use start.

OK, awesome, Jonathan, I hope  you get to do that, Manuel said.

Where I have enough time When when I have I  have enough time, I would become a farmer.

So farmer is an occupation, it's a profession.

So you would say I would become a farmer.

You could also say I'd learn how to farm.

I'd learn how to farm.

I'd start growing vegetables.

I'd start growing flowers,  whatever you want to farm, OK.

And Sue Young said if I had the  time, I'd learn how to swim.

So you want the infinitive.

I'd learn how to swim because I want  to be good at swimming, how to swim.

I want to be good at swimming.

Very good, Ismael said.

I take up traveling around the world  because I love exploring new cultures.

If you use do, you have to use do to?

But you have to use a noun  due to my love of travel.

But if you use a verb, you have to use because.

Because I love exploring new cultures.

OK, let's let's do one more.

Boris.

If I had time, you can use that.

You don't have to say the time.

If I had time, I'd learn to play guitar.

So not all guitar.

It's just guitar in general.

I'd learn to play guitar.

I learned to play guitar.

All right, we'll do a couple more.

If I had the time, I'd find some more  opportunities to improve English listening skills.

Exactly.

That's wonderful.

Now I have to let you know that I have a whole  

playlist for English listening  skills on my YouTube channel.

So if you just go into the playlist section,  you'll see a playlist for listening exercises.

So if you have the time, when you have  the time, you can use that playlist.

OK, let's do one more education says if I had  the time I would take up playing badminton.

So you can for take up is just the hobby.

So the hobby is think of it as the name of the  name of the sport, the name of the activity.

I take up badminton.

Otherwise it's I'd learn how to play badminton.

I'd start playing badminton.

If I had the time, I would take up.

I'd take up badminton because  it's my favorite indoor game.

Exactly.

Wonderful.

Wonderful.

OK, Ash, I'm sad.

I'd take up watching my  amazing teachers whole videos.

Well, thank you so much.

I appreciate that.

And that is, oh, we have one more question.

OK, we'll do one more question.

What's been the highlight of this month so far?

What's been the highlight of this month so far?

Oh, this is a good question.

It's June.

So what's been the highlight of this month so far?

So the highlight of something  is the most memorable part.

So think what your favorite thing, the favorite,  

your favorite thing you did, you  saw, you experienced in June.

All right, so to answer, you  can say the highlight of my  

month has been and then you can use a gerund verb.

Maybe it's running a marathon, has been  running a marathon, or you can use a noun.

The marathon.

The highlight of my month has been so  a nice positive way to end our class.

The highlight of my month has been OK, so  maybe you could say the highlight of my  

month has been creating so many amazing lessons  for my wonderful students, which is so true.

This is definitely been the highlight of my month  

has been creating so many amazing  lessons for my wonderful students.

So that's mine now what about yours?

The highlight of my month has  been will end on a positive note,  

so put that in the chat and  I'll ask the question again.

What's been the highlight of this month so far?

Remember, open your mouth and answer out loud.

What's been the highlight of this month so far?

A great question and remember your answer.

The highlight of my month has  been and then a gerund or a noun.

OK, we have you, zoo.

The.

Highlight of my month has been  getting new plan for cooking.

Very nice has been getting a new plan for cooking.

A new plan for cooking.

Excellent wake up son.

The highlight of my month has been  trying to talk with people in English.

Very nice has been trying.

After the verb try.

You just need the infinitive.

I've been trying to improve, to learn to do.

I've been trying to talk with people in English.

Excellent activity.

Wake up.

Tomas says The highlight of my  month has been quitting drinking.

Congratulations, Tomas.

It's always difficult when we want  to make change in our life and just  

the fact that you tried and you did it,  that is something to be congratulated.

Amazing job, Alexander said.

The highlights of this month has been watching my  

favorite soccer soccer team  qualifying for the finals.

Absolutely.

What a wonderful highlight.

Very nice.

My favorite soccer team.

There's no need for the possessive there.

My favorite soccer team, Gore says.

The highlight of my month has been practicing.

Meditation.

Exactly.

Very good practicing and then  something, a noun, meditation.

Excellent.

The highlight of my month has been having done  a lot of chores at my old house in my hometown.

Very nice highlight.

Instead of having done, you can  just say it has been doing so you  

just want your gerund verb, which is the verb do,  

so you can just say the highlight of my  month has been doing a lot of chores.

Very nice.

Najeeb said.

The highlight of this month has been  meeting all one of my soul mates.

Aw, if you use one of your  noun needs to be plural.

One of my soul mates with an US.

But if you want to sound a little more romantic,  get rid of the one of and say has been meeting my  

soulmate because it sounds like there's only one  soulmate for you and you just found that person.

Oh, amazing, That's so cute.

Mohammed said the highlight of this month has  

been trying to pick my father  to India for health issues.

Has been trying to pick up my father from India  or maybe take my father to India, whatever,  

maybe pick up my father, but then it's from India.

OK, well, I wish your father and you all the best.

All right, Maya, the highlight of this  month has been hiking some mountains.

Excellent, very nice highlight.

Has Star said the highlight of my month  has been watching all your videos.

That is so sweet.

Thank you so much.

All right, Tiffany, the highlight of my month has  been starting to play Minecraft with my boyfriend.

Wonderful.

I love.

It I hope you have fun.

OK, last one from Boris, The highlight  of my month has been reading a book.

Exactly.

Now of course everyone who answered  you provided amazing highlights,  

so you can just add on more information.

You could provide the reason why  an interesting fact for the last  

one for Boris, what book was  so you can always add on now.

Let's expand your vocabulary  because of course you need words,  

a wide range of vocabulary  to speak more confidently.

So now you're going to learn  24 colloquial words in English.

Now these are friendly and casual words that  will help you sound like a native speaker.

Let's hit the books.

Do you know this one?

You should because to hit the  books means to begin studying.

You could say I have a big test  tomorrow, so I need to hit the books.

And hopefully you're going to hit the books by  

watching more of my videos to  help you improve your English.

If you agree, put Let's do it, let's do it,  Let's do it in the comments below, Hit the box.

Well, time to hit the books.

And #2 is let's do it to do something.

This is a casual, friendly way  of saying to complete something.

But native speakers use this  in many different situations.

I could ask you, Are you ready to leave?

And then you say, yes, I'm ready.

So I say let's do it, which means let's leave.

Let's complete that action, let's do it.

So let's practice this.

Do you want me to teach you the next expression?

If you do again, put let's do it.

Let's do it.

Put Let's do it.

In the comments.

Let's do it, let's do it, let's  do it, let's do it, let's #3 Yup.

Or yuppers.

Have you ever heard yuppers?

Oh, this is a great one.

Again, I can ask you, Are you ready to leave?

And you can say yes, I'm ready to leave.

Or instead of yes, to sound more  casual, you can say Yup or yuppers.

You can put it in a full sentence,  Yup, I'm ready, yuppers, I'm ready.

Or you can just use that one word, Yup, yuppers.

And notice that S yeppers with an S.

So again, question for you.

Do you want me to keep teaching  you natural expressions?

Put yuppers with that S.

Put yuppers in the comments if you do yuppers.

#4 I'll see you at 8:00-ish.

What time is 8:00-ish do you know?

Adding ish to the time means around  around 8, so this could be 7:45 or 8:15.

To sound more professional, you can  say I'll see you at approximately 8.

That's the more formal way to say  around, and the casual way is to add ish.

Native speakers use this a lot.

Will be there soon.

Well, soon ish.

This means in the near  future, but not immediately.

It's a little longer than soon.

Just know that ish is not actually a word but all  

native speakers understand it #5  My bad, you know this one right?

This is used when you.

Take responsibility or.

Accept.

Fault.

Maybe you're in a meeting and your colleague  says the chart on page 5 is from 2023.

Shouldn't it be from 2024?

My bad, I'll change that ASAP.

No worries.

My bad.

Our next one is, of course, no worries.

You probably know this one.

This means it's OK or don't worry about it.

Native speakers often use this  instead of You're welcome,  

Jennifer, thanks so much for the new lesson.

You might say that and I can reply to  you and say no worries, no worries.

But we also use this to apologize.

Maybe you're shopping and you accidentally  

hit some with your shopping cart  and you can say oh I'm so sorry.

And the person replies back and says no  worries, no worries, no worries, no worries,  

no worries, everything's all, no worries,  no worries #7 no big deal or no biggie.

This also means it's OK, don't  worry about it, no worries.

Or it's not significant, it's not important.

So again, if you're shopping and you accidentally  hit someone with your shopping cart and you say,  

oh, I'm so sorry, the person can  reply back and say no big deal.

This is often used after an  expression of gratitude to  

say it wasn't significant, it wasn't important.

Maybe you say, wow, Jennifer, it's so nice.

Of you to.

Provide a free lesson PDF.

Remember you can download  it in the description and  

I can reply back and say no big deal, no biggie.

I'm letting you know that this wasn't a  

significant task for me to  do, so I'm happy to do it.

No biggie, no big deal.

Number eight, 100% This one  is very trendy right now.

She doesn't do her fair share of the work,  100% This means I completely agree with you.

I 100% agree with you For pronunciation,  Native speakers often say, uh, 100%.

A hundred, 100%.

You can also say 100% yeah, agreed 100%.

Absolutely agree 100%.

Number nine, I'm.

Really into yoga.

What about you?

What are you into?

To be into something.

This is when you enjoy doing something  you have a strong interest in something.

This question is commonly used when  you're getting to know someone.

So if you're on a first date, you can  ask the person So what are you into?

And he replies back and  says, I love rebuilding cars.

It's my passion.

Just notice a verb, a preference.

Love is commonly used to reply to this question.

So what about you?

What are you into?

You could say I'm really into  learning English with J force English.

Oh, thanks so much.

Notice that structure verb to be I am into, and  then you have your verb with ING learning English.

If that describes you again, put let's do it.

Let's keep learning.

Let's do it.

Put let's do it in the comments right now.

I'm into yoga.

I'm really into fashion.

#10 let's Uber it.

What does this mean?

This means let's take an Uber.

Native speakers frequently  turn nouns Uber into a verb.

A native speaker would commonly say,  

I'll e-mail you, I'll WhatsApp you,  I'll zoom you using them as verbs.

Remember, you have to conjugate the verb  with the subject and time reference.

Last night we Ubered to the conference.

Last night we took an Uber to the conference.

I'll e-mail you the address #11 that's wild.

This is used to show surprise,  amazement, or astonishment.

A lot of Ubers won't accept my ride  because I live outside of the city.

This is true.

You can reply back and say that's wild,  which means I'm surprised, that's wild,  

that's wild #12 really with a question, really.

This is also used to show surprise,  amazement or astonishment.

I don't get Uber Eats.

It won't come to my area.

Also true.

You can reply and say, really?

And you can even add that's wild.

Put them both together.

Really, really really.

#13 shoot this means ask your question.

Jennifer, I have a question about  #11 shoot, ask me your question.

Jennifer, can I ask you a  question about #5 shoot Yes,  

you can ask me your question  #14 Give me a shout first.

Notice in the last one, shoot  pronunciation oot this one out.

Shout, shoot, shout.

This means call me or contact me.

Give me a shout when you land,  give me a shout at 8:00-ish.

Give him a shout.

Give.

Him a shout, If he pops out, give me a shout.

#15 Can you flip me the invite?

To flip means to send electronically.

You flip someone something just  like you send someone something.

Can you flip the team  someone the invite something?

You can also flip something to someone.

Same with send something to someone.

Can you flip the invite something to the team?

Someone #16 Now let's look at the invite.

Can you flip me the invite?

Invite is a shortened form of invitation.

To invite is a verb.

She invited the team to the party.

An invitation is a noun.

Have you sent out the invitations for the party?

An invite is a noun.

Have you sent out the invites for the party?

Notice because it's a noun, it  has a singular or plural form.

I have to send you an invite.

I can send you an invite if you want.

Number 17, I'll flip it to you in a SEC.

In a SEC means in a second,  which is a short period of time.

Soon you can say I'll be there in a SEC.

You can also get someone's attention  by saying, do you have a SEC?

Do you have a small amount of time,  maybe a few minutes in this case,  

And I can reply back and say,  Yup, yuppers there in a SEC.

Wait you in a SEC?

Wait a second.

Number 18.

She's a newbie.

A newbie is a new member of a team or a group.

You might say, can you show  Sarah how to file the reports?

She's a newbie.

Or your boss might say, keep an  eye on the newbies while I'm gone.

What about you?

Are you a new member of this community?

Have you recently subscribed or started  watching my videos if you have them?

Put I'm a newbie, I'm a newbie.

Put I'm a newbie in the comments.

I love newbies.

I'm happy to have you.

She's a total newbie.

I'm a newbie.

Sure, newbie.

#19 My study routine is dialed in.

To be dialed in means to be  fully optimized or perfected.

And here dialed in functions as an adjective.

So is your study routine fully optimized?

Perfected.

If it is, you can say it's my  study routine, it's dialed in.

If not, you can say I need 2 dial it in.

In this case, it's the verb.

I need to dial it in.

I need to perfect it, optimize it.

How dialed in were you #20 I'm crushing it.

To crush something means to do a great job.

So if you're enjoying this video, you  can say, Jennifer, you're crushing it.

You're doing a great job.

Do you agree?

If you do put crushing it, crushing  it, crushing it in the Commons.

This is a verb.

So in the past, simple you would say.

I crushed the job interview.

I did a great job.

I'm crushing it.

I'm really crushing it.

Exactly.

See, I'm crushing it #21 I'm loving it.

You probably recognize this because of McDonald's.

McDonald's slogan is I'm loving  it and notice loving in loving it.

Now this technically breaks an English  grammar rule because love is a state of verb.

So you would say I love this song even  if the action takes place right now.

But McDonald's popularize this,  so now it's very friendly,  

casual and acceptable to say I'm loving this song.

And by putting it in the present continuous, it  emphasizes that the action is taking place now.

I love it, I'm loving it, I'm  loving it, I'm loving it #22.

Learning.

English is a piece of cake.

You know this one right?

To be a piece of cake means to be very easy.

Maybe learning English is a piece of  cake when you have a great teacher.

If you agree, you can say 100%.

So put that in the Commons.

It's a piece of cake.

Piece of cake.

It's a piece of cake.

It's a piece of cake #23 we shot the  breeze in the elevator to shoot the breeze.

This is to make small talk so to have  casual light hearted conversation.

Notice those conjugations Shoot,  but in the past shot and the.

As participle shot, you  might say my neighbor and I.

Always.

Shoot the breeze when we take out the garbage  

we see each other and we have a  light hearted conversation we.

Shoot the breeze.

And finally #24 you're.

On fire.

To be on fire, this means to  perform well, to do a great job.

I could say you just added 24 common  and natural expressions to your speech.

You're on fire, so let's celebrate this put.

I'm on fire.

I'm on fire.

You just did.

An amazing job put I'm on fire.

In the comments.

Now let's get back to practicing speaking.

And you're going to practice  providing advice to a friend.

So what?

Kind of grammar would you use  to provide advice to a friend?

Do you know?

If you know, put it in the comments.

What kind of grammar would you use?

Provide advice to a friend.

Well, first of all, I want to remind  you that this is a speaking class.

I want you to practice your speaking.

So how are you going to practice your speaking if,  of course, you're watching this on your device?

We're not in a classroom  together, a live classroom.

So how can you practice your speaking?

Well, I want you to answer out loud.

So I want you to open your mouth  and say the answer out loud.

I want you to hear the sound of your voice.

Now, of course, you can put it in  the comments too, because you can  

practice your sentence structure and take  some time to really form those sentences.

But I want you to answer out  loud to practice speaking.

Do we have a deal?

OK, great.

Now getting back to the grammar.

If you're providing advice to a friend,  you're going to use your modal verbs.

Here are some modal verbs that  we're going to practice in this  

class and you're going to get very  comfortable with the first one must.

Now remember with modal verbs you use the  modal and the base verb must plus base verb.

So this is used for a strong obligation.

It sounds like something an  authority figure would say to you.

An authority figure could be your boss,  your parents, your significant other.

A friend might talk to you from a position  of authority as well, or of course police,  

government, a position of authority.

Now, if you want to sound less strong but  still make an obligation, you can use have to  

notice that preposition to  you have to plus base verb.

Also, you should and then base verb.

This is for a recommendation or suggestion.

You could plus base verb.

This is for the possibility.

The possibility exists.

Now how about this one?

If I were you, I would plus base verb.

This is for a hypothetical situation.

And notice I were I were because  in this hypothetical situation,  

we use were for all subjects.

It doesn't change if I were you, if she were you,  if we were you, you use were in all situations.

So how about we practice and we'll go through each  

one first and you'll have lots  of chance to practice this one.

OK, now you're going to provide advice.

So I'm your friend and I see to you.

Oh my goodness.

You won't believe it.

Jorge, you won't believe it.

Mossab, you won't believe it.

Told me you won't believe it.

Yuri, my Co worker is stealing from the company.

Now this I am coming to you as  a friend to get your advice.

So you need to provide me your friend advice.

Now let's practice using must plus base verb.

And I chose this example specifically  because remember must is for an obligation.

It's a very strong obligation.

And this sounds like a very extreme situation.

My coworker is stealing from the company.

Now when you steal something, notice  you steal from someone or something.

Something being the company.

So when you steal something, just  like you can see in this picture,  

you take something that doesn't belong to you.

You can steal an object like  here you could steal money.

Of course my Co worker is  stealing from the company.

You could steal information as well.

So how about let's practice this?

You must.

What could you provide as advice?

You must what you must.

Maybe you must report this.

You must tell your boss.

You must tell someone.

You must talk to your coworker.

Those are all options.

What else could we say?

So practice this.

Put an example in the comments.

You must.

You must.

And then your base verb.

You must tell someone.

Notice you tell someone something or  you must say something to someone.

You must say something to your boss.

You must.

Tell.

Your boss so notice the different structure there.

So Tommy said you must return it?

Yes exactly.

So you would be talking directly  to the person who stole it.

You must return it now.

If you're providing advice to a friend  it would be you must tell your Co worker  

to return it because I'm not the one who  stole it, it's the Co worker who stole it.

You must tell your Co worker to return it or  

speaking directly to the Co  worker, you must return it.

Very nice, Tony, how about Horatio  said you must talk to your boss.

Exactly.

So you talk to someone, you must talk to  your boss and notice your modal verb must,  

and then the base verb,  you must talk to your boss.

Very good, Alexander said you must  report to the compliance department.

Oh, exactly.

So the compliance department, a  specific department in the company.

Now there's something we need to do  here, Alexander, you report something.

So this requires the object.

You must report this.

You must report it to the compliance department.

But it's you must use the object.

So notice I just used must because I'm  speaking from a point of obligation,  

because there are rules in the English language.

So you hear me and your other teachers say you  must conjugate your verb, you must use an article  

because these are not suggestions, they're  requirements from a position of authority.

How the English sentence structure works?

So you must use an object.

You must report this to the compliance department.

Excellent suggestion.

OK, how about Miranda?

You must tell him exactly you tell someone you you  

must tell him to not steal from the  company, not to steal, to non steal.

Both are acceptable.

What Miranda did is she left the infinitive  together and put not in front of it.

You must tell him not to steal from  the company, which is excellent.

Miranda.

Alternatively, you can do to not  steal, that is acceptable as well.

That's called a split infinitive.

But to be on the safe side, keep your infinitive  together and put not before like Miranda did.

Great job.

OK, excellent, Yuri said.

I must warn him about the consequences.

That's an excellent one.

Very nice.

I must warn him.

You warn someone about something,  

I must warn you about the dangers of  driving without a seat belt, for example.

Warn him about the consequences.

Very nicely done, Yuri.

All right, so let's practice some more advice.

Now remember, I chose this one because  must is a very strong obligation.

Now, if you're enjoying this lesson,  make sure you hit that like button.

Subscribe because I do more of these lessons  and I have many lessons on my channel.

So make sure you subscribe and put yes,  yes, yes, if you're enjoying this lesson.

So I know you want more lessons just like this.

So put yes, yes, yes in the comments as well.

Now, how about our next situation?

So I'm your friend and I say  to you, oh, Miranda Alexander.

Oh, Yuri, I feel so tired all the time.

It's affecting my work.

Do you have any advice?

And now let's practice half two plus base verb.

Don't forget that preposition too.

And you have to conjugate your verb have.

OK, so and remember, you can put it in the  comments, but I also want you to open your  

mouth and say the answer, say your advice  because I want you to practice speaking.

So I just feel so tired all the time.

It's affecting my work.

Notice affecting because this is a verb.

Don't confuse this with E fact.

It's having an effect on my work because a fact  is a noun and all fact with an A is a verb.

So that's why I have the verb form here.

Well, first of all, I see lots  of yes yes yes, which is awesome.

This fab is enjoying this lesson Woo Hoo Vila is  from Laos and I hope you're enjoying this lesson.

You gave me a thumbs up.

Make sure you thumbs up this video as well.

Heidi Guy is enjoying this lesson.

Amazing.

Freddy.

Yes.

Woo Hoo, I'm so glad.

OK, now Mossab asked a fact.

Well, what does it mean?

It means that this situation is so my work.

Let's say everyday I need to write a report,  

but I'm tired so it's taking me longer  to write or my writing isn't as good.

I'm making mistakes.

All of those are examples of  how it's affecting my work.

So there's a consequence on my  work because of the situation.

The situation is, oh, I  feel so tired all the time.

So please, you're my friend, give me some advice.

Half, two plus base verb.

So what could you say as advice?

Put it in the comments.

And remember to practice speaking out loud as  well because I want you to open your mouth,  

say the words because I want you to  hear yourself speaking in English.

Right now I'm doing a lot of talking.

I'm improved proving my speaking  skills, but what about you?

OK, Yuri said you have to go on vacation.

Excellent suggestion.

Thank you Yuri.

And that's true.

So everyone open your mouth and say  you have to go on vacation to go.

Notice how I did to to unstressed  to go practice that to go to go on  

go on, to go on, to go on vacation.

You have to go on vacation.

All right, Imitate my pronunciation  of practice speaking as well.

Excellent advice and notice  have +2 plus base verb.

Alexander said you have to take a rest  since this tiredness is affecting your work.

Most likely it could be affecting your work  because you said my work which belongs to  

Alexander, but you want to say your work which  would belong to me, you have to take a rest.

Yes, and and in To be honest, in American English,  

we would probably say take a  break, take a break, take a rest.

Perhaps maybe it's a little more British English.

I don't speak British English, but in North  America we would say take a break, take a break.

If I say take a rest, to me that  sounds like have a nap, have a nap,  

but take a break means I'm going to stop  working and I'm going to go for a bike ride  

or go on vacation or go play with my cats  for a little bit, something like that, OK?

And Freddie said 5:00 to take a nap.

I'm so exhausted.

Yes, exactly.

Very good.

I have to take a nap.

Now.

In American English, we don't  conjure, we don't contract,  

we don't take our subject have and form  a contraction When have is the main verb.

I have to take a nap.

I'm so exhausted.

But they, Freddie, they do in British English.

But I just want you to know, in American  English, we wouldn't form that contraction.

I would say I have to take a nap.

You have to take a nap to  provide advice to someone else.

OK.

And Alexander said you have to visit a doctor  checking the reasons for this tiredness exactly.

You have to visit a doctor so she can or so he  can check the reasons for this tiredness exactly.

Very nice.

Fatima, similar advice.

You have to do a checkup.

Yes, exactly.

We would say you have to get a checkup or go  for a checkup and exactly what Alexander said.

So the doctor performs the checkup where he  just checks your vitals and checks your heart,  

maybe even takes blood to  check for for any issues.

But the doctor does the checkup.

But as me, as the patient, I would go  for a checkup or I would get a checkup.

Oh, I'm getting a checkup.

I'm going for a checkup.

OK.

And Manuel said you have  to make a break for longer.

Very nice advice, Manuel.

Now with break, what verb do we use?

You don't make a break, but you take.

You have to take a break, take  a break, take a long break.

So take a break where you stop working  for a period of time, Sergey said.

You have to change your focus temporarily.

Excellent job.

So now I'm focused on work.

So I have to change my focus and maybe focus on my  health or focus on my hobbies, focus on my family.

Change your focus temporarily.

So temporarily means for a period  of time, but not permanently.

Very nice, OK Patricia says you have  to take a long pause this summer.

So again in American English, very nice,  Patricia, we would say take a break.

Take a break.

Take a break.

OK, Phyllis said you have to get a few days off.

Yes, exactly.

You have to get a few days off.

You have to take a few days off.

You can also use the verb take.

You take time off.

If I take time off, it means I do not work  those days, even though normally I do.

So let's say this week I take Friday off.

Well, then it means I normally work on Friday, but  this Friday I don't work, I'm taking Friday off.

All right, awesome.

Let's try one more.

Wake up said you have to take a trip.

Exactly.

Another verb would take you have to take a  trip and spend your own time chilling there.

So chilling.

That's a nice casual way of saying  relaxing, taking a break, chilling.

I'm just chilling.

Very good.

Excellent job, everybody.

Everyone has such wonderful advice.

And make sure you're practicing this out  loud to practice your speaking as well.

How about our next situation?

I'm your friend, of course, and I say,  oh, Tomi, Shree Goor Mohammed, Freddie,  

most of I have an important project  at work, but I feel overwhelmed.

So when you feel overwhelmed, it means that  you have so many things to do or so many  

tasks and you feel you don't have enough time  or maybe you don't have the skills required,  

you don't have the tools that you need.

You don't have the support that you need.

You don't have the team that  you need the other people.

And all this causes feelings of  anxiety or frustration, overwhelm.

So it's a negative feeling and  it's a strong negative feeling.

So let's provide some advice.

What can you please help me?

I need your advice, what should I do?

So here let's practice should plus base verb.

You should what put?

Put it in the comments.

I have an important project at  work but I feel overwhelmed.

What should I do?

Please give me some advice, I need your help.

So remember I want you to practice speaking.

Open your mouth and say it out loud and after.

You can also put it in the comments  so I can make sure it's correct.

And then once I review it, you can practice  again and try to imitate my pronunciation.

So let's practice overwhelmed.

Notice this Ed whelmed.

It's a very soft D whelmed, whelmed.

And then you just add over overwhelmed.

Repeat after me overwhelmed.

I feel overwhelmed.

Good.

Make sure you're practicing that out  loud to practice your pronunciation.

Now notice you can feel overwhelmed or you  can be overwhelmed, but I'm overwhelmed.

I feel overwhelmed.

Both of them are correct.

All right, so let's see some advice  that you are providing to me.

So first of all, Mauricio said you  got a lot on your plate Exactly.

So this is a great definition  of when you're overwhelmed,  

it means you have a lot on your plate.

So when you have a lot on your  plate, it means you're very busy.

You're busy with many different tasks,  many different responsibilities.

So what about you?

Do you have a lot on your plate today?

Do you have a lot on your plate this week?

It means you have your To Do List is very long.

You have many different  tasks, many responsibilities.

This doesn't have to be just with work.

It could be at home as well.

You have to plan a party.

You have to take your parents  to a doctor's appointment.

You have to help your kids with school work.

You have a lot of chores to do at home.

So all of that means you have a lot on your plate.

OK, So you can practice that as well.

Great idiom.

So that's an idiom to have a  lot on one's plate, your plate.

So Manuel said you should ask for help.

So remember, if you're providing this as advice to  

someone you wanting use you as the  subject, you should ask for help.

And you don't need all help.

It's just help because help doesn't  have a singular or plural form.

I need so much help.

I need a lot of help.

But we don't add an S to help.

So you don't need an article.

I need help.

You should ask for help.

And that's an excellent piece of  advice because if I feel overwhelmed  

is because I have so many things  to do, so I should ask for help.

Very good advice, Manuel, I agree with you, OK?

Mossab said you should be patient with your work.

Isn't that great advice?

A lot of times we feel overwhelmed because  we think we need to do everything right now.

But if you're just patient, then you realize  you don't have to do everything right now.

Very nice, nice advice, OK, Anna said.

First of all, ooh, very nice way to start.

First of all, you should  figure out what's causing it.

Very nice.

So figure out.

This is a phrasal verb to figure out.

So it's in the base verb form.

And when you figure something out, it means  you understand it, you know the cause of it,  

you know why it's happening, and you  can take action to solve it as well.

So you should figure out what's causing it.

Very nicely, said Anna.

OK.

And Keaton said you should  divide your work in a team.

Very nice you so you should divide your work.

So I have all this work and I should take one  piece and give it to someone else and give this.

So that would be divide your work.

You should divide your work among your team.

You should divide your work with your team.

So those are prepositions you can use.

Very good.

And you had your should and base verb, OK.

And Gord said what should I do exactly?

What should I do?

Please give me your advice, OK.

And Boshra said you should take it easy.

Exactly, you should take it easy, take a deep  breath and motivate yourself before starting.

Isn't that very a nice advice?

You should take it easy.

So take it easy is another way of just  saying just relax a little, don't do so much.

Take it easy.

OK, so I should stay calm first?

Exactly.

So if you're providing advice  to yourself, I should stay calm.

But if you're providing someone advice  to someone else, you should stay calm.

Very nice.

Wake up said you should ask for  some help from your coworker.

Yes, you can ask for help.

You ask for something from someone,  you should ask for some help.

And remember, because help is always singular,  there's no ask some help from your coworker.

Very nice.

OK, Patricia said you should loosen up.

So if you're uptight or if you're overwhelmed,  

notice how your body actually  becomes tight like this.

Everything is tight, but then now loosen up.

Loosen up.

So this means you should be more relaxed.

Loosen up.

You should loosen up.

Very nice, Patricia.

I love that.

OK, excellent advice everyone.

Let's practice another one.

How about could?

Now remember with could, could is for possibility.

So it's just a possibility.

It doesn't mean you have to,  it doesn't mean you must.

It doesn't even mean you should.

It's just a possibility.

So I'm just sharing one possibility and  

then you can decide if it's a good  possibility or a bad possibility.

So could is a very soft way to provide advice.

So how about this one?

I can't stop scrolling on my phone.

Just hours and hours a day,  especially right before bed.

I just sit there.

I'm in bed, I'm scrolling on my phone.

I waste so much time because I'm  not doing anything productive.

I'm not watching a video to help  me improve my English speaking  

skills or learn how to use modal verbs correctly.

I have both of those videos on my channel.

So make sure you like this video and subscribe  so you're not scrolling without a purpose.

You can watch videos for educational purposes,  so subscribe to my channel for lots more.

But could plus base verb.

You could and then a base verb.

And remember, this is just a possibility.

It's not a requirement, it's a possibility.

So it's a soft way to introduce advice.

So what can I do?

Provide a piece of advice  using could and base verb.

And remember, open your mouth and say it  out loud to practice speaking as well, OK?

Tomy said you could leave your phone at home.

Now Tomy is not saying you must,  you have to, or even you should.

You could.

It's a possibility.

Very nice Tomy And base verb you could leave.

Leave is the base verb.

You could leave your phone at home.

Yeah, that's actually really good advice.

I really like that advice.

Now you can change at home.

If I am home and let's say I have  a problem scrolling before bed,  

you could leave your phone in a different  room or leave your phone in your car and  

that way it isn't in your house  when you're trying to go to bed.

Excellent advice Tony, I really like that.

OK, what else could I do?

Please give me some suggestions,  give me some advice.

Jonathan said you could try  again and again till you make it.

Yes, exactly, just keep trying.

You could try again, try again and again.

Now I like how you added that again and again.

Now native speakers, sometimes we  add it more just to be dramatic.

I tried again and again and again and again,  

but I'm still overwhelmed or  I still can't stop scrolling.

Very nice advice.

OK.

And Horatio said you could turn it off.

Well, isn't that a great possibility?

I could turn it off.

So again, it's not an obligation.

You must turn it off.

Notice how different that sounds?

You must turn it off.

You could turn it off.

So there's a big difference between these  models, and that's why we're practicing.

Very nice advice, Mossad said.

You could resist temptation.

Oh, you could resist temptation.

So the temptation is that I'm just sitting  here and I have this feeling in me.

Or the little voice says, pick up  your phone, pick up your phone.

And then if I resist it, I  say, Nope, not going to do it.

Not going to pick up my phone.

I just resisted the temptation.

Very nice.

Mozart.

OK, Rebel said you could use  block apps to stop scrolling.

Exactly.

So block apps, I guess those are apps that they  

block your ability so they make  it impossible for you to scroll.

So I don't know how it works, but that  sounds like a very beneficial app to have.

Thank you for that suggestion, Rebel.

I'm going to look into this now.

Notice if someone gives you some advice  you can always see something nice.

Oh thank you, that's a great suggestion.

That's great advice.

Advice is always singular, so  you don't say that's great.

That's all.

Great advice, All great advice.

No, it's just that's great advice.

But that's all great suggestion,  

because suggestion is singular or  plural, but advice is always singular.

That's all.

Great suggestion.

That's great advice.

OK, now Farhad said, is this live?

Yes, indeed it is live.

But if you're watching the replay, which of course  will be after this is alive, still practice along.

I still read the comments even if you're  commenting after the live session.

So please practice along with us.

Even if this isn't live, I still will read your  

comments and I'm very excited  to hear your advice as well.

So hello everyone watching  the replay after this is live.

It's great to have you here.

OK, you should.

OK, you.

Let's see this one.

Fatima said you could read a book instead.

Exactly.

And this is a suggestion.

It's one possibility you could, and  then we can decide together, actually.

Yeah, that's really good advice.

Because if I'm reading a book, my mind will be  occupied with that book and I won't be tempted.

I'll resist the temptation to pick up my phone  and scroll because I'm doing something else.

Very nice advice.

Thank you, Fatima.

OK, forever sad.

You could start reading some books.

Exactly When this happens, we have an expression.

Do you know what that expression is?

In this exact situation, you can say great  minds think alike, Great minds think alike.

Great minds think because  think is conjugated with minds.

They think alike.

Great minds think alike because Fatima said  read a book and forever says read a book.

So great minds think alike.

You could start reading some  books and sometimes as daily  

basis and don't think of your phone exactly.

Great job forever, Stress said.

You could fill your life with various  activities which interest you.

Exactly.

Exactly because if I have a lot of  activities, I won't be tempted again.

That temptation is the noun form, and then  tempt to tempt is the verb to be tempted.

I'm receiving it.

I won't be tempted to use my phone  because I'm spending time on activities.

Very nice.

OK, Jamie said.

You could talk to someone from time to time.

Exactly.

I could talk to a friend, talk to my family, talk  to my students instead of scrolling on my phone.

Very good.

Very good.

OK, now isn't this amazing advice?

You might be having some of  these problems that I'm sharing.

So now you have a lot of advice as well.

Let's listen, or let's review one more together.

OK, Wake up Said you could set an  alarm to go off in a few minutes.

And then when the alarm  goes off, just go to sleep.

Oh, this is a really good time.

You're giving yourself a limit.

I can use my phone for, let's  say 15 minutes or 20 minutes.

And I set my alarm when the phone, when  the alarm goes off, I put my phone away.

That's excellent advice.

Wake up.

Very good.

OK, now this is a hypothetical.

Remember if I were you and  we use were for all subjects.

So if she were you, if they were you,  because it's a hypothetical and I am not you.

If I were you, I would.

And then base Ferb, Just know that native  speakers don't always follow this rule.

Native speakers commonly say if  I was you, if I was you, I would.

OK, a native speaker will say that.

Don't be confused when you  hear a native speaker say that.

Just understand they're not  following the grammar rule.

But for yourself, for your  IELTS, for academic rating,  

for any professional rating, the  grammar rule is in this conditional.

And you know it's a conditional because it  starts with if if you need were for all subjects.

So it doesn't change.

Now the past simple of the verb  to be conjugates with the subject.

I was tired yesterday.

You were tired.

She was tired.

We were tired.

They were tired.

It conjugates, but in this  conditional it does not conjugate.

It's were for all subjects.

Also know you can change the order.

You can say I would, I would and then base  Ferb, I would go to bed if I were you.

So you can start with I would and then  add on if I were you or you can change it.

If I were you, I would and then you're base Ferb.

OK, so the situation Alexander,  Gore, Najeeb, Freddie, Jamie, Anna.

I don't like my job but it pays well  and I need to support my family.

What should I do?

What should I do so you can  reply back if I were you?

So you're putting yourself in my shoes.

You're pretending that this situation is happening  

to you and you're sharing how you would  handle deal with address this situation.

So notice I said you're  putting yourself in my shoes.

That's a great expression as well  to put yourself in someone's shoes.

You're imagining you're that person.

OK, so let's review some of these and  remember, if you're enjoying this video,  

make sure you like it and subscribe so you  get more great lessons like this and so you  

can support this channel so I can make  these lessons available to you as well.

So Horatio said if I were you, if I were you.

So Horatio is now Jennifer.

So you can lead this class now Horatio, if I were  you, I would look for another job before quitting.

Oh, very nice.

I would look, look is the base verb  and notice you look for something.

So you need that preposition  for you look for a job.

And then he said before, before is a preposition.

So you also need your gerund verb after this  preposition, before quitting, before quitting.

You could also say before you  quit to use a subject and verb,  

but you can just use the verb in ING form.

If I were you, I would look for  another job before quitting.

Excellent advice Horatio, thank you.

OK.

And Tommy said if I were you,  I would change the environment.

Exactly.

I would change the environment.

And then of course Tomy can give me more  information about what how can I do that?

What do you mean by that?

What can I change?

So of course you can add on to this  and remember you can switch this.

You can say I would change base verb, I  would change the environment if I were you.

So you can flip that word order as well.

Olga said if I were you, I would try  to find some interesting in my job.

Very nice.

You just need to add something,  something interesting in my job.

I would try.

So try is our base verb.

I would try to find something  interesting in my job.

Excellent suggestion.

So I would find a way to make  my current job more interesting.

That would be changing the sentence  structure, but saying the same thing.

Very good.

Jonathan said.

If I were you, I would apply for a new job.

Exactly.

Very nice.

I would apply for you.

Apply for something and that's something  being a position apply for a new job.

Very good.

OK.

And Muhammad said if I were  you, I would keep learning  

about my passion till I get the appropriate job.

The appropriate.

Appropriate.

I think you mean appropriate, but you  just forgot the a the appropriate job.

Yes, exactly.

Because my problem is that I don't like my job,  but maybe I don't like it because it's not.

I'm not passionate about it,  I'm not interested in it.

So I need to keep learning about my passion.

And this is what Muhammad  would do in this situation.

So if Muhammad were in my shoes.

OK, excellent.

Big son.

If I were you, I would work harder.

I would work hard.

Work hard, work harder.

Both of them the same.

Both of them are grammatically correct.

Very nice.

If you're working hard, maybe you're  just you're too busy to notice.

You don't even like your job.

Very nice.

If I were you, I would work hard.

Nice Beauty said.

If I were you, I would try.

I would try for another job  that I like, that I like.

Yeah, I would try to get another job that I like.

Very nice Beauty, Alexander said.

If I were you, I would try  to find good characteristics  

of the current job apart from the salary.

Oh, very nice.

So change my focus, try to find something  that I enjoy about my current job.

If I were you very good and  wake up son, if I were you,  

I would find something fun  as a hobby for yourself.

I wouldn't quit the job because it  pays well exactly and notice great job.

Wake up because you can use I  would or you can make it negative.

If I were you, I wouldn't quit.

I wouldn't quit because I don't like it.

I would find something fun as a hobby.

So great job using that negative.

All right, awesome job everyone.

OK and Patrice said if I were you, I would  think twice before any further action.

OK, so think twice.

I like that.

Make sure you think twice before quitting.

Before is our preposition,  so your verb would be in ING.

So think twice.

You think once and then you think  again because it's a serious decision.

Excellent advice, Patrice.

OK, how about this one?

Now notice I didn't provide the model.

So now we tried must have to  should, could and if I were you.

So we have our five options and you  can choose any of those options.

And let's practice this one.

So now you can choose any of them.

You can even combine them as well.

So Najeeb Alexander Katam  Patrice Muhammad Sai Gore obide.

I need a new car.

Look at this car.

I can't get around in this.

It barely even works and is really  bad for the environment as well.

I need a new car but I can't afford one right now.

What can I do?

What should I do?

Can you give me some advice?

Can you help me?

What would you do in my situation?

What would you do if you were me?

What would you do in my shoes?

So notice all the different ways.

You can even ask someone to  share their opinion with you,  

to provide you advice, to provide you  with suggestions or recommendations.

There are so many different ways  you can even ask for advice.

So make sure you can go back and review that  

section I just shared and you can  write all of those down as well.

So I need a new car, but I  can't afford one right now.

What should I do?

And remember, open your mouth and practice,  practice, practice speaking out loud as well.

And if you haven't already, if  you're enjoying this lesson,  

make sure you subscribe like this  lesson and also put yes, yes, yes.

So I know you're enjoying this lesson.

And if you're enjoying it, then I'll  keep making lessons like this where  

we practice your speaking and we have  fun and it's more interactive as well.

So put yes, yes, yes, if you're  enjoying this lesson as well.

OK, so positive thinking said if I  were all rich, I would buy a new car.

OK, now rich, you don't need  an article in front of it.

It's just if I were rich, if I were rich,  if I were rich, I would buy a new car.

You can also say if I had the money, now the  money, because it's the money to buy the car.

It's specific money.

It's not just money in general, it's the  money that you need to buy a new car.

If I had the money, if I were  rich, I would buy a new car.

Yes, excellent, positive thinking, very good.

And that's why you're positive thinking, because  you're going to think positively about this.

Alexander said if I were you, great  job practicing that conditional.

If I were you, I'd check a credit for this car.

OK, very nice.

I'd check for a credit for this car.

So to see if there's an option to get a  new card on credit, so with a credit card  

or if the car company will provide a loan or  maybe the bank will provide a loan as well.

So you can use a credit card or you can get a  loan from the car company or the bank as well.

Or maybe even a family member could provide you  with a loan, give you the money that you need.

But with a loan, you have to give  the money back at a later period.

So maybe your brother, your uncle, your  mom gives you the money, but it's a loan  

in the future, you have to give the money back.

OK.

And Alexander said if I were you,  I would consider a second hand.

Yeah.

A second hand car.

Does anyone know what a second hand car is?

It's a used car.

So it's a car that isn't brand new.

Someone else previously owned  the car so it will be cheaper.

A second hand car, a used car.

Christian said if I were you I would  start saving part of my salary to buy it.

Very nice and good job using Start saving.

Start saving.

Saving is in the ING form  because start is a gerund verb.

I would start saving part of my salary.

So your whole salary you take one  piece and you save it to buy it.

Very nice.

Miranda said you should nice job  using should you should buy a bike.

Exactly.

Great suggestion.

I can't afford a car.

Well there are other ways to get around.

You should.

So should providing a suggestion,  recommendation, piece of advice.

You should buy a bike.

Really good suggestion.

And if I can't afford a car  well, bikes are a lot cheaper.

Oh right and Tommy is enjoying  this lesson Yes yes, thank you.

Leanne is enjoying this lesson.

Yes yes, yes, hate Hatay art is enjoying  this lesson Ella mozis obide awesome.

Thank you so much everyone.

I'm so glad you're enjoying this lesson.

I'm certainly having a lot of fun as well.

OK.

And Manuel said were I to have  enough money, I would buy a new car?

Yeah.

Were I to have enough money?

If I were to have enough money?

Were I to have enough money?

Yeah.

It's an alternative sentence  structure you can use.

Great job.

All right, UCS said if I were you, I  would save money for investing very nice.

I would save money for investing  very good if I were you OK.

And Beauty said I will work  hard that I would buy a new car.

Yeah.

So you could say I would you can use wood because  

it's the hypothetical I would  work hard in this situation.

I'm not in this situation.

But if I were so that hypothetical,  

I would work hard until I could buy could  is for the ability I could buy a new car.

I would work hard until I could buy a new car.

Very nice beauty and that's great, great advice.

Anna said you shouldn't go into debt at all.

Very nice.

So should is for advice and recommendations,  

but you can make it negative  for, of course, things to avoid.

You shouldn't go into debt.

Use a bike or public transportation are  some good options for you at this moment.

Yeah, very nice.

All right.

And Hossein said if I were you,  

so the hypothetical I would  borrow some money from a friend.

Exactly.

Very nice.

I would borrow.

So borrow is the same thing  you say to your friend.

Hey Hossein, could I borrow  $10,000 to buy a new car?

And then Hozine says yes, of  course, Jennifer, you're my friend.

Here you go.

But it's temporary.

So I borrow money from Hozine  and Hozine lends me money.

So I borrow money from.

I receive the money, Hozine lends me money.

He gives me the money temporarily,  

but I have to give it back to Hozine  and of course I will give it back.

I will pay you back.

Pay someone back.

I will pay you back, Ozine.

You can count on me, OK?

Katan said.

I advise you could exchange  your car with a new one.

If you exchange your old car it  will help in the price exactly  

So I advise you and then you could just  use the verb I advise you to exchange.

Otherwise you could just say you could you could  

exchange your car for a new one  and it will help with the price.

So it will help lower the price  because I give you this car and  

I get some money for it and then  that money goes towards a new one.

Very good.

And Jonathan said in my shoes,  I keep working to buy a new car.

Exactly.

Very nice.

OK.

And Mossab said if I were you I would deal with  my car until I can afford buying a new one, Yes.

So a Ford is just a regular verb and then  you use the infinitive until I can afford to.

Buy a new one.

Let's dive deeper into modal verbs because  they are so useful and important to have  

in your vocabulary so you feel confident speaking.

And at the end of this section, there's  going to be a quiz, so pay close attention.

First, let's talk about modal verbs of a ability.

Can you know this one already?

She can speak 4 languages fluently,  or I can see the stars tonight.

Notice for the structure, we have our subject.

Then we have the modal verb, and what comes next?

The base verb.

I can see the base verb.

I can see the stars tonight.

You can't say AH.

I can't.

You can't say I can too.

See the stars tonight.

Using the infinitive is grammatically incorrect,  

so remember that structure  subject, modal base verb.

Don't worry about taking notes because I  summarize everything in a free lesson PDF.

You can find the link in the description.

You can use could for past ability.

When I was younger I could run fast,  now because you use could which is past.

Ability.

This.

Means that today.

I can't run fast or I can't run.

As fast as I could in the past.

Notice I use the negative and a contraction today.

I can't run as fast.

So the structure here is subject modal,  not often formed as a contraction.

So pay attention to those  contractions and then the base verb.

I.

Can't run as fast today.

Also remember that models are not conjugated.

They're not conjugated.

With the subject.

Or the time reference.

So grammatically, they're very easy.

So don't say she can runs.

You don't conjugate run with the  subject she you don't conjugate it at.

All, of course, without.

The modal in the present  simple, she runs very fast.

You would conjugate it, but with  the modal she can run very fast.

Let's combine these two together.

When I was younger I couldn't  speak English, but now I can.

I'm sure.

That describes you.

So put yes, I can, yes, I can, yes, I can.

Put that in the comments.

Keep in mind that could is  also the polite form of can.

Could you open the window?

Please notice the sentence  structure for questions.

We have the modal could,  then the subject could you,  

and then the base verb could  you open the window, please?

You can, of course, use can.

Can you please open the window?

Could sounds more formal, more polite.

Notice the placement of please.

It can come at the end of the  sentence or after the subject.

Now let's talk about permission.

Both asking for permission and giving permission.

You can use can.

Can I leave early today?

And then to answer, you can say  yes you can or no you can't.

I can give you permission and  say you can borrow my book.

In this case, May is the polite form of can.

May I use your?

Phone sounds more formal and polite than  Can I use your phone or to give permission?

You may enter now.

What about this question?

May you open the window please?

What do you think about this question?

This.

Isn't natural a native?

Speaker would use.

Could could you open the window please?

This is because May is not used with  the subject you to ask for permission.

With the subject you to ask for  permission use could instead the  

other subjects you can use  May may I open the window?

May she open the window?

May we, May they open the  window, but only for you.

Could you open the window?

Don't forget that.

Let's talk about possibility, but not certainty.

Might it might rain.

Today could It could rain today.

Keep in mind there is no agreement to what  percentage of certainty that might and.

Could.

Represent, so it might rain.

What is that?

Is that?

40% chance of rain 60%.

80.

Percent.

There is no general agreement.

It depends on how the speaker interprets it.

So you would just have to ask the  person, well how likely is it?

Should I?

Bring an umbrella.

And the same goes.

For could.

I'm sure you've noticed by now that  one modal can have different meanings,  

so don't get confused by this.

I could run.

I could run fast when I was young.

This is used.

For ability, could you open the window please?

This is the polite form of can.

It could rain later.

This is for possibility,  

so you have to look to the context to  understand how the modal is being used.

Let's talk about obligation.

Must this sounds forceful or legally required?

You must wear a seat belt.

This.

Is either a very forceful  strong recommendation from  

someone like your mother, or it is legally  required you must renew your passport.

This is something a flight attendant  might tell you and they do not allow  

you to fly because your passport is expired.

And this is an obligation native speakers commonly  use have to when we want to sound less forceful.

I have to finish this by tomorrow.

We have to start eating healthy.

Notice the structure here we  have half, two plus base verb.

If you prefer, you can think of it  as half plus infinitive, which is.

Two plus base verb either way.

Don't forget the two for lack of obligation.

Take half two and turn it into the negative.

Don't have to.

You don't have to complete this form.

You.

Do not have have to and then as  a contraction, you don't have  

to complete this form or your boss could say  to you, you don't have to finish the report.

There's a lack of obligation  for the structure here.

Notice do not, don't have to and then bass verb.

Let's talk about prohibition.

Things that are prohibited, not allowed.

Often legally you can use cannot and as  the contraction most commonly used can't.

You can't smoke inside.

That's prohibited.

You must go outside.

That's the obligation.

You can't smoke inside.

You must go outside.

You can't use your phone during the exam.

That's the prohibition.

You must turn off your phone during the exam.

That's the obligation.

Cannot as one word.

Is the.

Correct spelling.

The incorrect spelling is can not as 2.

Words.

So cannot one word or the contraction.

Can't.

Let's talk about must not because this is a strong  recommendation, but it is not a legal requirement.

You mustn't sign the contract.

This sounds more like my recommendation  because I think it's a bad idea.

You mustn't sign the contract.

You must not sign the contract,  but that isn't an obligation.

If it were, I would say you  can't sign the contract.

You're prohibited from signing the contract.

Let's talk about advice you can use.

Should to give and ask for advice or suggestions.

You should study five days per week.

You should eat more vegetables.

You shouldn't quit your English class.

You should not.

You shouldn't ought to is used  to give advice or suggestions.

You ought to eat more vegetables, but  ought to is not used in modern English.

I remember my grandma using  ought to, but I never do.

If you do use it, just remember  it's ought to plus base verb.

You need that too.

To ask for advice or suggestions.

Use should.

Should we partner with this company?

Should I stop following J for his English?

What do you?

Think well to reply you can say yes, you  should or no, you definitely shouldn't.

Hopefully you choose that option.

Let's talk about shall.

So you're at a restaurant,  you just finished your meal,  

you paid for the check and you  can say to the table shall we go?

Shall we go?

And that someone at the table  could reply back and say we shall.

That is the only modern usage of shall, but  it is very commonly used to suggest leaving a.

Place shall we go?

Shall we go?

So if you want to use shall, I only recommend  you use it in that specific context.

Let's talk about will and would  because they are modal auxiliary verbs,  

so they have many different meanings and uses.

Will can be used for spontaneous future decisions.

I will help you move and I just decided in  the moment it wasn't something I planned.

I'll help you move.

It can be used for predictions often with  I think, I think it will rain tomorrow.

It might rain, it could rain tomorrow.

We also use will for promises and commitments.

All all subscribe and all like this video.

If you say that and you use  will, you just made a commitment.

So make sure you subscribe and like this  video so you don't break your promise.

Let's talk about would.

It's used in hypothetical situations.

I would go on vacation if I had more time.

So just by saying I would go on vacation,  I know it's a hypothetical we use.

Wood.

For polite requests or offers, would you  like me to make more lessons just like this?

You can say yes I would or no I wouldn't.

We also use wood for past habitual actions.

Remember, could was for past ability,  but would is for a habitual action,  

something you repeatedly did in the past.

When I was young, I would spend  hours playing in the park.

I loved it because I could run really fast.

So could is the past ability, but  would is the habitual past action.

Here's how native speakers have fun  with the meaning of modal verbs.

Let's say you ask me for something and  you say, Jennifer, could you help me?

A native could reply back and say I could.

And maybe I should, but I.

Won't so the questioner.

Is using could as a polite?

Form of can.

Could you help me?

But I reply and native speaker replies as a joke.

I could because we're using it for.

Possibility I could help you and maybe I should  

help you because it's an advice  or recommendation, but I won't.

Which is a refusal.

So now you know everything  you need to know about models.

Let's quiz your knowledge.

Here are the questions.

Hit pause and take as much time as you need, and  when you're ready, hit play to see the answers.

Here are the answers.

Hit pause, review the answers,  and when you're ready, hit play.

Now let's get back to speaking.

And you're going to keep helping your friend.

And this time we'll focus on three common.

Words that I see a lot of mistakes with.

Recommend, suggest and advise.

Here is the first thing I need your help please.

I feel so nervous speaking in front of people.

I need your help, so I want  you to give me your help.

Open your mouth and provide  me with notice the verb here.

It says recommend, and I chose  this verb specifically because  

students make a lot of mistakes using this verb.

So first let me review the sentence  structure with you recommend.

You can use I recommend plus gerund.

What is a gerund verb?

It's your verb in ING.

So notice we have the verb recommend and the  next verb subscribe is in the gerund form.

I recommend subscribing to J for his English.

Hopefully you would recommend that  to all your friends, your coworkers,  

your family, or anyone you know learning English.

Would you put yes in the chat if you would?

I recommend subscribing to J for his English.

That is the gerund structure.

Another structure you can  use is recommend plus clause.

A clause is a complete sentence,  a subject, a verb, and an object.

If required, I recommend that you subject  subscribe verb to J Forest English the object.

Now notice that is optional.

You can say I recommend you subscribe.

I recommend that you subscribe.

It's optional.

So now let's practice this fully.

Now, first, I want you to use recommend  plus gerund remember your verb and ING.

So please, Jonathan.

Jonathan Heideka.

Ava Meade.

Got luck.

Stella, I need your help.

I feel so nervous speaking in front of people.

What do you recommend?

What do you recommend?

I could also ask what would you  recommend because it's a hypothetical.

What would you recommend?

What do you recommend?

So I want you to answer and  use recommend plus Jared.

Now remember, put your recommendation in the chat  and can also open your mouth and say it out loud.

And in this case, we're  practicing recommend plus gerund.

So let's let's review some recommendations here.

Stella said, I recommend you study  hard if you want to get good grades,  

good marks, good marks,  good grades, the same thing.

That is a great sentence, Stella,  

And it's grammatically correct  and it uses our structure here.

I recommend subject, verb, object, a clause.

You study hard.

You could end the sentence there.

I recommend you study hard, but she provided  more information if you want to get good marks,  

good grades, and remember you can  have an optional that not required.

I recommend that you study hard  if you want to get good marks.

Excellent job, Stella.

Now you can also practice  turning this into the gerund.

So what would this be in the gerund form?

I recommend studying.

I recommend studying.

So in the gerund form, you get rid of the subject  and you take your verb and you put it in the  

INGI Recommend studying if  you want to get good marks.

Excellent recommendation, Stella.

OK, so again, Roberto, AK, Mohammed, Fred, I  feel so nervous speaking in front of people.

What do you recommend and you  can practice with recommend.

And Jared, now I know a lot of  you are watching the replay.

You're not here live with me, but  still write your example in the chat.

I do read the comments after the replay  

as well and and also open your  mouth and speak speak, speak.

I recommend so practice that.

Just get that pronunciation.

I recommend here we go.

AK said.

I recommend learning from Jennifer.

Exactly very nice and I'm  so glad you recommend that.

I recommend learning from Jennifer.

Now you can learn from someone,  which you're doing right now.

You can also learn with  someone, learn with Jennifer.

You could use that preposition as well.

Excellent recommendation.

Now notice as the noun, excellent recommendation,  recommend is the verb recommendation is the noun.

So excellent recommendation.

It's a something.

OK, excellent job.

So let me review another one.

So wake up said I recommend  taking our verb in INGI.

Recommend taking a deep breath.

Let's practice that.

That is excellent advice and honestly wake  

up before I started this live  stream I took a deep breath.

So excellent recommendation  

recommendation I recommend taking  very good and you take a deep breath.

Excellent job.

OK And CS said I recommend keeping  improving even if you feel nervous.

Yes.

In this case, I wouldn't use the keep.

I would just say I recommend  improving even if you feel nervous.

Keeping improving, I recommend keeping improving.

I would probably just say I recommend  improving even if you feel nervous.

Excellent recommendation.

OK.

And Jonathan said I recommend you  studying more vocabulary with Jay Forest.

Well, thank you so much, but this  is a mistake, a common mistake.

We can't mix these structures.

So notice you can either say I recommend  subscribing with your gerund or you use,  

I recommend you subscribe so you  can't use the subject and the gerund.

It would be, I recommend studying  more vocabulary with J Forest or I  

recommend you study more vocabulary with J Forest.

All right, awesome job Jonathan.

Great recommendation.

Sweetie said.

I recommend practicing in front of the mirror.

So notice recommend and then our verb in INGI  recommend practicing in front of a mirror.

Excellent advice and I agree  with that suggestion as well.

So many amazing recommendations here and  again, that noun form recommendations.

That's a something.

OK, so now we practiced with the gerund.

So let's practice with the clause.

Remember, the clause is a subject, a verb,  and an object if the sentence requires it.

So here you can see it again.

I recommend you subscribe, and you can use an  optional that I recommend that you subscribe.

I recommend you subscribe.

So what would you provide now in the clause?

I feel so nervous speaking in front of people.

Can you please help me?

Jerry, Jamie, Moses, Fred,  Stella, can you please help me?

Can you give me your recommendation?

So there, it's the noun form.

Can you give me your recommendation?

Any recommendations you could share?

Can you recommend anything so you can use the noun  

form recommendation or the verb form when  you're asking to receive it from someone?

OK, so I recommend you keep practicing.

Exactly.

So in this case, we have our verb keep and then  notice how the next verb practicing is in the ING.

That's because in this case  the verb keep is a gerund verb.

Keep learning, keep improving, keep going,  keep working, keep eating, keep sleeping.

Whatever your verb is, is in the ING.

Because keep is a gerund verb, I recommend subject  you verb keep and then the rest of your sentence.

And because the verb keep is used, we  need the gerund verb for the next verb.

Excellent sentence structure.

AK.

OK, Nicholas said I'd recommend that.

Start to speak with others  who can't speak English.

Yes, and notice how Nicholas  said I'd I apostrophe D.

Does anyone know what this is short for?

I'd recommend I would recommend so you can  absolutely see this because it's introducing it.

I would recommend I'd recommend  that you start to speak with others.

So you need the subject here that you start.

Otherwise the sentence is perfect.

Excellent job, Nicholas, an  excellent recommendation.

OK.

I recommend read English news regularly.

Yeah.

So notice here it's the infinitive.

This is an acceptable sentence structure.

It's not the most common and native speaker  would say I recommend that optional.

I recommend you read.

I recommend you read English news regularly.

All right, excellent recommendation.

Yes, we have some great comments.

OK, here we have Stella.

I'd recommend noticing that apostrophe D, I'd  recommend you take care about your health.

Yeah, you take care of your health.

You take care of something.

You should take care of your health.

You should take care of yourself.

You should take care of your health.

Very nice.

I'd recommend.

So you can absolutely use that as well.

OK, excellent job.

Now if you're enjoying this lesson, if you want  me to make more lessons where you practice your  

speaking and you get feedback in real time on your  sentence structure, you want these live lessons,  

then put yes, yes, yes in the comments  and make sure you like this lesson.

Subscribe if you haven't already.

Share this lesson with your friends and if you  like it, if I know you like it, if more people  

like the video put yes yes, yes, watch it, then  I'll keep making these live streams as well.

So how about a different question?

I need your help.

I want to get in shape but  I hate going to the gym.

Can you relate to that?

Do you feel the same way?

Now notice to get in shape.

To get in shape means you become healthy.

So you can do that by losing weight,  by gaining muscle, whatever that is.

I want to get in shape, get in shape, in shape.

And the verb is get.

I want to get in shape, but  I hate going to the gym.

And this time I want you to use the verb suggest.

Now our same sentence structure.

You can use suggest plus gerund or  suggest plus that optional and a clause.

I suggest subscribing to J force English.

I suggest that you subscribe to J force English.

So first let's you suggest plus gerund.

So remember I suggest and  then you need a verb in ING.

So again, please help me Gore party  Kejar ma Fred Ashem please help me.

I want to get in shape, but  I hate going to the gym.

What would you suggest?

What do you suggest?

You can use the verb would  or do as the auxiliary verb.

What would you suggest?

What do you suggest now?

Does anyone know what the noun form is?

Suggest is the verb.

What is the noun the noun is.

Do you have any suggestions?

Suggestions.

I'd love to hear your suggestions.

What do you suggest?

What are your suggestions?

Do you have any suggestions?

Can you share some suggestions?

All right, so that's the noun form.

What do you suggest?

So let's see if there are any suggestions.

The noun repeat that.

That's a difficult word.

Repeat after me.

Suggestions.

Suggestions.

Suggestions.

Any suggestions?

Excellent.

Make sure you say it out loud.

OK, let's look at some suggestions.

And yes, Alexander knew that  the noun form was suggestion.

Great job.

And the reporter said I  suggest changing your diet.

Yes, exactly.

So to get in shape, so that could be  to lose weight, to gain more muscle,  

I suggest changing the verb is change and  it's in the gerund form, the ING form.

I suggest changing your diet.

Excellent suggestion.

So again, you can use that noun form to comment.

Excellent suggestion.

What a great suggestion.

I appreciate your suggestion.

Thanks for sharing your suggestion.

So notice all those noun forms.

OK, Any other suggestions here?

I don't see a lot using the gerund verb.

So remember, we're practicing  with the gerund verb here.

So I see a lot of different sentence structures.

So let's see one with the gerund.

Wake up has a gerund.

I suggest watching what you eat.

Yeah, so similar advice to what we just had from  reporter, he said, I suggest changing your diet.

I suggest watching what you eat.

Now, when you watch what you eat,  you don't just literally watch it  

as you're eating a sandwich and you look at it.

When you watch what you eat.

We use this.

Someone might offer you a piece of cake and  you say, Oh, no, I'm watching what I eat.

So this is an expression that means you're being  careful about what you choose to eat or not eat.

And you're doing this to be  healthier, to lose weight.

So you're watching what you eat.

You're trying to purposely consume more  healthy food and not consume unhealthy food.

So someone offers you a piece of cake.

No, thank you.

I'm watching what I eat.

What about you?

Are you watching what you eat?

OK, Carlos said.

I suggest exercising hard,  especially if you want, if you want.

We don't want that S there.

You add the S if it's he or she or it,  

but not with the any other subject  if you want to get in shape.

So excellent.

Excellent suggestion.

Excellent suggestion, Carlos,  I suggest exercising hard.

OK, great suggestion.

Let's see any other ones with  a verb, I suggest, Fred said.

I suggest, notice we have our INGI  suggest buying home workout equipment.

Well, that's a great suggestion  because I hate going to the gym  

now because I don't like going to the gym.

I hate going to the gym.

Fred is suggest suggesting that I work out  at home that I buy home workout equipment.

Very good suggestion.

I suggest buying so that verb and ING very nice.

OK sorry I don't know how to say your name.

I suggest giving up all junk food.

Exactly.

So notice how I said it a little bit  differently than what was written.

Because food, we view this as a collective noun.

So when I go grocery shopping  I say what food do we need?

What food do we need?

Oh we need lettuce, chicken, bread, eggs, milk,  

butter, celery, tomatoes and then  you list all the different food.

But we don't add an *** to food.

So I suggest giving up all junk food.

Do you know what junk food is?

Can you think of an example of junk food?

We refer to all food that is  generally not good for you,  

very high in sugar, salt as junk food,  and it's food that is just easy to eat.

So chips, chocolate bars, candy, anything  like that we just call junk food.

I suggest giving up.

And when you give something up,  it means you no longer do it.

I suggest giving up all junk food.

Excellent suggestion.

Excellent suggestion.

Anything else here?

Moses says.

I suggest preparing your mind first.

OK, your mind.

Firstly, your I know that was a it's a typo.

This is what we call a typo when you  accidentally hit the wrong letter.

So here the person wrote it  with AT tour, but that's a typo.

It should be with AY.

And if you look at your  keyboard, they're side by side.

So it's a typo.

I suggest preparing your mind firstly.

Yeah.

So mentally preparing.

I suggest mentally preparing, preparing your mind.

So notice our verb is prepare  and it's in the ING form, OK?

And Suzanne said, I suggest visiting  a nutritionist, a nutritionist.

So this is a specialist.

I'm not sure if a nutritionist is  officially a doctor, to be honest.

Perhaps they have a medical degree, I'm not sure.

So a professional, a specialist that specializes  in what you eat and the vitamins you get,  

the nutrients you get, a nutritionist  and you can visit a nutritionist.

I suggest visiting a nutritionist.

Excellent advice, Susan, OK and Corinthianus,  sorry I'm probably did not say that correctly.

I'd suggest I would suggest everybody  let's practice that pronunciation of the  

contraction so you sound like an American native  speaker because that's the English that I speak.

I'd notice how soft that D is.

I'd I'd suggest.

So when you say it as a sentence, I'd  suggest you really don't hear that at all.

I suggest.

I suggest.

I'd suggest.

It's almost indistinguishable, but in  written English you have to include it,  

but in spoken English you don't really hear it.

So let's practice.

I'd I'd suggest, I'd suggest keep practicing that.

I'd suggest jogging in the morning.

And that's a great suggestion  because we need the noun form.

Everyone has such amazing suggestions.

Really great job.

I'm so happy with all of these.

Now let's practice with a clause.

So remember, our clause is we need a subject,  a verb and an object and an optional that.

So now with the clause, I want to get in  shape, but oh, I hate going to the gym.

Can you relate to that?

This is actually true for me.

I hate going to the gym.

So all of these suggestions are very helpful.

Thank you so much.

What else?

What other suggestions do we have?

And this time we'll practice with a clause.

OK, here we go.

Mike has a clause because I see a subject, a verb,  and then the rest of the sentence is the object.

And remember, there's an what is more  commonly written and in spoken English?

Native speakers frequently don't  say that in spoken English,  

but we're more likely to  include it in written English.

But just know that both ways are correct.

I suggest that you train yourself at home.

Very good.

So train yourself workout, do exercises,  many different ways to say the same thing.

Excellent sentence structure and  thank you for your suggestion.

OK, Stella said.

I suggest to my friend, we practice  beach tennis three times a week.

Very good this case I suggest that we  practice beach tennis three times a  

week now if you actually did say this to your  friend, you would put your verb in the past.

Simple.

I suggested to my friend, we practice  beach tennis three times a week.

Because if you're telling us now, you already  did this, so you already made this suggestion.

So the verb suggest needs to be in the past  simple but excellent sentence structure.

So you can say, I suggested  to my friend that we practice,  

we practice or I suggest we practice  because you can use any subject.

I I suggest they practice.

I suggest we practice.

Very good, Pong said.

I suggest you should apply an  intermittent fasting method.

Yeah, very good.

I suggest you apply.

You don't need the should because should is  also a different way to introduce a suggestion.

If you you should, you would just say you  should apply an intermittent fasting method.

I suggest you apply an  intermittent fasting method.

So I wouldn't use both suggest and should in one  

sentence like this because  they have a similar meaning.

But excellent suggestion.

OK, Jimmy said.

I suggest to you swim in  the pool three days a week.

OK, so remember that sentence structure we have?

I suggest now instead of two,  you can have an optional,  

not required optional that I suggest that  you swim in the pool three days a week.

Now it's correct.

Or you can get rid of two all together.

So I suggest you swim in the pool 3 days all week.

So not at week.

It's all week per week.

You can use either all week per week.

All right, excellent suggestion, Jamie Bhanu said.

I suggest that you must  not eat fast food too much.

Yes, very nice.

You must not eat fast food too much.

So if you said too much, it means that I can  still eat some fast food, just not frequently.

So limit the amount.

Maybe one day a week, two  days a week, but not too much.

Very good suggestion.

OK, sweetie said.

I suggest that you do brisk  walking whenever you can.

Yeah, very nice that you do brisk walking.

So brisk is when you walk at a  faster pace, a more intense pace.

So your heart rate increases  'cause if you just normally  

walk is your heart rate probably when it increase.

But if you walk briskly, walk briskly.

Briskly is the adverb.

I suggest that you walk briskly whenever you can,  

so you walk at a faster, more intense pace, so  your heart rate increases and is more exercise.

Excellent suggestion.

OK, Vitali said.

I suggest you use a bicycle to  commit to work instead of a car.

Yes, excellent suggestion.

I suggest that or optional, that  I suggest you use a bicycle.

I don't know what you mean To commit to work.

You wouldn't commit to work.

You could use it to Oh, I  bet this is a typo as well.

To commute, commute to work,  so Ute to commute, commute.

Yes, excellent suggestion.

Very nice suggestion, Vitali.

OK, Adda said.

I suggest that you watch social movies.

OK, I don't know how I'll get in shape, but  maybe the movies can be related to working out.

Perhaps.

But excellence and excellent sentence structure.

Now there is a formatting issue here,  and formatting is extremely important  

in English because it makes your writing  look professional or not very professional.

And the formatting issue is you need a capital  I, the subject I is always capitalized.

I suggest that you watch social movies.

There's no difference in pronunciation.

I said it again, but there's  no difference in pronunciation.

But the capital I always needs  to be uppercase capitalized.

The subject I right?

Other than that, excellent suggestion.

Now how about this?

I need some help.

I need your help.

I do way more work than my teammates.

It's not fair.

So if I do way more work, way is an intensifier.

It makes it stronger.

I could say I do more work  then notice then my teammates.

So my teammates do 10% of the  work, I do 90% of the work.

My teammates do one assignment, I do 5 assignments  and you can add way to make it sound stronger.

I do way more work, way  more work than my teammates.

It's not fair.

So fair means that it's just it  seems that it is the right thing.

So of course them doing one assignment and me  doing 5 assignments, that doesn't seem fair.

If it were.

Two and 2-3 and three.

Then it seems fair.

So now let's practice with the verb advise.

First of all, pronunciation.

The noun is advice.

Advice.

The verb is advise.

Notice that voice, advise, advise.

Repeat that out loud.

Advise.

I advise, I advise.

Thanks for the advice.

Repeat advice, advice.

Thanks for the advice.

Advise, verb advise, advice.

OK, you have the pronunciation,  make sure you practice that.

It's very important.

Now same sentence structure isn't this easy?

We have recommend, suggest, advise  the same sentence structure.

I advise subscribing to J  Force English with our gerund.

I advise that you subscribe to J Forest English.

Remember that is optional, so let's  practice with the gerund first.

I do way more work than my teammates.

It's not fair.

Can you give me some advice?

Can you give me some advice?

That's the noun form.

Can you give me some advice?

I need your advice.

I need your advice.

Can you give me some advice?

What would you advise?

That's the verb form.

What would you advise?

What do you advise?

OK, let's see if anyone has shared any advice  

in the comments and notice I  said any advice, some advice.

What do you notice about that?

Any suggestions?

Any recommendations?

Any advice?

Advice is a singular noun, so  it does not exist with an S.

There is no word in English.

Advices with an SI.

Hear this from students every day, but it  does not exist, so make sure you can use some.

Can you give me some advice?

It has to be singular.

Some advice, no S, Some suggestions with an S.

Some recommendations with an S But  advice, no S Remember that advice no S.

OK, so do you have any advice for me?

Let's see an advice plus gerund.

Advice plus gerund, Mariana said.

I advise making a meeting to talk about it.

Ah, that's a very good piece of advice.

Now notice, because advice is uncountable,  

we don't add an S If you do want  to highlight one you say piece of.

That's a great piece of advice.

That's a great piece of advice.

You could also just say that's great advice.

That's good advice.

You don't have to say piece of but if you  want to show the number you use piece of.

You could say I shared 2 pieces  of advice with my coworker.

I shared 1 great piece of  advice with my Co worker.

So that's how you make it.

Plural or singular you add piece of but for the  most part you can just say that's great advice.

Thanks for your advice.

Now Mariana, we wouldn't say make a meeting.

You don't make a meeting.

That verb make isn't correct, you would say.

I advise scheduling a meeting  so you can schedule a meeting.

I advise scheduling a meeting to talk about it.

Otherwise it's perfect.

All right, excellent advice.

And I agree that is a good piece of advice.

All right, Alexander, a little bit on the  other side, I'd advise looking for another job.

Exactly.

So if things aren't working at this job, if  it's not fair, so the workload isn't fair.

Workload is the amount of work, and you can  have a heavy workload and a light workload.

So heavy workload means you have a lot of work and  

a light workload means you  don't have a lot of work.

So if I have a heavy workload but my teammates  have a light workload, it's not fair.

So I should look for another job?

I'd advise, I would advise, I'd advise.

Repeat after me.

I'd advise, I'd advise, I'd  advise looking for another job.

And notice that preposition  You look for something.

You can look for your pen because  you don't know where it is.

So you look for something.

I'd advise looking for another job.

Excellent advice, Alexander.

Oh right Bhanu, I did.

I advise discuss that with your teammates.

So good piece of advice.

Notice again I said piece of  But what do we need to do here?

There's something incorrect  about this sentence structure.

Do you know Bhanu?

Do you know everyone watching?

Do you know what change needs to be made?

It's really useful to think about this when you  see a comment on YouTube or on social media.

Don't assume that it's correct.

Question is that using  correct sentence structures.

So what do we need to do?

Banu knows.

I advise.

I advise discussing that with your teammates.

Excellent job everyone.

OK, Horatio said.

I advise looking for a new work team.

Yes, exactly.

So in this case, maybe it's not a new job.

Maybe in the company there are different  areas and I can find a new team.

In the company I currently work for,  I advise looking for a new work team.

Exactly.

Very good piece of advice.

Excellent, Moises said.

I advise talking to your boss exactly.

And notice you talk to someone.

You can talk to someone about something.

I advise talking to your boss about the workload.

Remember about the workload, about  how the work is being divided.

So I advise talking to your boss about.

Very nice, OK?

Muhammad said.

I would like to give you piece of advice.

Oh, so I advise you abandoned your current job.

Really nicely done Mohammed.

I'm so happy you tried to use piece of advice.

There's just one, one minor but important.

And this is the hard part about English  is that there is one very minor mistake,  

but it makes a big difference  in how your level sounds.

So does anyone know what the mistake is here?

Because unfortunately, Muhammad,  that the mistake you made,  

it makes your level sound low, but  the mistake is a very small mistake.

But let's see, does anyone know?

Yeah, I see some comments here Exactly.

So sweetie and Jasmina, a piece of advice,  Yeah, even Muhammad, you knew a piece of advice.

Oh, and Muhammad said my bad, my bad.

I like that.

My bad is a very natural way,  

a very casual but friendly clique wheel way  of saying I made a mistake, my bad, my bad.

Exactly.

But the important thing is if you  make, even though it's just a very  

minor mistake for getting the article,  if you were to submit your application,  

resume, cover letter or a report to a  client and you made a mistake like this,  

unfortunately you would have a big  impact even though it's a small mistake.

So what you need to do is after you write  something, make sure you review it to make sure.

There aren't.

These minor or mistakes that have a big impact,  

but wow, so many people knew it  was ah, ah, peace, ah, peace.

Really great job everyone.

I'm very happy that everybody knew that.

OK, so let's keep practicing advise  advise plus Jaron OK, Louise,  

just I advise you watching English movie  whether you want to be fluent in English.

What do we need to do here?

So think back to that sentence  structure you can use.

I advise plus gerund, which is your verb and  ING and you use watching your verb and ING.

But then you also had the subject I advise you  So what you need to do is either get rid of you.

I advise watching or I advise you  watch and just use the verb watch.

All right, great piece of  advice, great piece of advice.

So now let's practice with a clause.

We just reviewed it, but  let's review it one more time.

The clauses I advise optional that  more common in written English, less  

common in spoken English, but both are correct.

And then we need a clause which is a  complete sentence, subject, verb, object.

OK, so again, I need your help.

I do way more work than my teammates.

It's not fair.

Do you have any advice?

Do you have a piece of advice?

Can you share some advice?

What would you advise using that verb form?

What would you advise?

So let's practice.

I advise plus clause, subject,  verb, object, OK, Jonathan said.

I advise you to collaborate with them.

So let's instead of the infinitive to  collaborate, you just need your verb.

So I advise you collaborate with them.

I advise you collaborate with them.

Excellent piece of advice, Jonathan.

Thank you for that.

I advise that you should stay calm  and do your job in time, in time.

All right, good piece of advice, Banu.

In this case, on time and in time are very  similar in meaning, but when you use them matters.

So we use on time.

If there's a deadline, for example 5:00 PM and I  submit the report at 4:30, I submitted it on time.

Now we use In Time to talk about  before something negative happens.

So I got to the airport in time  because I didn't miss my flight.

So that is the something negative that happens.

Those two On time In Time, they're very similar.

I believe I have a full lesson on that so you  

can search my channel for On Time In  Time to learn more about that topic.

OK.

And AK said I advise you find another job.

Very good, good piece of advice.

Thank you for your advice.

Excellent, Janet said.

I advise that you discussed the  workload with your coworker.

Oh, I love it, Janet.

Sounds very advanced and I  love how you use workload.

I don't know if you just learn that from  me in this lesson, but excellent job.

It sounds very advanced.

I advise that you discuss subject verb  optional that I advise that you discuss.

You discuss something, discuss the workload  and you discuss something with someone,  

discuss the workload something  with someone with your Co worker.

Excellent sentence structure sounds very advanced.

You nailed it.

You nailed it.

You know what that means, right?

You nailed it.

You did an amazing job.

You nailed it.

Great job, Janet.

OK, Jack said.

I advise you communicate with your teammates.

Exactly.

You communicate with someone.

I advise you communicate with your teammates.

Excellent piece of advice, Horatio said.

I advise that you talk to your team.

Exactly.

Talk to someone, and in this case, team.

Remember that team, the word  team, is a collective noun.

It represents more than one person.

I advise that you talk to your team.

Excellent.

OK, sweetie says.

I advise you discuss with your  teammates and make a workload plan.

Yeah, very good.

Make a workload plan.

So the workload is the amount of work.

So if you make a workload plan, it sounds  like we're discussing who does what.

OK, I'll do this.

You do that.

She can do this.

So you make a workload plan.

I really like that.

The only thing I would say is you  discuss something with someone.

So with this something I  would just use the word it.

I advise you discuss it.

It being the workload, you can also use this.

I advise you discuss.

This this situation.

Or it the workload with your teammates?

Because it sounds incomplete in  English to say discuss with someone  

without specifying the what you discuss  something with someone, Jamie said.

I advise that you talk with your boss exactly  that you subject verb and you talk with someone.

Now notice before you can talk to  someone, you can talk with someone.

Ultimately they're the same talk to  sounds like right now I'm talking to you.

It sounds more like a one way conversation.

The emphasis is on one person speaking,  the other person receiving when you talk.

With.

Someone, it sounds more collaborative,  

more of a conversation, but ultimately they're  the same and you can use both prepositions.

OK, Sobriova.

Sobriova, I advise you to communicate  with your team and your boss.

Yes, exactly.

You don't need that preposition to.

You don't need the infinitive.

You can just use the verb.

I advise you communicate  with your team and your boss.

All right, excellent.

And yes, Louis said thanks for your advice.

Oh, there's just a spelling issue.

Otherwise this would be perfect because  you spelled it as the verb form.

So grammatically this requires the noun.

And I'm sure you meant the noun,  but you spelled it as the verb.

Thanks for your advice.

Advice is the noun, and we need the  noun because this is a something.

Your advice, your advice.

Very good.

So so close to nailing it.

But you you made a typo most likely,  

and you wrote S instead of C, but  that changed it into the verb form.

So it's interesting how just a small typo  

or a small mistake can really  create a big issue in English.

And This is why you always want to  review your work before submitting it.

Now, of course, if you were  to submit a job application,  

you would want to review it many, many times,  

compared to just submitting a comment where the  consequence of a mistake isn't very high, OK?

Paulo said.

I advise that you explain the  situation to your teammates exactly.

So you explain something,  you explain the situation.

The situation is something to your teammates.

So you explain something to someone.

And it's really important when you  learn new words, new vocabulary,  

you learn the full sentence structure.

You know what prepositions you need, you know  the different sentence structure options.

In this case, when you're learning  something with multiple sentence  

structures, you can always learn one  sentence structure first, the gerund,  

and then when you get comfortable  with that, you practice that.

Then you can learn another sentence structure  

and then practice that and get  comfortable with that as well.

Excellent job, Paulo.

OK, how about one more piece of advice that  you can share and we'll review a few more.

Well, I have to share this  one because MD said I advise.

There's a spelling issue here though,  

because if I were to pronounce this  as you wrote it, I would say I advise.

But that's not correct because we need a verb.

So I have to change the spelling.

I advise, advise the verb.

I advise that you learn  English from J Forest English.

Well, I really appreciate that.

I appreciate your advice and thank  you for advising everyone to do that.

So I agree.

So like this video, Subscribe  if you haven't already.

Leave a comment as well.

And make sure you use that verb form though.

So be careful with these two words because  a spelling mistake can create a big issue.

Oh, right, MO said I.

Oh, another one of these mistakes.

We were doing so well, but now another  mistake here with the spelling.

So again, this is the noun form that  you wrote, but we want the verb form.

I advise that's the verb.

So you need to change this to an SI  advise that you read the labor law book.

So let's review this.

I advise that is optional and then  you need the subject, verb and object.

I advise you read that you  read or you can use the gerund.

I advise reading the labor law book.

OK, let's do another one here, Alexander said.

I'd advise that you stop monitoring other  people, but rather focus on your work improving.

Excellent piece of advice, Alexander.

Excellent piece of advice.

Very nice that you stop monitoring.

So notice monitoring is in the ING  form because stop is a gerund verb.

Stop monitoring other people in this  context, in this meaning it's a gerund verb.

But rather focus on your work improving.

Excellent piece of advice, Alexander.

OK.

And reporters said these are  some great pieces of advice.

You got it.

You nailed it.

Because we have some, which is a plural word.

Great is your adjective pieces  with an S because you said some.

So we need pieces with the S but advice  without the S because it's uncountable.

These are some great pieces of advice.

You nailed it.

Excellent job and I completely agree with you.

Everyone has shared such amazing advice.

Now let's dive deeper into these 3 words.

Recommend, suggest, and advise  because there are many different  

ways that you can use them and there are  many mistakes that I hear students make.

So let's say you're at a restaurant,  

you're looking through the menu and then you  ask your server what would you recommend me?

Or you're discussing a problem with your  boss and you ask what would you suggest me?

What do you think about these sentences?

Are these sentences grammatically  correct or incorrect?

What do you think?

Well, these sentences are wrong.

You can't say what would you  recommend me, suggest me?

Yet I hear it every single day.

In fact, I hear this so much from students that  

it's starting to sound normal just  because I hear it every single day.

And I have to remember that's not correct.

And the reason why this is incorrect is  because the sentence structure is incorrect.

Following the verb recommend suggest  we do not want an object pronoun.

Me is an object pronoun.

The good news is there's a  very easy way to fix this.

Just don't say me.

If you're at a restaurant,  say, what would you recommend?

If you're talking to your  boss, say, what do you suggest?

That's all you need to do because grammatically  

from a sentence structure, we  don't want the object pronoun.

Now let's take a look at this  example I saw on you glitch.

The example is I recommend you find 150 books.

Now this is where students get  confused because they see you.

I recommend you.

So why can't I say what would you recommend me?

Because this you is not an object pronoun.

It's tricky because you is  both the subject pronoun.

I you.

** *** it, we, they, and and you  is also the object pronoun me,  

you, him, her, but in this sentence.

The you.

Is a subject pronoun.

Now you'll notice here we have our verb recommend,  

and then following the verb  recommend we have a clause.

A clause is a subject, a verb and an object.

I recommend you Is the subject find  is the verb 150 books is the object.

Now, in written English, you can use  that to connect recommend and the clause.

I recommend that I suggest that it's  optional, and in written English it's  

most commonly included, but in spoken  English it's most commonly left out.

So based on what I just said, what  do you think about this sentence?

The doctor suggested me to lose weight.

Is this sentence correct or incorrect?

What do you think?

The doctor suggested me to lose weight.

It's wrong.

You can't say this because me is an  object pronoun and we do have a verb,  

but the verb isn't even conjugated with  anything, it's just in the infinitive form.

So remember, we need recommend,  suggest plus a clause.

A clause is a subject, a verb, and an object.

So how can we?

Fix this sentence.

We can say the doctor  recommended that I lose weight.

I is our subject, lose is our verb.

Notice the verb is conjugated with  the subject and our object is weight.

Remember that is optional.

Most likely I'll keep it in with written English  and I'll leave it out with spoken English.

The doctor recommended I lose.

Weight.

Another quiz for you.

What do you think about this sentence?

Would you recommend me for the promotion?

Would you recommend me for the promotion?

What do you think?

Is this good or bad?

This is good, don't be confused.

I'm going to make this very clear for you.

Would you recommend me for the promotion In this  sentence, I am not receiving the recommendation.

I am the recommendation because  you can recommend something.

For example, I recommend the duck.

If you're at a restaurant and  you're looking for different items.

There's chicken, fish and duck.

I recommend the duck.

That's a something.

So in this case, I am the recommendation.

I'm the recommendation for the promotion.

Think of it like this.

Your boss asks you who should  we recommend for the promotion?

Who should we recommend?

We should recommend Jennifer, of course.

Why wouldn't you?

We should recommend Jennifer.

I am the recommendation.

So in my question remember I asked my colleague  would you recommend me for the promotion?

This is not the same as saying what would  you recommend me, because that is incorrect.

In that case, I'm receiving the recommendation.

I am not the recommendation, I'm receiving it.

And then you don't want an object pronoun and  

you simply say what would you  recommend I recommend the duck.

Who would you recommend I?

Recommend Jennifer.

There is another sentence structure you need to  know and that's recommend suggest plus gerund.

Gerund is your verb in ING.

For example, I recommend drinking  8 glasses of water a day.

I recommend ordering the duck.

Now let's talk about advice.

You can say he advised signing the contract.

So what do you notice here?

What's the sentence structure?

What do we have right here?

Well, of course.

We have advise plus Jaron.

So this is the same.

Thing we can do with recommend or suggest and you  can also say he advised that I sign the contract.

So what do you notice about  this sentence structure?

Well, it's advised plus that which is  optional and then we have our clause,  

subject, verb and then our object.

So this is also the exact same sentence  structure you can use with recommend or suggest.

Now what about this sentence?

He advised me to sign the contract, advised me.

Hmm, He advised me.

What do you think?

Is this correct or incorrect?

Well, this is correct.

So with this specific verb advise, you can  have a pronoun, you can advise someone.

But notice what comes next.

We have our infinitive 2 plus  base verb, he advised me.

He advised him, he advised her, he  advised you to sign to go to eat to.

Drink any infinitive and then our object.

The.

Contract so advice is more flexible.

You can use it with the gerund the  clause and you can even say advise me.

So now let's talk about explain  because I hear this every single day.

Teacher, can you explain me  how to use the present perfect?

What do you think about that?

Can you explain me?

Is that correct or incorrect?

Well, you should know this by now.

It's wrong.

You don't explain someone, you explain to someone.

This is why I saved explain for the end,  

but I really wanted you to learn  it because it's the same thing.

We don't want an object pronoun.

Explain me.

No, explain to me.

That's all you need to do.

You need to add that preposition  too, because you explain to someone.

Now most commonly we use the structure  explain something to someone.

Can you explain the present perfect to me?

Now, if it's obvious that you're the one receiving  the explanation, you don't even have to say it.

You don't need to say to  me, to him, to us, to them.

If it's obvious, you can just say,  can you explain the present perfect?

That's fine.

But you don't want to say can you explain me?

So please take the time to study and  learn what I taught you in this video.

Because you will not sound fluent,  

you will not sound natural, you will not  pass your IELTS or your language exam.

If you say recommend me, explain me.

That's a beginner mistake.

But I hear all my students, advanced students  from every background use that sentence structure.

So take the time, watch this video multiple  times to really understand the sentence  

structure and then leave some examples in  the comments below because you really need  

to practice it the correct way and get lots  of repetitions with the correct correct form.

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