Understand FAST ENGLISH with this Listening Exercise!

How well can you understand native speakers?

Well, let's find out because today you're going to  

test your listening skills of  real English, of fast English.

You're going to see if you can  understand TV shows, movies and YouTube.

And doing this will help you improve  your listening skills of real English.

And you'll expand your  vocabulary with natural speech.

Welcome back to JForrest English.

Of course.

I'm Jennifer Nella.

Let's get started.

Here are your instructions for the entire lesson.

First, you're going to see a sentence,  

and you need to complete the  sentence with the missing words.

To do that, you're going to listen to a clip  of real English and complete the sentence.

After, you'll learn how to  use the natural expression.

Here we go, our first listening exercise.

Whatever she you need to complete the  sentence, I'll play it three times.

Whatever she dishes out, you  can give it right back double.

Whatever she dishes out, you  can give it right back double.

Whatever she dishes out, you  can give it right back double.

How'd you do with this one?

Whatever she dishes out, our  phrasal verb is to dish out.

Now let's review how to use  this phrasal verb 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.

Amazing job.

Now pay close attention because  at the end of this lesson,  

I'm going to quiz you to make sure you  really know how to use these phrasal verbs.

Let's do this listening exercise again.

Here's your sentence, and you  need to complete the sentence.

I'll play it three times.

We're all just muddling through art way.

We're all just muddling through art way.

We're all just muddling through art way.

How'd you do with this one?

We're all just muddling through.

Let's learn how to use 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 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.

Amazing job number three.

Here's your sentence.

You need to complete the sentence.

I'll play it three times.

I'm.

Excited to nerd out on it.

I'm excited to nerd out on  it, excited to nerd out on it.

He's excited to nerd out on  This is a fun phrasal verb.

Let's learn how to use it 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 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 day.

Share that in the comments.

Number four, complete the sentence.

I'll play it three times.

Of course I'll stick around.

Of course I'll stick around.

Of course, I'll stick around.

Of course, I'll stick around.

Let's learn how to use this 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 I'll play it three times.

Wash up for dinner, guys.

Wash up for dinner, guys.

Wash up for dinner guys, did you  get this one wash up for dinner?

Let's review this phrasal verb to 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, here's your sentence.

Let's see if you can complete it.

I'll play it three times.

Now make sure if you leave, you lock up the house.

Now make sure if you leave, you lock up the house.

Now make sure if you leave you lock up the house.

How'd you do with this one?

Now make sure if you leave, you lock up the house.

Very good advice.

Let's review this one 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 U 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 We're going to review one of  my favorite TV shows, Parks and Rec.

Let's see if you can complete this sentence.

And while he was yammering on about whatever,  and while he was yammering on about whatever,  

and while he was yammering on about  whatever, how'd you do with this one?

And while he was yammering on,  let's review this 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 They've been let's listen.

Three times they've been mounting off  to me, they've been mouthing off to me.

They've been mouthing off to me.

Did you get this one?

They've been mouthing off to me.

Oh no.

Let's review this one.

Tell 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 yeah.

But I let's listen three times.

Yeah, but IMAX stole my credit card.

Yeah, but IMAX stole my credit card.

Yeah, but I maxed out my credit.

Card.

Did you get this one?

Yeah, but I maxed out my credit card.

Uh oh.

Let's review this 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 this is a fun one.

I'm let's listen three times.

I'm loading up on carbs.

I'm loading up on carbs.

I'm loading up on carbs.

How'd you do?

I'm loading up on carbs.

Let's learn how to use this 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 raise 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.

So now you have 10 new phrasal verbs.

Plus you've improved your  listening skills of real English.

So Are you ready for your quiz?

Here are the questions.

Hit pause.

Take as much time as you need, and when  you're ready for the answers, hit play.

How would you do with that quiz?

Let's find out.

Here are the answers.

Hit pause, review them, and  when you're ready, hit play.

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