Important, Must Know Phrasal Verbs - An English Lesson!

Well, hello and welcome to this English lesson where I'm

going to teach you some three word phrasal verbs.

As if having two word phrasal verbs

wasn't enough, we have some phrasal verbs

in English with three words in them.

And the first two that I want to teach you

are to catch up to and to keep up with.

Jen's going to help me demonstrate this.

If Jen is walking and she is ahead of me and

I want to be in the same place as her, I

have to walk faster to catch up to to her.

Once I catch up to her, we can walk the

same speed and then I can keep up with her.

So if I'm behind, let's turn around and do it again.

If I'm behind Jen and I want to be in the same

place as her, I can walk fast to catch up to her.

And then once I'm here, I can walk at the

same speed and I can keep up with her. Hi.

How you doing? Good.

When you run out of milk, you have.

When you run out of milk, you have to go buy some more.

I should show you the English side, shouldn't I?

When you run out of milk, you have to

go to the store and buy some more milk.

Sometimes Jen and I find out

that we don't have something anymore.

Sometimes we run out of toilet paper, sometimes we run

out of milk, sometimes we run out of sugar.

So in English, when you run out of something, it means

you had it and now you don't have any more and

you need to go to the store to get some more.

Another three word phrasal verb is the

phrasal verb to get away with.

When you get away with something, it means you do

something you shouldn't do and you don't get caught.

I'm going to try and get away

with stealing this shovel from Jen.

Hopefully she doesn't catch me.

Oh, I wasn't able to get away with it.

Jen totally saw that I was taking it.

So sorry about that.

Here's your shovel back.

So I remember once when I was in school, one of

my friends got in trouble for something that he didn't do.

So I went to talk to the teacher to stand up for him.

When you stand up for someone in

English, it means that you defend them.

You tell the truth about something that maybe they have

been accused of and they didn't actually do it.

So I do distinctly remember it.

One of my friends said the teacher is annoyed

with me because they think I did this.

So I went to the teacher and

said, My friend didn't do that.

I went and stood up for my friend.

So another three word phrasal verb is

the verb to get along with.

When you get along with someone, it

means you enjoy being around them.

I think Jen and I have been married for as long

as we have been because we get along with each other.

Would you agree? Yes. Okay.

What is one of the reasons why you think

we get along with each other so well?

Because I think you're funny.

I think Jen's funny too.

I think we make each other laugh.

Is that why we get along with each other so well?

I think so.

I think we get along with each

other because we make each other laugh.

So when I was younger, it was more common for

people to drop out of school at age 16.

Not a lot of people did that, but some people

would drop out of school in order to start working.

Nowadays, people usually stay in

school until they're done.

Grade 12 at around age 17 or 18, and

then maybe they go to college or university.

But sometimes people don't do well at college

or university and they will drop out of

college or drop out of university.

So I think you get the meaning of that

phrasal verb to drop out of means

to quit school in some form.

Again, when I was younger, it was a

lot more common, but these days, most people

stay in school until grade 12.

In order to teach English lessons on YouTube,

I need to come up with ideas.

In English, when you say that you need to come up

with an idea, it means you need to think of something.

You need to sit and think so that you

have an idea for whatever you want to do.

I like to come up with ideas when I'm bored, when

I'm driving, and when I don't have anything else to do.

I try to think and I try to come

up with an idea for the next English lesson.

So hopefully this English lesson about three

word phrasal verbs is a good one.

It was fun to come up with it and it's fun to make it.

Another three word phrasal verb is

the verb to look forward to.

Many of us enjoy our birthday and

we look forward to our birthday.

When you look forward to something, it

means you're happy about something that's going

to happen in the future.

Often I look forward to New Year's Eve.

I look forward to starting the new year.

I look forward to my birthday.

Well, usually I look forward to it.

So in English, when you use the verb

to look forward to, it means you're happy

about something that's going to happen.

You're excited about something in the future.

Over the Christmas break, my kids were all home

and it was really, really loud and I had

to put up with a lot of noise.

I don't like noise, but sometimes

I just need to tolerate it.

In English, when you use the verb to

put up with, it means that you are

going to allow for something to happen.

You're going to tolerate it.

Sometimes at school during the last week of

the school year, the students are quite loud,

but I just put up with it.

I don't tell them necessarily to be quiet because I know in

a couple days the school year is going to be over.

So when you put up with something, it means

someone is doing a certain behavior and instead of

telling them to stop, you just let it happen.

As a dad, I've put up with a lot

of noise, especially when my kids were younger.

But hey, that's all part of being a parent.

Sometimes you have something that you need to do, but it

might take you a while to get around to it.

To get around to something means to

find the time to do it.

I usually get around to making my English

lesson videos on Saturday or on Monday.

Sometimes I don't get around to making it until

late on Monday afternoon, and then it's a bit

of a rush to get it finished.

So to get around to something means to find

the time to be able to do it.

You might have the same thing in your life.

There might be something important you have to do

tomorrow or the day after, and you're just trying

to find a way to get around to it.

You're trying to find a way to

find the time to get it done.

Another three word English phrasal verb is

the verb to come down with.

When you come down with something,

it means you're getting sick.

Sometimes you come down with a cold the day

before you have to write an English test.

Sometimes you come down with a stomach flu

and you're just not feeling very well.

So in English, when you come down with

something, when you use that three word phrasal

verb, it means that you're getting sick.

Well, hey, thank you so much for watching

this English lesson about three word phrasal verbs.

I hope you were able to learn a few more

verbs that you can use in your next English conversation.

Also, a big thank you to Jen for helping out.

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