Understanding common phrasal verbs in English | Learn English with Cambridge

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Hello, hello, everyone.
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My name is Andres Herrera, and in this video,
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I’m going to teach you three phrasal verbs.
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And believe me, they can cause confusion.
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As Maria said on one of her previous videos,
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a phrasal verb is an idiomatic phrase consisting of a verb
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and another element,
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usually an adverb or a preposition.
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There are lots of phrasal verbs
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and they usually have very different meanings.
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So, let’s start.
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No, man.
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I’m still looking for a new job.
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By the way, I heard that you got a new job.
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How are you doing there?
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Oh, not really good, actually.
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I am fed up with cleaning up after that boy.
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He is all the time
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with his toys and you know.
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Wait a minute.
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Some learners might think
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that to clean up after someone means to clean somewhere
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that other people have already cleaned.
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The real meaning
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of this phrasal verb is to make a place clean
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after it has been left dirty or messy by someone.
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Hey, man.
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Did you pass your exams at university?
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Actually, it was really hard.
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I scraped through my final English exam.
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Wait a minute.
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Of course, you can scrape your arm,
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if you fall down.
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But if you join the words scrape
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and through, it means to succeed in something,
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but with a lot of difficulty.
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Like your final English exam.
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You look a bit tired.
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Are you feeling well?
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Well, I’m okay,
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but I think I’m coming down with flu.
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Achoo!
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How about you?
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Are you still going to university?
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Wait a minute.
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Come down might be really confusing,
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because you can come down two floors in a building,
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or when your mother says, come down for dinner.
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But when you add with,
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it can also mean to start to suffer from an illness,
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especially one that is not serious like the flu.
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If you want to deepen your knowledge of phrasal verbs,
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I highly recommend using the Cambridge
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Phrasal Verbs Dictionary and English Phrasal Verbs in Use.
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They will be linked in the description box below.
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Bye.
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