5 English phrasal verbs used when travelling | Learn English with Cambridge

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Hello, hello, everyone.
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I’m Maria and if this is your first time in the channel,
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Today, I’ll teach you
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five phrasal verbs you can use when travelling.
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Hey, Daniella, what’s up?
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What are you doing there?
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I’m preparing for a conference.
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It is in another city and a friend of mine
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that is attending as well
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told me she will give me some instructions
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for arriving.
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Look.
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Oh, I see.
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That’s amazing.
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Yes.
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But I don’t understand some expressions, you know.
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Like, for example, here it says:
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Please let me know what time your plane takes off.
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Number one: take off.
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So, if an aircraft, bird,
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or insect takes off, it means it leaves the ground
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and begins to fly.
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Therefore, before your plane leaves the ground,
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you notify her it’s about to take off.
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Oh, thanks, okay.
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What about this one?
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Once you arrive at your destination,
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phone me, so I can tell you which bus to get on and
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which stop you must get off at.
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Number two: get on.
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Get on means to enter a bus, train, plane,
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or most other means of transportation.
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Oh, gotcha.
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And get off?
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Number three: get off.
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Get off means the opposite.
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To leave a bus, train, plane,
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or most other means of transportation.
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Oh, right.
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Finally, look.
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When you arrive to the bus stop,
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you must get off.
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I will pick you up there.
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Number four: pick up.
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In this case,
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when talking about transportation, pick up means
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that you’ll go and meet a person and bring them back with you.
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Which means, she will go and collect you
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from the bus station to go to the conference.
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Oh, that’s great.
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Well, I guess that’s all.
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I don’t think so.
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Finally, when you get back from the conference,
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I’ll be the one who picks you up.
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Does that sound good to you?
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Ahh, sure, because get back?
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Number five: get back.
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Get back, in this case,
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means to return to a place after you have been somewhere else,
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to return home.
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Oh, you are the sweetest.
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Of course, I’ll be waiting for you.
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That’s everything for today, guys.
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Thanks for watching this video, and please comment below
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if you know how else we can use some of these phrasal verbs.
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Bye.
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