20 MUST-KNOW Speaking Phrasal Verbs to Build Your Vocabulary | TOTAL English Fluency

Hi there, this is Harry. Welcome back to advanced  English lessons with Harry, where I try to help  

you to get a better understanding of the English  language. Help you to introduce expressions,  

understand phrasal verbs and how to use them  and all sorts of other aspects to improve your  

vocabulary. And if you have any particular  difficulties or indeed if there's something  

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drop me an email, I'd be happy to include it. So  in this particular lesson and advanced English  

lesson, we're going to look at 20 important  phrasal verbs of 20 phrasal verbs that you  

can use in your daily conversation, okay, so I'll  give you examples for each of them. Alright, and  

what I want you to do then at the end, I want you  to take some of them, I want you to practice you  

know the drill by now I want you to practice them  get used to them because there's no point trying  

to learn them off unless you know how to use  them and where to use them and when to use them.

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at phrasal verbs 20 in total, so  I'll go through them one by one.

Number one, put off . Put off. To put off means  to postpone or to delay something. To put off a  

meeting, to put off an engagement. To put off to  postpone or delay something. So examples I had  

to put off my trip to London because of the  pandemic I had to put off my trip to London  

because of the pandemic. Don't put off doing  your homework until the last minute, do it when  

you come home. Don't put off doing your homework  until the last minute, do it when you come home.

Number two look forward to something.  To anticipate something with pleasure or  

excitement usually. So to to look forward to  something means to anticipate something with  

pleasure or excitement. Or I'm really looking  forward to the trip to Hawaii next month. I've  

never been I'm really looking forward to the  trip to Hawaii next month, I've never been.  

He's looking forward to starting his new job next  week. Okay, so he's looking forward to starting  

his new job next week. When we're looking, yeah,  just to give you a little bit of a tip here,  

when you're using looking forward to the "to"  is a preposition and after the preposition,  

the verb that follows is always in -ing.  So here, he's looking forward to starting  

not looking forward to start. He's looking  forward to starting his new job next week.

Alright, number three to bring up. To bring up  means to introduce a topic into a conversation.  

She brought up the issue of climate change.  During our meeting she brought up the issue of  

climate change during our meeting, he brought up  his concerns about the company's finances. At the  

board meeting he brought up his concerns about the  company's finances at all in the board meeting.

Number four to get along with means to have a  good relationship with someone or somebody okay,  

I get along with my coworkers very well.  I get along with my co-workers very well.  

I'm not sure if my dog will get along with  yours. Or I'm not sure if my dog will get  

along with the new kitten. Yeah, I'm not  sure they'll get along meaning they will  

not get along with each other they will  fight or they'll have an argument. Yeah.

Number five to take after. Take after  means to resemble someone in appearance  

or perhaps in the personality so often  to do with family members. Yeah, okay. So  

she takes after her mother in terms of her looks.  She takes after her mother in terms of her looks.  

He takes after his father in his love of sport. He  takes after his father in his love of for sport or  

sports, okay. So to take after to resemble someone  either in looks or personality or appearance.

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Number six, make up make up. And make up means  to reconcile, or to create a story to make up a  

story to reconcile when there's been an argument  we made up after our argument and apologised to  

each other. We made up after our argument and  apologise to each other. To make up. She made  

up a story why she was late for work. She  made up a story why she was late for work.

Number seven set up. And setup means to establish  something or to arrange something. Okay,  

so we set up a meeting with the client  to discuss the project in detail. We set  

up a meeting with the client to discuss  the project in detail. He set up his own  

business after working for the company  for many years, okay. He set up his own  

business after working for the company  for many years. To set up to establish.

Number eight now, number  eight run into. To run into.  

Run into means to meet somebody unexpectedly. I  ran into my old friend from college in the grocery  

store. I ran into my old friend in college,  from college in or at the grocery store.  

We ran into some traffic on our way home and  we were delayed we ran into some traffic on  

our way home. And we were delayed. Okay, so  to run into as to meet someone or something  

unexpectedly either person you run into in the  grocery shop, or the traffic we ran into some  

traffic on our way home or on our way to  the airport and we were delayed. They ran  

into some problems with the project. They ran into  some problems at the project. So if you're trying  

to get a project off the ground, and you came  across some difficulties in marketing something  

they ran into some problems with the project  or you ran into meaning you met the your old  

boss on the street the other day. So to run into  means to meet someone unexpectedly or some thing

Number nine to bring about. To bring  about... about means to cause or have  

reason to cause something  to happen to bring about.  

The new policies brought about positive changes  in the company. So to bring about change. So  

the new policies brought about positive changes  in the company. The invention of the smartphone  

brought about a revolution in communication,  as indeed it did. So the invention of the  

smartphone brought about a revolution in  communication. So we all use smartphones.

And then number 10. To look into. Look into  means either to investigate or to examine  

something to investigate or examine something,  we need to look into the issue about customer  

complaints. So we need to look into the issue  of customer complaints. The police are looking  

into the matter of the missing person. The  police are looking into the matter of the  

missing person. So they are investigating,  they're looking into it. Whereas we need to  

look into the issue of customer complaints, we  need to examine that in a little bit of detail.

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Okay, so moving now on to number 11. And just  in case you forgot or you need a little bit of  

a reminder what we're talking about this is an  advanced English lesson looking at some really  

important phrasal verbs for everyday use.  So number 11 to come across. Come across.  

And it means to meet or find or discover  something by chance okay.To come across,  

it wasn't planned. In other words, I came  across an old friend in the supermarket.  

I I came across an old friend that I  hadn't seen for many, many years. He  

came across some interesting information  while doing his research. He came across some  

interesting information while doing his research.  So he found something of interest to come across.

Number 12. Take up, take up. And take up  means to start a new hobby, for example,  

or a new activity to take up. I've decided to  take up tennis, I've decided to take up tennis.  

She took up photography as a latest hobby.  She took up photography as her latest hobby.  

So when you take up something, you start as  usually a new hobby, or a new activity. Why  

don't you take up something interesting,  okay to take up or to start something.

Number 13. To put up with, put up with. And  it means to tolerate or to endure something  

usually unpleasant or not so nice. So to put up  with to tolerate or endure something unpleasant.  

I don't know how he puts up with his noisy  neighbours. I don't know how he puts up with  

his noisy neighbours. I can't put up with this  heat anymore, I have to move to another country. I  

can't put up with this heat anymore. Okay, so when  you put up with something, it means you tolerate.  

Or you just simply use the expression, I'm  not going to put up with that anymore. So you  

often hear that I just refuse, I'm not going  to put up with that anymore. I just cannot  

tolerate the constant interruptions  that constant arguing or fighting.

Number 15. To settle down, to settle down. To  settle down means to establish a life but a stable  

life just to settle down. He wants to settle down  and start a family. He wants to settle down and  

start a family. And after years of travelling, she  finally settled down in a small town on the coast.  

So after years of travelling, she finally  settled down in a small town on the coast.

Number 16. To turn down. Turn down means to  reject or refuse something. So you can reject  

or refuse an offer or a request. Okay, so  I had to turn down the job offer. Okay,  

so this will be a good opportunity to use it,  I had to turn down the job offer because of  

the low salary, I had to turn down the  job offer because of the low salary.  

She turned down the invitation to go out on  a date, she turned down the invitation to go  

out on a date. So I had to turn down the job  offer because the salary was too low. Or she  

turned down the invitation to go out on a date  because she didn't really fancy the guy. Okay.

All right, let's move on to number  17. Okay, and 17 is break down. Okay,  

still using that preposition down. So 17 break  down and break down means to something that  

stops functioning stops working, or you want to  divide something into smaller parts. So let me  

give you a couple of examples of that. My car  broke down on the way to work and my car broke  

down so it stopped functioning, it stopped  working, it broke down on the way to work.  

Or, if we talk about breaking down into smaller  parts, let's break down the problem into smaller  

more manageable pieces. Let's break down  the problem into smaller more manageable  

parts or pieces. So everybody takes a  bit of the problem and we resolve it  

together. So to break something down into  smaller parts. So number 17, break down.

Number 18 is to give up, okay. Give up usually  means to stop trying, okay? Or to concede some  

ground or to concede defeat, okay. So I refuse to  give up on my dreams. So whatever your dream is,  

you want to be a professional footballer, or you  want to work in the city. So I refuse to give up  

on my dreams. I'm not going to stop dreaming or  thinking that I can do that or achieve it. And  

after two hours of searching, the police gave  up looking for the criminals after two hours of  

searching. The police gave up looking for the  criminals. They stopped the search for that  

time not perhaps permanently, but they they  conceded that they weren't able to find them  

they had disappeared so to give up. To stop  searching or to concede defeat, to give in.

Number 19 Carry on carry on and that  means to continue doing whatever you  

are doing to continue doing something so  despite the rain we decided to carry on  

with our picnic despite At the rain we  decided to carry on with a picnic. The  

teacher told the students to carry on with  their schoolwork while she stepped out of the  

classroom for a minute. So the teacher told  them to carry on with the schoolwork while  

she stepped out of the room for a minute  or a few minutes. Okay, so to carry on.

And number 20. The last one of our 20 phrasal  verbs number 20 is to cut off and cut off  

means to either disconnect or to end or to stop  communication. So the phone cut off in the middle  

of our conversation, the phone suddenly cut off  in the middle of our conversation, we lost power.  

During the storm, the power was cut off  and we had no electricity for many hours  

during the storm. The power was cut off,  and we had no electricity for many hours.

Okay, so there you've got 20 really good  phrasal verbs that you can use in any  

particular situation. I've given you examples  of each of them. So what I want you to do is  

practice them but don't just practice the examples  that I've given you come up with some of your own  

ideas and see do they work. They might not always  work but just try to use them. And make sure when  

you're using a phrasal verb, that the verb has  the same tenses as any ordinary verb and use the  

preposition that's appropriate with the particular  verb and that will give you your phrasal verb.

Practice them. If you have any problems,  come back to me and I'll happily give  

you some more suggestions, ideas.  And practical, workable examples.

Okay, this is Harry thanking you for watching.  Thank you for listening. And as always,  

don't forget to come back and  join me for the next lesson.