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This is the Rachel’s English 30-Day Challenge!
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Learn 30 phrasal verbs in 30 days!
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Jumpstart your vocabulary in 2017.
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Today is Day 14 and we're studying phrasal verbs with “psych”.
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Get psyched up because we’re about to learn an awesome phrasal verb.
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To get psyched up is to get mentally prepared.
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I’m studying a lot,
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I’m feeling positive,
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I’m trying to get psyched up for my final exam.
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He psyches himself up before races
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by listening to heavy metal.
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My coach does a good job of psyching me up before games.
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If you psych somebody out,
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then you make them feel less confident:
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The other team tried to psych us out with their expensive uniforms.
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I got psyched out when I couldn’t find my lucky penny
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Even though up
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and out aren’t really opposites,
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psych up
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and psych out
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are opposites.
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This word looks crazy,
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but you’ve probably noticed in this video
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that the pronunciation isn’t too complicated.
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The P is silent.
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So we start with the S sound,
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Sss---
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Teeth are together,
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tongue tip just behind the teeth.
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Psy
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Then we have the AI as in BUY diphthong.
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Jaw drop,
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Psy--
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back of the tongue lifts at the beginning of the diphthong,
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psy--, aa, aa, aiiii
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and the front of the tongue arches up towards the front of the roof of the mouth,
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psy
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The letters CH make the K sound here.
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Kk--
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Back of the tongue touches the soft palate and releases.
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Kk--
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Psych.
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Psych up,
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Psych out.
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is leading up to a phrasal verbs course
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on February 1.
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