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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 15
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and we're studying "tap" phrasal verbs.
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I hope you’re not tapped out on excitement for learning phrasal verbs!
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Because today we’ve got another one to learn.
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Tap out:
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that means to have nothing left.
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We can use it with money,
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energy,
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ideas,
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resources of any kind.
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Hey Rach, want to come out for dinner?
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No, I don’t have any money.
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I’m totally tapped out after vacation.
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To tap into means to use some of a supply of money, energy, ideas, etc.
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Our new employee has a great energy.
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I wish I could tap into it.
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Hey, can I tap into your snacks?
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We had to tap into our savings to buy a new car.
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Now, if you get tapped for something,
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that’s an honor.
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That means you were asked to do something.
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She was tapped to sing the Star Spangled Banner at the baseball game.
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She was tapped to be company’s new CEO.
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Tap in,
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tap out,
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tap for:
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useful phrasal verbs.
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Tap begins with a True T:
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The teeth are together,
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the tongue is at roof of the mouth,
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tt, tt.
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When we release, you can feel a little burst of air, tt, tt, tap.
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Tap. Release right into the AA vowel.
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Jaw drops, ta, aa, and the back of the tongue lifts.
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tip stays down. Aa, ta
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If you have a hard time with this vowel,
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think of making your mouth on a shape of a square,
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aa that might help:
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Aa, aa, taa-, tap.
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To end, a P.
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The lips come together. Tap.
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Most of the time,
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Americans will release the P into a light burst of air. Tap, pp, tap.
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This 30-day challenge is leading up to a phrasal verbs course
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that will be available in my online school on February 1.
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Rachel’s English Academy is a collection of online courses focusing on English conversation,
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