To Speak English FLUENTLY You MUST KNOW These 15 Phrasal Verbs

in this lesson I'm going to teach you 15 phrasal  verbs that are used in everyday English now some  

of these phrasal verbs you might know but through  the examples you're going to better understand how  

to use them and also learn more English as you  go through this lesson I will leave all of the  

phrasal verbs and all of the examples in the  description for you so that you can learn so  

that you can study these sentences in addition  to listening to them I will have subtitles if  

you are on YouTube and there will also be more  learning resources in the description for you  

let's get started with number one the first one is  catch on catch on a quick example is it took him a  

while but he finally caught on he finally caught  on this means to understand something especially  

after some time or effort more examples she  didn't catch on at first but now she understands  

perfectly she didn't catch on at first and it took  me a few lessons to catch on to the new software  

it took me a few lessons to catch on to the new  software so we can use it when we're learning  

something new I didn't catch on to the rules of  Chess until I played a few games and also when  

you are understanding jokes as well he only caught  on to the joke after everyone had stopped laughing  

so that is catch on the next one is run out of  something to run out of something a quick example  

is when you look in the refrigerator and you say  we run out of milk we run out of milk in British  

English you're here we've run out of milk we've  run out of milk to run out of something means to  

use up all of something so that there's none left  you've used all of the milk and there is none left  

two more examples we ran out of gas on our way to  the city we ran out of gas on our way to the city  

and I'm afraid we've run out of time for this  meeting we've run out of time for this meeting  

so we can use this for everyday life situations  we run out of eggs while baking the cake and also  

for work or deadlines I ran out of time to finish  the report before the deadline the next one is  

look after look after for example can you look  after my dog while I'm away can you look after  

my dog while I'm away this means to take care of  someone or something another example is she looks  

after her younger siblings every afternoon  she looks after her youngest siblings every  

afternoon and a question you might ask is who's  going to look after the plants while we're on  

vacation who's going to look after the plants  while we're on vacation it's often used for child  

care and also Pet Care two more examples I need  someone to look after my kids this weekend and we  

asked our neighbors to look after our cat while  we're on holiday the next two you have probably  

heard of but the examples are going to be really  really useful so number four is turn on turn on  

an example is Turn on the Lights it's too dark  in here and this means to activate a device or  

a machine it's often used at home for example  turn on the oven and preheat it before cooking  

turn on the oven and preheat it before cooking and  I've learned recently that preheating an oven is  

really necessary it can also be used in meetings  or classes let's turn on the projector to start  

the presentation let's turn on the projector to  start the presentation and the opposite of this  

is turn off I won't give too many examples here  because I'm sure you understand this one a quick  

example is please turn off the lights before  you leave please turn off the lights before you  

leave you'll often hear this in public spaces  for example please turn off your phone in the  

library please turn off your your phone in the  library number six is pick up you'll hear this  

a lot pick up for example I'll pick you up at 7:00  I'll pick you up at 7:00 and this means to collect  

someone or something another example is can you  pick up the kids after school can you pick up the  

kids after school and I picked up a few groceries  on my way home I picked up a few groceries on my  

way home it's often used for transportation like  we saw before another example is he picked me up  

from the airport he picked me up from the airport  and it's also used for shopping I need to pick  

up some supplies for the office I need to pick  up some supplies for the office boyfriends and  

girlfriends husbands and wives will often use this  in text messages can you pick this up on the way  

home can you pick this up on the way home now the  opposite to this is number seven which is drop off  

drop off for example I dropped off the package  at the post office I dropped off the package at  

the post office and this means to leave someone or  something at a specific location to leave someone  

or something at a specific location two more  examples she dropped off a son at school before  

going to work she dropped off a son at school  before going to work and I'll drop you off at the  

bus station I'll drop you off at the bus station  it's often used for errands and Transportation  

so errands and transportation I need to drop off  some clothes at the dry cleaner and can you drop  

me off at the train station on your way to work  can you drop me off at the train station on your  

way to work the next one is put on to put on quick  example is put on your jacket it's cold outside  

put on your jacket it's cold outside so this means  to wear or to apply something and we can also use  

it for some something else for example music and  entertainment some examples are she puts on her  

glasses to read the menu she puts on her glasses  to read the menu he put on some music to create  

a relaxing atmosphere he puts on some music to  create a relaxing atmosphere and let's put on a  

movie tonight let's put on a movie tonight the  next one is take off take off for example take  

off your shoes before entering the house take off  your shoes before entering the house this means to  

remove something you're wearing or for something  like a plane to depart as well so there are two  

main meanings here more examples are she took  off her coat because it was too warm inside she  

took off her coat because it was too warm inside  and the plane took off on time luckily thankfully  

the plane took off on time and another example  is he always takes off his heart when he enters  

a building he always takes off his heart when he  enters the building number 10 is something that  

I don't want you to do when it comes to learning  English and it's this give up give up an example  

is don't give up on your dreams don't give up on  your dreams this means to stop trying or to quit  

to quit something an example you might have heard  before is this she gave up smoking after 10 years  

she gave up smoking after 10 years and then listen  for the word glad here I almost gave up learning  

English but I'm glad I didn't I almost gave up  learning English but I'm glad I didn't so this is  

used a lot for habits and for goals for example  he gave up junk food to lose weight and don't  

give up just because it's difficult don't give  up just because it's difficult the next one is  

make up make up for example they made up after  that argument which is good to know they made  

up after their argument so there are two meanings  for this one two main meanings to reconcile after  

a disagreement or to invent something for example  she made up a funny excuse for being late she made  

up a funny excuse for being late and we had a f  fight but we made up quickly we had a fight but  

we made up quickly and one more example in terms  of inventing something is he made up a story to  

entertain the kids he made up a story to entertain  the kids number 12 is call off to call off they  

called off the meeting because of bad weather they  called off the meeting because of bad weather and  

this means to can something to cancel something  another example is the concert was called off due  

to rain the concert was called off due to rain  and unfortunately we had to call off our holiday  

plants we had to call off our holiday plans and  something you might celebrate is this the boss  

called off today's meeting the boss called off  today's meeting the next one is carry on carry  

on for example let's carry on with this lesson  let's carry on with this lesson and this means  

to continue doing something to continue doing  something an example is she carried on working  

despite the noise she carried on working despite  the noise and after the interruption we carried  

on as usual after the interruption we carried  on as usual so this can be used for work or  

study and also just for casual activity ities for  example They carried on chatting after dinner They  

carried on chatting after dinner the next one is  to cut down on something to cut down on something  

an example is I'm trying to cut down on sugar  I'm trying to cut down on sugar and this means  

to reduce the amount of something you might hear  people say we're cutting down on expenses this  

month we're cutting down on expenses this month  let's often use with Health as well I've cut down  

on fast food to stay healthy I've cut down on  fast food to stay healthy and the last one is  

run into run into for example I ran into an old  friend at the mall I run into an old friend at  

the mall and this means to meet somebody by  chance or encounter something unexpectedly  

for example I run into some trouble with my car  this morning I run into some trouble with my car  

this morning and we run into our neighbors while  walking the dog we run into our neighbors while  

walking the dog so that is a social situation  another example of an unexpected problem is I  

run into technical issues during the meeting I  run into technical issues during the meeting so  

those are the phrasal verbs that you're going to  hear in everyday English conversations what to do  

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