10 Must-Know Phrasal Verbs that You'll Use Again and Again [Everyday English]

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- Hello, this is Jack from ToFluency.com,
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and today I'm going to teach you
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10 of the most useful phrasal verbs in English.
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Now, these phrasal verbs are very useful
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because they're going to help you express yourself
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more accurately in English
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because they are used all the time in everyday English.
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And as you know, phrasal verbs
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are a big part of learning vocabulary
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so that you can sound more fluent and more advanced.
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So we're going to go through these 10 phrasal verbs,
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and then at the end of the video,
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I'm going to share a couple of resources with you.
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And also, I'm going to ask you a question.
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So go through all of these 10 phrasal verbs
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and then answer the question at the end of the video.
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Okay, let's get started with number one.
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The first one is to get along with,
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to get along with someone.
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And this means to have a friendly relationship,
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to have a connection or some kind of chemistry.
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For example, I tend to get along with most people.
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I tend to get along with most people,
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not everyone, but most people.
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So I'm quite a friendly person,
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and I tend to get along with most people.
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Another example is, he just doesn't get along with her.
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He just doesn't get along with her.
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So he doesn't have a friendly relationship with this person.
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They don't connect in a good way.
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And here's one using a question.
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Do you think that they're going to get along?
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Do you think that they're going to get along?
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So again, this is a great one to know,
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to get along with someone.
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The next one is come up with, to come up with.
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Now, I taught this recently
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in a business phrasal verb lesson,
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but I want to teach this again
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because people use this all the time.
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Now, to come up with something
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means to think about a new idea or to create a plan.
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For example, if your boss says,
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"If we don't come up with something tonight,
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"our business is going to go under."
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It's quite dramatic, and if a business goes under,
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it means it ceases operation,
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that it doesn't have enough money to continue operating.
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So if your boss says,
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"If we don't come up with a plan tonight,
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"our business is going to go under,"
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it means you have to think about a plan or a strategy
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or to think about an idea to come up with something.
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Another example is, I always come up with
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my best ideas in the shower.
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So when I'm in the shower,
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I'm always coming up with new ideas.
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I'm always thinking about what I should do.
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And I'm always coming up with new video ideas as well.
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Now, what I should do is have some kind of marker board
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in the shower so I can write down my ideas.
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But do you come up with your best ideas in the shower?
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Let me know in the comment section below.
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And then listen to the intonation of this example.
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Who came up with that idea?
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Who came up with that idea?
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So that suggests that the idea isn't very good.
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Who came up with that idea?
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The next one is call off, call off.
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Now, we use this for events, especially, okay?
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So for example, the football game has been called off.
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I'll write this in my team's WhatsApp group, and tell them,
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"Sorry, lads, it's been raining too hard,
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the game's been called off."
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So this means to cancel, the game has been canceled.
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But it's not used for other things.
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For example, you wouldn't say,
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"The flight's been called off."
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You would say, "The flight has been canceled."
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The flight has been canceled.
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That's why it's important
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to learn English through sentences.
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And I've made a video on this, and I want you to watch it.
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So stay until the end of the video,
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and I'll leave the link for you.
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The next one is putt off, to put off.
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Now, it's often taught with call off
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because to call off means cancel,
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but to put off means to delay
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or to do something at a later date.
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A school teacher might say,
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"We've put off the field trip until next week."
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so because of all the rain,
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we've put off the field trip until next week.
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The field trip has been delayed until next week.
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Now, if the teacher says,
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"The field trip has been called off,"
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this means it's been canceled
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and it's not going to happen again in the future.
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Now, it's often easy to put something off
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if you don't have a deadline.
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So if you think, "Okay, I should be doing something
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"in English but I'm not doing it,"
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it's because you don't have a goal with a deadline.
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Now, get my book, "The 5-Step Plan for English Fluency,"
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it's free to download, because it's going to help you
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create a plan and then create a deadline for that plan
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so you don't put off your English learning
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and the things that you have to do.
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Now, the next one is to make up for,
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to make up for something.
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And I'm going to give you
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another football or soccer example.
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So imagine that a defender scores an own goal,
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so he puts the ball into his own net,
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which means the other team scores.
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The commentators are saying he's made a big mistake,
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he's made a big mistake.
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His team and his fans are booing him, he's in a bad place.
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But then two minutes later, his team get a corner
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and he scores a goal with his head,
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so he heads the ball into the net.
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And then the commentator says,
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"He has made up for that error."
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He has made up for the own goal.
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So to make up for something means that you correct something
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by doing something else.
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He made a mistake, he scored an own goal,
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but he made up for it by scoring a goal
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in the other team's net.
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It's often used in relationships too,
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so you might hear someone say, "I bought you these flowers
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"to help make up for what I said yesterday."
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So this when you've been a naughty boy or girl
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and you have to buy somebody flowers
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to make up for what you said
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because you said something that wasn't very nice.
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So buying flowers is a way to make up for something.
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The next one is to catch up on something,
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and this means to do something
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that you haven't been able to do,
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usually because of time, but also priorities.
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So for example, I didn't sleep well last night.
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I only got about five hours sleep,
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so today, don't tell my wife,
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I might go home a little bit later and catch up on sleep.
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To catch up on sleep, to have a nap later.
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So to catch up on something, again,
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means to do something that you haven't been able to do.
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If you miss a few lectures at university,
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then you might need to catch up on the work you have missed,
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to catch up on the work you've missed.
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And if you haven't seen my latest lessons,
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then you need to catch up on them.
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So watch them after this one.
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The next one is get through.
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Now, this always reminds me of the song
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"Gotta Get Through This."
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'Kay, Daniel Bedingfield, I think.
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I can't remember his name.
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I'll leave a link in the description below.
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But this song is showing a really good example
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of how to use this.
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I'm gonna talk about that in a second.
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But it can be used in many different ways.
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For example, a lot of people say, "It's really hard
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"to get through to a real person
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"when you call customer service."
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So most customer service lines
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have these automated answering phones,
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and it's really hard to get through to a real person
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when you call customer service.
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So this just means it's hard to connect to a real person.
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But to get through something
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might also mean to finish something.
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So I need to get through all my emails today
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before I go home and catch up on my sleep.
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I need to finish responding to my emails before I go home.
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But the song I mentioned before,
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"Gotta Get Through This," means that this person
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has to get through a difficult period,
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to deal with a difficult period,
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to overcome any problems that he has.
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So if you are going through a tough time,
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it's always good to speak to someone.
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Or if you're going through a tough time at university,
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it's always good to take some time
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and try and catch up on your work.
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The next one is move out, to move out,
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and this is often used
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when you're talking about leaving your family's house,
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so to move out of your parent's house.
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For example, when I went to university,
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I moved out of my parent's house,
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but then I moved back in after university.
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So to move in means the opposite,
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to go back and live in a house.
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So move in means the opposite, to live in a specific house.
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So if you're moving house, you can say,
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"We're moving out of our current house today,
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"and we move in to our new house tomorrow,
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"so we need to get a hotel room tonight."
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So we're moving out of our current house today,
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and we're moving into our new house tomorrow.
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The next one is look after.
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Now, this is used a lot,
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and we use this a lot in everyday English.
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So it means to care for something.
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For example, when we go on holiday,
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we need somebody to look after our dogs,
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so we'll ask our friends, "Is it possible for you
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"to look after our dogs while we're on vacation?"
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Or, "Is there any chance
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"you can look after our dogs this weekend?"
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Another example is, it's hard work
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looking after children all day.
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It is, it's knackering.
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It's hard work looking after children all day.
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But we can also use it for things as well.
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So if a child gives his friend something special,
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like his special pen, and he lends him his special pen,
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he can say, "Make sure you look after it.
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"Make sure you care for this special pen
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"because I want it back later."
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The next one is grow up,
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and you'll hear parents say, "Just grow up, will you?"
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Just grow up, will you?
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And this means that they want their child
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to act in a more mature way.
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For example, stop writing on the walls.
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You're 16 now, grow up!
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But to grow up somewhere means
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that you spent your childhood in that area.
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For example, I grew up in Lancashire, England.
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I grew up watching wrestling and football.
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I grew up playing outside all the time.
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We didn't have Instagram or social media or the internet,
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so I grew up playing outside all day.
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Okay, so those are 10 of the most useful
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phrasal verbs in English.
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What I want you to do now is to go to the description below
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because I have some resources for you.
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Firstly, my book, "The 5-Step Plan for English Fluency,"
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and then also the To Fluency Program
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if you want to get serious with your English learning.
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And then leave a comment below.
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I'm gonna ask you a question, here is the question.
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What is something that you need to catch up on?
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What is something that you need to catch up on right now?
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So leave your comments below.
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I'm going to respond to the comments
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that you leave on the first day,
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and I'm also going to go through this video
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at a later date as well.
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So leave those comments below.
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What is something that you need to catch up on?
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And then catch up on all the videos of mine
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that you have missed.
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Just click on of these two videos over here
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and go through the playlist to learn English with me.
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Okay, thank you so much for watching.
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One last thing, share this video.
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Okay, bye for now.
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(upbeat music)
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