If you don't know these CONVERSATIONAL phrasal verbs, you won't understand ENGLISH SPEAKERS

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if you don't know these 20 phrasal verbs  understanding English speakers will always  
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feel like a struggle this is because English  speakers use these in conversations constantly  
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therefore it's important to know them the good  news is once you master them you'll sound more  
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natural understand real English and even think  in English faster that's why it's important to go  
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through all 20 and focus on this lesson so  let's get started with number one number one  
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is chill out to chill out this means to relax  for example let's just chill out and watch a  
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movie tonight maybe you don't feel like doing  anything that requires energy so you say let's  
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just chill out and watch a movie tonight and  you need to chill out it's not a big deal you  
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need to chill out it's not a big deal you can  imagine somebody is stressed about something  
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now when you say this it hardly ever works but  you'll hear people say it all the time chill
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out the next one is hang out to hang out so you  can see people in the video here just hanging  
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out outside and this means to spend time with  someone casually to spend time with someone  
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casually for example I'm hanging out with  friends later I'm hanging out with friends  
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later that's what I'm going to do today  I'm going to hang out with friends later  
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and we used to hang out at the mall all the  time this is something you'll hear Americans  
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say we used to hang out at the mall all the  time question for you is where do you like
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to the next one is catch up to catch up  and this means to talk and share updates  
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with someone and you'll often catch up over  tea or coffee for example let's grab coffee  
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soon let's grab coffee and catch up soon  let's grab coffee and catch up soon or  
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I need to catch up with my old College friends  it's been a long time I haven't seen them for  
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ages I have a lot to tell them I want to share  updates I need to catch up with my old College
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friends the next one is mess up so  you can see this woman is stressed  
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and to mess up means to make a mistake  for example I really messed up on that  
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project I really messed up on that project  and don't mess up this time it's important  
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don't mess up this time it's important  that's really putting the pressure on
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someone the next one is wind down to wind  down and this means to relax after a busy  
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day it's similar to chill out but there is  a slight difference for example I need some  
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wind down with a cup of tea I need to whine  down with a cup of tea and we wound down after  
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the trip with a quiet evening at home so you  can imagine after the trip a stressful trip  
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you're tired you just want to chill we wound  down after the trip with a quiet evening at
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home the next one is come over come over  over and this means to visit someone at  
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their place for example do you want to  come over for dinner? do you hear that  
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inflection do you want to come over for  dinner? and she came over last night and  
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we watched a movie she came over last night and  we watched a movie there might be some gossip
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there the next one is crash out  
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to crash out this means to fall asleep quickly  I was so tired I crashed out as soon as I got  
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home I was so tired I crashed out as soon as I  got home and he crashed out on the couch after  
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the party it was a crazy party he was tired  he crashed out on the couch after the pie
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the next one is figure out to figure out  this means to solve or understand something  
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for example I can't figure out how to fix  this problem I can't figure out how to fix  
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this problem I don't know how to fix it and  she finally figured out where she left the  
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keys she was looking for her keys all day she  finally figured out where she left her keys  
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run out to run out this means to have no more  of something and we can use this in the present  
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continuous if something is in the process of  running out for example we're running out of  
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time hurry up we're running out of time hurry  up we nearly have no more time therefore come  
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on hurry up and my phone battery is about to  run out my phone's battery is about to run
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out the next one is eat out eat out this means  to have a meal at a restaurant which you can see  
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the people in the video that is exactly what  they're doing they look like they're having  
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a wonderful time we're eating out tonight it's  pizza night we're eating out tonight it's pizza  
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night and I don't feel like cooking I don't want  to cook I don't feel like cooking let's eat out  
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I don't feel like cooking let's eat out let's  keep going you're doing well before we do the  
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next one be sure to like this video click that  like button share it with a friend and subscribe  
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if you are new or if you haven't done so already  the next one is call off to call off this means  
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to cancel something we had to call off the picnic  because of the rain we planned a picnic we had to  
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cancel it though because it was raining we had  to call off the picnic because of the rain and  
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they called off the concert last minute that is  very frustrating they called off the concert last
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minute the next one is show up show up  this means to arrive especially when  
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it's unexpected or late so this is quite  specific for example he didn't show up to  
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the party last night that's strange he  didn't show up to the party last night  
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he said he was going to come but he didn't  show up up and she'll walk she always shows  
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up late to meetings she always shows up late to  meetings and she is running very well in those
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heels the next one is blow off I like this  one blow off this means to ignore or skip  
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something for example I blew off my workout  today I was too tired I blew off my workout  
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today I was too tired and he blew off the  meeting to go to the beach you can see him  
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at the beach he went to the beach instead of the  meeting and he blew off the meeting to go to the
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beach the next one is cut out cut out this means  to stop doing something especially a habit usually  
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bad habit for example you should cut out sugar  if you want to feel healthier you should cut out  
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sugar if you want to feel healthier and I need  to cut out staying up so late I need to cut out  
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staying up so late the next one is sleep in to  sleep in this means to wake up later than usual  
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for example I'm sleeping in tomorrow it's my day  off I'm sleeping in tomorrow it's my day off and  
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she slept in and miss a train so this means so  this one is more negative she slept in and miss a
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train the next one is zone out to zone out  and this means to stop paying attention stop  
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paying attention for example sorry  I zoned out what did you say I zoned out  
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what did you say and the next one is he  always zones out during boring lectures  
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he always zones out during boring lectures  I hope you're not zoning out during this
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lesson the next one is fill in to fill in and this  means to give someone information they missed you  
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can also fill out a form you can also fill in  a form but in this case it's to give someone  
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information they missed for example can you fill  me in on what happened at the meeting can you fill  
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me in on what happened at the meeting because she  turned up late to the meeting because she showed  
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up late to the meeting and the next one is I miss  the start of the movie fill me in I miss the start  
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of the movie fill me in which is always annoying  when you have to pause a movie and explain what
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happened the next one is hiton to hiton this means  to flirt with someone to flirt with someone for  
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example he was totally hitting on her at the  bar he was totally hitting on her at the bar  
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and the next one is I hate it when strangers  hit on me I hate it when strangers hit on
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me and the next one is get by to get by for  example this means to manage or survive now  
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we made a lesson with phrasal verbs using  get so check that one out after the lesson  
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an example is I'm not rich but I get by  just fine I get by just fine and we don't  
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have much money but we get by we don't have  much money but we get by and the last one is  
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pop in to pop in this means to visit briefly  or quickly for example I'll pop in high I'll  
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pop in to say hi after work so after work I'll  come visit you briefly I'll pop in to say hi  
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after work and they popped in for a quick drink  last night they popped in for a quick drink last
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night well done you completed those 20 phrasal  verbs what to do now is this get the phrases  
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in the description so look at the description  copy and paste the phrases so you can add them  
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to your notebook and then keep learning with  me so simply click on another video now or a  
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playlist and be sure to subscribe if you're  new one last thing click that like button
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