Hi everyone, it's Agnieszka Murdoch from 5-Minute Language. Welcome to my channel in this
video we will be talking about the 20 most common english phrasal verbs so the 20 phrasal
verbs that you definitely need to know if you want to speak english with confidence
but before we start i want you to leave me a comment and tell me do you think learning
english phrasal verbs is easy or difficult what do you think leave me a comment now so let's get
this video started the first phrasal verb i want to explain is to give up so i gave up sugar last
month which means i stopped eating sugar to give up is usually used to talk about habits
or negative things that we do that we want to stop doing such as smoking or eating sweets for example
so you can say my friend has given up smoking she has stopped smoking to look after to look after
means to care for somebody you can look after a child for example or you can look after somebody's
pet for example when they go away on holiday so last sunday i was looking after my friend's cat
because they were away on holiday so i was taking care of the cat to bring up to bring up means to
care for somebody for a child until they grow up so often this phrasal verb is used in the passive
voice so for example i was brought up in the countryside which means i grew up in
the countryside that's where my family lived and that's where they raised me so to bring somebody
up is to look after them while they're a child and until they grow up and become an adult to call off
means to cancel something so for example my meeting at work was called off
it was cancelled usually we use call-offs to talk about things that were scheduled and
then they didn't happen because the person who organized them canceled them to carry on means
to continue doing something so for example i was really discouraged when i first started learning
english because it was difficult but i carried on learning it means i continued to learn despite
being a little bit demotivated to look forward to it means to wait for something impatiently
when you're excited about something so for example i'm really looking forward to my holiday
and this phrasal verb is often followed by a verb with an ing ending so for example i look forward
to meeting you next week to put off means to postpone something so for example you've got an
arrangement you're supposed to be meeting somebody but your meeting has been put off it has been
postponed so instead of meeting next week you're going to meet in two weeks time to break down
to break down means to stop working so usually it's used for things that are quite mechanical
for example cars cars can break down so if your car breaks down it means it stops working
and you're not able to drive it anymore so you can say my car has broken down or i was delayed on the
train because the train broke down it stopped working it couldn't go anywhere to find out is
the next one it means to discover something or to learn about something so for example i
need to find out where the best cafe is in this town so i arrived yesterday and i need to learn
where the best cafe is i need to find out sometimes it's also used in the passive voice
and when somebody is found out it means they were trying to do something secretly but somebody
found out about their secret so they were found out to get by means to manage to do something
with the bare minimum so for example it's often used when you talk about foreign languages so
somebody can ask you do you speak french and you can answer i get by in french which means i
managed to have a basic conversation but just a basic one it's okay i can manage you can also use
it when you're talking about money so you can have little money but you still get by which
means you manage to pay your bills and buy food even though you just have the very bare minimum
to grow up means to get older so for example i grew up in a big city so this means when i was
a child when i was getting older and becoming a teenager or an adult i was living in a big city
that's where i grew up to run out of something means to use all of it so you don't have any left
so for example you can run out of milk i ran out of milk this morning so i couldn't have my coffee
it means i had already used up all of the milk and there was nothing left i have run out of milk
to work out means to exercise so for example i like working out in the morning which means
i like to exercise in the morning there is also a noun which is work out and it means
your exercise routine so for example i did a very difficult workout this morning which means
the exercise routine that i followed was very difficult to get away with something means to
escape punishment it means that you do something wrong and normally there are consequences or
punishment but you managed to escape it so maybe nobody found out that you did something wrong
or there were just no consequences so for example i got away with not doing my homework yesterday
which means the teacher didn't really mind there were no consequences of that action for me to give
something away means to give something to somebody for free or to donate something so for example
you can say that you're clearing out your closet and you're going to give away all of your clothes
all of the clothes that you're not wearing anymore so you can give them away it means you give them
for free you can take them to a charity shop or give them to a friend but essentially you're not
selling them you're just passing them on for free there is a noun as well it's giveaway
and you can see it on social media quite a lot a giveaway is basically usually a competition
where you can get something for free somebody is giving away some things or prizes for free to let
down means to disappoint so usually it's used in the passive voice you can say i was really
let down by my friend's behavior i was really disappointed i was let down you can also say
my friend really let me down he really disappointed me he didn't help me
when i needed help so he let me down there is also a noun it's let down and it means disappointment
so for example i was really looking forward to watching this new film but it was a real letdown
it was a real disappointment i really didn't like the film it wasn't good it was a letdown to put up
with something means to tolerate something that is perhaps a little bit annoying but you tolerate it
you put up with it so for example my neighbors are renovating their house it's very noisy but
i can put up with it i can tolerate the noise even though it's inconvenient and a little bit annoying
i don't mind too much i can tolerate it i'm not super happy about it but i can put up with it
to set something up means to organize something or arrange something so for example you can set up a
meeting which means you you organize the meeting for you and other people so i set up a meeting for
me and my colleagues yesterday you can also set up an organization or you can set up a company
it means you create it you organize it and it comes to exist to throw something away means
to dispose of something or just put it in the bin so for example i had some fruit that had gone off
in the fridge so i had to throw it away i had to put it in the bin
and finally to break up means to end a relationship so for example
my sister and her boyfriend have broken up it means they ended their relationship
so i hope you enjoyed this video those were the 20 most commonly used english phrasal
verbs and don't forget to leave me a comment to tell me do you find phrasal verbs easy or
difficult i'm really interested to find out what you think and i will see you in the next video bye