hi this is Jill at engvid.com and in
today's lesson we're going to be looking
at some phrasal verbs using the
preposition up so a phrasal verb just to
remind you is the verb plus the
preposition so in this case the
preposition in all of these examples is
up so it's being put with a main verb to
turn it into a phrasal verb okay so
let's have a look at what we have here
so first of all children love to dress
up okay children like to put clothes on
maybe their mother's clothes put makeup
on earrings all sorts of things to dress
up so that's the phrasal verb to dress
up is to put sort of special clothes on
for you know just for fun really adults
dress up as well if they're going
somewhere special or we'll have to dress
up for this party put some jewelry on
and a long full length dress or a tuxedo
with a bow tie all that sort of thing
dressing up in special clothes for a
special occasion okay dressing up second
one it's time to drink up the bar is
closing so to drink up is to finish your
drink drink up you putting the glass up
like that to finish your drink because
the bar is closing and you have to go so
you don't want to leave your drink there
you want to drink it because you paid
for it so you don't want to waste it
okay time to drink up right now this is
a common complaint that somebody in the
household
he never washes up and we have the noun
from this the washing up which is about
washing the dishes after a meal he never
washes up to wash up means washing all
the dishes after a meal okay now next
one if there's a word you don't know I
don't know that word I'll have to look
it up
so the phrasal verb is to look up but
you'll notice that the the pronoun it
has to go in the middle there you don't
you can't say I have to look up it you
have to put the pronoun in the middle I
have to look it up okay right so and
looking it up that means getting the
dictionary or using a computer looking
for the word to find the meaning looking
it up means find the page look down the
page
ah there it is what does it mean ah okay
looking up referring to a book or
referring to a website to find out the
definition okay next one I can't hear
you please speak up okay
speak up means get louder say it louder
I can't hear you please speak up turn up
the volume okay
speak up okay next one you're studying
and you say I'm having to read up on
Shakespeare for the test next week so if
you read up on a subject that means
you're reading lots of information about
the subject you're finding books you're
finding websites all sorts of
sources to get lots of information
learning all the information get it into
your head for a test for the test next
week reading up means to gather
information about a subject okay right
now this next one is not a very nice
thing to say to somebody especially if
they're maybe over 40 when are you going
to grow up okay it's okay if you say it
to a child that doesn't really make
sense because the child hasn't grown up
yet but it people tend to say this to
adults because if an adult is behaving
in a very silly way like a child a
childish way somebody might say to them
when are you going to grow up
meaning become mature grow up can mean
to get taller but it also means to
become more sensible more mature you
know be a more responsible adult person
okay rather than messing about and being
silly all right okay next one
you've really messed that up
so mess to mess up if you mess up and
again you'll see another word comes in
between but this is the phrasal verb to
mess up to mess something up is to do
something badly just make a mess is
untidy not very good if you mess
something up you've made a a very bad
job of it you've not done it at all well
you've done it very badly
okay next one
what are you cooking up now so to cook
up you might think this is some food
that you're cooking in the kitchen but
in this sense it's more metaphorical if
you cook something up you're you're
planning something and the sense of it
is you're you're being quite devious
about it it's something a bit you know
not quite right
cooking something up means having a plan
to do something a bit a bit naughty
perhaps what are you cooking up now what
are you planning okay and then finally
you're making it all up aren't you
so again there's our phrasal verb to
make up but this time we have two words
in between it whatever it is and all you
can just say you're making it up aren't
you
but if you say you're making it all up
this really means you're inventing
something you're inventing a story it's
not true it's untrue it's false it's
fiction but maybe a policeman
interviewing a suspect and the suspect
has done a crime but they have some lese
oh no I wasn't in that shop yesterday I
didn't steal that television and I was
somewhere else I was 100 miles away but
it's not true they're making it up then
making up a story which is not true okay
so you're making it all up
aren't you okay so I hope that's been
interesting and helpful for you and if
you'd like to take a quiz on this topic
go to the website in vidcom and I hope
to see you again very soon okay
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