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today's clip is from a can lion video
video and we're going to be watching
watching conan o'brien being interviewed
interviewed by Anderson Cooper from
from CNN
from CNN so
so this is a really great opportunity
opportunity not only to learn a bunch
bunch of great phrases but you'll
you'll get to see them interacting
interacting and speaking quickly so
so in this video we're going to be
be focusing on six actual phrases
phrases conversational phrases you
you can use and each one of them has
has a phrasal verb let's
let's begin our first phrase is not
not wanting to be held back when you
you hold something or hold it back
back if you think about someone being
being in a fight you've got to people
people they are fighting but maybe
maybe they're friends are holding
holding them back so
so maybe I'm standing here and i want
want to fight somebody but my friend
friend is holding me back so
so keeping me from doing something
something when you want to talk about
about holding yourself back or being
being held back from doing something
something it just means you're restrained
restrained in some weight so
so when we use a phrasal verb and
and we're using any kind of phrasal
phrasal verb or taking a more complex
complex idea like restraining someone
someone so the more complex for would
would be to restrain someone but in
in a casual conversational way we
we say we're holding someone back
back
back watch
watch the clip and I'd say well I'll
I'll do it but I don't want to be
be held back in any way they said
said we don't care as a reviewer you
you have no credibility and sit over
over there I
I don't want to be held back in any
any way I don't want to be held back
back in any way I don't want to be
be held back in any way that so Conan
Conan talks about not wanting to be
be held back so he has a comedic style
style
style there
there are certain things he wants
wants to do or to say in a you know
know particular situation he wants
wants to be funny and make whatever
whatever kind of jokes he wants so
so he doesn't want to be held back
back held back the next expression
expression is to take off if you think
think about a rocket something that
that begins moving and it's moving
moving very quickly and it's going
going up it could be a physical thing
thing like a rocket again this is
is where phrasal verbs usually come
come from
come from there's
there's a physical origin with something
something and then we use it to describe
describe things that are maybe not
not physical or maybe a little bit
bit more of a figurative meaning so
so I'm not a real thing where we are
are physically moving something buddy
buddy figurative meaning so
so in this clip or I'll just let you
you watch it right quick conan
conan is talking about how a particular
particular series he made where he's
he's reviewing video games took off
off so it became popular now
now you can talk about something becoming
becoming more popular but you will
will sound much more native and casual
casual
casual if
if you say something took off so something
something we created took off for
for the band took off as it became
became more popular or a new product
product that a company might make
make might also become more popular
popular as it takes off it
it really took off took off listen
listen carefully to how this blends
blends to cough to cough took off
off
off I
I started reviewing these games and
and that took off I started reviewing
reviewing these games and that took
took off
took off I
I started reviewing these games and
and that took off our next phrase
phrase with a phrasal verb in it is
is to blow something a wave if
if you think about an explosion wow
wow you've got different parts of
of something they're separating very
very quickly so you blow up something
something where you blow something
something a wave now instead of talking
talking about being surprised so a
a regular conversation way you could
could still say you're surprised by
by something but when you're really
really shocked it's almost like you're
you're in an explosion where you see
see something really amazing you're
you're blown away
away so you see something amazing
amazing maybe like a dragon or even
even just something not so amazing
amazing but it was a really good rock
rock concert or really great movie
movie or even a really great piece
piece of art just something that really
really impresses you and it shocks
shocks you with how amazing it is
is
is wow
wow I was really blown away at that
that concert I was really blown away
away by that presentation so even
even just someone standing in front
front of you giving a presentation
presentation like right now hopefully
hopefully you are blown away by this
this lesson I'm blown away blown away
away but they've watched online the
the review of the new lara croft tomb
tomb raider and it blew them away
away and it blew them away and it
blew them
them away
them away next
next another fantastic phrase coning
coning uses is 2-tone something down
down and in this sense as well he
he talks about perviness now perviness
perviness this is one of those words
words we're taking perverted where
where you're doing something maybe
maybe as in the case with Conan in
in this example he's looking at a
a young woman who is a video game
game character in a sexual way so
so it's kind of inappropriate now
now he's a comedian so you can do
do that and talk about that in that
that way but basically he's doing
doing something that's perverted perverted
perverted but instead of saying that's
that's perverted because that's a
a you know it's kind of a formal way
way of expressing that a more funny
funny and light way of expressing
expressing that is / v / v so
so when he's doing this video game
game review he's talking about this
this video game character named lara
lara croft from the video game tomb
tomb raider and you'll see that in
in the presentation but he's you know
know sitting there talking about that
that and he's making some jokes and
and noticing wow I'm very attracted
attracted to this girl so
so the producers are the people are
are asking him hey can you like tone
tone down
tone down can
can you tone down so make something
something less that's the phrasal
phrasal verb can you tone down the
the perviness can you not be so pervy
pervy
pervy so
so if you ask someone hey can you
you tone it down like if people are
are really excited about something
something you go to a kid's birthday
birthday party and all the little
little kids are excited you can say
say hey can you can you tone it down
down
down Tony
Tony down so we're trying to take
take something in reduce it in some
some way to tone down one of the people
people that work there was like maybe
maybe you could tone down the perfect
perfect for that that
that is like I can't she's incredible
incredible maybe you could tone down
down the permanent maybe
maybe you could tone down the purview
purview maybe you could tone down
down the perviness next when you want
want to talk about releasing something
something you can talk about putting
putting something out so
so instead of saying releasing a new
new book I'm releasing a new book
book next week I'm
I'm a famous author and i have a new
new book that i'm going to release
release or a new movie or a new magazine
magazine or anything like a new music
music CD you can put that thing out
out so I am physically putting that
that thing out for people i'm releasing
releasing that to put something out
out
out anyway
anyway we put that out anyway we put
that out
out and related to this you can also
also talk about a magazine or a book
book or something like that coming
coming out but related to the phrasal
phrasal verb come out and just like
like put out we
we can talk about how something comes
comes out when we want to describe
describe the final result of something
something so maybe I i put some cookies
cookies in an oven this is the physical
physical idea i put something in and
and when they come out i can talk
talk about all that what was the final
final result of the cookies so i can
can say oh they came out very well
well
well the
the final result was very good so
so the cookies came out very well
well for the result of the cookies
cookies was very well were very good
good i should say i was delighted
delighted making it came out really
really well people
people really liked it it came out
out really well it came out really
really well it
it came out really well well I hope
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