Welcome to JForrest English training, I'm Jennifer and today you're going to learn 10
very common phrasal verbs that will help you sound fluent natural and advanced in English. Now first,
I'm going to quiz you to see how well, you know, these phrasal verbs. And then after I'll explain
each one in detail. Let's get started. Question 1, can you help me? Your grandfather's old letters.
Now I'll only give you three seconds to answer so hit pause,
take as much time as you need and when you're ready, hit play to see the answer.
Sift through question 2. I assure you that your gender didn't our hiring decision.
Bear on question 3. I know you're tired but maybe a walk will
perk you up question for. It's so easy to buy Subway in New York City.
Get around question 5, she doesn't fizzy drinks.
Care for the question 6. It was a great presentation, but you
the introduction a little too much.
Drew out question 7, it's getting late. So let's
and finish the discussion tomorrow.
Wrap-up question 8, you've been calling your mother for weeks just do it.
putting off question 9, I just
The report but I haven't read it fully.
Flip through question, 10 with the extra orders, the whole team has.
Fallen behind. So, how did you do with that quiz? Don't worry if it was difficult because
now I'm going to explain every phrasal verb in detail, and then you can do the quiz again
to see how much you've improved. So I'll explain all the phrasal verbs now. Number one to bear on,
this means to be connected to or related to. For example, I don't see how that
That information Bears on this case. So I don't see how that information is connected
to or related to this case. I don't see how it Bears on this case. Now we can also mean
to bear on to mean influence or affect, for example, our relationship didn't bear on my
decision,
so maybe you have a personal relationship with a contractor.
And you interviewed many contractors and you chose the one, you have a personal relationship with,
but you want people to know that personal relationship didn't impact or effect. It didn't
bear on my indecision. This is a more professional or formal phrasal verb. You'll hear it. A lot in
the news and reports and you can use it a lot in a business context. Number two to care for,
Something when you care for something, not someone something it means that you like
you have a preference for that something. But we commonly use this in the negative. So I could say,
I don't care for chocolate cake. I don't care for chocolate cake, it's just another way of
saying. I don't like chocolate cake, I don't have a preference for chocolate.
Jake, I don't care for chocolate cake so it's a another way. If somebody offers you something you
could decline it and simply say, oh I don't care for chocolate cake or if your coworkers
are discussing the latest reality TV show and they want to know what you think about it. You
can say I don't care for reality TV. It's just letting them know, you don't really like it.
It's not your personal preference numbers, three to perk up to perk up. Means to feel
Oh, better happier or more energized. So think of
first
thing in the morning. When you wake up, you're still pretty sleepy,
right? And what do a lot of people do? They drink coffee? So you could say,
coffee perks me up coffee, makes me more energized or going for a walk perks me up.
We also use this when someone isn't feeling well, because they're sick or because
The - happened like they lost their job and you might go over with some flowers with some
chocolates or just with yourself to try to help perk up that other person to help make
them feel better happier more energized. So, you might say, well the flowers, perked her up,
perked her up the flowers, perked her up, the flowers made, her feel better happier.
More energized number for to sift through. This is a great phrasal verb. We use this
when you have large amounts of information, perhaps a lot of paperwork or files books,
and you need to examine that information to determine what's useful. What's important?
For example, after Giuliano quit, I had to sift through all his files. So,
Has all these files, a lot of information and you have to examine all of them to determine what you
can delete and what's important and you need to keep or at home. Maybe you're going through
your
grandmother's photo albums. And she has 20 30 different photo albums.
So you might ask your brother. Can you help me sift through these photo
albums? So you're going to examine them to determine what pictures you
Want to keep and what pictures you want to get rid of. Maybe you don't
know who is in that photo or the quality is really bad. Number five, to wrap up,
this is another way of saying to end to finish but is very commonly used especially in a
business context. So if you're in a meeting and you're coming to the end of the meeting,
you could simply say. Alright everyone let's wrap up. Let's wrap up for today.
Now we commonly add it, let's wrap it up, let's wrap it up for today, it's getting late, let's
wrap it up, the it is the meeting, the meeting, the conference, the event, whatever. You're in
that you want to finish or end, or you could say, how should we wrap up the conference? How
should we finish or end the conference? You want to do it in a memorable way? Right? How should we
We wrap up the conference and then you can have a discussion on that. Number 6, it to
flip through. When you flip through a book a report a magazine. It means you go through it
really quickly. So usually because you want to get a general idea of what that book is
about or because you're looking for very specific information. So if you have this
report
that's 130 pages but you're looking for a very specific
Piece of information. You can just quickly flip through it,
to find that specific part of the report, or you can do this, when you're waiting for a
friend to arrive waiting for a bus, you might flip through a magazine just look through it,
but you're not really reading anything. You're just flipping through it. You're
going through it quickly. Number 7 to draw out when you draw something out,
Out, you make it a lot longer than necessary or needed. So is usually
used in a more negative context. For example, he really Drew out his speech,
he made the speech a lot longer than it needed to be or that it should have been. So it's more
of a - it's criticizing the speech or you could say they really Drew out the end.
Aang of the movie so maybe you were enjoying the movie but then the end was just really long way
longer than it needed to be. And you're wondering, when is this movie going to end? They really Drew
out the end of the movie, number eight to fall behind, this is a great phrasal verb for both a
professional context, and a personal context when you fall behind. It means you make less progress.
Than wanted or needed. Let's say you were
off
sick from work for over a week. Well, you're definitely going to fall behind.
You're going to make less progress than needed because you have a deadline or
than just you simply wanted to make because you were gone for an entire week so often we
can fall behind because we're sick or there is a competing deadline.
Are competing project or something going on in your personal life. But it could
also simply be because we didn't work hard enough or fast enough and we fell behind.
So in a school context. If you don't spend enough time reading or doing your homework,
your exercises, you might fall behind and if you fall behind you might have to ask
your professor for an extension on a specific assignment number.
49 to get around. This is when you move from place to place within a specific location. So
let's say the location is your city and I'm visiting your city. I could ask you
what's the best way to get around? What's the best method of transportation to go from place
to place within your city. So what would you say, What's the best way to get around in your
City. And then you can say, oh Jennifer, you can easily get around on foot,
which means you can walk from location to location
because your city is very small or you might say, you definitely need a
car
to get around. Maybe your city is quite large and spaced out and it's not possible to walk.
So you need a car to get around to go from place to place. So this is an extremely
Only useful phrasal verb, when you're a tourist because you should absolutely know how to get
around in the city. You're visiting. And finally number 10 to put off, when you put something off
it means you delay it or postpone it. Now you could put off a meeting you could delay
or postpone a meeting for a specific reason. You might say, let's put off the meeting until
Next week. So let's delay. The meeting until next week. A lot of times people
will put off things that are unpleasant, things they don't want to do. For example,
I've been putting off asking my boss for a raise. I've been putting off asking my boss for a raise,
so notice the Jaron verb? I've been putting off asking, I've been putting off cleaning.
My closet, I've been putting off buying new tires. So you need that Jaron verb
and why are you delaying it postponing? Because it's uncomfortable unpleasant,
now that you're more comfortable with these phrasal verbs? How about we do that same
quiz again. So you can see how much you've improved here. Are the questions. Hit pause,
take as much time as you need, and when you're ready, hit play to see the answers.
Here are the answers, hit, pause. And you can compare your answers to see how well you did.
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