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hello this is jack from tofluency.com
and today i'm going to teach you 10 of
the most useful phrasal verbs in english
now these phrasal verbs are very useful
because they're going to help you
express yourself more accurately in
English because they are used all the
time in everyday English and as you know
phrasal verbs are a big part of learning
vocabulary so that you can sound more
fluent and more advanced so we're going
to go through these 10 phrasal verbs and
then at the end of the video I'm going
to share a couple of resources with you
and also I'm going to ask you a question
so go through all of these 10 phrasal
verbs and then answer the question at
the end of the video ok let's get
started with number one the first one is
to get along with to get along with
someone and this means to have a
friendly relationship to have a
connection or some kind of chemistry for
example I tend to get along with most
people I tend to get along with most
people not everyone but most people so
I'm quite a friendly person and I tend
to get along with most people another
example is he just doesn't get along
with her he just doesn't get along with
her so he doesn't have a friendly
relationship with this person they don't
connect in a good way and here's one
using a question do you think that
they're going to get along do you think
that they're going to get along so again
this is a great one to know to get along
with someone the next one is come up
with to come up with now I taught this
recently in a business phrasal verb
lesson but I want to teach this again
because people use this all the time now
to come up with something means to think
about a new idea or to create a plan for
example if your boss a's if we don't
come up with something tonight our
business is going to go under there's
quite dramatic and if a business goes
under it means it ceases operation that
it doesn't have enough money to continue
you operated so if your boss says if we
don't come up with a plan tonight our
business is going to go under it means
you have to think about a plan or a
strategy or to think about an idea to
come up with something
another example is I always come up with
my best ideas in the shower so when I'm
in the shower I'm always coming up with
new ideas I'm always thinking about what
I should do and I'm always coming up
with new video ideas as well now what I
should do is have some kind of marker
board in the shower so I can write down
my ideas but do you come up with your
best ideas in the shower let me know in
the comment section below and then
listen to the intonation of this example
who came up with that idea who came up
with that idea so that suggests that the
idea isn't very good who came up with
that idea the next one is call off call
off now we use this for events
especially okay so for example the
football game has been called off I'll
write this in my teams what's that group
and tell them sorry lads it's been
raining so hard the games been called
off so this means to cancel the game has
been cancelled but it's not used for
other things for example you wouldn't
say the flights been called off you
would say the flight has been canceled
the flight has been canceled that's why
it's important to learn English through
sentences and I've made a video on this
and I want you to watch it so stay until
the end of the video and I'll leave the
link for you the next one is put off to
put off now it's often taught with call
off because to call off means cancel but
to put off means to delay or to do
something at a later date a school
teacher might say we've put off the
field trip until next week so because of
all the rain we've put off the field
trip until next week the field trip has
been delayed until next week now if the
teacher says the field trip has been
called off this means it's been
cancelled and it's not going to happen
again in the future
now it's off
easy to put something off if you don't
have a deadline so if you think okay I
should be doing something in English but
I'm not doing it it's because you don't
have a goal with a deadline now get my
book the five-step plan for English
fluency is free to download because it's
going to help you create a plan and then
create a deadline for that plan so you
don't put off your English learning and
the things that you have to do now the
next one is to make up for to make up
for something I'm going to give you
another football or soccer example so
imagine that a defender scores an on
goal
so he puts the ball into his own net
which means the other team scores the
commentators are saying he's made a big
mistake he's made a big mistake his team
and his fans are booing him he's in a
bad place but then two minutes later his
team get a corner and he scores a goal
with his head so he heads the ball into
the net and then the commentator says he
has made it four that's error he has
made it four the own goal so to make up
for something means that you correct
something by doing something else he
made a mistake he scored an own goal but
he made up for it by scoring a goal in
the other team's net it's often used in
relationships too so you might hear
someone say I bought you these flowers
to help make up for what I said
yesterday so this is when you've been a
naughty boy or girl and you have to buy
somebody flowers to make up for what
you've said because you said something
that wasn't very nice so buying flowers
is a way to make up for something the
next one is to catch up on something and
this means to do something that you
haven't been able to do usually because
of time but also priorities so for
example I didn't sleep well last night I
only got about five hours sleep so today
don't tell my wife I might go home a
little bit later and catch up on sleep
to catch up on sleep to have a nap later
so to catch up on something again means
to do something that you haven't been
able to do if you miss a few
lectures at university then you might
need to catch up on the work you have
missed to catch up on the work you've
missed and if you haven't seen my latest
lessons then you need to catch up on
them so watch them after this one the
next one is get through now this always
reminds me of the song got to get
through this okay
Daniel Bedingfield I think I can't
remember his name I'll leave a link in
the description below but this song is
showing a really good example of how to
use this I'm going to talk about that in
a second
but it can be used in many different
ways for example a lot of people say
it's really hard to get through to a
real person when you call customer
service so most customer service lines
have these automated answering phones
and it's really hard to get through to a
real person when you call customer
service so this just means it's hard to
connect to a real person but to get
through something might also mean to
finish something so I need to get
through all my emails today before I go
home and catch up on my sleep I need to
finish responding to my emails before I
go home but the song I mentioned before
got to get through this means that this
person has to get through a difficult
period to deal with a difficult period
and to overcome any problems that he has
so if you are going through a tough time
so it's good to speak to someone or if
you're going through a tough time at
university it's always good to take some
time and try and catch up on your work
the next one is move out to move out and
this is often used when you're talking
about leaving your family's house so to
move out of your parents house for
example when I went to university I
moved out of my parents house but then I
move back in after university so to move
in means the opposite to go back and
live in a house so move in means the
opposite to live in a specific house so
if you're moving house you can say we're
moving out of our current
house today and we move in to our new
house tomorrow so we need to get a hotel
room tonight so we're moving out of our
current house today and we're moving
into our new house tomorrow the next one
is look after now this is used a lot and
we use this a lot in everyday English so
it means to care for something for
example when we go on holiday we need
somebody to look after our dogs so we'll
ask our friends is it possible for you
to look after our dogs while we're on
vacation or is there any chance you can
look after our dogs this weekend
another example is it's hard work
looking after children all day it is is
knackering it's hard work looking after
children all day but we can also use it
for things as well so if a child gives
his friend something special like his
special pen and he lends him his special
pen he can say make sure you look after
it make sure you care for this special
pen because I want it back later the
next one is grow up and you'll hear
parents say just grow up will you
just grow up will you and this means
that they want their child to act in a
more mature way for example stop writing
on the walls you're 16 now grow up but
to grow up somewhere means that you
spent your childhood in that area for
example I grew up in Lancashire England
I grew up watching wrestling and
football I grew up playing outside all
the time we didn't have Instagram or
social media or the Internet so I grew
up playing outside all day
okay so those are 10 of the most useful
phrasal verbs in English what I want you
to do now is to go to the description
below because I have some resources for
you firstly my book the five-step plan
for English fluency and then also the to
fluency program if you want to get
serious with your English learning and
then leave a comment below I'm going to
ask you a question here is the question
what is something that you need to catch
up on what is something that you need to
catch up on right now
so leave your comments below I'm going
to respond to the comments that you
leave on the first day and I'm also
going to go through this video at a
later date as well so leave those
comments below what is something that
you need to catch up on and then catch
up on all the videos of mine that you
have missed just click one of these two
videos over here and go through the
playlist to learn English with me okay
thank you so much for watching one last
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