hi and welcome back to Love English, I'm Leila and in today's lesson I have got
10 amazingly advanced and idiomatic phrasal verbs for you yes these
are not your average phrasal verbs these are phrasal verbs that are idiomatic
meaning they are natural natively spoken phrasal
verbs and they are particularly advanced in
fact i would be surprised if you have heard
of more than two or three so do let me know if you've
heard of most of these phrasal verbs i will definitely
be replying to your comment and congratulating you
because these are advanced phrasal verbs i'm going to keep saying
it advanced phrasal verbs so by using these phrasal verbs you're
going to really show your variety of language if you're
in an ielts exam or indeed any spoken exam you should get some real
brownie points meaning extra marks for using these
natural phrasal verbs using them in the correct
context and of course relatively frequently using just one
once isn't necessarily going to help you get a higher score
in a speaking exam but using them a number of times
will so i want you to have a go comment below and see how many of these
phrasal verbs you can use in one paragraph
it's a big challenge but i think some of you are up to it
now don't forget phrasal verbs are of course more
spoken english they are colloquial so you don't want to be using
any of these phrasal verbs in academic essays
or reports or formal emails you want to be using these phrasal verbs
in conversational english in the english we speak
daily so let's not waste any more time let's get started
and learn these amazingly advanced idiomatic expressions
to help you sound more native
okay number one and for this you will need a pen
and a notepad to jot down yes that's right to jot down is to take
notes or a note of something very quickly
so for this lesson you need a pen and paper to jot down
these 10 amazingly advanced idiomatic expressions
or you could even use it in this way sorry what was your number let me just
jot it down so number one was easy and number two
might sound a little bit more unusual to heart on about to harp
on about something basically this means to talk about or complain about
repeatedly over and over again so it is quite
negative you wouldn't say this in a positive way
he is always harping on about brexit i know you want
to go to australia but come on don't keep harping on about
it so to harp on about something to talk excessively too much
or complain about something repeatedly number three to crow about something to
crow about something now crow is an unusual verb it's a very
unusual phrasal verb but when we say crow as a verb when we
use it in this way we often talk about this sound yeah the
sound a crow makes basically but when we use it as a phrasal verb to
crow about we're referring to someone bragging
boasting talking about how wonderful they are or
something is excessively to the point that actually it's not very polite
and rather irritating you know that no one likes it when you crow about all
your business success right number four to mull
something over to mull something over can you guess from my expression what it
might mean that's right to mull something over is
to think carefully about something a little bit
like consider it's not something that you think about
just for a short period but something you really think about
to make a decision carefully i just need a few days to mull things over before i
decide whether i want the job or not number five not ten five number five is
to muster up to muster up something now this is
referring to gathering or bringing together but we
don't really say i'm gonna muster up some
people it's not often we'd use it in this way i might say to someone why
don't you come over and i'll muster up something for lunch
or more commonly we would use this phrasal verb to talk about
gathering strength or energy for something in order to
achieve a goal so for example we'd often say
i need to muster up the courage the confidence the energy
the strength to do something she mustered up the courage
to ask him out on a date so a great phrasal verb to use and as you can see
you could really use that in a number of different situations
so give me an example of a time you had to
muster up the courage to be brave to do something
now number six is not the most attractive word to say it doesn't really
sound very nice to plod along or even you
could say to plod on basically this means to continue
to progress at a slow and steady pace meaning you're making progress but in
quite a slow and steady way often it's a way that we
might respond to someone asking how we are how are
things going everything okay oh you know just
plodding along meaning things are happening in life but
very boring steady nothing really exciting to speak of plod
actually is a verb that we can use to talk about the way we walk
to walk at a slow and steady pace usually with kind of
heavy feet so you're just plodding like this
along but when we use it as a phrasal verb it has that slightly different
meaning it's referring to making progress at a slow
and steady pace how are you getting on with that essay
oh just plodding along number seven to bounce
something off someone and no this is not literally referring to
a ball and throwing it at someone and allowing it to bounce to come back
but this is when you need to talk to somebody about
a thought an idea that you might have and you want their feedback you want
their input can i give you a call later i
wanted to bounce a few ideas off you about the party
it's also a great phrasal verb to use in the office in a business context
i've got a few suggestions i wanted to bounce off you and see what you thought
it's a phrasal verb that encourages discussion and collaboration
so it really is a wonderful phrasal verb to use in normal day-to-day english
and business english number eight to form
over to fawn over and usually to fawn over someone this is
referring to being given or giving excessive
compliments flattery to praise someone so much that actually
maybe it's not very sincere or honest so it's not the most positive phrasal
verb to use you're giving someone a compliment a lot
of compliments in a way that perhaps is not genuine not
sincere because you want something positive back for
example in a posh restaurant you might say oh i
think the waiters are fawning over us again
just to get an extra tip number nine now this is a phrasal verb
you may have heard of to face up to something now to face
something means to confront so she faced her fears
but to face up to something is to accept to acknowledge and it is
referring to accepting that a difficult situation
exists she's going to have to face up to the
fact that he doesn't want to be with her he ended the relationship and that's
that and finally number 10 to hash out
to hash out this is referring to discussing something at length perhaps
after an argument or a disagreement so you can hash something out or you can
hash out an argument the idea is by hashing
something out you actually reach an agreement or a compromise so
again another one that could be good for business english so for example if
two of your friends have had an argument and they're not talking you
might say to them you guys really just need to hash things out and
move on meaning move forward past the argument
and that's it that was pretty fast that was one of my shortest lessons for a
while i think but hopefully it is one that you have
enjoyed and will benefit from try using those phrasal verbs in spoken
english or informal emails but of course first comment below and see how many of
those phrasal verbs you can use in one whole comment
not as a separate sentence but as one comment
all together of course if you find that a little bit too difficult
just comment below number them one to ten and have a go
at putting them into a clear context and remember
when you do use these phrasal verbs make them personal to
you personalization helps you remember the phrasal verbs
and connect it to an event an experience in your
own life so that's my top tip for learning phrasal verbs for today
in the meantime keep studying and don't forget we've got another lesson on
phrasal verbs coming very soon take care bye