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Charlie and Harry today we're going to
be teaching you some phrasal verbs in
the form of stories because we all love
to tell stories listen to our examples
and try to guess the meaning like a
native would learn normal language ok
let's get going welcome to real English
with real harry and charlie so Charlie I
divorced my wife oh no I couldn't
stand it anymore so I let her take
everything she took the cat she took the
kids oh my god have you seen your kids
since no but I dropped by to see the cat
the other day you dropped by to see the
cat I dropped by to see the cat did you
not drop in on your kids no because
I often drop by to see them as they're leaving
school we just have a quick hello as they
they school oh ok ok is it is it
awkward when you drop by to see the cat
and you bump into your ex yeah it is
really awkward yeah but you know I like
to drop by and see her so there we have
story one using the phrasal verb drop by
or drop in which are virtually the same
but did you understand the meaning did
you understand the meaning well let's
see we've got three options for you
A was it to feed the cat B to visit the
cat briefly or C to jump on the cat
which was it it was B to visit the cat
briefly
I really needed some glasses the other
day so I was looking around town and
asking every shopkeeper do you have
reading glasses and it was getting late
and I went into the last shop and he
just told me to jog on he just told you
to jog on how rude it's really rude why
were you a bit rude to him.. you could say I
was rude but he didn't need to tell me
to jog on yeah that's a little bit
little bit rude isn't it if I said jog on
to someone it's quite confrontational
you know jog on idiot there we go story
2 did we mean that the sales assistant
told Charlie to go for a run or did he
rudely reject Charlie or did he tell him
to leave in a rude way well here we've
been a little bit mean to you as the
answer is both B and C the phrase can
mean both to rudely reject someone and
to be told to leave in a rude way Chazz
yeah you know I really don't like girls
who talk too much oh I do know that you
know I was going on a date the other day
oh yeah yeah well it happened I turned
up she was really nice, stunner, we sat
down, we ordered our steaks and our cokes
and our wines thirsty yeah really
thirsty and you'll never guess what
happened next she didn't didn't rabbit
on did she yeah she was rabbiting on
during the whole meal oh what a fail Harry
he doesn't like anyone who rabbits on I
hate it when people rabbit on and that
doesn't mean I hate rabbits does it
charlie no when Harry was a child he had
a pet rabbit so he likes rabbits but he
doesn't like people to rabbit on once
again what does the phrase mean to
rabbit on does it mean to eat lots of
carrots did it mean to show your teeth
too much when you speak or does it mean
that you talk too much mm-hmm it is C
to talk too much Harry you know how
much I love my football team yeah yeah
yeah yeah you're a big football guy and
you know that I've got two season
tickets right yeah yeah one for you one
for Stacy right one for Stacey or one
for a lucky friend who I really really
like yeah yeah yeah you'll never guess
what Gavin was trying to imply on the
weekend oh god what was Gavin trying to
imply well quite clearly Gavin really
likes my football team Chelsea sure and
he was saying all day he was saying, I'd love
to go to watch a game Oh God he was
trying to worm an invite absolutely just
trying to worm his way into getting a
seat with me man I hate it when people try and
worm their way into things it's horrible did you invite
him no I didn't invite him he just tried
to worm his way into being with me
getting a season ticket for free God
that is just unbelievable but mate have
um have you got someone to go with you
to the football this week you trying
to worm in on another invite all right this
phrase is rather strange in our opinion
but it's a lovely one to use and show
your detailed knowledge of phrasal verbs
but do you fully understand it that is the
question is it A to try and involve
oneself before being asked
B to make a mess or is it C to steal
something it is A to try and involve
oneself before being asked Chaz yes I
went on another date the other day oh
yeah yeah and honestly she didn't
look great on her tinder profile she
didn't look good on the picture no she
didn't look great on the picture but
she had a great personality so I said I'd
meet her okay and in person how did she
look well turned out she scrubs up
pretty well she scrubs up pretty well
yeah she scrubs up pretty well she made
herself look real real nice do you
think that she thought you scrub up well
one can only hope so she she hasn't
called me back yet ohh to scrub her does
this mean to have a talent for washing
dishes does it mean to flirt outrageously or
to look good when trying to make an
effort the answer is C they may indeed
flirt outrageously if they scrub up well
but the meaning is to look good when
trying to make an effort
so Harry you know how I was secretly in
love with that girl many moons ago many
moons ago yeah I remember man you were
really smitten and you know how she
used to write lovely messages to me ah
yeah wasn't she a darling she was she
was a real darling well I remember I
wrote a letter back to her but made a
bit of a mistake oh God you cocked it up
i cocked it up because I wrote this
really lovely letter that was rather
graphic should we say instead of writing
miss Philippa Thompson I wrote mr.
Thompson I left out the name and forgot the S
so it went to her dad oh my god how
graphic was his letter because that's a
real cock up that is a real cock up
isn't it how graphic was this letter
we'll leave that to the imagination Harry
but we can definitely say i
cocked up big time not the first time
you've cocked up is it no no I've cocked
up many times and lastly to cock up now
we had to mention the obvious so is it A
to accidentally hurt your penis B to
get an erection or C to make a mistake
no it is not A nor B it is C to make a
mistake okay that's all for today folks
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