If You Know These 150 English Words, Your English is FLUENT!

Welcome to this vocabulary masterclass! Today you are going to learn over 150 words that you can use in your daily speech. Of course, I'm Jennifer from JForrest English, now let's get started! First in this master class, you are going to learn 22 small talk phrases and all of these phrases will help you feel confident starting conversations with native speakers let's get started first of all you might be wondering what is small talk small talk is polite conversation about unimportant and uncontroversial topics remember unimportant small talk is supposed to be boring now when can you make small talk first of all notice I said you make small talk that's the verb you use make small talk I Learned how to make small talk today so let's talk about when you make small talk maybe you get to a meeting early and there are 3 to five minutes before the meeting starts perfect time to make small talk you're in the elevator with a coworker or someone you don't know or maybe you're waiting in line at the grocery store or the bank or a perfect time when you sit down beside a stranger like when you sit down on a plane and you're going to be sitting next to that person for five hours you can make small talk let's talk about why you should make small talk this will help you understand why it's supposed to be boring because small talk is just to fill silence so if your elevator ride takes 30 seconds you can go down 30 seconds in silence or you can have 30 seconds of a boring conversation with your coworker or a stranger the choice is yours is also to make the other person feel more comfortable if you sit down on that plane and you're going to be sitting beside this other person for five hours simply exchanging a few words will make both of you feel more comfortable so now let's talk about all the phrases that you need to make small talk just like a native speaker the first category is the weather nothing is more boring than talking about the weather so it's the perfect topic for small talk now because we work virtually now and you have members of your team all over the world you can say what's the weather like in Toronto today assuming you're not in Toronto so you can ask them oh what's the weather like in your city today now don't worry about writing down any of these phrases because I summarize everything in a free lesson pedia you can find the link in the description you can make a simple statement like beautiful day isn't it that's a great one with a stranger when you're going in an elevator beautiful day isn't it notice you're adding isn't it as a question tag you could say I hear it's supposed to rain this weekend so it's supposed to that's in the future oh I hear supposed to rain tonight tomorrow the next day in the weekend next month any future reference you can make a general statement I'm really looking forward to spring and the other person will likely say yeah me too it's been such a long winter I know right and then you just naturally have a boring conversation about the weather another simple statement looks like looks like another hot weekend and then again just like before yeah doesn't it what are you going to do and then you can naturally start talking about the weather or you can transition into the weekend which we will learn about in just a second one final expression for you this one is a question is it still snowing now you can use this one if you have been in the office or inside and you're asking someone and you know they were just outside or you might not know but you're assuming that they've been outside is it still snowing is it still raining is it still cloudy is it still sunny and then obviously you use whatever weather is appropriate for the specific time another boring category that everyone loves talking about traffic just ask your coworker or that stranger in the elevator how was the traffic how was the traffic coming in this morning leaving whatever the time of day is now if you know the person takes a specific route then you could ask them did you get stuck in the traffic on Main Street too because you know your coworker or the person you're talking to had to take Main Street now even if you this is a stranger but you're at the airport so they have to take a certain road to get to the airport so you can still use this with strangers you can make a simple statement like the bus was 20 minutes late today so you don't need a car to use these you can use whatever method of transportation that you use another question for you do you know when and then ask something traffic related do you know when the bridge is supposed to be fixed and this is a bridge that the person you're talking to will 100% know is under construction again this could be with a stranger because to get to the airport you have to go over a bridge now keep in mind when you're making small talk you don't actually care about the answer remember that's not the goal the goal isn't to find out when the bridge is going to be fixed the goal is simply to have a boring conversation to fill time to kill time and to make the other person feel comfortable our next category Topical Events a topical event is simply something that people are talking about right now it could be a holiday a sports event it could be a new movie something on the news it's topical people are talking about it so if it's the time of year of the Olympics or just before just after and you're sitting next to a stranger on the train you could just ask them oh what's your favorite Olympic sport and the question will seem normal and natural because everyone is talking about the Olympics or if it's award season you can ask who do you think will win best actor if it's a holiday a major holiday you can ask them are you staying in New York for Christmas or you can ask another question related to that holiday around Thanksgiving in North America everyone buys a Turkey so it would seem extremely appropriate to ask a someone even a stranger have you bought your Turkey yet and it could turn into a really interesting conversation because they might have a story about it or they might say oh actually we don't celebrate Thanksgiving because I'm from and maybe they're from a different country and then even if they don't celebrate it you can still have an interesting conversation so it's a great conversation starter maybe there's a community event and you can ask them do you know anyone running the Marathon this weekend and even if the answer is no well then you can still go back and forth oh yeah me neither I don't like sports too much oh what do you like and then it will naturally evolve movies are a great choice there's always a new movie or a new Netflix show or even a new popular YouTube video and you can ask them have you seen the new Star Wars movie yet and even again even if they say no oh what kind of movies do you like oh you don't like movies you like music what kind of music do you like and then conversation can naturally evolve just remember that small talk should be boring and non controversial of course elections are topical events but you don't wanna talk about elections when you're having small talk with a stranger or someone in elevator you should not ask them did you vote yet who did you vote for that is inappropriate for small talk our final category though weekend something everyone loves talking about now keep in mind if this is on a Tuesday you can talk about the last weekend if this is on a Thursday the future weekend and if it's on a Wednesday well you can decide you can talk about either one past or future so there's always a weekend to discuss did you do anything exciting this weekend now this is in the past maybe on a Monday or Tuesday you can just change this to the future if it's Thursday or Friday are you doing anything exciting this weekend what are you up to this weekend native speakers love using this expression that's in the future in the past what were you up to this weekend being this past weekend an easy one do you have any plans do you have any plans this weekend asking for a recommendation or advice again even if you don't actually want the recommendation or advice is a great conversation starter you can ask do you know of any events happening this weekend or can you recommend can you recommend a great Italian restaurant or just restaurant in general or whatever restaurant you want or you could ask them what's your favorite cafe near here I love asking this question because I get to go to new places I would never find on my own and I have tried some amazing spots just by asking strangers oh what's your favorite restaurant near here what's your favorite cafe near here you always learn interesting results are you enjoying this lesson if you are then I want to tell you about the Finally Fluent Academy this is my premium training program where we study native English speakers from TV the movies YouTube and the news so you can improve your listening skills of fast English expand your vocabulary with natural expressions and learn advanced grammar easily plus you'll have me as your personal coach you can look in the description for the link to learn more or you can go to my website and click on finally Fluent Academy now let's continue with our lesson now you are going to learn 50 important idioms that native speakers use in our daily speech a blessing in disguise this is when something a situation seems bad or unlucky at first but it results in something positive at a later date so let's say you get fired from your job obviously that seems bad maybe even unlucky but later on you get a job 10 times better it pays better you have a better boss better coworkers the location is better everything about this job is better you can say getting fired was a blessing in disguise my new job is so much better a dime a dozen this is used to describe something that is common and not special so you can say tech startups in Silicon Valley are a dime a dozen they're very common they're everywhere and they're not very special everyone's a tech startup in Silicon Valley a dime a dozen to beat around the bush this is when you avoid saying what you mean because it's uncomfortable or awkward so let's say you want to end your romantic relationship with your partner your friend could tell you don't beat around the bush be direct and tell that person you want to break up better late than never so let's say you've been working with a company for 10 years and you finally got your first promotion after 10 years and you're telling your friend this and you're a little annoyed because you've been there for 10 years but your friend could say better late than never to remind you that yes it took 10 years but it's better than not having a promotion better late than never to bite the bullet I love this idiom this is when you force yourself to do something difficult or unpleasant because it's necessary or inevitable inevitable means eventually you have to do it so why not bite the bullet and do it now for example just bite the bullet and ask your boss for a promotion break a leg this is a very common idiom that we use to say good luck good luck break a leg but we especially use this before someone gives a performance most commonly a theatrical performance but when you're going for a job interview you are in a sense performing or when you're doing your speaking exam for your ILS you are performing so before you're speaking exam your friend your partner could say break a leg which means good luck to call it a day when you call it a day it means you stop working for that day usually because time is up or because you've done enough work for that day and you're going to stop for example it's getting late let's call it a day let's call it a day so that means you can go home to cut somebody some slack so let's say there's this coworker who has been showing up late to work every day and not doing a very good job at work they seem very distracted they're not working very hard they're not contributing but that person's dad just died so you might say let's cut him some slack his dad just died so you're not going to punish him as severely as you normally would to be glad to see the back of this means that you're happy that somebody has left because you don't like them so let's say it's Jane's last day at work she quit she has a new job but you didn't like Jane you can say I'm glad to see the back of Jane to be the best thing since sliced bread this is a compliment used to say that something usually technology or an invention is extremely useful excellent or high quality so you could give me a compliment and say this YouTube channel is the best thing since slice bread if you think that's true then put it in the comments there are plenty of fish in the sea so let's say your friend went on a date and she says Pierre hasn't called me back and it's been three weeks you can encourage your friend by saying don't worry there are plenty of fish in the sea come rain or shine this is used to say that an event will take place despite external circumstances so let's say tomorrow is a vacation day for you but there's a big project deadline tomorrow but you might say I'm taking the day off tomorrow come rain or shine to cut corners this is when you do something in the cheapest easiest or fastest way but by omitting something or by not following rules so you might say we felt pressured to cut corners because of the tight deadline to get your act together so your parents might say to you or your sibling or someone you know you're 30 and you still live at home and you don't have a job you need to get your act together you need to organize yourself so you can live and in an effective and efficient way get your act together to break the ice this is such an important one because this is used to help people who don't know each other to feel more comfortable around each other especially when they're meeting for the first time let's break the ice by introducing ourselves and sharing something interesting about ourselves clear as MUD this is used to say that something is very difficult to understand so if somebody gave you instructions but their instructions didn't make any sense at all and they ask you so is everything okay do you understand you can say clear as MUD which tells the person you do not understand at all crystal clear something is very clear and easy to understand his instructions were crystal clear to rock the boat this is when you do or say something that could upset people or cause problems don't rock the boat until the negotiations are done so don't say anything that could upset someone or that could cause problems until we sign the deal and then you can cause problems if you want to to get out of hand this is another way of saying to get out of control which means you no longer have control over a situation you could say the party got out of hand which means you were no longer able to control it the party got out of hand and some valuables were broken a bad apple this is used to describe a bad or corrupt person within a group you could say there are a few bad apples in the company to cut to the chase this is when you only talk about the most important points of a subject or topic so if you were running out of time in the in a meeting you might say we're running out of time so I'll cut to the chase I'll only say the most important points to come in handy this is used when something is very useful for a specific purpose so if it's pouring rain outside you might say an umbrella would come in handy an umbrella would be very useful in this particular situation to reinvent the wheel this is when you waste time trying to recreate something that somebody else has already created so let's say you ask your boss should I create a presentation for the conference and your boss suggest using last year's presentation it's already created and your boss can add don't reinvent the wheel so we often use this idiom in the negative to go with the flow when you go with the flow it means that you do what other people are doing or you agree with the opinion of others the majority so let's say you're having a company dinner and you originally wanted to have burgers but the majority of people say they want pizza so you can go with the flow and have pizza instead of burgers because that's what the majority wants to be skating on thin ice this is when you do something that is dangerous or involves risk he's skating on thin ice by lying to his wife it involves risk it's dangerous don't do it a silver lining this is something positive that comes from something negative so the pandemic is negative right but is there anything positive a silver lining maybe we could say one silver lining of the pandemic is that it made us realize how important our relationships are with friends and family to have a sweet tooth this is somebody who likes eating sweet foods especially chocolate so if people offer me dessert generally I'll say no because I don't like sweet food so I can say no thank you I don't have a sweet tooth which means I don't really like sweet foods to go Dutch this is when you agree to share the cost of something especially a meal so let's say you're having dinner with a friend family member even a romantic partner and they say I'll pay for the meal you can say no no no let's go Dutch which means you're going to divide the cost 50 50 to make ends meet this is when you have just enough money to pay for essential items you might say with food prices increasing we're barely making ends meet to ring a bell this is when something usually a person a place or information is familiar to you so let's say you're having a conversation with a co worker and they say oh have you met Fred from accounting and you're thinking Fred Fred Fred from accounting that doesn't ring a bell the tip of the iceberg this is used to describe a small part of a much bigger problem these small local protests are just the tip of the iceberg to blow off steam this is when you say or do something that helps you release strong feelings or strong energy strong emotion after our fight I went for a walk to blow off steam so when you were on that walk you were able to calm down to release that negative energy a piece of cake this is something that was extremely easy that exam was a piece of cake to be out of the woods this is when you no longer have a problem or difficulty our profits are increasing but we're not out of the woods yet to get over something this is when you recover from an illness it took me two weeks to get over that cold to not be one's cup of tea this is used to describe a type or category that you don't like thanks for the invite but camping isn't my cup of tea I don't like that category of activity to be loaded this means to be rich to have a lot of money I just found out my cousins loaded to nip something in the bud this is to stop something before it has an opportunity to become established we need to nip these rumors in the bud before the employees start worrying out of the blue when something happens out of the blue it happens suddenly and you weren't expecting it my boss gave me a promotion out of the blue you weren't expecting it how awesome is that to keep one's chin up this is to remain cheerful in a difficult situation because in difficult situations we tend to put our chin down but when we're happy we tend to keep our chin up for example I know the economy seems bad but keep your chin up to raise against the clock this is when you try to finish a task quickly before a specific time I raced against the clock to finish the audit and meet the deadline to catch somebody off guard this is when you surprise somebody by doing something they weren't expecting or weren't prepared for the politician was caught off guard when asked about the scandal to be on one's radar if something is on your radar it means you're considering it or thinking about it or aware of it you could say leaving the company isn't on my radar it's not even something I'm considering to stab someone in the back this is to betray someone to do something harmful to someone who trusted you she told the client she did all the work on the project I can't believe she stabbed me in the back like that to make a B line for something this is when you move quickly and directly towards something so let's say you're at a wedding or a conference and they're about to serve lunch the buffet lunch everyone made a beeline for the food they went quickly and directly to the food to be in hot water this is when you're in a situation where you might be criticized or punished the politicians in hot water after his comments on gender Equality to be dressed to the nines this is when you're dressed formally smartly or fashionably we dress to the nines for our wedding anniversary so you usually dress to the nines for a special occasion to be between a rock and a hard place this is when you're in a difficult situation or you have to make a difficult decision if I accept the promotion then I'll have to move abroad and I know maths my partner won't come with me so I either accept the promotion that I really want but then I have to lose Matt or I stay with Matt and I don't get the promotion hmm I'm between a rock and a hard place it's a difficult situation it's a difficult decision Lo and behold this is an expression used to say that something surprising happened I was on vacation in Japan and lo and behold I saw my childhood sweetheart so it's very surprising that I see my childhood sweetheart across the world in a foreign city Lo and behold and finally No. 50 to let the cat out of the bag this is when you accidentally reveal a secret so let's say you're planning a surprise party for your wife or husband or friend and they know about it you might say you know about the party don't you who let the cat out of the bag who told you who revealed the secret who let the cat out of the bag amazing job adding those idioms to your vocabulary now let's move on and you'll learn 50 opinion words that you can use to express your opinion naturally and professionally are you ready to add 50+ phrases to your vocabulary to confidently share your opinions of course you can use this when you're in meetings at work you're giving a presentation you're talking to some friends you're going to a networking event you're at a party so you can use this in more formal and informal situations as well now let's get started with first sharing your personal opinion let's say you're in a work meeting and you have an idea you want to share with everyone we should hire a marketing expert to build our website you can absolutely see that but you can sound more professional more advanced if you use an opinion word now there are many different phrases you can use to share your personal opinion I recommend starting with 2 to 3 that you like the most and then you can add more once you get comfortable with them so you have variety and you're not always using the same one here's the list in my opinion as far as I'm concerned from my perspective from my point of view personally I think that in my view I'd say that I believe that I strongly firmly believe that I'm convinced that there's no doubt in my mind that I feel that in my mind it seems to me that so let's take our idea again we should hire a marketing expert to build our website as far as I'm concerned we should hire a marketing expert in my opinion in my mind personally I think that we should hire a marketing expert so you can use any one of these and remember variety is key you don't always want to say in my opinion you can absolutely use that but you want to have variety now let's talk about agreeing with an opinion so you're in a meeting and a calling says we should postpone the conference or your colleague use an opinion word and said I firmly believe that we should postpone the conference now let's say that you agree with your colleague what can you say well again here's a big list start with 1 to 2 and add them as you get comfortable I agree I agree with you I think so too that's a good point you're right definitely absolutely I second that I couldn't have said it better myself I couldn't agree more we're on the same page you hit the nail on the head so your colleague says from my perspective we should postpone the conference and you say I couldn't agree more we should postpone the conference you're right we should postpone the conference absolutely we should postpone the conference I agree with you now let's see your colleague shared an opinion that started with I don't think I don't think we should postpone the conference personally I don't think we should postpone the conference we have one very specific phrase that you can use when you want to agree with a negative opinion do you know what that is in my mind I don't think we should postpone the conference neither do I neither do I you only use this when you're agreeing with I don't think neither do I now let's talk about disagreeing with an opinion so you're in a meeting and you're calling says in my mind we should look for a new supplier now you don't agree what can you say you can say I disagree with you I'm afraid I disagree on the contrary I understand where you're coming from but I respect your opinion but that's a good point however I see your point but I have a different perspective I think can I share my opinion that's one way of looking at it but have you considered the fact that now the first one I shared I disagree with you is probably the least commonly used because it sounds argumentative and we generally want to say this softly to someone so it's way more common to say I'm afraid I'm afraid I disagree with you it makes it a lot softer or you could acknowledge that I respect your opinion but I don't think that's a good idea I respect your opinion but I think we should keep our supplier my personal favorite in this category is I understand where you're coming from but and then you share your opinion or whatever information you like I understand where you're coming from this is another way of saying I respect your opinion I understand where you're coming from but right now isn't the best time to change our suppliers because it's our busiest time of year we should wait until Q4 and remember you can add your personal opinion words as well from my perspective in my mind from my point of view we should wait until Q4 so you can absolutely combine these different opinion words together now let's talk about sharing a general opinion so something that most people would agree with here's a statement repetition is key when you're learning any new skill now I personally believe this but it's not my opinion per se this is just a commonly held opinion by most people by many different people so here are some general opinion words you can use it said that it's believed that I've heard that it's considered that it's generally accepted that most agree that some say that it goes without saying that researchers experts suggest that so I could say it's generally accepted that repetition is key when you're learning any new skill and personally I agree and personally I couldn't have said it better myself so you absolutely can share a general opinion but then agree with that general opinion using one of the phrases you've already Learned or maybe you want to disagree with this statement well then of course you can use one of the phrases to disagree on the contrary repetition isn't that important I'm afraid I disagree repetition isn't that important in my mind and then you can share your opinion and finally let's talk about how to ask someone for their opinion so let's say I shared a general opinion most agree that repetition is key when learning a new skill and I want to ask for your opinion on this specific topic I can say do you agree what's your opinion what do you think what are your thoughts what's your view how do you see the situation what's your take on it what about you how about you has that been your experience what is your experience been are we on the same page is that something you would support too so if you're talking to someone who's currently learning a new skill it could be really interesting to ask them has that been your experience what are your thoughts on that do you agree finally in this master class let's talk about phrasal verbs you are going to learn 40 phrasal verbs with get to get ahead this means to progress so to make progress towards something and we most commonly use this in a career setting or academic setting for example if you want to get ahead you need fluent English would you agree with that put that in the comments if you want to get ahead you need fluent English now notice how I didn't specify get ahead in what if you wanna get ahead at work in your career so don't forget that but you can also just say if you want to get ahead to get along with most students know this one do you know this one when you get along with someone it means you have a good relationship with that person I really get along with my boss but we commonly use this in the negative I don't get along with my boss so you can use it in both the positive or the negative so which describes you I get along with my boss I don't get along with my boss to get away this means to escape so you can use this into context the criminal got away so that means he escaped the robber got away he stole my car and he got away he escaped but we also use this more in the sense of to escape from your daily life the difficulties of your daily life oh I really need to get away work has been so busy I don't get along with my boss I need to get away another common phrasal verb with get away is to get away with something and that something is negative for example she got away with the crime this means she wasn't punished for the crime so she did something wrong but she got away with it she got away with stealing the car notice that verb ing with stealing the car to get off lately this is when you are punished for something but you're punished less severely than you anticipated so maybe you forgot to submit a report at work but you got off lightly your boss didn't fire you but they did remove you from the account so you were punished but you were punished less severely than you expected we also use this more in a criminal context she stole the car but she got off lightly so maybe she didn't go to prison she only had to do community service to get back this is used to say that you return to your original starting point so let's say you're at home but then you go to the store and then you return back home so now you can say I got back at 7:00 what time did you get back now you can specify the place what time did you get back home back to the office oh I got back around 7 we commonly use this with your vacations what time did you get back from your trip to Italy oh I got back on Tuesday you returned home from Italy there's also the phrasal verb to get back to someone you might say oh I really need to get back to John when you get back to someone it means you respond to that person so if I say I need to get back to John it means that John contacted me but I have not replied so maybe he asked me a question and I have not answered his question I need to get back to John or you John might say when are you going to get back to me when are you going to respond to my question when you get back into something it means you continue doing something that you stopped for a period of time so let's say you decided to learn how to play guitar or piano and you play guitar every week for months and months and months and then you stop playing guitar you get very busy at work but then work is no longer busy so you say oh I need to get back into guitar I need to get back into my guitar lessons so maybe you could use this with your language lessons I need to get back into my English language class are you enjoying this lesson on phrasal verbs you are probably a little bit confused as well because there are just so many phrasal verbs in English and if you want to become very confident with phrasal verbs then I want to tell you about the Finely Fluent Academy this is my premium training program where we study native English speakers on TV movies YouTube and the news so you can learn the most common phrasal verbs idioms and expressions very quickly and easily plus you'll have me as your personal coach so you can look in the description to learn more about becoming a member today now let's continue on with our next get phrase over to get back at someone this is used for revenge so if you didn't get back to John which means you didn't reply to John and you didn't answer his question maybe John will try to get back at you he'll try to get revenge on you so maybe he'll tell everyone that you're not very helpful and that's how he gets back at you to get behind someone or something this is when you support someone or something so let's say your company has a new policy on their dress code and you like the policy you can say I can really get behind that policy you support that policy to get by this is when you have just enough resources to survive we most commonly use this with financial resources so you might say with inflation I can barely get by so it means you can pay your bills pay your mortgage buy groceries but just enough at the end of the month you have one or two dollars left in your account I'm getting by to get into trouble I'm sure you do this all the time when you get into trouble it just means you enter that situation where you're doing something you're not supposed to be doing which is the trouble so kids get into trouble all the time that's why you don't leave your kids at home without an adult to supervise them because they're going to get into trouble they're going to write on all the walls with crayon or eat all the cookies in the fridge they're going to get into trouble to get on this is when you board which means to enter certain vessels certain methods of transportation so you can get on a plane a train a boat or a bus I got on the plane you entered the plane you boarded the plane to get on is also used as an expression to say that someone is old or has become very old so you might say my grandma is getting on which means my grandma is now quite old she's become very old my grandma's getting on so she has difficulty getting on a plane now what's the opposite of on I'm on the plane I got on the plane so now I need to get off the plane and remember you only get off certain methods of transportation planes trains boats and buses this is my stop I need to get off the bus get off the train for vehicles cars vans or trucks you get in and get out of I got in my car I got out of my car so don't confuse those two we also use get in when you enter a room in a building or enter a house or a location so this is very common at work a coworker could ask you oh what time did you get in they mean what time did you enter the office so you can also use it to mean what time did you start your work day because when you enter the office building technically you started work so what time did you get in is another way of saying what time did you start work now in this case although the opposite of in is out we have an expression to get off which means to end work for the day so someone could ask you oh what time do you get off today what time do you usually get off what time are you getting off tomorrow this means what time do you finish work do you end work just for the day to get out is also used as an expression of disbelief so let's say your friend tells you I won the lottery get out get out get out of here get out of town so you can add get out of here or less commonly but still common get out of town it's just to show that I can't believe it what get out get out so if your friend says something very shocking or surprising I'm moving to Antarctica get out get out of town why why are you doing that when you get out of something or get out of doing something it means you avoid doing something unpleasant so I could say I need to get out of cleaning the garage because that's unpleasant and I don't wanna do it to get together this is when people organize socially they join each other socially so I might ask what time are we getting together tonight so what time are we going to meet each other join each other and have dinner have a cup of coffee go for a walk do something social now if you specify the noun you need with what time are you getting together with your friends tonight you probably know this one to get up what time do you get up this is when you leave your bed in the morning first thing in the morning so what time do you wake up this is when you open your eyes but then get up is when you actually leave your bed so I wake up at 6 a m but I don't get up until 6:30 but how about this one get up to what did you get up to last night this is a common way of simply asking what someone did oh what did you get up to last night oh not much I watched a movie we also use this one though to imply that someone is doing something wrong my kids are always getting up to no good this is the same thing as getting into trouble but in a general context oh what did you get up to last night it's what did you do last night to get across this is to communicate your ideas successfully so as a non native speaker you might say I have a hard time getting my ideas across I have a hard time communicating successfully and if you have a hard time getting your ideas across someone might ask you what are you getting at what are you getting at this is another way of saying what are you trying to communicate what do you mean so if you're trying to explain something but the other person doesn't understand they can say what are you getting at now to get at can also mean to successfully reach something or find something or obtain something so let's say I have a shelf and I have a hat on a very high shelf I might say I can't get at my hat I can't reach my hat to get rid of this is when you throw away so permanently remove unwanted items so remember I said I wanted to get out of cleaning my garage because there's so many things I need to get rid of there's so many unwanted things in my garage that I want to permanently remove so maybe once a year you can go through your entire house and get rid of things get rid of unwanted things to get wound up about something is when you get really angry about something so let's say your father doesn't like politics in general so every time he sees something in the news about politicians he gets wound up he gets really angry but you might say to your dad get over it get over it to get over something is when you tell someone they shouldn't have strong feelings towards something else and those strong feelings are usually negative feelings so if your dad gets really wound up about politics you can say oh just get over it it's not a big deal you can of course get over someone do you know this one when you get over someone it means you no longer have romantic feelings for that person so after my divorce it took me years to get over my husband it took me years to stop having romantic feelings towards my husband now someone could say get over it stop being upset about the situation that you're no longer with your husband but that might be a little insensitive you can also get over an illness which means you recover from an illness it took me weeks to get over my cold it took me weeks to recover from my cold to get around this is how you travel within an area so if you're a tourist you might Google what's the best way to get around New York City and of course it's not by car you don't wanna get around by car because the traffic is terrible so walking is the best way to get around or taking the subway is the best way to get around New York City when you get around to something or to doing something it means you finally do something after not doing it for a long period of time so let's say I was trying to get out of cleaning the garage because I didn't really wanna get rid of all that unwanted stuff but I finally got around to cleaning the garage so I finally clean the garage after a long time of not cleaning the garage to get it together is when you take control of your life or your emotions so let's say your friend is really upset because she broke up with her husband and she has not gotten over him and you want to tell your friend to just get over it but instead you tell your friend get it together get it together you need to take control of your emotions because your friend is crying all the time or she's really upset she's really Moody angry not pleasant to be around and you tell your friend you need to get it together which is a little bit of tough love but sometimes it's necessary there are many phrasal verbs with debt through that have different meanings when you get through something it means you endure or deal with a difficult situation it was really difficult for me to get through my father's death so my father died obviously that's a difficult situation hopefully you don't say get over it because that would be very insensitive but I had a hard time getting through my father's death so you can use this in a personal situation you can use it in a work situation as well I don't get along with my boss so I have a hard time getting through our meetings I have a hard time dealing with our meetings because I don't get along with my boss when you get through something it can also mean that you successfully finished something that was very difficult or time consuming I finally got through the report so you finished it but it took you a really long time it was difficult when you get through to someone it means that you successfully contact them after numerous attempts of trying to contact them so let's say I needed to get back to John I needed to respond to John but every time I called John I got his voicemail I could say I'm having a hard time getting through to John so I can't get back to John because I can't get through to him but we also use to get through to someone when you're able to communicate something to someone in a way that they they understand it so I told my friend that she shouldn't quit her job and I explained all the reasons why and I finally got through to her so I finally made her understand why she shouldn't quit her job your head is probably spinning right now with all of these phrasal verbs with gat but all you need is some practice practice practice and repetition so let's do that right now with a quiz so you have a chance to review and practice these gat phrasal verbs amazing job adding all of this vocabulary to your speech now do you want me to make more lessons just like this if you do then put more more more put more more more in the comments below and of course make sure you like this video share with your friends and scribe so you're notified every 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Published: Fri Mar 29 2024