(bright techno music) - Hello, lovely students, and welcome back to English with Lucy. Today, we are going to tackle
the topic of phrasal verbs. I have had so many requests
for a phrasal verbs lesson. If you're not already familiar, a phrasal verb consists
of a verb and a particle, which is usually a preposition
or a couple of prepositions. And very frequently, when
you add this preposition or particle onto the verb, it changes the meaning of the verb, making it incredibly confusing for people who are learning English
at foreign language. I have some good news and some bad news. I'll start with the bad news. You just have to learn them. There's no other way around it. You have to learn phrasal verbs. There's no quick fix, not yet. Maybe someone will invent one one day. So that was the bad news. However, I have pieces
of good news for you. The first piece of good
news is this video. In today's video, I am going to teach you well over 50 phrasal verbs
with examples and explanations. The second piece of good news is that I don't just have
a free PDF for you today. I have a free ebook
containing all of the PDFs that we're going to learn in today's video and some extra exercises, that's for free. I'm not sure how long I'm
going to keep this here. So if I were you, I would download it now. And the third piece of good news is possibly the most exciting. This news is really going to
benefit the super motivated and engaged students
who really want to take their language skills to the next level. I am running another
phrasal verbs challenge. My challenges are pretty
legendary amongst my students. Many of them come back
time and time again. And for the first time, we're
doing one on phrasal verbs and it's going to be
incredible, I promise you. This challenge is a 30-day course. It is a huge motivational push. You work hard for 30 days and
you have lifetime results. This 30-day phrasal verbs challenge starts on the 1st of March, so make sure you sign up before then. Every day for 30 days, you will receive a
little story text from me each containing six to 10 phrasal verbs. The important thing is they
are phrasal verbs in context. You also get a daily video from me where I read through the text so you can focus on improving
your listening skills and your pronunciation. I discuss all of the
meanings of the phrasal verbs and where they're used and give examples. Each day after you've
read through the text and you've viewed your
daily video lesson from me, you can take the daily exercise questions. We do 20 exercise questions per day. They are multiple choice
and they are so effective for practising what you've learned and checking your understanding. A new feature is that every
day has a comment section. So each day, you can write a comment, you can practise using your phrasal verbs, or you can ask us a question. We started this in the last challenge and it has been amazing. We have such a lovely
community of students, and you can learn so much
from other people's questions. As you go through the challenge and you take those 20
daily exercise questions, I will start to test
you on the phrasal verbs that you have learned in previous days. This is perfect for really
getting them in your head, for improving your memory
and your retention. In one month, you will learn
over 230 phrasal verbs. You will take over 600 exercises in total. Can you imagine the
difference that will make where you will be in 30 days time? A month push for lifetime results, 30 videos, 30 lessons,
600 exercise questions. And the best part of all is
that you have lifetime access. So you take it in the 30
days, but then after that, you can go back at any
time retake the quizzes, rewatch the videos. Remember, this challenge
starts on the 1st of March, so make sure you sign up before then. For pricing and enrollment, just click on the link
in the description box. In the past few months, we have run a collocations challenge and an idioms challenge, and the students have absolutely loved it. The feedback has been amazing. I'm hoping that lots of them will join the phrasal verbs challenge too. And I really hope to see you there. Right, let's get started
with the phrasal verbs video. (bright techno music) Hello, everyone, and welcome
back to English with Lucy. It seems like quite a
lot of you are interested in vocabulary regarding relationships, and you're also quite
interested in phrasal verbs, so I just had this amazing idea. I thought put the two together, relationship and phrasal
verbs, because there are a lot. So I'm going to talk about 12 today. Some are more basic, some are
more common, should I say? And some are more advanced. And if you use these in exams like IELTS and the first and the
advanced Cambridge exams, then you should get a good response because they're quite niche. The first phrasal verb is to ask out. It's separable, so to ask somebody out, and this is to invite someone on a date. For example, he asked me out at a party and we've been inseparable ever since. So the next one is to take somebody out. This is to take somebody on a date. So these first two are quite similar. On our first date, he took
me out to a restaurant. Normally, the person who is
taking the other person out is offering to pay for the date, normally. I prefer to split the bill and then there are no expectations. And I like to do this because I don't like to lead anyone on. So to lead somebody on is
to give them the wrong idea, to make them think that
they've got a chance with you, that the relationship might go somewhere, but in reality, it never will. So if I kept agreeing to these dates and letting this person pay for me when I have no intention of
furthering the relationship, I would be leading that person on. Then we have one, which
is a bit more casual. This is to hook up. To hook up normally means to have more of a casual relationship with somebody. So if you say, "I hooked
up with her last night," it probably doesn't mean that
it's a serious relationship. It's more of a casual fling. But hey, whatever, floats your boat, then we have another one,
which is to drift apart. And this one's quite sad. To drift apart means to lose closeness. Once you were really
in love, really close, and then you drift apart,
it's quite self-explanatory. You don't see eye to eye anymore. So you could use it in a
situation where someone asks you, "Why did you break up with your ex?" Ah, we just drifted apart.
We went our separate ways. Next, we have to break up, to break up. This is when a relationship
ends, finito, done. You can all so say to split up as well. We split up last year. He broke up with me
because I was too grumpy. However, if you then
reconcile, you make up. So you break up and then you make up. To make up is to get back together. But we made up and it's
been great ever since. The next one is a really
nice one, to put up with, and to put up with somebody
or somebody's behaviour, it means to tolerate. So why did you split up? I couldn't put up with his snoring. I could not tolerate his snoring. The next one to cheat on somebody, a fly. The next one is to cheat on somebody. And if you cheat on somebody,
you are unfaithful to them, or if you are cheated
on, he cheated on me, then it means that somebody
has been unfaithful to you. They've gone off with somebody
else behind your back. Never a nice thing to happen. You could say that they
really messed you around. To mess somebody around is to really treat them in a bad way. Maybe one day you say
you want to be with them, and then the next day,
you change your mind, and they're waiting on your every move. You get their hopes up,
you disappoint them again. It's best not to mess anyone around. Now, the next one is something most of us hope to do one day, and
that is to settle down. And to settle down means to finally find a stable relationship and stay there and have a
more quiet and relaxed life. So your partying days are over, you've had enough of dating and
meeting loads of new people. You find one person that you really like, and hopefully, really love,
and you settle down with them. Maybe start a family or move in together, get married, whatever. Settling down is normally
quite a nice thing to do. (bright techno music) Welcome back to English with Lucy. Today, I'm going to talk to you about food-related phrasal verbs, very exciting, very delicious. I recently went for dinner
with a foreign friend and they were struggling with
some of the phrasal verbs that I was using, so I
thought it was going to be extra, extra useful for you guys. So first, let's talk about eating. Number one is to pig out, to pig out. And this means to eat a
lot of food all at once. I'm going to pig out tonight. An example would be, I'm meant to be on a really strict diet, but I pigged out last night, oops. Number two, to eat up. To eat up means to eat all of the food that you've been given
until it's finished. It means to eat everything. For example, come on, eat your
food up, or you'll be hungry. This one is normally more
directed at children. Number three, to pick at something. To pick at something
means to unwillingly eat a small amount of food. So maybe you're not hungry,
so maybe you don't feel well. It's often considered
rude to pick at your food. Ooh, I'm a poet, and I
didn't even realise it. For example, are you feeling alright? You've been picking at your food for ages. Number four, to cut out. If you are cutting out a
specific food or a food group, it means you are eliminating
it from your diet. For example, sorry, no cake for me. I am cutting out sugar. Number five is very similar, to cut back, but you're not eliminating foods, you are reducing the
amount of a specific food or food group that you're eating, or maybe you are just cutting
back on food in general. And just a note with the prepositions, you usually cut back on something. For example, my doctor told
me I need to cut back on fat. Number six, to bolt down. If you bolt down or wolf down your food, it means you eat it all
really, really quickly. For example, I wolf down
my breakfast this morning 'cause I had no time. Let's move on to the
second part of the video, which is cooking and preparing food. Number seven, to whip up. This means to prepare a meal very quickly or with a little effort. For example, here we are,
something I whipped up yesterday. Number eight, to cut up. This
means to cut into pieces. Do you want me to cut
up your food for you? You number nine, only slightly different, this is to chop up, and it's different because chop means to cut
something with sharp blows. So you'd normally chop up something hard like vegetables or fruit. For example, if you cut the pie up, I'll chop up the vegetables. Number 10, to boil over. This means to cause liquid
to overflow during boiling. For example, can you run and get the peas? I think they're boiling over. Number 11, to warm up.
This just means to heat. For example, do you want
me to warm up your dinner for you when you get home? And the last one, number 12, to fry up, and this just means to
cook something by frying. It means to fry. You'll find that we often add up to words to make a phrasal verb. It often makes something more childish. Write your homework because yes, there is homework in
online free English lessons on YouTube, of course. Your homework is to write five sentences using your five favourite phrasal verbs, oh, that was a mouthful,
in the comments below, and feel free to correct
each other nicely and kindly. (bright techno music) Today, I'm gonna going to talk to you about all the phrasal
verbs that go with turn. So this video is going to be excellent for improving your vocabulary, which in turn will help
you with your listening and your speaking. So the first one, pretty
easy, we have to turn on, and this means to start a
device by switching it on. That's a synonym. For example, can you turn off the lights when you leave please? Also note that to turn on a person means to excite them emotionally (upbeat music) and physically. (laughs) But I'm sure if you
are interested in that, then you can Google it yourself. I'm not talking about it here. Then we number two, to turn off. This means to stop a
device by switching it off. For example, turn off
the TV and listen to me. And it can also mean to
really not excite somebody emotionally or physically. Now, slightly more difficult, to turn out. To turn out means to result or to end up. For example, ugh, I thought my homework was gonna turn out better than this. I thought my homework was going
to end up better than this. Number four, pretty
simple, to turn around. I almost fell over. To turn around means to rotate, to physically rotate something. For example, turn around, you've left the label in your jacket. A situation can also turn around. You can also turn back, and this is to return to
a previous state of being. For example, once you move
out, there's no turning back. You cannot return to living with me. Once you move out, you can't turn back. We also have to turn against. And to turn against means
to oppose often suddenly. So someone who was your friend might turn against you
and become your enemy. For example, we were great friends, and then she turned against me and started gossiping about me. Then we have to turn in, and this means to submit
something or to give something. For example, I want you all
to turn in your homework on Monday morning. Next, we have to turn down,
and this means to refuse, decline, or reject something. For example, I asked him
out, but he turned me down, he rejected me. We also have to turn into, and this means to
transform into something. For example, she clicked her fingers and he turned into a frog. Finally, we have to turn up and this means you appear
suddenly or to attend an event. For example, oh, look who just turned up. And this means, oh,
look who just appeared, or look who is attending the event. Right, that's it for today's lesson. I hope you learned something
and I hope you enjoyed it. Please give me some recommendations for more phrasal verb videos
that you would like to see. I'd love to do lots of
work on phrasal verbs. As I'm noticing, a lot of
errors in the comments. Your homework for today is
to pick three phrasal verbs that you saw in this video and write funny sentences
in the comment section. Let's see if you can make me laugh. It's not very hard. (upbeat techno music) Today, I have got 25 stunningly beautiful advanced phrasal verbs for you. These phrasal verbs are going to help you expand and build your vocabulary. I've chosen them because
they have beautiful meanings or they sound beautiful or they might just be really fun to say. Number one is to crow about something, to crow about something. This means to brag about something or to boast excessively about something. For example, I wish
Amanda would stop crowing about her promotion, I
wanted that position. Number two is to fawn over,
to fawn over something. I'm going with the animal
theme to begin with. This means to flatter someone excessively, to be too over the top with them, give them too many compliments. For example, stop fawning
over my grandmother. You are embarrassing me. Number three is to bounce
something off someone, to bounce off, to bounce something off. You'll notice that the something can go between bounce and off
the verb and the preposition. This is because it's a
separable phrasal verb and I've highlighted which
ones are separable in the list. To bounce something off someone means to talk about
something, usually an idea, in order to receive feedback or opinions. This is a common business
term more than anything else. For example, I'd like to
take you out for lunch and bounce a few ideas off you. We're in the final stages
of planning a big campaign. Number four is another separable one, it's to mull something over, to mull over. This means to think deeply
and seriously about something, to really consider something. For example, I can't decide
which university to choose. I'm going to spend the weekend
mulling over my options. Number five, I love this one, this is to plod along, to plod along. Now the verb, to plod, means
to walk laboriously or heavily. To plod along means to progress, it doesn't necessarily mean to walk, to progress at a slow but steady rate. For example, Sheila is
still plodding along with her latest attempt
at a romance novel. She's taking it very slowly,
but making steady progress. Number six is to keep something
up, to keep something up. This means to continue or
maintain a course of action. This is often used as
a motivational phrase. Keep it up, keep up the good work. Maintain your course of good action. For example, she's been
working so hard on her course. I hope she can keep it up. Number seven is to figure something out, to figure something out. This may means to solve or
discover the source of a problem. For example, I just need to figure out why my hot tap is cold
and my cold tap is hot. This is a problem. This has
happened to me in the past. Number eight is to see
something or somebody off, to see something off. This has two meanings that
we're going to discuss. The first meaning
relates more to somebody. To see somebody off, it means to go to the place
that somebody is leaving from in order to say goodbye to them. For example, I'll come to the port to see you all off on the cruise ship. The next meaning works well
with both someone and something. It means to defeat someone or something or to deal with them effectively so that they can do no
more harm or damage. For example, oh, don't
worry about my horrible aunt coming to my wedding, I'll see her off. I'll deal with her, get rid of her. It can be used in slang. It's often used to talk
about alcoholic drinks or bad substances, or
maybe a naughty dessert, or unhealthy food, something that seemed as a treat and it basically means to finish it, but we're kind of implying to defeat it, 'cause it's such a bad thing. For example, would you
like me to help you see off that last bottle of wine? Number nine is to bash something
in, to bash something in. This means to strike and
dent or damage something. For example, your stray cricket ball bashed in my Mini Cooper. It's not true, but it
did happen to my mom. She once parked her car
next to a cricket pitch only for five minutes, and it was bashed in
when we returned to it. Number 10 is to call something
off, to call something off. This means to cancel an
event or an agreement. For example, if I behave badly enough, William might have to
call off the wedding. I always manage to mention my wedding in every single video. There's still a year to go, you know. It's gonna be a long
year for you and for me. Number 11 is to do something
up, to do something up. This means to repair
or decorate a building so that it looks attractive. For example, we are hoping
to buy a derelict house and do it up. It can also mean to fasten something, usually a clothing or jewellery. For example, could you
help me do up my dress? It appears to have shrunk. Number 12 is to muster up, to muster up. It can be separable as well
to muster something up. This means to gather or bring together. For example, I'll see if I
can muster up the courage to talk to my horrible boss. Number 13 is to gobble something
up, to gobble something up. This means to use a lot
of something very quickly. It usually refers to eating. For example, you must have been hungry. You've gobbled up half of my popcorn too. Looking at no one, William. Number 14 is to face up to, to face up to. This means to accept that a
difficult situation exists. For example, wedding talk incoming, she'll have to face up
to the fact that peonies aren't in season for
her September wedding. Can we have a moment of silence please? I love peonies. (inhales
deeply and exhales sharply) I'm going to go and view
flowers with my mom tomorrow so we'll see what we can find. Number 15 is to stick
up for, to stick up for. This means to support or
defend something or someone, especially when they are being criticised. For example, I don't need your support. I can stick up for myself. Number 16 is to weed out, to weed out. This can also be separable,
but it's not as common, to weed something out. Yeah, you can do that. This means to remove people
or things from a group. For example, our wedding
invitation list is too long. We're going to have to
weed some people out. Number 17 is to run something by someone, to run something by. This means to tell someone about a plan or an idea so that they can give you their feedback and opinions. For example, have you run this by David? I think he'll like it. Number 18 is to stock up on,
to stock up on, to stock up on. This means to buy a
large amount of something so that you have have
enough for the future. My example, believe it or not, is true. I listened to a radio programme
about this the other day. Many Brits are stocking up on toilet roll in preparation for Brexit. (laughs) This is true. Toilet paper sales have increased both times that we've come
up to the deadline of Brexit. We've had multiple deadlines. But yeah, toilet roll sales
increased, which I love. I'm sure there's a very valid and sensible reason behind this, but I like to think that people
are going to the toilet more because they're so nervous. (laughs) Number 19 is to harp on
about, to harp on about. This means to talk or complain
about something many times. For example, can you stop harping on about how great Miranda
looked at the party? Number 20 is to crank something
out, to crank something out. This means to produce something in large amount like a machine does. For example, how on earth did I manage to crank out 25 stunningly
beautiful advanced phrasal verbs? Ugh, I said it again. (laughs) Number 21 is to grass on, to grass on. And this, I mean the meaning
isn't necessarily beautiful. It's quite a disloyal thing to do, but it means to tell the police or someone in a position of authority about something bad that someone has done. For example, I can't believe
that Mary grasped on Bob to the police about his
illegal chicken farm. Big issues in the farming
community these days, grasses. Number 22 is to lag behind, to lag behind. This means to move or
happen at a slower pace than someone or something else. For example, I found maths
really hard at school and I lagged behind most of my peers. Number 23 is to build
someone or something up, to build something up. This means to talk about
something or someone in a very positive way so that people are
impressed with it or them. For example, they've built her up to be so something that she really isn't. We can also build up someone's hopes. This means to make someone
think that something good is going to happen when it probably isn't. For example, I don't want
to build up his hopes if she isn't coming back. Number 24 is to ask after, to ask after. This one is quite simple to understand. It means to ask about someone normally, can be something sometimes. For example, oh, everyone was
asking after you at the party. I just thought I'd include
it 'cause I think it's nice when someone asks after you, and it's also something we use a lot. But you might think,
why are you saying after instead of about? We just like to complicate
things in English. And the last stunningly
beautiful advanced phrasal verb, number 25 is to jot down,
to jot something down. This means to write or note
down very quickly and briefly. For example, I highly suggest you jot down these 25 stunningly beautiful
advanced phrasal verbs. (claps) Yes. Right, that's it for today's lesson. Your homework, as if you think
I would forget about that. There's always someone in the
class who reminds the teacher that there's homework
when they've forgotten. I used to be that person. Your homework is to write
five stunningly beautiful advanced phrases with five of these stunningly beautiful
advanced phrasal verbs. Go, go, go. Right, that is it for today's lesson. Don't forget to connect with
me on all of my social media. I've got my Facebook,
I've got my Instagram, my personal one, @Lucy, my
English page, @EnglishwithLucy. I've also got my website,
englishwithlucy.co.uk, and on there, I have got an awesome
interactive pronunciation tool. So you can click on the phonemes and hear me say those phonemes, and say words that contain
those phonemes, it's awesome. Finally, you can check
out my personal channel, Lucy Bella, where we've log our lives here in the English countryside, and all of the vlogs are fully subtitled so you can use them
for vocabulary practise and to improve your listening skills. I will see you soon for
another lesson, bye. (kisses) (bright techno music)
