ONE HOUR ENGLISH LESSON | Advanced English Vocabulary

in this one hour English vocabulary lesson you're going to learn a lot of advanced vocabulary to help you sound fluent let's get started first you're going to learn the most common phrasal verbs with pull and at the end you're going to complete a quiz to pull off a task when you pull off a task it means that you successfully completed a difficult task for example let's say that your boss asks your team to double their sales by the end of the month that's a difficult task so you might say I don't know how we'll pull this off how will accomplish complete this difficult task I don't know how we'll pull this off but let's say you do double your sales after you can say I can't believe we pulled it off I can't believe we did it we completed this difficult task and often to reassure someone when they're completing a difficult task you can say don't worry I know you'll pull it off you'll pull it off you'll achieve you'll complete this difficult task to pull up a document this is a must-known phrasal verb because when you pull up a document you make that document visible on your device it could be a computer laptop phone tablet it doesn't matter but it has to be a device so if you're in a meeting you might say give me a second to pull up that report give me a second to make that report visible on the screen now you can also use this with social situations you might be having coffee with a friend and then you pull up some vacation photos you make those photos visible on your screen and you share them with your friends and it's very common to hear this when you're calling any sort of customer support or client support let's say you're making a dentist appointment they're going to first say can I have your name please and then they'll say give me a second to pull up your file because on your file it's all the important information but they need to make that file visible on their screen pull up now we also use pull up with vehicles so if you're driving and you want to pull up to a store it means you're going to slowly approach that store now you may or may not stop you may just slowly approach that store read their hours of operation and then keep driving or you may pull up to that store slowly approach the store and stop your car here's an example of me pulling up to my mailbox so notice how I slowly approach my mailbox I'm seeing if there's any mail but notice I don't stop I keep going don't confuse this with pull over because you can also pull your vehicle over now when you pull over it means you're driving and you bring your vehicle to the side of the road and you stop so you always stop when you pull over so if you're in a taxi or an Uber you might say oh you can pull over by the green house you can take the car to the side of the road and stop by the green house now we also use this with the police because if you're driving and you hear a siren behind you well you have to pull over you have to bring your car to the side of the road and come to a complete stop so here you can see me pulling over next to the mailbox I'm coming to a complete stop now you can also pull in and out of a parking spot or a garage or some enclosed space for your vehicle so when you enter the parking spot or garage you're pulling in I'm pulling into my garage and when you exit you're pulling out you're pulling out of the parking spot or pulling out of the garage so you might say make sure you look both ways before you pull out or this is a tight space make sure you pull in slowly or carefully so here you can see I'm pulling into my driveway which is a confined space and now you can see I'm I'm pulling out of my driveway we also use pull in and out for a chair so when you bring the chair closer to the table you're pulling the chair in when you bring your chair farther away from the table you're pulling your chair out so if you're in a busy restaurant and you're trying to pass by someone you might say oh excuse me can you pull in your chair so I can pass by can you bring your chair closer to the table so there's more room for me to pass by or if you're too close to the table then you need to pull your chair out and traditionally men will pull out the chair for a woman to have a seat maybe that's a little old-fashioned these days now you can also pull out of an event and that means you withdraw from that event so you no longer participate and that event can be a race accomplish petition or even an election so let's say there's a competition for a position at your company and there are five people competing for this one position now maybe Sarah decides to pull out she pulls out of the competition which means she's no longer trying to get that position she withdraws from the competition or maybe you're competing in a marathon but you hurt your leg the week before so you have to pull out of the race you can also pull something apart which means something is a hole and then you separate it into individual pieces which is to pull apart so something simple like an orange or a grapefruit that has individual pieces you can pull it apart you can also pull apart Electronics or more complicated things as well to pull oneself together this is a great one this means to regain your composure after you're upset worried anxious or in a extreme emotion national state and to regain your composure just simply means to calm down so if you're really agitated maybe you got pulled over by the police and your heart is beating so fast and you're really anxious your friend in the passenger seat might say pull yourself together pull yourself together which is another way to say calm down regain your composure so go from really anxious to pull yourself together to pull through means to survive or to successfully recover from an illness so we use this in a health context so let's say that Greg had a major heart attack but thankfully he pulled through he survived that major heart attack now let's say Greg has that major heart attack and then he's in the hospital you talk to the doctor and the first thing you're going to say is is gray going to pull through is he going to pull through is he going to survive is he going to recover the doctor might say I think he'll pull through or maybe it's too soon to tell if he'll pull through and finally to pull together this is when you work together as a team so remember that team had to double their sales by the end of the month will they pulled together to pull it off to complete that difficult Challenge and after the boss might say I'm really impressed by how your team pulled together it's amazing that everyone pulled together to pull it off now you know the most common phrasal verbs with pull are you ready for your quiz here are your questions so now hit pause and take as much time as you need to complete the quiz and when you're ready hit play to see the answers how did you do with that quiz well let's find out here are the answers hit pause take as much time as you need to review the answers alright so how did you do with that quiz make sure you share your score in the comments below and I also want you to leave an example sentence with your favorite phrasal verb with pull now let's talk about the most common phrasal verbs with take and you'll complete a quiz at the end as well to take off this is used when a flight leaves the ground for example tomorrow my flight takes off at 7am or what time did your flight take off so this is another way of simply saying what time did your flight leave now we also use this phrasal verb to talk about a person leaving a location so you might be at a party and it's getting late you have an early meeting and you say thanks for the party I'm going to take off I'm going to leave or someone might ask you what time did you take off last night what time did you leave now takeoff is also used to remove an item of clothing so at night before you get into your pajamas you take off your clothes right before you get into the shower you take off your clothes I can also take off my makeup which means to remove or if it's really hot in the room you might say oh it's so hot in here I need to take off my sweater or when you come into the house and it's cold out you take off your jacket you take off your shoes you take off your hat you take off your gloves take off your sunglasses so you can take off an item of clothing but you can also take off accessories like Rings makeup glasses as well take off can also mean to become successful for example after I improved my English speaking skills my career really took off my career became successful my career took off or I could say overnight my YouTube channel to hook off my YouTube channel became successful so many different phrasal verbs would take off but they're all commonly used so make sure you learn all these individual meanings to Take after someone when you take after someone you resemble them in either personality or appearance and this is most commonly used with family members for example it's very common for a son to take after his dad which means he looks like him they look very similar but you might also say Julie is so funny she really take weeks after Uncle Frank so maybe Uncle Frank is really funny he's always telling these hilarious jokes and then Julie is also really funny she takes after Uncle Frank so you can use this with personality or appearance to take apart when you take something apart you disassemble it so it goes from being whole one complete item and then you disassemble it into individual parts so if your car isn't working you might take apart the motor or take apart the engine to try to figure out what the problem is you might also take apart a desk or take apart a bed when you're getting rid of it when you're removing it from your home because it's easier to move when it's in individual Parts rather than one big structure to take back when you take something back it means that you return a purchased item to the store for a refund so let's say you bought a pair of shoes at the store you come home and you realize they don't fit very well or you just don't really like them well you can take them back so you go to the store you return the shoes and you get your money back now we only use this when you physically go to the store so with online purchases we actually don't use the phrasal verb take back so if you order something from Amazon and you don't like it and you want a refund we simply say I returned the shoes I bought from Amazon or I sent back I sent back the shoes so just keep that in mind we only use take back when you physically go to the store you can also take someone back which means you reunite a previous romantic relationship so let's say that Rob and Julie were a couple last year but then they broke up they ended their relationship but then Rob he begs Julie please take me back please accept me again as your romantic partner please take me back but Julie's friend might say don't take raw back why would you take Raw Back you shouldn't take Raw Back to take on when you take on a project or a task it simply means that you accept that project or task for example your boss might ask the team who has time to take this on who has time to take on this new project or this new client and you might say I can take it on I can take it on so you accept that responsibility for that job you can also take over a responsibility a project a task which means that you assume responsibility from another person so let's say Julie took on the project but then Julie decided to go on a three-week vacation so your boss might ask you to take over so the responsibility goes from Julie to you hey Maria can you take over this project while Julie's on vacation or it can be can you just take over this project so it can be permanent it becomes your project permanently or it can just be a temporary situation while someone is sick or on vacation to take someone out when you take someone out it means you invite them for an activity such as having a meal together or going to the movies together but you pay for that activity for example let's say it's your birthday well your husband your best friend your mother your sister might take you out for dinner which means they invite you for dinner and they also pay for dinner that's the important part or they might take you out for a nice night at the movies and you go to the movies together or maybe to the amusement park so you can do other activities but it's mainly used with meals so maybe your friend says why would you take Rob back why would you take Raw Back he didn't even take you out for your birthday oh he didn't invite you out for dinner and then pay for that meal you can take up a new hobby or activity which means you start that new hobby or activity so you could tell your friends I decided to take up Karate which means you decided to start karate lessons as a new hobby or activity or your friend might say I didn't know you took up dancing I didn't know you started dancing as a hobby or activity so now you know the most common phrasal verbs would take are you ready for your quiz here are the questions so go ahead and hit pause complete the quiz take as much time as you need and when you're ready hit play to see the answers how'd you do on that quiz well let's find out here are the answers so hit pause and review these answers to see how well you did so how'd you do on the quiz make sure you share your score in the comments below and I want you to leave an example sentence practicing your favorite take phrasal verb now you're going to learn 15 Advanced words these are c one words to help you sound smarter more advanced more fluent in English so let's go here's number one a fiasco this is a noun and it means a complete failure or collapse now you describe something as a fiasco for example you could say the conference was a complete Fiasco so a complete failure it means the exact same thing but side by side failure is more of a beginner word it's an everyday word fiasco instantly makes you sound smarter number two to Revel in something this is a phrasal verb so pay attention to the sentence structure because you need the preposition in to Revel in something this has an easy meaning it simply means to really enjoy something and take pleasure in something for example he reveled in his new promotion he really enjoyed his new promotion took a lot of pleasure from it now just an important note don't confuse the pronunciation with the very common word reveal we're talking about revel revel reveal Rebel notice the difference in the vowel sound this is a short sound oh Rebel long sound reveal he reveled in his promotion number three to anticipate this is a verb and it's used when something is likely or probable so I could say we're not anticipating any problems tonight so it's simply saying we're not expecting problems are not likely or probable now remember this is a verb so notice the verb tense we're not anticipating any problems tonight this is in the present continuous is simply negative but in the present continuous number four to exaggerate this is when you make something seem larger more important better or even worse than it actually is a lot of people do this with their problems they might have a problem that's like this but then they exaggerate it and they make the problem sound like it's this they exaggerate another example I could say that was the best meal I've ever had I'm not exaggerating so notice I'm using this in the negative to say I'm not making it better than it actually is it is that good in reality now we can use this with any adjective that was the worst meal the most expensive meal the most unique meal the spiciest meal I'm not exaggerating number five to indicate this is a verb and this is when you make something clear or you simply show something we use this a lot in research studies and reports for example the study indicated that the cost of gold is increasing so this is just a smarter way to say the study showed that the cost of gold is increasing number six inevitable that's a fun word to say inevitable inevitable this is an adjective and it's when something is certain to happen so 99.9 percent going to happen now we generally use this with negative outcomes if you keep eating fast food a heart attack is inevitable number seven to intend this is a verb and it's used when you have a a plan or a purpose we commonly use this in the negative to say we don't have a plan or purpose for example I could say I didn't intend to hurt your feelings that wasn't my plan that wasn't my purpose I didn't intend to hurt your feelings now you can definitely use this in the positive for example we're talking about C1 vocabulary this video is intended for advanced students number eight mistaken this is an adjective and it's when you're simply wrong you're wrong in opinion or judgment so I could say I thought the conference started at nine but I was wrong you can say that or why not sound smarter and say I thought the conference started at nine but I was mistaken so just that one small change will instantly make you sound smarter number nine noticeable this is an adjective is when something is easy to see or recognize for example I could say there's an improvement in your speaking skills now Improvement is our noun so I can modify our now with our adjective noticeable and say there's a noticeable Improvement in your speaking skills it makes your sentence more complex and it makes the Improvement sound better because it's easy to see or recognize number 10 substantial this is an adjective this means large in size value or worth for example her promotion was substantial it was large in value or in worth teaching number 11 to absorb you need this one because when you absorb information it means you understand it fully so when you start a new job you might say there's so much information to absorb so you have to get the information but then you also have to understand it fully so hopefully you're absorbing all of these new words number 12 to compel this is a verb it means to force someone to do something for example he was compelled to wear a suit to work this means he didn't want to wear a suit somebody most likely his boss or the company as a whole forced him they compelled him to wear a suit number 13 drastically this is an adverb it modifies a verb and when something happens drastically it's in a severe and sudden way for example everyone's daily routine was drastically changed in 2020 we went from going out every day to staying home every day our routines changed drastically number 14 excessive this is an adjective and it means too much the amount of sugar in processed foods is excessive it's too much and finally to generalize this is a verb and it is used when you say that something is true all the time when in reality it isn't it's only true some of the time perhaps for example many people say that Canada is cooled all the time you can't generalize about the climate in Canada we have a very diverse climate it can get really hot and it can also get really cold so now you have lots of English vocabulary to sound smarter let me know in the comments which one was your favorite my favorite was definitely number one Fiasco I think just because it's really fun to say Fiasco it sounds a little Italian I have no idea if it is Fiasco I like it what about you share your pick and practice it in the comments below now you're going to learn all of the job interview vocabulary that you need to impress your interviewer and get your dream job let's get started with the first question that you're going to be asked tell me about yourself when you're asked this question you absolutely must use the Expression I have more than over or almost 10 years of experience and then you can add as a and your job title as a project manager as an accountant don't forget that article it's very important that it's there before your job title now you can also talk about your experience in a particular field I have almost 20 years of experience in the project management industry I have more than 15 years of experience in the it sector so you can use field industry or sector now notice you have more than or over that's when the number is great greater than and then you have almost that's when the number is less than so if you actually have 13 or 14 years of experience well it sounds better to use a round number like 15. so you can say almost 15 years of experience if you have 13 or 14. now you can add to this and tell us more about your responsibilities in that role so you can say in this role which is your role as a financial analyst in this role you could also say in that role it doesn't matter in this that rule I was responsible for or you can say I am responsible for was if you're viewing the role as complete and I am responsible for if you're currently doing that role I was responsible four now after this we need a gerund verb so you can use many many different verbs to talk about your experience these are the most common verbs you can use in this role I was responsible for managing overseeing leading coordinating creating developing reviewing improving streamlining and analyzing of course you can use other verbs but these are the most common now streamlining this means improving the efficiency or Effectiveness so as a financial analyst you could say I have over 20 years of experience as a financial analyst in the I.T industry in this role I'm responsible for overseeing a team of 15 people and I'm responsible for streamlining our operations now in a job interview you absolutely want to use more academic or formal adjectives you don't want to say I have a lot of experience that doesn't sound very strong or convincing it sounds a lot more impressive if you say I have extensive experience I have significant experience so those are two must-know adjectives that you should use in job interviews extensive and significant which simply is a more formal way of saying a lot of I have significant experience and again after this you need a gerund verb you can use any of the verbs I've already shared and of course you'll have specific verbs for your industry and your specific job title I have extensive experience creating in International marketing campaigns for a variety of Industries now after this expression I have significant extensive experience you could also use a noun I have significant project management experience I have significant financial analysis experience so you don't have to use a gerund verb you could also use a noun if you're asked about your education or your credentials you can simply say I have a bachelor of I have a Bachelor of Science a Bachelor of Arts a bachelor of engineering whatever that may be now you can end it there but you may also choose to identify the school and the year you graduated those aren't requirements but if you went to a prestigious or well-known school or you recently graduated those might be useful details to include I have a Bachelor of Science from Cornell I graduated in 2020. you you could also use the verbs received or obtained which are more formal than have however it's extremely common to use the verb have I have a bachelor I have a master but you can absolutely use received or obtained to use the more formal version I received my master of education from Cornell in 2020. I obtained my master of engineering from MIT in 2019. if your credential is a certification you can use the verbs I received I completed or I obtained I completed my PMP in 2019. now notice here I use an acronym PMP if I'm applying for a job in the project management industry they know what a PMP is is the most prestigious certification in the industry it stands for project management professional so there's no need to identify an acronym if that acronym is well known in your specific industry let's talk about your personal strengths the interviewer is likely going to ask you what are your strengths what would you say are your three best qualities so here you can use a transition word as for my strengths as for my strengths that's just to introduce the point as for my strengths I'm extremely and then you can list the quality now notice here I use the adjective extremely this is a more convincing adjective than I'm really or very you want to avoid those common adjectives because they don't stand out and it's way more convincing to use a stronger adjective in a job interview like extremely I'm extremely hard working which sounds stronger than I'm really hard working let's review some common adjectives that you're going to use and for all of these adjectives you're going to use the verb to be and then list the adjective I'm extremely hard-working committed trustworthy honest focused methodical proactive a team player for a team player you can't use an adjective You're simply going to say I'm a team player you're not going to say I'm extremely team player that doesn't work I'm a team player now let's talk about some specific skills you should highlight in your interview now the following skills are rated as the top 10 skills that employers want of course the skills are specific to your industry but you can take this as a general list of skills that would be useful to highlight during the interview and to talk about these skills you can say I have and for an adjective you can say I have advanced I have Superior I have excellent and then you list the skill I have excellent time management skills I have Superior communication skills I have advanced adaptability skills the other top 10 skills are problem solving teamwork creativity leadership interpersonal skills attention to detail and work ethic for work ethic we have a very specific adjective and that's strong I have a strong work ethic so this is the specific expression for work ethic I have a strong work ethic so let's say you want to show off your communication skills I have Superior communication skills now let's say the interviewer wants to know why you're interested in this specific position you could say I'm looking for an opportunity to further or to develop my ex skills so your project management skills your teamwork skills your financial analysis skills whatever the specific skill is you could also say I'm looking for an opportunity to gain experience in and then you can talk about a specific field industry or sector in the I.T industry in the project management field in the marketing sector you should absolutely have a conclusion don't just say thank you for your time you should leave them with a really strong impression of your skills and your ability to complete the job and be an asset to the organization so you can say I believe that I know that I'm confident that my extensive project management skill would make me a valuable asset to your company your team your organization and I look forward to the opportunity to contribute to your goals of course you should take this and adapt it to your specific industry or role but you absolutely want a strong conclusion statement to impress the interviewer so now you have 50 plus Advanced English Expressions that you can use to impress your interviewer I want you to practice in the comments below by answering the question tell me about yourself and try to use as many different expressions from this lesson as you can I can't wait to learn a little bit more about your professional background now you're going to learn over 50 transition words that will help you sound very Advanced and professional in English so what exactly are transition words well transition words are individual words or groups of words phrases that you can use to organize your ideas and to show connection between your ideas there are commonly used in academic or formal writing but you shouldn't limit their use to just that because you can absolutely use them in your spoken English and you should use them in your spoken English to sound very Advanced and Prof professional and if you watch to the end of this video I'm going to share how you can use transition words to expand your ideas and to take a really simple idea and be able to talk on that idea for longer using transition words so stay right to the end so let's get started you're going to learn over 50 transition words in this lesson don't feel overwhelmed just add them to your vocabulary as you go our first group of transition words are used to show cause and effect causation so here I have two separate ideas I spilled my coffee I changed my shirt now this is where we can use a transition word to combine these ideas together and to show the relationship between them I spill my coffee as a result I changed my shirt cause and effect here are the transition words in this category and they're listed from most formal to least formal so you can take a screenshot of this consequently hence accordingly thus for that reason as a result therefore and so since because due to now the example I gave you I spilled my coffee as a result I changed my shirt this is a casual statement it might sound a little odd perhaps out of place to use a very formal transition word such as consequently in such a common everyday speech I spilled my coffee consequently I changed my shirt you could absolutely say it it's grammatically correct but the choice of transition word is just a little too formal so do not think that formal is the best and you absolutely should use formal you should use formal when your ideas are more formal they're more academic they're more professional in a business context let's look at a business context the project is over budget we have to cut costs so again we'll show our cause and effect we'll use a transition word to combine these ideas and because it's a more formal context I can use a more formal transition word the project is over budget hence consequently thus we have to cut costs our next group of transition words is chronology this is how events are related based on when they occur so think of time here are three events I went to the store I worked out I made dinner now of course we can add first second third first next finally that's chronology and it instantly sounds more organized and more advanced when you add the transition words so let's review the transition words in this category first firstly to start to begin at the beginning at the start second secondly after afterwards next then subsequently later third thirdly after afterwards next then subsequently later finally lastly last but not least now notice that for the second and third events many of the transition words are the same you can use after after for the second and third event or you can use next next for the second and third and fourth and fifth event but you might want to avoid that so you don't sound repetitive using the same transition word again and again so you can use next then then subsequently subsequently finally so you can use the different transition words just to show off your Advanced vocabulary our next category of transition words is to show contrast when you have two opposing ideas let me give you two ideas I love ice cream I'm lactose intolerant so can you see how these two ideas are in opposition I love ice cream is great it's a really positive thing but I'm lactose intolerant that's negative and it also means that I can't eat ice cream so those ideas are in opposition so we can use our contrasting transition words however although though but I love ice cream but I'm lactose intolerant same thing the transition words are listed from most formal to least formal again you could say I love ice cream however on lactose intolerant but again these ideas are quite simple so you probably want a more simple transition word our next category of transition words is addition of similar ideas I love ice cream I love cake it's adding a similar idea because they're both in the same category which is desserts or sweets the most common transition words from most formal to least formal in this category are furthermore moreover further additionally in addition also and I love ice cream and I love cake obviously you know that one so why not try to advance your vocabulary by using in addition I love ice cream in addition I love cake now let's talk about generality this is when things are true most of the time the most common transition words in this category are in general generally generally speaking by and large for the most part most of the time more often than not usually typically mostly so let's take an example our meetings are very productive now of course I'm sure there's one or two meetings that aren't very productive but most of the time in general generally speaking our meetings are very productive now let's look at the category of examples there are really only three main transition words for example as an example for instance this software has really helped us now it can make your point a lot stronger or help you expand on your idea by adding an example this software has really helped us for example as an example for instance it reduced our error rate by 40 percent our next category is emphasis this category is used to make a point Stronger by adding more supporting information let's take a simple example I love pie now what if I wanted to make this point stronger I could say it's my favorite dessert I love pie in fact it's my favorite dessert I love pie as a matter of fact it's my favorite dessert these are the only two transition words that are commonly used to add emphasis and finally conclusion transition words notice I just used a transition word and finally that is a conclusion transition word now of course in this category we use these transition words when we want to end what we're saying and our speech and our presentation here are the most common transition words listed from most formal to least formal in conclusion to conclude to summarize In Sum All Things Considered finally overall ultimately in the end to wrap up to sum up all in all so let's say I'm ending my presentation at work and I want my colleagues to remember one very important fact and that fact is if we want to remain competitive we have to invest in automation now to let my colleagues know that this is the last point I'm going to make my final point I'm going to add a conclusion transition word ultimately if we want to remain competitive we have to invest in automation so now you have 50 50 plus transition words to help you communicate your ideas in a very professional and organized way before you go let me share a bonus tip with you you can use transition words to help you expand on your ideas so let's take one idea in general our meetings are very productive now I can pick any category of transition word to expand on this idea I could add a contrast however they usually run over time so this is an opposing idea now let me give an example of my last point to add emphasis and to expand even more for example today our meeting was scheduled to end at 11 and it went until 11 17. so let's expand on this even more what was the effect of the meeting running over by 17 minutes as a result I was late for a meeting with a client were there any other effects if there were I could use an edition of a similar idea transition word additionally I had to work through lunch to catch up as you can see transition words are an ad excellent way to expand on your ideas so now it's your turn in the comments below why don't you take three or more transition words and start with one idea and then just pick any other category and expand on that idea with three or more transition words so you can do that in the comments below let's end this lesson with the most common phrasal verbs with pick pick up and pick out so let's talk about pick pick as a verb means to select and you select one or more from many options so here for example we have many different options of pens I love color so I like writing with different colors now let's say you need a pen and you say Jennifer can I borrow a pen and I could say shirt pick one pick one so I want you to take one of the many options pick one now it doesn't have to be limited to one so I could say sure pick the ones plural pick the ones you like so I'm encouraging you to take more than one pen so you might pick the green one and pick the orange one and you're a little greedy and you pick the blue one now let's compare that to pick out because we also use pick out as a phrasal verb notice it has the preposition out so this is a phrasal verb we add the preposition out and we can use it to say identify one or more out of many now that is exactly the same as pick right so I could say sure pick one out and you pick the orange one or I could say sure pick out your favorites and you pick out the yellow blue and the green one you can say I picked these I picked these out so in this specific context of selecting one or more from many you can use either pick or pick out there's no difference in meaning now let's talk about pick up this is the mistake I see sometimes students use pick up instead of pick out but they're completely different meanings so pick up is in no way related to selecting okay completely different now pick up has many different meanings I'm going to explain the two most common the first is to raise something with your hands okay so let's say I oops drop my pen I need and this is the floor okay I need to pick it up pick it up so I'm lifting something raising something with my hands so let's say you got a parcel and it's really big you could ask someone can you help me pick this up it's really heavy now the second most common meaning of pick up is when you go to a place to get someone or something and then take that someone or something to another place so I'm sure you know this one because it's very commonly used can you pick me up from the airport so you go to the airport you get me and you bring me to another location so we use it with people and a lot of people know this because they have to pick their kids up from school for example or they have to pick their husband up from work for example so it's very commonly used now another way we use it that most students don't know about is you can also pick something up so for example your wife could call you and say honey can you pick some milk up on your way home so you're going to go from work to the store get milk and bring the milk to another location can you pick some milk up from the store or can you pick up some pens on your way home because I don't have enough colorful pens I want more pens can you pick some pens up on your way home but just remember that pickup is in no way related to pick or pick out so now you know how to use pick and pick out to mean select one out of many and you know two common meanings for the phrasal verb pick up so you have four sentences to write I want you to leave those in the comments below now I want you to keep improving your English with this lesson and if you haven't already make sure you go to my website and get this free speaking guide to help you speak English fluently and confidently you can click the link right here so get started with your next lesson right now

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Published: Tue Feb 28 2023