Today you're going to learn if the
phrasal verbs that native speakers actually use. Of course, I'm Jennifer and
welcome back to G force English training your place to become a fluent confident
English speaker. And in this lesson, you're first going to watch a group of 10 phrasal
verbs. And then you're going to complete a quiz to make sure you know how to use those phrasal
verbs. And then we'll continue on with the next group. So you're also going to complete five
quizzes in this lesson. Let's get started.
Number one to come around to an opinion or an
idea. And this means to change your opinion or to see a new point of view. Now notice
the sentence structure because we have two prepositions around and to and then after to
we need something we need a noun an opinion or an idea. For example, I came around to the new
job
after I heard about the benefits package. So remember, this means you change
your opinion.
So previously, you didn't want the new job. But now you've come
around to it. So you've
changed your opinion. Now you want the new job because you heard about
the benefits package.
We commonly use this without the preposition to and without specifying
the something
when the something has already been mentioned. For example, at first I didn't
want to move to Boston,
but I came around after I visited. So notice I didn't say I came
around to something because
the something had already been mentioned. So I came around to
the idea after I visited number
two it to get across a point or message and this is when
you clearly and effectively communicate
a point or a message. For example, make sure you
get across that the project is over. Budget.
So if you're having a meeting with a client and
your boss has very particular message or idea,
the project is over budget, and your boss
wants you to communicate that in a clear, effective
way. Your boss wants to make sure
you get that across. Now we also use this when you're talking
you're talking you're talking
and the ideas aren't really coming out very well. And after a while
you stop and you say what
I'm trying to get across is and then you see your point.
What I'm trying to get across is
the project is over budget number three it to show off.
This is when you deliberately
display your skills or abilities in a way to impress other people.
Now this is frequently used
in the negative don't show off, don't show off, but
there's definitely a time and a place
when you want to show off. For example
when you're going to a job interview. You
shouldn't be modest. You should show off your
skills and abilities. You should talk about all
your awards, your accomplishments, your degrees,
the compliments you've received. You want to show
off all of your experience to the interviewer.
So an interview is the perfect time to show off.
Also if you're going for your IELTS exam,
you don't want to be modest with your knowledge of
the English language you want to show off your
abilities. By using a range of grammatical
structures and a range of phrasal verbs and
idioms and expressions you want to show off
to the interviewer number four to count on. Now this
is exactly the same as to rely on
or to depend on. So you have three different phrasal verbs all with
on that mean the exact
same thing and this is of course when you trust someone or something to
complete a specific task
or objective for example, I can always count on Selma to stay late. So you
can trust Salma to
complete the specific task or objective, which is to stay late. And remember
you could replace
this with rely on I can always rely on Selma, or depend on I can always depend on
Selma. Now
we frequently use this in a question response. For example, Can I count on you?
Can I count on you to close the deal? And then you can reply back and say absolutely
you can count
on me. Number five to come between. Now this is when something disturbs a
relationship. And that
relationship can be a professional relationship, a social relationship,
romantic, family
relationship, it can be any kind of relationship. For example, Jacob
and Marcus were best friends
until Sylvie came between them. So that's the image you could have.
They were close, Jacob
and Marcus, but then Sylvie came between them and now they're divided.
Sylvie disturbed their
relationship. Now it's very common for a girl or a guy to come between a
relationship but it doesn't
have to be a person. It could be that Jacob and Marcus were very
close, but the promotion
came between them. The new job came between them. Their family came
between them. Their politics
came between them. Their religion came between them, it could
be anything came between them.
Money is a good one as well that comes between people in
relationships. And remember you can use
this in any type of relationship. Number six to put up
with something or someone. And notice this
is a two preposition phrasal verb put up with put up
with and we use this to say that you tolerate
bad behavior or unwanted behavior to put up with.
For example, I don't know how you put up with your
boss. I don't know how you tolerate your
boss. Now of course we can be more specific and specify
the action that the boss does.
I don't know how you put up with your boss's constant criticism,
for example, or your
boss's distasteful jokes. For example, I don't know how you tolerate it.
Now we commonly
use this to say I'm not going to put up with
and then the behavior. I'm not going to put
up with your constant criticism any longer.
Number seven to bounce back. Now to bounce
back. This is when you recover or recuperate. Now,
you can use this when you recover from
a negative situation in a business context, like for example,
a bad sales quarter or a bad
product launch for example, but it can also be when you recover or
recuperate from an illness.
So you can use it in both those situations. For example,
in a workplace situation, you
could say, I don't know how we'll bounce back
from our laws in q2. So I don't know how we'll
recover. And then you could have a discussion. How
can we bounce back? Does anyone have any
ideas on how we can bounce back? Now in terms of recovering
or recuperating from an illness, you
could say it took me a while to bounce back after my surgery.
So it took me a while to
recover, recuperate number eight, act up. This means to behave badly,
or strangely.
This is very commonly used with parents describing the actions of their young
children or even their
older children. My son keeps acting up behaving badly, but we can also
use this with devices and
objects. For example, my computer keeps acting up behaving strangely.
My computer keeps acting up.
I hope it doesn't break. Number nine to make it up to someone. This
is quite a long one. So pay
attention to this sentence structure to make it up to someone.
Now we use this when you try to
compensate for a wrongdoing. For example, let's say it's your
best friend's birthday. And you
can't go for whatever reason. So this is the wrong doing not
going to your best friend's birthday
party. Now if you want to compensate for that wrongdoing,
you could say I'm so sorry. I can't
make your birthday party. I promise, I'll make it up to
you. I'll make it up to you by taking you
out for a nice dinner. I'll make it up to you by
going to the movies with you. I'll make it up
to you by buying you a really nice present. So
those are the ways you're going to compensate. Now
you might be wondering what is this IT, in make
it up to someone? We use it with it because what
you're trying to compensate for has already been
explained. So you don't have to say it again.
Now you can use this in a business context.
Let's say you went over-budget on a client's
project. And you might say to your team,
how are we going to make it up to the client. How
are we going to compensate for our wrongdoing.
The wrongdoing was you went over-budget.
And then maybe someone would suggest, we can make
it up to them by offering a
discount or offering a free product, offering an extra service. So
those are how you're
going to compensate for the wrongdoing, to make it up to someone. Number
10,
to barge in. When you barge in, you enter a place a location unexpectedly and you
interrupt
whatever is taking place. For example, I was in my office working and this kid
just
barged in and handed me his CV. But later I hired him. So by saying the kid barged in,
it
implies that he didn't have an appointment. He wasn't expected. He just barged in
unexpectedly
and he interrupted whatever I was working on. But in this case it was successful
because he
got the job.
So now you have the first group so let's complete your quiz.
Here are the questions
for the quiz. You need to complete
each sentence using the correct phrasal verb. So go ahead
and hit pause now and complete the quiz.
Here are the correct answers. Go ahead
and hit pause and see how well you did.
So make sure you share your score in the comments
and now let's continue with your second group of phrasal verbs.
Number one: to abide by. This is
more of a formal phrasal verb because it's used when you accept or follow a rule or regulation.
So we use it mainly with government rules, court rules, even business rules as well.
For
example, as a tourist you have to abide by the rules of the country you're visiting. So if
you
see a sign that says no parking, you have to abide by that rule. You have to follow that rule.
Now remember, we also use this to say you accept, you accept, but then you follow it. For example,
let's say you go to court because of a dispute, and the court doesn't rule in your favor. You
still have to abide by that decision. You have to accept it and then follow it. So this is a more
formal phrasal verb, but it's very useful because we all have to abide by many different rules,
