Phrasal Verbs You MUST Know for Fluent English

do you know the difference between the phrasal verbs to fill someone in and to fill in for someone and do you confuse the phrasal verbs to fill in to fill up and to fill out or the phrasal verbs to come down versus to come down with phrasal verbs can be challenging if you change one little word you change the meaning but in order to be fluent in English you must learn phrasal verbs native speakers use them all the time and they are not slang words they are common words used in both spoken and written English in this video you will learn a lot of commonly confused phrasal verbs let's get started let's learn the difference between to fill someone in and to fill in for someone to fill someone in means to give give someone additional information or missing information to tell them what they don't know for example we can say what's going on can someone please fill me in or I wasn't there please fill me in on what happened or I'll give you a call and I'll fill you in on the details she missed the first half of the movie so I need to fill her in on what happened let's listen to how some other people used it and he would fill me in on things that were happening and and and where let me fill you in on a little secret my brother had to fill me in later on a lot of details that when this happened and let's look at to fill in for someone and that means to temporarily do someone else's work because they're not available to substitute for someone for example we can say my colleague was sick so I had to fill in for her or I can't be there tomorrow could you please fill in for me don't worry I'll find someone to fill in for you or we can say she's not working today I'm filling in for her let's listen to how some other people used it every once in a while I fill in for Greta so it's not every day you get to fill in for your buddy Ellen you filled in for Jimmy Kimel and now let's look at another meaning of to fill in this one is commonly confused with to fill out and to fill up let's look at to fill in to fill in means to provide or to complete missing information or details it often refers to completing forms or documents to fill in means to write something in that space and that's why we say to fill in the blank because there is a blank space I took a fill-in the blank quiz but let's look at to fill out and that means to complete a form or paperwork and to fill out means to fill completely so it's not just a single entry it's the whole application for example so we can say I filled out the tax form or please fill it out and give it back to me and now let's look at the meaning of the phrasal verb to fill up and that means to make something full generally with liquid and you can say I filled up my car with gasoline or I filled up my water bottle before I left my house I'm not hungry anymore those snacks filled me up let's look at the difference between to walk in and to walk in on someone to walk in simply means to enter I opened the door and I walked in the class got quiet when the teacher walked in and to walk in on some someone means to accidentally enter the room when someone is inside doing something private and this can create an embarrassing situation for example you can say I walked in on him while he was getting undressed or you can say I didn't expect anyone to be in the conference room but I walked in on a meeting in progress be polite knock on the door first try not to walk in on them and now let's learn the difference between these two phrasal verbs to call out and to call someone out to call out means to say something loudly to shout in a loud voice for example we can say when I saw him I called out his name or the student called out the answer to the teacher's question but if we put a pronoun in the middle and if we say they called him out that has a very different different meaning to call someone out means to challenge someone to justify their behavior to ask someone to explain their bad actions for example we can say I had to call him out for being disrespectful or when he said those bad words to you did you call him out on it he needs to be called out on it that's not acceptable he needs to be called out or we can say the politician is lying why isn't anyone calling him out on it I can't believe no one is calling him out on it let's listen to how some other people used it so I think that's disingenuous and I think they need to be called out on it getting called out on the Internet is pretty much a fact of life at this point because we're human beings and we all make mistakes let's learn the difference between these two phrasal verbs to come down to and to come down with to come down to means to ultimately depend on or to result in and this is used for making a decision or reaching a conclusion after a lot of thought for example we can say it came down to two options and we had to make a difficult Choice which one do you want to buy it's going to come down to how much money you want to spend let's listen to how some other people used it here's the good news you can do it it's going to come down to how good you are it's going to come down the race strategy hundreds of thousands of ideas coming in and then really came down to the top 10 and so really what it came down to is were they willing to do this deal and now let's learn to come down with and that means to become ill with something to become sick for example we can say he doesn't feel well he might be coming down with a cold she's not working today because she came down with the flu or we can say say they came down with food poisoning after eating at that restaurant or a lot of people came down with covid let's learn the difference between to break out in and to break out of to break out in means to suddenly develop a skin condition or a rash or when something suddenly appears on your skin such as acne or pimples or rashes we can say the baby broke out in a rash or we can also use it this way when I'm nervous I break out in a sweat or we can say his back broke out in spots but to break out of has a very different meaning and that means to escape to get free usually it refers to a person in prison or in some other kind of confinement we can say he broke out of jail or he tried to break out of his prison cell or the animal broke out of the cage let's learn the difference between these three phrasal verbs to put something up to put someone up and to put up with someone or something first let's look at to put up to put up means to build something to erect something for example we can say they're planning to put up a 10-story building or do you know how to put up a tent or they put up a No Parking sign so it's to build something and usually it's something tall let's look at to put someone up and that means to allow someone to stay at your house temporarily to accommodate someone to put someone up for example we can say when my friends visit I put them up in the guest bedroom or can you put me up for a few nights I can't find a hotel or my company put me up in a really nice hotel let's listen to how some other people used it and uh they put me up at their house that night he put me up in a penthouse apartment let's listen to how Drake explained it in my new course phrasal verbs for fluent English to put up with is a way to say that you have to deal with something even though it might be annoying to you or at an inconvenience for you um you I have to put up with so much stress at work you know I have to deal and manage with all this stress I have to put up with it you might have to put up with a loud barking dog and it's keeping you up all night long I had to put up with this all night long the new course phrasal verbs for fluent English contains 21 videos plus there are downloadable audio files of the entire course plus downloadable PDFs of the meanings and almost most 1,000 practice sentences plus conversation practice exercises and multiple choice quizzes to test your progress I promise you that this course will take your English to the next level and now let's look at to put up with someone or something and that means to tolerate or to endure something unpleasant or to tolerate bad behavior for example we can say he's a bully I'm tired of putting up with him or you can say I'm tired of putting up with the noise I've put up with it for a long time I don't want to put up with it anymore I have to find a new job I simply can't put up with this job anymore I can't put up with my boss let's look at the next three phrasal verbs that are all related to driving a car to pull up to pull over and to pull into let's look at to pull up that means to stop your car to get closer to the side of the road next to the curb or at a specific location for example we can say the bus will pull up in front of the school or he's home I can see him pulling up in the driveway please pull up here and I'll get out of the car and let's look at to pull over to pull over means to move your car to the side of the the road and to stop often because you need to stop or there's some kind of emergency but it's really common to talk about the police we can say the police asked him to pull over he was pulled over and given a speeding ticket have you ever been pulled over if you say I've been pulled over everyone understands that you mean by the police the police stopped me and they gave me a ticket I had to pay an expensive Vine they pulled me over let's listen to how some other people used it I when I asked him what why he pulled me over he said I was suspicious there are police officers who have pulled me over and have told me you're not doing this very well uh next time you are pulled over by the police and let's look at to pull into to pull into means to steer your car to a particular space or location such as a parking spot or a garage we can say I pulled into the garage or I pulled into the gas station to fill up or you can say when you arrive just pull into any available parking space let's learn the difference between these three phrasal verbs to turn in to turn to and to turn into let's look at the first meaning of to turn in to turn in means to go to bed or to get ready to go to bed and sleep we can say I'm tired I think I'm going to turn in or I turned in early last night and that means I went to bed early and let's look at the second meaning of to turn in and that means to give something to someone in authority to submit something such as a report or an assignment your homework for example we can say have you turned in your homework yes but I turned it in late I didn't turn it in on time or I lost my wallet I hope someone turns it into the police and let's look at to turn two to turn to someone means to seek help or advice from someone when I need advice I turn to my older brother or we can say who do you turn to when you have a problem or we can use it this way if I have questions at work I turn to my manager let's listen to how Drake explained it in my new course phrasal verbs for fluent English to turn to someone is you're looking to them for help you know I I turned to you in a moment of need so you went to that person it's important to have someone to turn to absolutely yeah I mean I think we all need someone to turn to sometimes it's just that person that you can rely on uh that person that you can go to when you need something I certainly have people I can turn to and now let's look at to turn into to turn into means to transform or to change into something else or to become for example we can say when ice melts it turns into water or this is a great book I hope they will turn it into a film or we can say he turned his hobby into a successful career or our discussion turned into a big argument okay now it's time for your review quiz let's find out how many of these you remember okay let's get started let's look at the first question I wasn't at the meeting yesterday can someone please blank blank blank on what happened we've got three blanks there what three words do we need fill me in can someone fill me in on what happened did you get that one correct let's go on to the next question I'll have to miss work tomorrow can you blank blank for me fill in can you fill in for me let's go on to the next one I'm not feeling well I think I'm coming blank with a cold down coming down with the cold let's look at the next one when I need someone to talk to I turn blank my best friend what's the correct answer two I turn to my best friend let's go on to the next one the teacher called the student blank for being disrespectful out the teacher called the student out let's look at the next one I'm tired I'm planning to blank in early tonight what's the verb turn turn in early tonight let's go on to the next one I got an allergy and my skin broke blank blank spots out in broke out in broke out in spots let's go on to the next one I'm tired of putting blank blank his bad behavior two words up with putting up with his bad behavior all right and here's the final question I was driving very fast and the police blank me blank what did the police do pulled me over the police pulled me over or I was pulled over by the police how did you do if you made some mistakes watch this video again also practice making your own sentences and say them aloud that way you're much more likely to remember them and to use them spontaneously when you're speaking English and make sure to get my online course course phrasal verbs for fluent English you will learn the most important English phrasal verbs to get the course go to Accurate english.com thanks for watching and keep practicing your English this is the perfect time to work on your English fluency and save $200 when you get the super bundle of all three of my courses the American accent course 400 Advanced words you must know for FL fluent English and phrasal verbs for fluent English go to Accurate english.com

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Length: 18min 39sec (1119 seconds)

Published: Mon Jan 15 2024