Hello and welcome to this video. Today you're
going to add the top 10 phrasal verbs to your vocabulary. Of course, I'm Jennifer from
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lesson. Now let's get started with this lesson. Are you ready to add the top 10 phrasal verbs to
your vocabulary? Now make sure you watch right to the end because I'm going to quiz you to make
sure you really understand these phrasal verbs. Alright, let's get started with phrasal verb
number one. Number one: to rip off. We use this when someone is selling something or buying
something and the buyer feels that the price is too high compared to the value of whatever
they're buying. For example, I can't believe I paid $200 for that! She ripped me off! Now notice
the sentence structure. You rip someone off. She ripped me off. Another example. She told everyone
that I ripped her off, but it was a fair price. So just because someone claims you ripped them off,
it doesn't necessarily mean it's true. Number two: to wear out. We use this when something
is damaged or weakened because of age, it's old, or because of use, you use it a lot. For
example, I wore out my tennis shoes last summer. If someone said that to me, I would assume
they played a lot of tennis last summer. They played so much tennis that they wore
out their shoes. They became damaged from use, from continually playing tennis. We
also use this in an adjective form: to be worn out. So it'd be very common to say, I need
to buy new tennis shoes because mine are worn out. So of course 'are' because 'shoes' is plural and
we need the plural form of the verb 'to be'. Mine, my tennis shoes, are worn out. So both forms are
very common. Number three, to draw up. We use this when you need to prepare paperwork. And generally
that paperwork is for a contract, an agreement, a proposal. Generally something that two people
need to sign or agree on to make it official. For example, I asked my lawyer to draw up the papers.
Whenever you're dealing with a lawyer, the papers are going to be official. So this is a perfect
time to use 'to draw up'. Or you could say, we're waiting for our bank to draw up the mortgage
agreement. So that's another very official document that you need to sign and you can use the
phrasal verb to draw up. Number four, to burn out. This is a phrasal verb that has gotten a lot of
attention recently, especially with the pandemic because, to burn out, this is when you feel
exhausted, mentally or physically, from prolonged stress. Stress of work, stress of a situation like
a pandemic, stress of a family situation like a divorce or an illness, something like that. But
a prolonged period. You can be stressed out for a day, but when you burn out, it means you have that
stress for a long period of time, several weeks, several months or even several years. For example,
I burned out at my last job. So perhaps I was working so much that I went through this period of
prolonged stress. I burned out. Another example, I burned out after caring for my aging parents.
So caregivers often experience burnout. So you can use this in a work situation or you can use it in
a personal situation as well. Number five, to look up to someone. So notice we have two prepositions
'look up to' and then someone. We use this when you admire someone or you respect someone. So
I could say, I looked up to him like a father. So of course I admire and respect my father.
And I'm comparing the situation to someone else. I looked up to him. I admired him like a father.
Another example, I really look up to my boss. So you admire your boss and you respect your
boss, you hold your boss in high regard. So you can use this in a work situation. You can
look up to people and you can use this in a social situation or a family situation. You can have many
different people in your life that you look up to for different reasons. Number six, to step up.
Now that's the phrasal verb, but we most commonly use 'it' in the expression 'to step it up'.
Notice that it's very important 'to step it up', 'to step it up'. This simply means to work harder,
or to try harder. Now you can say, we need to step it up if we're going to meet the deadline. So you
have this deadline and you need to work harder. So it's the same as saying we need to work harder
if we're going to meet the deadline. Step it up. Now what is this 'it' in the expression?
Well, the 'it' would represent work or effort. We need to step up our work, we need to
step up our effort. Step it up. I encourage you to use it that way, step it up, because you'll sound
like a native speaker. We have a really common expression with this 'step it up 'and then you
add the two words 'a notch'. Step it up a notch. If you look at a dial, 'up a notch' is one move on
the dial. So it represents a little bit, a small amount. Step it up on notch. It's just like saying
'step it up a little bit'. So that's just a common expression. You need to step it up a notch, if you
want to meet the deadline. So you can use it with 'a notch', it's very common. Or you can use
it without. Number seven, to hone in on. This is another two preposition phrasal verb. We
have hone 'in on'. Hone in on something. And this means to really focus on something. To put all
your attention on something specific. For example, if we want to get more customers, we should really
hone in on small business owners. So maybe right now you're not being very specific, and you're
looking at all customers, but you want to hone in on one specific segment of the population, small
business owners, you're going to focus on them. You're going to hone in on them. Another example,
for the presentation, we should really hone in on South America. So maybe you're a global company
and you have branches all over the world. But for this specific presentation, you're going
to hone in on one specific part of the world, South America. Now many native speakers, native
speakers, not students, many native speakers mistakenly say 'home in on'. We need to 'home
in on'. And that's because in pronunciation, they're very similar. Hone in, home in. Hone in?
What's that? It's not really used very much but everybody knows the word 'home'. But
this isn't correct. The expression is not 'home in on'. The expression is 'hone in on'.
So make sure you get that both in pronunciation, hone, and in spelling as well. And if you
hear a native speaker saying 'home in on', they're incorrect. Number eight, this is a must
know phrasal verb, to bring up. And this is when you begin a discussion on a specific topic. For
example, if you're in a staff meeting, it would be very common for the boss or whoever's leading
the meeting to say 'before we end the meeting, does anyone have anything to bring up?' Does
anyone have a specific topic they want to discuss? Does anyone have anything to bring up? Or after
the meeting, you might tell another colleague, I didn't have a chance to bring up the marketing
proposal. So you didn't have a chance to discuss this specific topic. The marketing proposal.
Maybe you ran out of time. Number nine, to talk into. And the sentence structure is 'to
talk someone into something' and this means to convince someone to do something. For example, she
talked me into helping her move. She convinced me to help her move. So when someone uses this,
oh, she talked me into helping her move. It gives you the impression that the person didn't
really want to do the activity, but somebody convinced them. But please, I really need your
help, I'll buy pizza. Or maybe you could say, my team talked me into bringing up the bonus at
the staff meeting. So notice I used 'bring up', discuss a specific topic, the bonus. My
team talked me into bringing up the bonus. Now because maybe discussing the bonus is a little
bit of a sensitive issue, and nobody wants to do it, but your team convinced you. Lucky you! So
they talked you into it. And number 10, to stick around. This is a must use phrasal verb. You
can use it in a social setting or a professional setting. To stick around means to stay in a
location for a period of time. So let's say you're at this beautiful park with a friend. And after an
hour or so your friend has to leave and they say, do you want to share an Uber? And you say no,
I'm going to stick around a little bit longer. So you're going to stay in a specific location,
the park, for a period of time. It's unknown how long you'll stay but it doesn't really matter.
It's just the fact you're going to stay. I'm going to stick around a little bit longer. It's
such a beautiful day. I'm going to stick around. Now you can also use this in the negative. I can't
stick around very long because I have a meeting. Although it's a beautiful day, I can't stick
around very long. I have a meeting to get back to. So now you have 10 new phrasal verbs added to your
vocabulary. So it's time for your quiz. So here's how the quiz will work. First I'll show you the
questions. You need to choose which phrasal verb best completes the sentence. Here are the
questions, hit pause now, complete the quiz and whenever you're ready, hit play and I'll
share the answers. So go ahead and hit pause now. Welcome back. So how did you do on this
quiz? Let's find out. Here are the answers. So hit pause, review the answers and whenever
you're ready, hit play and come back to the video. So how did you do? Let us know in the comments.
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