11 IMPORTANT Phrasal Verbs
Transcript:
Hey everyone!
Welcome back to my channel!
In this video, we're gonna go over some phrasal verbs.
So basically, the thing about phrasal verbs is that you can't really understand phrasal verbs.
You only memorize them.
This is a little bit unfortunate because nobody likes memorization, right?
But you have to memorize them because if you want to be understood
and you want to understand others, phrasal verbs are very important.
So without further ado, let's get started.
The first phrasal verb is going to be “run out of”.
Basically, it means that you no longer have something.
For example, “we ran out of milk”.
We no longer have any milk.
We don't have any milk.
Or “he ran out of gas in the middle of nowhere”.
Means that he no longer has any gas.
His car, rather, no longer has any gas in it.
Gas means gasoline.
The next phrasal verb is going to be “to give up”.
To stop doing something.
For example, “I gave up smoking last year”.
Means I stopped smoking last year, and I don't smoke anymore.
All right, the next phrasal verb is
“to call off” means to cancel something.
For example, “my boss called off the meeting”.
Means that my boss canceled the meeting.
The next phrasal verb is to blow up.
Means to explode.
In movies cars often blow up.
Means that in movies, cars often explode.
Also, another meaning of the phrasal verb to blow up is to
get really big really quickly on, for example, on social media.
This video blew up means
that this video got really popular in a short amount of time.
It blew up.
This video blew up.
This one is very popular and is used very often.
So pay attention!
It is “to end up”.
He ended up working at McDonald's.
Means that at the end, he works at McDonald's.
Or “how did you end up here”?
How did you end up here?
It ended up not happening.
Or “I ended up doing it all over again”.
Means that at the end, I did it all over again.
And so on.
The phrasal verb “end up” is
often followed by the verb in the “ing” form.
So, for example, “I ended up doing it”.
Or “he ended up working”.
To give away, to give something away.
Means to give for free.
To give for free as a gift.
This man gave away his possessions
to give away
To give something for free.
“To break up” means that you are no longer together.
Katie and Mike broke up recently.
They have been fighting a lot lately and ended up breaking up.
So we combined two phrasal verbs to end up and to break up, in one sentence.
They have been fighting a lot and ended up breaking up.
“To come across” means to encounter something.
For example, “in my research, I came across this interesting article.”
The next one is also used quite a lot,
so pay attention!
To drop off.
Can you drop me off at the airport tonight?
“To put up with” means to tolerate
or to accept something.
For example, “how can you put up with his atrocious behavior?”
The next one is “to dress up” means to put on nice clothes.
I'm going to need to dress up for this event.
Means I'm going to need to put on
some nice clothes for this event.
All right, that's it for this video.
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Chapters:
0:00 - intro
0:49 - run out of
2:03 - give up
2:39 - call off
3:19 - blow up
4:19 - end up
5:28 - give away
5:55 - break up
6:49 - come across
7:28 - drop off
8:05 - put up with
9:02 - dress up
9:43 - outro
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