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- [Jack] Hello, this is Jack from tofluency.com
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and welcome to this English lesson
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where you are going to see
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maybe 50 to 100 phrasal verbs in this lesson.
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And you are going to learn these phrasal verbs
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from a story, a story about my friend Dave.
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Now my friend Dave is a pretty interesting guy.
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And what I'm going to do is tell you
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about one of his days recently.
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I'm going to show you some video footage
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from that day as well.
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Now to get the most out of this lesson, turn on subtitles.
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And then also check out the description
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for a list of all the phrasal verbs
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that we use in this lesson.
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Okay, are you ready?
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Let's go.
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Today is Tuesday.
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Or Tuesday in American English.
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And Dave's alarm goes off at 4:30 a.m.
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As soon as he gets up, he turns on the coffee machine.
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But today he has run out of cream.
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He usually likes cream in his coffee,
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so he's not had the best start to the day.
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But he drinks his coffee anyway.
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And now it is time to work out.
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Now most people, if they work out in the morning,
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they'll just do a few exercises.
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But Dave is different.
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He sets off on his 20-mile run,
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breathing in the ocean air
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as he runs along the ocean front.
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Again, his goal is to run 20 miles.
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After 15, he's running out of energy and motivation.
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But this is Dave, so he doesn't give up.
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After his run, he bangs out 100 push-ups without stopping.
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He takes a quick breath and then carries on,
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doing another 100, and then another.
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He gets home, turns on the shower,
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jumps in, dries himself off,
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and then has another coffee.
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It's now 10 a.m. and it's time to focus on work.
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He opens up his computer, logs in to his emails,
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and responds to his clients' questions.
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In his inbox there are six speaking opportunities.
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He turns down five as they just don't pay enough.
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He agrees to do one as it pay him exactly what he is after.
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But he has to iron out a few details.
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He remembers that he has a speaking engagement next week,
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so he looks up flights to New York,
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where the speaking engagement is.
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And he soon realizes he doesn't have time
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to shop around for the best deal.
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So instead, he fills out the form
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and books the fight, business class.
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It's now time to get on with writing his presentation.
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He doesn't want to put this off until tomorrow
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or until next week.
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Now in the past, he would have a cigarette
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while writing his presentation.
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But he gave them up a few years ago
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because this is Dave, the new Dave.
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It's time to prepare his lunch,
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so he warms up leftover pasta from the night before.
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And once it's ready, he digs in and finishes it
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within about three minutes.
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The afternoon is dragging on a bit,
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so he makes another coffee.
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This time, he adds in a little honey.
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He spends the rest of the afternoon
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finishing up his presentation.
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Once that is done, it's now time to chill out
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for the rest of the evening.
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So he decides to text his friend
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to see if she want to hang out
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for the rest of the day.
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She agrees and he heads out just before five
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and sets off for his friend's house.
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He hasn't seen her for a while,
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so he's looking forward to catching up.
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They grew up together and he's worried
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about them growing apart.
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So he's very excited about seeing her.
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When he gets there, he pops in for a few minutes.
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They decide to eat out, so they head out
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to this new, exciting restaurant.
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They order some appetizers.
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Dave is starving at this point, so he wolfs them down.
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Sara only picks at them.
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They then go through the menu again
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and pick out a main meal to share.
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Sara then knocks back a couple of very expensive cocktails,
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but Dave just drinks water.
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He's trying to cut out alcohol during the week,
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which is pretty smart.
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Before heading back home, they decide to take a walk
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along the ocean and they actually
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run into an old friend from school
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who is there with other friends around a campfire.
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They decide to stay out a little bit longer,
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and then Dave drops Sara off at her home
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and drives back home.
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When Dave gets home, he has enough time
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to write down what he has learned
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during that day in his journal.
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He then turns off the lights, gets into bed,
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and passes out immediately.
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Today has been a good day.
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If you have enjoyed this lesson,
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then please like and share it with your friends.
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And, like I said before, check out the description
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so that you can get the list of the phrasal verbs
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that I've used in this video.
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And then check out another phrasal verb lesson.
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I'll leave those on your screen now.
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Thank you again for watching.
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Speak to you soon, bye-bye.