Name: 50 Important Phrasal Verbs in English
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Vanessa: Hi, I'm Vanessa from SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com.

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Are you ready to master the top 50 phrasal verbs?

The imperative

Have you ever been listening to an English conversation but you just can't figure out

You know the individual words, but the meaning just doesn't add up.

If you've been putting off learning phrasal verbs, you may want to check out today's lesson.

It will take you from huh to bring it on in no time.

Well, phrasal verbs are a two or three-part verb like this.

There is a normal verb try plus a second part.

That second part could be called a participle, could be called a preposition, it doesn't

That second part is what makes this a phrasal verb.

To try is different than to try on or to try out.

So when we use phrasal verbs, it changes the meaning of the original verb.

Phrasal verbs are incredibly common in daily conversations, so I hope that these top 50

phrasal verbs in this lesson will help you to gain some confidence in your speaking but

also to help you understand what other people are saying.

Because it's important to know the nuances and the different meanings of these phrasal

Take a look at this sentence, her story didn't add up, I think she's lying.

What do you think this phrasal verb means?

Instead of me directly telling you right away the meaning of the phrasal verb, I want you

That's what we're going to be doing for all 50 of these phrasal verbs.

It's kind of like a 50-question test, hopefully a fun test.

What do you think add up means here, her story didn't add up, I think she's lying.

Something about it seemed not logical or strange, it didn't add up.

We usually use this phrasal verb in a negative sentence, so that's what's happening here.

If you are a student and you go to your teacher and say, "I'm sorry, I don't have my homework

finished because last night I got into a car wreck, and I had to go visit my grandmother

And then I had my dog, and my dog was eating my homework."

This story seems a little bit unbelievable, so the teacher might think, "Oh, your story

So here, the story doesn't make sense, it's not logical, it doesn't add up.

Let's go to number two, to back somebody up.

Take a look at this sentence, my parents backed me up when I decided to apply for graduate

My parents backed me up, what do you think this means?

We can imagine your back the part of your body, it gives you support.

You can't sit up or stand up or do much without your back.

So when you back someone up, you give them support.

My parents supported me when I decided to apply for graduate school.

This is a great example of how a phrasal verb can directly replace another maybe more textbook

It's not wrong to say my parents supported me, but it's even better to say my parents

backed me up when I decided to apply for graduate school.

Phrasal verbs will just make you sound more comfortable and like you know what you're

Let's take a look at a similar expression, it's kind of a bonus tip that I'd like to

What if I said to you I've got your back, I've got your back.

This isn't a phrasal verb, it's just a bonus phrase that is kind of similar to this phrasal

It means I will support you, I am supporting you all the way, I got your back.

We often use this when we want to give encouragement to someone.

So if your friend is maybe going to do something a little bit risky, you can say, "I will support

Let's go onto our next phrasal verb, to blow up.

When I told her I couldn't come to her party, she blew up.

This is the past tense, this is an irregular past tense verb.

She blew up, do you think she is really happy?

Instead, this is to become suddenly angry, she blew up.

So if this is part of your personality to easily blow up, maybe there's some deep breaths

If you are easily angry, well, maybe you easily blow up.

Let's go to our next one, to bring on something, to bring on something.

Can you tell by my facial expression it's not like the previous one, I'm not blowing

Instead, I am excited about accepting some kind of challenge with confidence.

Yes, 50 new phrasal verbs, I can do it, bring it on.

We often use this to give encouragement to ourselves.

If you are faced with some kind of challenge and you want to really encourage yourself,

To bring up, you shouldn't bring up politics in this house unless you're ready for a long

You shouldn't bring up politics, this means you shouldn't mention politics in conversation

unless you want a long discussion because people here are quite passionate about politics.

To bring up something, what's something that you shouldn't bring up in your country?

What is a topic that you should maybe avoid in your country?

If you'd like to check out some common taboo questions in English and especially in the

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