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  • Vanessa: Hi, I'm Vanessa from SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com.

  • Are you ready to get dressed?

  • Let's do it.

  • Everyone wears clothes.

  • I'm wearing clothes.

  • I hope you're wearing clothes.

  • Talking about your daily life, like clothing is a great way to expand your vocabulary and

  • really use English every day.

  • So today I'd like to invite you on a journey with me to talk about 27 phrasal verbs related

  • to clothing.

  • Today, Dan, my husband is going to be the model for all of the phrasal verbs that we

  • talk about.

  • I am very pregnant right now and it's difficult for me to get into clothing, so I really appreciate

  • his help.

  • By the time you're watching this video, I've already had my baby, but right now I haven't,

  • so thank you Dan for your help.

  • Let's get started with the first category of clothing phrasal verbs.

  • If a phrasal verb can be split, and a lot of these can, look for the blue pronouns so

  • that you can see how to split the phrasal verb.

  • For example, I put on the shirt or I put it on.

  • Let's take a look at the first category.

  • Vanessa: Buying, try on, get into, fit into.

  • Dan is trying on this striped shirt.

  • He already tried on a red one.

  • Which one should he get?

  • He tried it on.

  • Do you think that Dan will be able to get into this shirt?

  • He used to fit into it 30 years ago.

  • Dressing, put on, throw on, have on, take off.

  • Dan puts on a hoodie because it's a little bit chilly outside today.

  • He puts it on.

  • He's late for work so he's just going to throw on his hoodie and run out the door.

  • He's throwing it on.

  • Dan has had on his hoodie all day, even though it's spring.

  • He had it on.

  • Vanessa: After wearing his hoodie all day, he is finally ready to take it off.

  • Closing, zip up, button up, tuck in, roll up.

  • Dan zips up his coat to get ready to go outside.

  • He zips it up.

  • He makes sure to button up his dress shirt carefully before his date with me.

  • He buttons it up.

  • After buttoning it up, it's time to tuck in his shirt.

  • He tucks it in.

  • It's warm this afternoon so Dan decides to roll up his sleeves before going outside.

  • He rolls them up.

  • Fancy, dress up, dress up like.

  • Dan is really dressing up for this date.

  • Do you think he's going to change his pants?

  • Vanessa: Dan is dressed up like an annoying tourist.

  • Notice the difference between dress up, which is fancy and dress up like, which is to imitate

  • the way someone dresses.

  • Weather, bundle up, wrap up, strip down.

  • Don't forget to bundle up before you go outside.

  • Make sure you wrap up.

  • It's cold out there.

  • When Dan got inside, it was so hot that he needed to strip down.

  • Ah, that feels better.

  • Old, wear out.

  • Dan wore his favorite shorts so much that now they are completely worn out.

  • He wore them out.

  • Shoes, slip on, slip off, lace up, break in, kick off.

  • Dan slips on his shoes before he goes outside.

  • He slips them on.

  • Vanessa: He quickly slips them off every time he goes inside the house.

  • Dan is lacing up his hiking boots and then he ties the laces into a double knot.

  • He laces them up.

  • These are new boots, so Dan needs to break them in for a few days.

  • Dan kicks off his hiking boots after a long hike.

  • Ah, that feels good.

  • He kicks them off.

  • Modifying, let out, taken.

  • This shirt is a little too small.

  • Dan needs to get it let out if he wants to wear it comfortably.

  • The tailor will let it out.

  • Dan really likes these pants, but they're too big.

  • Maybe he will get them taken in professionally.

  • The tailor will take them in.

  • Tidying, fold up, hang up, put away.

  • After washing his favorite cat tank top Dan folds it up carefully.

  • Now that this video is finished, Dan hangs up his coat and puts it away in the closet.

  • He hangs it up.

  • Vanessa: Now I'd like to give you a little test.

  • Do you think you can fill in the blank with the correct phrasal verb?

  • I'm going to read a sentence with a blank and I want you to think about which phrasal

  • verb would be best in the sentence and then I'm going to read the sentence a second time

  • with the correct phrasal verb.

  • I'd like you to also try to read these sentences out loud with me.

  • It's going to be a great chance to remember the phrasal verbs because you're speaking

  • out loud and also you're trying to think of which one's the best fit.

  • Let's get started.

  • After going to Paris, Dan felt inspired to ________ more often instead of wearing sweatpants

  • and a hoodie every day.

  • After going to Paris, Dan felt inspired to dress up more often instead of wearing sweatpants

  • and a hoodie every day.

  • He went to the store to ________ some classy shirts.

  • Vanessa: What do you think goes in the blank?

  • He went to the store to try on some classy shirts.

  • First he ________ his hoodie, that was ______ after years of daily use.

  • First he took off his hoodie that was worn out after years of daily use.

  • As he was _______ the first colored shirt he took a look in the mirror.

  • As he was buttoning up the first colored shirt he took a look in the mirror.

  • Vanessa was going to love his new style.

  • He carefully ______ the shirts and came out of the dressing room to look at the shoe selection.

  • Vanessa: He carefully hung up the shirts and came out of the dressing room to look at the

  • shoe selection.

  • He ______ some brown dress shoes, but all of the shoes seem too stiff and uncomfortable.

  • He laced up some brown dress shoes, but all the shoes seem too stiff and uncomfortable.

  • It would take too long to _________ so Dan decided just to buy the shirts.

  • It would take too long to break them in so Dan decided to just buy the shirts.

  • Half classy was better than not classy at all.

  • Now I'm going to read the story out loud all together one more time.

  • I want you to try to read it out loud with me to exercise your pronunciation, to challenge

  • your memory and just to be able to use English.

  • Let's read that full story.

  • After going to Paris, Dan felt inspired to dress up more often instead of wearing sweatpants

  • and a hoodie every day.

  • Vanessa: He went to the store to try on some classy shirts.

  • First he took off his hoodie that was worn out after years of daily use.

  • As he was buttoning up the first colored shirt, he took a look in the mirror.

  • Vanessa was going to love his new style.

  • He carefully hung up the shirts and came out of the dressing room to look at the shoe selection.

  • He laced up some brown dress shoes, but all the shoes seem too stiff and uncomfortable.

  • It would take too long to break them in so Dan decided to just buy the shirts.

  • Half classy was better than not classy at all.

  • And now I have a question for you.

  • In the comments let me know, can you use these phrasal verbs to describe what you did to

  • get dressed today?

  • You might say, "Well, I just slipped on my shoes and threw on a tee shirt," or "I had

  • to get dressed up for a presentation today."

  • Let me know in the comments and thank you so much for learning English with me.

  • I'll see you again next Friday for a new lesson here on my YouTube channel, bye.

  • Vanessa: The next step is to download my free ebook, Five Steps to Becoming a Confident

  • English Speaker.

  • You'll learn what you need to do to speak confidently and fluently.

  • Don't forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel for more free lessons.

  • Thanks so much.

  • Bye.

Vanessa: Hi, I'm Vanessa from SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com.

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