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Mr. E was just catching up with Mr. Smith when James walked by. Mr. Smith asked Mr.
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E, "How could you put up with that awful smell of James'?" Mr. E asked Mr. Smith if he could
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team up with Mr. Jones and come up with a solution for the smell. You're probably going,
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"What's with this 'with'", right? With, with, with, with, with. Well, I want to talk about
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phrasal verbs today. I'm sure you've heard of phrasal verbs before. Or you might have
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heard of them by this other name, "compound verb". A phrasal verb is a two to three-word
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verb, okay? Some are separable, which means you can take some things off, and the meaning
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is the same. We'll talk about that when we speak about "team up with". And other ones
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are not separable or nonseparable, which means you cannot change it or the meaning changes.
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All right? So let's go to the board and see what Mr. E and Mr. Smith and Mr. Jones -- if
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you ever watched The Matrix, there is something in there for you. All right? What were they
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talking about? Well, I want to talk about phrasal verbs you
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can use. And these ones, specifically in the work place, and you'll see what I mean. Right?
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A phrasal verb is funny because by itself, if you just look at it, it doesn't make sense:
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"come up with", "put up with", "team up with", "catch up with". You mean, "What does it mean?"
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Because "catch" means this, right? Put means "place". And we look here. When I put the
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verbs, "come", it basically means when you come somewhere -- arrive or bring. It's a
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verb. These are all verbs, right? "Put" means "place". You say this, "you put", "place".
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"Place it somewhere." "Catch" -- sort of like "receive". Okay? And "team" -- oops. Excuse
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me for a second. And "team" -- "team" is a noun. It's also a verb. But "team" could be
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teaming -- like, team -- "join". I want to put "bring here, like, "come". Bring, like
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"bring yourself". You know, they're verbs. They're hard to explain in any simple way.
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But basically, what this is what they mean. But as soon as you add particles or prepositions,
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don't be confused. I use both because, well, all particles are prepositions. But sometimes,
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prepositions are not particles. Welcome to English. I just teach it. I didn't make the
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lesson up, okay? So when we add particles -- and a particle is just this. A particle
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is a preposition that's added to a form, as in a phrasal form verb, and it cannot be changed.
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So parts -- think of particle as "part" of something. Right? That's it. Prepositions
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are basically the same. They're "up", "with", "and", "on", "along" -- those are prepositions.
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But when they are joined with phrasal verbs, we call them "particles" because they have
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a specific meaning when they're with that verb. Okay? So just remember a particle cannot
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be separated from the phrase its attached to, and you're good to go.
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All right. So what are we going to do with these particular particles, "up" and "with"?
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Well, let's start off with the story. What did I say -- what was the first thing I said
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to you? The first thing I said to you was the following: "Mr. E was catching up with
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somebody." What does it mean to "catch up with"? Well, when we "catch up" with someone,
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we can, in this case -- catch up -- exchange information. "So what did you do this summer?"
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"I went to Barcelona." "Really?" "Yeah. It was fun." Just catching up with old times
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or catching up with old stories. There's a second meaning for "catch up", though.
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This one you will hear usually in the past tense. "His past caught up with him." "Catch"
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becomes "caught". Right? "His bad decisions caught up with him." You can also say in the
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present, "These decisions will catch up with you." And that means there's going to be a
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bad end or a consequence for something you have done already. Usually, you hear it in
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the past tense because those bad things are here now. Sorry. So if they say, "His past
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caught up with him", it means all the things he did before, he is now in trouble for now.
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So watch out that things don't catch up with you. So be good. All right?
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So that's what "catch up" means. And at work, you can say, "Look, all our bad decisions
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for our last project caught up with us." It means, "Now, we're facing the consequences
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of what we have done, or we're getting in trouble for what we did before." Cool?
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What about the next one? Because we've got "catch up" -- I said "catching up with Mr.
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Jones", right? So one was exchange of information, and the other one I just said is you can get
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consequences for what you've done. They said, "How could you put up with?" Well, "put" means
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"place". "Where did you put it? Where did you place it?" Yeah? So when I say, "Where
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did you -- how do you put up with", it's not the same meaning at all. You'll notice over
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here when we said "catch" -- we had "receive" and "increase". Let's look at "put". "Put"
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means "place". "Increase" and "surround". Well, this is what it means. "With" means
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"surrounded", or "up" means "increase". When you "put up" with somebody, it means to accept
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something without complaining. If you "put up" with someone, you accept a situation without
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complaining. "This is a bad smell. How can you put up with it?" "I plug my nose. I go
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to work. It's not a problem." Right? "How can you put up with his bad behavior?" "I
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just ignore him. I don't pay attention." "Put up" means to accept, no complaints. Right?
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"So how do you put up with the dog in the house?" "I take him for a walk, or I let him
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go in the backyard. It's not a problem." Right? "Put up with."
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Now, what's the third one we did? The third one we did was "could we team up with". Now,
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this is an interesting phrasal verb. Do you remember at the beginning I said there are
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separable and nonseparable phrasal verbs? There's a reason for that. Many people will
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say, "Can I just say 'team up'?" And yeah. You could. The general rule for a three-word
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phrasal verb is you cannot change any of the words. But this one can be used or "team up
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with". Now, specifically, it has to do with word order. When I say "team up with", you're
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going to put the person or the object right away. "Can Mr. E team up with James on this
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project?" Right? Cool? All right. So if you're asking if someone
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can team up with something -- let me see. There. A small mistake. I'll correct that.
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That's why I team up with this guy here. Always telling me what's going on, right? Thanks,
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E. You got props. So where was I? So when we were talking about teaming up and I said
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to you this is one of those, you know -- it could be "team up" or "team up with". It depends
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on the word order. If you're putting it directly, like, "I want to team up with someone", then,
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we'll say "with". Otherwise, you can do it in a different way. "Batman and Robin team
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up all the time." Right? "Batman teams up with Robin." Not a big deal. But we're going
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to follow the rule here. So remember we talked about teaming up, right? "Could Mr. -- sorry
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-- Mr. E and Mr. Smith team up with Mr. Jones?" They want them to join. And remember when
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we look up here with -- right? We've got "team up", "team up together". Work together. Right?
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To improve a situation. Usually, when you "team up", you join together to make something
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better. Okay? So we've got "team up with". And the last one was "come up with a solution".
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Once again, "come" means, like, "bring" or "arrive". But "come up with" -- what the heck
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does that mean? Well, we'll look at it. Come; come up with; in addition. Right? We go "in
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addition" and "improve". So come with something in addition to make it better. "When I came
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up with this idea" -- it's an idea we didn't have before, additional, and it's to improve
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the situation. "So what did you come up with?" Right?
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So I'll give you the story. I'm going to read it again. Try to work it through and think
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about it. "Mr. E was catching up with" -- now, in this case, we're not talking about he got
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in trouble from his past. Right? It "caught up" with him. We're saying "exchanging information".
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Now, "Let's catch up. Let's catch up with each other in a couple hours." Right? Exchange
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information. Modern information or new information that's happened from before. Okay?
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Now, when we talk about "put up with", what is that? Accept without complaint. It doesn't
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mean you love it. It just means you, in some ways, ignore it and say, "It's okay. I don't
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really -- it doesn't bother me. I put up with it." If you're a girl and you have a lazy
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boyfriend, they go, "How do you put up with that lazy guy who doesn't want to work?" "I
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put up with him because I love him." Right? She accepts him. "I accept him with my heart."
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It's acceptable. All right? Now, as I said, "team up". I love it when
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the Justice League teams up with the Justice Society. That means nothing to you, so how
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about this. When Barcelona -- Team Barcelona -- teams up with Team Madrid for the World
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Cup -- I know it doesn't happen, but imagine if they worked together, they would be the
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most awesome super team and maybe beat Brazil. Right? Not going to happen. All right? But
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that's what we mean by "team up". "Join forces". Right? And we did "catch up". And we've done
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"come up". "We need to come up with a plan." Well, like I came up with this lesson for
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you. With "with", right? So we've looked at "with" or "up with". And we used it with different
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verbs. And we've shown how even though the verb may have one basic meaning, when you
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add particles -- or prepositions depending on your teacher -- almost the same thing.
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When you add them together, it totally changes the meaning of the verb, okay?
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Now, for us, what that means -- because I know; I was talking to Mr. E earlier. "Why
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would they do it?" Well, specifically this. When you make phrasal verbs, they capture
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a unique meaning, and it gives more richness or gives more information than just the verb
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alone. "Come" means one thing, but "come up with" means something different. "Come" means
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"I arrive" or "I bring something". "Come up with" means invent something new that's going
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to prove the situation. Understand? That's why we use phrasal verbs. That's why
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they're important. And that's why I want you to come back to EngVid because we have many
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lessons on phrasal verbs. All right? We've got Valen, Alex-- who else do we have? Adam.
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All these guys teaching wonderful lessons on that. I'd love you to look at not only
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my own lessons, but theirs. All right? But where are you going to go, right I'll come
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up with that in a second. I got it. Why don't you go to www.engvid.com, "eng" as in "English",
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"vid" as in "video". And you can hear the siren. It's time for me to go. Right? My past
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has caught up with me. I've been running. Five years we've been running this stuff,
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and finally, they caught up with me. I don't know how you put up with me, but I guess the
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gig is up. Listen, I'll team up with Mr. E another time. Anyway. I've got to go. Have
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a great day. engVid -- click "subscribe". See you. Damn it. I knew it was going to catch
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up with me!