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  • To-to-to-to.

  • Huh?

  • Hi.

  • Shh.

  • James from engVid.

  • I'm going to do a video on phrasal verbs and going out, but I'm just listening to E's conversation.

  • Hold on.

  • "Yeah.

  • Let's not ask James over tonight."

  • What?

  • E! Ahem.

  • Excuse me for a second, guys.

  • What do you mean: Don't ask James over?

  • Why aren't you going to invite me?

  • In English, we use a lot of phrasal verbs to talk about interactions; social interactions,

  • when we get together and what we do.

  • Today's lesson I'm going to take some phrasal verbs and I'm going to show you how we use

  • the prepositions to affect the verb to talk about how our meetings are going; whether

  • our plans fell through, whether I'm going to ask you out, or we hook up.

  • So you'll know the difference and you'll be able to understand them in context.

  • Are you ready?

  • Let's go to the board.

  • Traitor.

  • So, E doesn't want to ask me over.

  • Okay?

  • So, we're going to get there and find out what he means by that, but let's first take

  • a look.

  • I put: "Cheers" because a lot of these idioms have to do with social interaction and how

  • we meet or don't meet.

  • So, let's start with the first one, and I'm going to start over here: "out".

  • Well, when you ask somebody out, it's to invite them to go out and do something.

  • Seems obvious, yes?

  • But when we ask someone out, usually it's a member of the opposite sex.

  • So, as a man, I will ask a woman out for a date.

  • So you might go: "Hey.

  • I was wondering, Laurie, could I ask you out for dinner tonight?"

  • Now, you wouldn't say that to just a friend, because you'd say: "Hey.

  • Do you want to go out?"

  • In this case, I'm asking you out so you can say yes or no.

  • So: "Asking you out" means to get out of the house or go out, go outside somewhere; and

  • specifically, we usually use it for romance, so keep that in mind.

  • Right?

  • Because when we're talking about "out", we're leaving something; we're going outside of

  • a boundary.

  • Now, you see: "get out" and "go out", and you're probably going: "Duh.

  • We know what that means - it's to leave."

  • Actually, no.

  • If I said to you: "I don't go out very often"...

  • Remember I told you to go outside of a boundary?

  • Well, "going out" in this case means I don't have any fun activities that I do.

  • Yes, it does entail or it does involve-involve-leaving, but more...

  • It's more going to do fun activities.

  • So, if I said to you: "I need to go out more", I'm not saying just leave my house, but I

  • want to do something; movies, dancing, singing, vacation.

  • I need to get out.

  • Right?

  • Or I go: "You need to get out more."

  • I don't mean just leave your house; it means: Go do something, get an ice cream, talk to

  • friends, go to Starbucks - something.

  • So, when we use "out" and either "ask out" or "get out", please remember that "ask out"

  • is usually for a romantic involvement.

  • So, if you're a man asking a woman or a woman asking a man in English, and you say: "I want

  • to ask you out", they're going to think dating.

  • Don't forget that.

  • Okay?

  • Now, "getting out" and "going out" means I need to get out and do some more fun activities.

  • Good.

  • Now, if you're going to go out, you're probably going to get back in.

  • Right?

  • So, when we're coming back in, we're going to talk about "in" being involved in.

  • Now, you're going to notice I have three words, here: "drop", "pop", "stop".

  • Drop, pop, stop.

  • And no, it's not dancing.

  • I'm going to start with these ones and then I'm going to go back to this one; the top

  • one, which might seem odd, but you're going to find in.

  • A "pop" is very quick.

  • Right?

  • You pop.

  • Pop, it's gone.

  • And when you stop, you stop.

  • You kind of stop right now.

  • When we say: "pop in" or "stop in", we talk about a short visit.

  • So, I'm going to stop in for a second, and then I'm going to leave, or I'm going to pop

  • in and then I'll leave.

  • So don't expect me to stay for three or four hours.

  • Maybe you invite me and you go: "Hey.

  • Come over to my place.

  • We'll have a drink."

  • And I'll go: "Cool.

  • I can only pop in for five minutes."

  • It's going to be a short stay.

  • Or: "I can only stop in for about 5-10 minutes; maybe an hour.

  • I got to go to another dinner."

  • So this is short.

  • So then you're going to go to me or probably you'll say: "So, if that's short, this one's

  • short as well."

  • No.

  • It's similar, but not the same.

  • When you drop something...

  • Okay.

  • Usually when I say I drop it, I can drop it on purpose, but sometimes I drop, say...

  • By accident.

  • It was unexpected.

  • I didn't mean to drop that.

  • I mean, really.

  • If it was a drink and you had a beer, you wouldn't drop it on purpose.

  • Usually it's an accident.

  • When you "drop into somebody's place", it's usually unexpected.

  • Right?

  • It's not that you might not be invited, but it's usually unexpected.

  • And yeah, someone doesn't expect you to be there.

  • So, you might say: "Yeah, my friend Bobby always drops in when I'm usually busy."

  • I'm not saying I don't want Bobby to be there, but it's a bit unexpected.

  • Now, you can ask somebody to drop in.

  • Okay?

  • But even from that, like, you go: "Hey, you can drop in at about 5 o'clock."

  • I'm kind of giving...

  • It wasn't planned; maybe I'm offering it out to you now.

  • Okay?

  • So: "Why don't you drop in?" which is different than "drop by".

  • Okay?

  • So we're going to say: "drop in".

  • If someone drops in, usually unexpectedly.

  • "Pop" and "stop" usually, like, it's fast; it's not long.

  • Okay?

  • So, we've...

  • We've gone in, we've gone out, and why don't we do "up"?

  • "Up" means usually to increase or improve when you talk about this preposition.

  • And we've got: "pick up", "meet up", "hook up".

  • Well, "pick up", as you can see this is on my arm, when I pick it up, I'm going to remove

  • it from somewhere and make it join me.

  • Okay?

  • So: "I'm going to pick you up at 7 o'clock" means you will go at your house, I will come

  • pick you up in my car-usually a car or some vehicle-and I will take you away.

  • Cool?

  • All right, so: "I'll pick you up later."

  • I'm going to come back to "pick up" because it has more than one meaning, and it's going

  • to be similar to "hook up", okay?

  • So we'll come back to that after.

  • Now, "meet up" means to get together.

  • As you know, when two people meet...

  • Well, I have markers.

  • When two people meet, they come together.

  • I'll meet you.

  • So, when we "meet up" it means: -"Okay, I'm going to meet you at a different time."

  • -"Where?"

  • -"Well, let's meet up at John's place" means we'll go and arrive together at John's place,

  • so we'll see each other there.

  • So, if I say to you: -"Let's meet up at about 7 o'clock; let's get together at 7 o'clock."

  • -"Where do you want to meet up?"

  • -"Let's meet up at the school."

  • Okay?

  • Join and come together.

  • So that's what "meet up" means.

  • Now, let's look at "hook up".

  • Well, I've got a friend and his name was Bobby, and I tried to hook him up with a girlfriend

  • of mine named Sarah.

  • In this case, I tried to...

  • Because a hook.

  • If you know what a "hook" is...

  • Right?

  • A hook, you use hooks to catch fish.

  • Right?

  • So, here's my little fish.

  • It's not the best fish in the world.

  • Doo-doo-doo.

  • And this fish isn't happy because I just hooked him.

  • So, when you hook up, it usually means to get together, but usually for dating and it

  • can have sexual connotations or a sexual meaning to it.

  • Now, "pick up" and "hook up" are related in a different way.

  • If you pick someone up, it means to go out to look for someone of the opposite sex, so

  • it means if you're trying to pick up girls, you'll go to the bar and you'll go: "Hey,

  • I'm Bobby and I'm here to meet some friendly girls."

  • Right?

  • Or if you're a girl, yeah, you can pick up guys, too; it's the 21st century.

  • You know: "Hi.

  • I'm Sarah, and I would love to meet you."

  • Now, "hooking up" goes a little further.

  • So, if you say: "I picked somebody up" and you move into "hooked up" it means then you

  • got together a little bit romantically.

  • Okay?

  • So, yeah, I picked her up at the bar and, you know, we hooked up a couple days later.

  • So, I met her at the bar, then we hooked up; we got together in a romantic way later.

  • Hmm, so careful how you use these things, okay?

  • I don't want you getting in trouble.

  • So if you've got a wife and you say: "Yeah, I hooked up with a girl the other day", you

  • might be divorced.

  • But if you tell your friends: "Hey, I hooked up with a girl the other day", and they go:

  • "Yay, way to go."

  • Or if you're a girl and you say: "I hooked up with a guy the other day", they go: "Is

  • he nice?

  • You know?

  • Did you meet his mother yet?"

  • All right.

  • So, we've talked about "up" and how that's increasing, now let's look at "over" and "off".

  • "Over" means, as you know, here's something, if you go over it, it's not just to go up,

  • but to...

  • Well, you can be up as well, but to go over you might say: "to"...

  • I'm trying to think of a word that would describe more than.

  • All right?

  • It's more than.

  • So, when we look at "ask over" , it means to invite.

  • And if you noticed over here, Mr. E didn't want to ask me over; he didn't want to invite me.

  • So, if I say: "Hey, why don't you ask over your brother?" it means: Why don't you invite them?

  • "Have somebody over"...

  • Usually when we're having people over, it means we're inviting them to our place; they're

  • going to be staying at our house or our apartment.

  • Okay?

  • "Come over" is also an invitation.

  • "Why don't you come over?"

  • So it means we're here, so I'm inviting you once again.

  • "Why don't you come over to my place later on?"

  • I'm inviting you to my place.

  • While "bring over" means bring something with you.

  • "So, when you come over tonight, why don't you bring over a pizza?"

  • All right?

  • And remember I said it's kind of a little bit more than?

  • It's kind of an increase or...

  • Yeah, a little bit of an increase, so it's not just up, which would go this way; we're

  • saying to do more than.

  • So, I'm asking you to go from here, over here, moving, right?

  • It's more than just going up.

  • Have people over; a gathering.

  • I'm having a few people over tonight; invited a group.

  • "Come over" - I'm inviting you over.

  • "Bring over" - bring with you something more than yourself.

  • Cool?

  • Now, here's something funny: We had "pick up", and I'm going to go here to "drop off".

  • Well, when I picked up this cloth, I removed it.

  • "Dropping it off" means to put something back or leave something.

  • So, I might pick you up at 7, but I'll drop you off at 11, it means I will bring you back

  • and leave you.

  • Or I can drop you off at the subway, which means take you to the subway and leave you.

  • Now, before I drop off this conversation and move to the board for a test, let's quickly

  • go through and make sure you've got everything.

  • When we ask somebody out, be careful.

  • Oh, before I forget something, because Lorenzo from EC...

  • Thank you very much for Lorenzo.

  • I met you at the train, and you said this would be a wonderful lesson for my...

  • For some students I know, and I went...

  • So here you go.

  • Okay?

  • This one's for you; thanks, Lorenzo.

  • Anyway, where was I?

  • So, before I drop off this conversation and go to the test, we'll quickly go over: "ask

  • out" can usually be romantic, so be careful how you use that one.

  • "Get out" or "go out" means to have fun, go do something fun; not just leave your house.

  • "Drop in" usually can be an unexpected visit from someone, while "pop in" or "stop by"...

  • Or, sorry: "stop in" can be a quick meeting.

  • Okay?

  • A quick...

  • A quick visit.

  • "Up", when we "pick someone up" and "hook up", that can have romantic meanings, so careful.

  • If you hook up with someone, definitely.

  • And if you "pick someone up", usually meet them in a bar environment or something like

  • that because you want to get to know them in a romantic way.

  • "Meet up" means come together.

  • When we "ask over", "have over", or "come over" it means usually either...

  • Well, this one we can use for a group of people: I'm having some people over for Christmas.

  • It means: I've invited them.

  • I'm asking them and coming...

  • And if you come over, you're coming to my house.

  • I ask you over to invite you.

  • And if you're asked to "bring something over", it means bring something with you.

  • And lastly, as we said, "drop off" is the opposite of "pick up".

  • In this case, you pick me up at 7 at my house, but you'll drop me off at 11 at my Dad's house.

  • Cool?

  • Well, great.

  • Now that we've done that, cheers and let's go and see if you really understand.

  • [Snaps]

  • Okay, so let's go to the board and see how well you've learned the phrasal verbs for

  • meeting people.

  • Now, this is really long sentences, and when we're done with this we're probably going

  • to see...

  • You're going to see a lot of this stuff or information disappear.

  • A lot of it's unnecessary, and that's why we use phrasal verbs.

  • You'll notice on the bottom I have written out a bunch of phrasal verbs; some we'll reuse

  • over and over again.

  • And you'll notice...

  • This one you'll go: "You didn't teach us this one."

  • I will teach it to you in the bonus section.

  • Let's see if you can figure it out by how we use the sentence.

  • So, let's start at the top.

  • Let's identify what we should change.

  • Now, we did the other phrasal verbs and I gave you definitions, so some of these things

  • should jump out at you right away, that: "Oh, we could use a phrasal verb here."

  • Other things may not be as obvious.

  • So: "Cengris wanted to do something fun out of his home..."

  • Hmm, okay.

  • So, I'm going to say something up here.

  • We did one with that.

  • "...on Friday and go somewhere with some old friends".

  • And look how it's not one or two words; I'm almost taking out an entire sentence, here.

  • "He decided he would invite some friends from his work to his home.

  • When James came to his house..."

  • Or we might go: "When James...

  • Cengris asked him if he could go out and get some of his friends

  • and bring them back to his place."

  • Is there anything left of this sentence?

  • Okay.

  • "Mr. E came to the party rather late and wasn't expected.

  • He came because his girlfriend cancelled plans with him."

  • Hmm.

  • "He had brought to Cengris' home a pizza and some beer, even though he hadn't been invited

  • to join them at Cengris' house."

  • [Whistles]

  • So, to read this story: "Cengris wanted to do something out of his home on Friday and

  • to go out somewhere and join some old friends."

  • That sentence is just too long; it's a mouthful.

  • "He decided he would also invite some friends from work to his home.

  • When James came to his house, Cengris asked him if he could go out and get some of his

  • friends and bring them back to his place."

  • Once again, a lot of words.

  • When we're done with this, we're going to make it so much simpler.

  • "Mr. E came to the party rather late and wasn't expected.

  • He came because his girlfriend cancelled plans with him.

  • He had brought to Cengris' home a pizza and some beer, even though he hadn't been invited

  • to come and join them at Cengris' house."

  • Now, some of you will have a good idea right now and you could probably stop the video

  • and make all the changes.

  • I've given you some help by outlining what we need to look at, and you can give it a

  • try right away and see if you can put the right phrasal verbs in the correct places.

  • And some of you, we'll go through it together and I'll explain why.

  • So, you ready?

  • Let's go.

  • Okay, so let's put in the proper phrasal verbs.

  • So: "Cengris wanted to do something fun out of his home".

  • If you remember rightly, we talked about "get out".

  • Okay?

  • We talked about "get out" because that's fun and it means leave your house.

  • Yeah?

  • So, we're going to get rid of all of this.

  • Wah.

  • Look at that, that whole sentence is gone and we put: "get out" or "go out on Friday".

  • Okay?

  • So, that one's there.

  • What's the next one we're going to look at?

  • So: "Cengris wanted to get out on Friday and go somewhere to meet some old friends".

  • Well, remember we said, like, when you're going to go to a place and people get together?

  • We talked about getting together, and we talked about which one?

  • To meet up.

  • So, we're going to get rid of this.

  • And notice, again, this whole sentence is gone; the whole sentence fragment.

  • So, we put: "meet up with some old friends", so a couple words are still there, but you

  • can see how many words are taken out.

  • And we can do that because this has more meaning.

  • What about the third one?

  • "He decided he would also invite some friends from work".

  • Okay, now these are different; these are old friends and these are some friends from work.

  • All right?

  • So, what are we going to put, because it's an invitation?

  • And it's not "ask out", remember that was romantic, but you've got the right idea.

  • Right?

  • So...

  • So, he's asked these people to come over to his house.

  • Okay?

  • So he's going to meet up with some other friends at a bar, maybe, I don't know.

  • And then he said: "Hey.

  • When I'm done that, I'll ask some people to come to my place."

  • What about the next one?

  • "When James came to his house", you're kind of helped because that verb is going to help

  • you.

  • What do you think it will be?

  • Good.

  • Notice how we say: "came over" was an invite to somebody's home?

  • Well, in this case, we're going to have James come over...

  • Come over to his house.

  • So: "When James came over, Cengris asked him if he could do something".

  • What do you think it will be?

  • In fact, when I told you...

  • We're going to do two at the same time with this one, so you have to know they're kind

  • of related.

  • We've already used "came over", we've already used "get out" and "meet up".

  • Which two are kind of related?

  • That's right.

  • Remember I talked about "pick"...?

  • "Drop off" and "pick up"?

  • So let's look at these two sentences, here.

  • We can eliminate a lot of the words simply by saying: "...if he could pick up"...

  • Unfortunately, I erased some.

  • But it's just, like: "...pick up some", and you notice how many words disappear there.

  • "...some of his friends", and do what?

  • Yeah?

  • See, there's "them" right there, right? "...and drop them off at his place".

  • All right, so, let's put this: "at his place".

  • All right?

  • Well, you don't need to; we could say: "Hey.

  • Could you pick up some friends and drop them off here?"

  • Next: "Mr. E came to the party rather late and wasn't expected."

  • Hmm.

  • Now, we have to actually change this sentence and we can make it easier.

  • Right?

  • So, if we go here because we've got: "rather late", I still need that because it tells

  • me when he came, but we're going to go here.

  • And remember when we talked about not being expected or doing it by surprise?

  • That's going to be "dropped in".

  • And we're not going to say "came", but: "Mr. E"...

  • Okay?

  • It's almost the same as the last one, but we moved it around.

  • But, yeah: "He dropped in rather late to the party", so we're saying that.

  • Okay?

  • Now, this is complex, and this is the one you might be surprised because I haven't taught

  • it to you yet, but you will understand it and you will be able to use this one when

  • you need it.

  • Okay.

  • So, it says: "He came because his girlfriend cancelled plans with him."

  • Well, we have a phrasal verb: "fall", "fell", and "through" means, like, through a hole,

  • so: "fell through".

  • So, something went through.

  • Didn't...

  • It wasn't caught.

  • So if I try to catch it and it falls through, I miss it.

  • Okay?

  • It's like missed opportunity.

  • So, we're going to have to change this, but you'll understand because it means when something

  • fell through, which is this one here, it means you had a plan but it didn't happen.

  • You had a plan, here's your plan, and you're like: "I'm going to do my plan.

  • Ah!

  • I missed my plan."

  • It fell through.

  • Okay?

  • So, we're going to go here: "He came because..."

  • Look at this, all these juicy words have to go away.

  • "He came because his plans with his girlfriend fell through."

  • And this could happen to you.

  • You're planning on going to play soccer today, it's a brilliant day, you get all your friends,

  • you call, you say: "We'll have a picnic.

  • We're going to go out", and then it's raining and it's storming for hours.

  • Well, you go: "I was going to go out, but my plans fell through because the weather

  • changed."

  • All right?

  • Or: "I was going to fly to Paris to go get a job, but my plans fell through because they

  • cancelled giving me the job."

  • So your plans don't actually happen.

  • So: "He came to the party unexpectedly", no one expected him to be there; he came late

  • because his plans fell through.

  • And all of a sudden, all of this makes more sense.

  • Why did he come late?

  • He had plans that were cancelled.

  • Okay?

  • And was he expected?

  • No, because people probably knew he had plans.

  • Okay?

  • "He had brought to Cengris' home a beer...

  • Pizza and some beer".

  • What do you think we should use?

  • Yeah, that's kind of making it obvious; we're getting down to the last ones.

  • So, he had brought over.

  • Right?

  • And we don't even have to say: "to Cengris' home".

  • We just say: "He had brought over", because it's understood.

  • Remember we talked about bringing something over to someone's house, asking them over,

  • coming over?

  • So, in this case: "He brought over a pizza and some beer".

  • You don't need to say to a house, and that's the beauty of using phrasal verbs is it's

  • understood without being said, so you don't have to...

  • I should say this: I tell students many times you have to say everything in English.

  • English is a stupid language; you must say everything.

  • We use phrasal verbs so we don't have to, so that's why I'm teaching you...

  • This to you.

  • All right?

  • So you don't need to say: "brought it over to his home"; it's understood: "brought it

  • over to his home", because that's where the party is.

  • Okay?

  • "And even though he hadn't been over..."

  • Sorry. "...he hadn't been invited to come to join at Cengris' house"...

  • I'm going to be reusing one we asked, here, and see if you can find out what it is.

  • Okay?

  • So, we got: "brought over".

  • What's left?

  • What's left?

  • Okay.

  • "Even though he hadn't been asked over", so: "Even though he hadn't been asked over", and

  • we need to say...

  • You can say: "at"... "...to Cengris' house" if you really wanted to, but all of this goes away.

  • "...to Cengris' house".

  • You can see how we've gotten rid of all this extra space; how, when we use phrasal verbs,

  • we can just drop off a lot of language.

  • The information is still there and it's understood.

  • So, if I read it, which we're going to do, we can see how it reads now as compared to

  • before.

  • "Cengris wanted to get out", right? "...on Friday".

  • Or: "Cengris wanted to go out on Friday and to meet up with some old friends.

  • He decided to ask over some friends from work to his home.

  • When James came over, Cengris asked him if he could pick up some of his friends and drop

  • them off at his place.

  • Mr. E dropped in rather late to the party.

  • He came because his plans with his girlfriend fell through.

  • He had brought over a pizza and some beer, even though he hadn't been asked over to Cengris'

  • house."

  • Sounds nicer, doesn't it?

  • Much nicer and much, much clearer.

  • So, I want you to start using these phrasal verbs in your everyday life.

  • We've done some practice, you probably did pretty well; some of you better than others

  • because you could stop the video, but practice makes perfect.

  • And before I go to what your homework is to make sure you can do some practice, I want

  • to give you a couple more phrasal verbs as a bonus.

  • We did: "fell through", and remember that's when you have a plan and the plan doesn't

  • happen, it falls through.

  • Okay?

  • It means you didn't get it; it fell right away.

  • You could say something, and I know this isn't a phrasal verb, but it's something you can

  • use in relation...

  • When you're in a relations...

  • Or, sorry, you're meeting people.

  • If you say: "I'll take a rain cheque"...

  • Well, a "cheque" is like money and most of you know what a "cheque" is; it's a piece

  • of paper where you will...

  • You know, you say to someone...

  • So, like a note that promises.

  • So, you say...

  • You write, there's your name, you write this, you write the amount of money, and then you

  • sign it - that's a cheque.

  • Well, in Canada, it's called "cheque" with a "que", and in United States it's a "check"

  • like this, so you might sign cheque, here.

  • And a "rain cheque", you can actually go to a store, which means: "I cannot do this now,

  • but I will do it later."

  • Let me repeat: "I cannot do this now, but I want to do this later."

  • If you go to a store and you get a rain cheque, maybe they're selling books, and they don't

  • have any more books - they'll say: "Here's a rain cheque.

  • You can come back and get the book later on when we have the book, and you can...

  • It'll be...

  • You will be able to get it."

  • When you say: "I'll take a rain cheque"...

  • Maybe I say to you: "Hey, person out there, do you want to go to dinner with me tonight?"

  • And you go: "Oh, I wish I could, but Mr. E invited me to his party.

  • I can't go tonight, but let me take a rain cheque", which means: "I can't do it tonight,

  • but later on I definitely want to get together and we'll do this.

  • I don't know when, but we will do it."

  • Why am I being very specific?

  • Because when we say "postpone", it means to take an event and do it later.

  • A "rain cheque" is different; that means: I don't know when, but we're going to do it;

  • while "postpone" means: Let's delay until later, so you're moving the date down.

  • "We need to postpone it a week."

  • When you take a rain cheque, I can't say a week.

  • I can't say: "I'll take a rain cheque for a week."

  • I just say: "I'll take a rain cheque."

  • I'll take it, put it in my pocket, and someday we're going to do it because I want to; while

  • "postpone" means we will do it later, and that's another one.

  • It's not a phrasal verb, but it's something you can use in conversation, and that's why

  • this is the bonus section, so I can give you this stuff and it doesn't have to follow all

  • the rules, but it's useful.

  • Now, what happens when you run into someone or bump into someone by accident?

  • So, you're walking and you're like: "Oh, hey!

  • Jerry!

  • Fancy meeting you here.

  • What a surprise.

  • I didn't think I'd meet you here at church."

  • You know?

  • Or: "I didn't think I'd meet you here in the library because you don't like to read."

  • Okay.

  • So, "run into"...

  • "Run", bang.

  • "Bump into" means to, like, boom, hit into someone.

  • It means accidental meeting.

  • Okay?

  • So you're meeting someone by accident.

  • You weren't planning on it.

  • You were grocery shopping, you looked up, and you go: "Hey.

  • It's nice to meet you here.

  • I haven't seen you in five years.

  • I'm surprised to see you here."

  • And you can use either: "run into" or "bump into".

  • Okay?

  • Now, here's something you can say to somebody when you run into them or bump into them and

  • you haven't expected to meet them and it's been a long time.

  • You can talk and say: "What have you been up to?"

  • Or: "What are you up to?", "What have you been up to?"

  • This means you have not seen each other in a while, and I want to know the activities

  • you've done.

  • So, if I haven't seen you in five years, and I say: "Hey.

  • What have you been up to in the last five years?"

  • It means: "What have you done from the last time I saw you up until today?"

  • You don't have to give me today: "Well, this morning I woke up and had a shower, I had

  • an egg, and then I walked the dog, and then I went to the washroom, then I put..."

  • I don't need to know that.

  • I just mean: Generally tell me what's changed in your life.

  • And if I say: "What are you up to?" it could be you're doing something, you say: "Oh, well,

  • I'm making some dinner right now.

  • What are you up to?"

  • So, "to be up to something" means: What are you doing or what have you been doing?

  • "Present perfect" means from the time I last saw you up to now, and: "What are you up to?"

  • means now.

  • So, what are you up to?

  • You might say: "Hey.

  • I'm working at a law firm.

  • Just started last week."

  • And: -"What have you been up to?"

  • -"Well, it's been a long time.

  • Got married, got some kids, moved country."

  • Present perfect, over time; up to, in the moment.

  • Cool?

  • All right, so you just bumped into your friend and you've got something interesting to say.

  • Homework.

  • Okay.

  • So, homework, here, what I'd like you to do is write a short story.

  • Now, you can practice.

  • You can make an event, like Mr. Cengris from Turkey did, or you can have Mr. E and I in

  • your story, you could ask us to meet up with you, you can ask us over.

  • And yes, I do like to be invited over.

  • Asparagus is my favourite vegetable.

  • Okay?

  • So, you write a story, you can practice with a friend, so you can, you know, invite them

  • out, use these words.

  • You know: -"My plans fell through.

  • What are you up to tonight?"

  • -"Oh, I'm not doing very much."

  • -"Hey.

  • Well, why don't you come over?

  • I'll bring over..." and you can do that.

  • And you can go to engVid because I have seen lots of people under the videos actually practice

  • some of the stuff, and go to the website after doing the quiz, joining the community there,

  • and exchanging sentences.

  • I'd like to see you there.

  • Anyway, I've got to get going, but please don't forget to subscribe and click that bell.

  • When you do, it not only rings here, but any new video I put out, it'll be brought directly

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  • All right?

  • And you can also go to www.engvid.com.

  • Anyway, I hope you had fun.

  • I'll take a rain cheque in hanging out, here.

  • We'll have to do this again, though, right?

  • And, yeah, I don't know, I'm going to pick up some Chinese food on my way out of here.

  • See ya later.

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