Hi ChatterFoxes do you want to speak English even better than a native? one of
the things that you should be very familiar with if you want to do this is
phrasal verbs. phrasal verbs are verbs with a preposition and they are super
common in English in this video we're going to learn 15 of the most common
phrasal verbs and also we're going to learn how to pronounce them even better
than a native but before we get started make sure you subscribe to our YouTube
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videos in this series to say phrasal verbs it's very important most of the
time to know how to link them together there are some rules for linking in
American English and one of the rules is that if you have a consonant sound at
the end of one word and a vowel sound at the beginning of another that that
consonant will move and will be part of the next word now that may sound
confusing but I'm sure by the end of this video you'll know exactly what I'm
talking about so we're gonna look at 15 examples of this so you'll also get to
learn 15 phrasal verbs at the same time so the first phrasal verb is bail on
bail on means to cancel so if you cancel some plans that you have with a friend
of yours you can say sorry to bail on you sorry to bail on you so when you say
bail on it's not like that bail on you move the look sound from bail and you
move it to the on so it's bad long bail long bail lon
do you hear the difference between bail on and bail on if you don't, don't worry
we're about to practice 14 more similar examples the next one
is cheer up which will link together cheer up cheer up cheer up means get
happy cheer up cheer up great another example wrap up wrap up wrap up wrap up
means to finish something wrap up let's wrap up this project by tomorrow meaning
let's finish this project by tomorrow wrap up next example hang out which will
link together hang out Hang out hang out hang out let's hang out this weekend
let's hang out this weekend let's hang out this weekend great job the next
example call off call off we'll link together
call off call off call off call off so call off something usually means to
cancel it for example I think I'm gonna call off the game today because it's
raining I think I'm gonna call off the game today because it's raining great
next example call out which will link together in a similar way call out call
left call off call out this is usually used when you're calling to tell your
boss that you're not coming to work I think I'm gonna call up tomorrow meaning
I think I'm not gonna go to work tomorrow
I think I'm gonna call out tomorrow I think I'm gonna call out tomorrow call
out can also be used in a way that you're accusing someone of doing
something so for example if at a meeting someone is saying something that's not
true you can say excuse me I need to call you out on that
I need to call you out on that meaning I need to accuse you of lying call out ok
the next example came up came up we'll link together came up came up came up
came up so came up means that something happened that was unexpected came up so
if you need to cancel plans at the last minute you can say I'm sorry I can't
make it something came up I'm sorry I can't make it something came
up great job the next example cut off cut
off we'll link together cut off so notice that the sound is also changing
to a flap T flap T sound which is a /d/ sound cut off cut off cut off cut
off cut off so cut off can mean a few different things one of them is when
you're talking on the phone and the call stops unexpectedly you can say sorry we
got cut off cut off can also refer to when you're
driving and then another car just pulls in front of you unexpectedly you can say
that guy just cut me off cut off cut off great the next example is give up which
will link together give up give up give up give up to give up means to quit so
let's practice a phrase with give up in it don't give up now don't give up now
don't give up now great job another example hold on
which will link together hold on hold on hold on hold on means wait
hold on and the next example log out which will link together log out log out
log out log out hold on while I log out hold on while I log out great
the next example work out which will be linked together as work out workout
work out work out how often do you work out how often do you work out which
means how often do you exercise work out can also mean to function or to go well
so in a relationship for example if things are not going well and you want
to end the relationship you can say I don't think this is going to work out I
don't think this is gonna work out meaning I don't think that this
relationship can continue I don't think this is gonna work out great the next
example hang up which will link together hang up
hang up, hang up which is when you're talking on the phone and you in
the phone conversation is to hang up the phone hang up and finally the last two
examples are turn on and turn off these will link together like this
turn on tur none and turn off tur not turn on of course means to give power to
something like a computer or a light or a phone and to turn off is just the
opposite to take the power away but they also have another meaning in English
which is a turn on is something that you like about someone romantically a turn
off is something that you don't like about them for example some people might
say that being very intelligent is a turn on and other people might say that
being very dumb is a turn off now that you know how to say all of these phrasal
verbs even better than a native by linking them together I have a question
for you some people think that the most important turn ons are beauty and money
other people think that the biggest turn-on is intelligence and I want to
know what you think what is the biggest turn-on or turnoff in a relationship for
you tell us in the comments below can't wait to hear from you great job
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