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In this lesson:
0:00 Pronoun Order in English: 6 Rules
1:14 Rule 1: Use subject pronouns in the subject position
3:50 Rule 2: Use object pronouns in the object position
6:41 Rule 3: Place the first person at the end
8:53 Rule 4: For singular pronouns, the order is 2nd person, 3rd, 1st
10:26 Rule 5: For plural pronouns, the order is 3rd person, 2nd, 1st
11:46 Rule 6: Proper nouns are usually placed at the end
TRANSCRIPT
Hey. Yeah. Oh, what am I doing later? Oh, well, my wife and I are going to see a movie. Yeah. What about you and Debra? Okay. Yeah. So, I'll see you and her there. Yeah. That's fine. Okay. Yeah. We'll be there. Okay. Thanks. Bye. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. I'll put that there for now. Oh.
Hey, everyone. I'm Alex. Thanks for clicking, and welcome to this lesson on English pronoun order. So, in this video, I will give you what are considered to be the grammatical rules or grammatical preferences, in some cases, for pronoun order in English. I will give you what is technically correct, but I will also tell you what you will hear in public, in movies, and other areas where pronoun order sometimes is not followed or the rules of subjects and objects are not followed.
So, to begin, the two basics. One of the most common questions I get is, "Should I start a sentence with 'him and I' or 'he and I' or etc.?" And the first rule is for subject pronouns, right? We use subject pronouns in the subject position. So, let's look at the subject pronouns first. The subject pronouns are "I", "you", "he", "she", "we", and "they". So, these are subject pronouns because they do actions, right? So, you always follow a subject pronoun with some kind of action. So, "Darren and I went out for coffee." If you're ever not sure whether you should use "me" or "I" in this position, all you have to do is erase the other person's name and kind of say, "Wait, is it correct to say 'I went out for coffee' or 'me went out for coffee'?" "Oh, yeah. I went out for coffee." So, "Darren and I went out for coffee." "You and he need to talk." Okay?
So, I know you might say, "Ah, but 'you' and 'him' sounds so good in this case. 'You' and 'him' need to talk." Nope, because you would never say, "Him need to talk." You would say, "He needs to talk," for example, or "Him needs to talk." No. So, "You and he need to talk." So, subject position, doing an action. You need to use a subject pronoun.
Now, in casual speech, in everyday speech, people don't always follow this rule. I'm sure that sometimes I might not follow this rule. I try to follow this rule all the time, but sometimes I will say, "Oh, my sister and me went out for breakfast." Right? "My sister and me did something." This is technically, grammatically incorrect, but you might hear it in casual situations. However, if you are writing an essay, if you are writing anything academic, professional, make sure you stick to the actual rules. And rule number one, use subject pronouns in the subject position.
And this makes rule number two very logical as well. Use object pronouns in the object position. So, the object pronouns are "me", "me", "me", "me", "me", "you", "him", "her", "us", "them". Right? So, when they are being acted upon, so objects can be... They can come after prepositions, they can come after verbs, usually they are receiving an action or they are the object of something.
So, for example, "Tim spoke to her and me." Right? "Tim spoke... Who did he speak to? Oh, he spoke to her, he spoke to me." Now, you might think you can say, "Tim spoke to her and I." It sounds nice. It sounds like it's formal, and yeah, that should be proper. This is actually a hypercorrection. Okay? So, this means that it's corrected, and it sounds like it's formal, and it sounds like it's more proper, but it's actually grammatically incorrect to say, "Tim spoke to her and I." It's like, no, you don't say, "Tim spoke to I", you say, "Tim spoke to me." […]
In this lesson:
0:00 10 "on" Phrasal Verbs in English
1:40 hold on
2:30 go on
3:45 take on
4:46 bank on
6:10 put on
7:34 look down on
9:29 try on
10:29 turn on
11:33 go back on
13:06 check up on
14:10 Review & Conclusion
Transcript
Yeah. Did you turn on the printer? That? Yes, that's the problem. That's definitely going to work. Yes, I'm sure. You can bank on it. Okay. All right. I'll talk to you later. Okay. Bye.
Hey everyone. I'm Alex and you are watching engvid.com. That's E-N-G-V-I-D.com. Thank you for joining me today for this lesson on 10 phrasal verbs with the word "on". So this is an ideal lesson for intermediate and upper intermediate English learners. And if you want to learn more phrasal verbs, maybe you are familiar with my book. If not, check out 100 Practical English Phrasal Verbs. This book is available in PDF, e-book, and paperback format. I like the PDF because you can search for things very easily. But I also love paper books because listen to that. Yeah, I love the sound that books make. So 100 Practical English Phrasal Verbs, over 900 examples, 20 context-based lessons, a lot of examples. Like check that out. Look at that. There's a lot of stuff going on there and it's all useful, all practical. So check it out. It's at EnglishAlex.com. Check out the link that is attached to this video. All right, let's begin.
10 "on" phrasal verbs.
You have held on long enough.
So "to hold on" means to wait. This is very commonly used as a command. So if I say, "Hold on, hold on, hold on," this means wait, wait, wait. So for example, "Can you please hold on for five more minutes?" So just repeat after me, "Hold on." Yeah, very good. It's often used in this context. So if I'm talking on the phone and someone interrupts me, it's very common for me to say, "Hold on, hold on. Just hold on one second." Or maybe I tell the person to hold on one second. Okay, I'm not finished with my phone call. So just wait, just wait.
Next, "go on." So "to go on" means to continue or to move to the next stage of something. So for example, "They went on arguing for another 30 minutes." This means they continued arguing for another 30 minutes. So in terms of moving on to the next stage of something, you can tell someone to, okay, move on to part three of your presentation. Okay, so like go to the next stage, move on to part three. We need to, if you want to say we need to continue, like we need to go on, or you can also say move on. In this case, we need to move on, like go to the next stage. Okay, so repeat after me, "They went on arguing for another 30 minutes." I know, I gave you a long sentence and it was probably a surprise, but that's okay. We need long sentences. We need challenges to help our brains to develop and to continue to grow.
"Take on", "take on". So if you take on something, you accept it. It's a challenge, usually, something that you agree to do. So you can accept a task or extra work. So if your boss says, "Hey, Alex, I need you to do this project." Like we, it's very important. And I say, "I'm sorry, I can't take on more projects." Like I can't accept more work at the moment. So if you take something on, you can take on a challenge. You can take on a project. You can take on a job or a task at your job. So repeat after me, "I can take it on." This means I can do it. Okay, I can accept this, this work, this project, this task.
Okay, next we have "to bank on something" or "to bank on someone". So if you bank on something, you place your hopes in it or you place your confidence in it. Now, hopes and confidence are two slightly different things. For example, they're going to win. You can bank on it. Okay, so you are very confident in this case. So you're very confident that the team, your favorite team is going to win the game. You can bank on it. You can take money to the bank that they are going to win. It's a for sure thing. So if you say like, if you hope for something, it's like, "I'm banking on this making a difference." Like, "I'm really hoping that this is going to make a difference." Like this decision or this thing that I changed or that I bought or something. I'm banking on it making a difference. I'm hoping for it. I have some confidence that it can do it.
Another synonym for "bank on" that you might be familiar with is "count on". So you can count on something or someone. You put confidence in them or you hope. In them and yeah, to bank on, to count on. […]
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0:00 5 ways to practice speaking English ALONE!
1:02 1. Shadowing
2:47 2. Reading out loud
4:14 3. Visualizing
5:54 4. Singing a song
7:28 5. Poems & Monologues
TRANSCRIPT
Hey, everyone. I'm Alex. Thanks for clicking and welcome to this lesson on five ways to practice speaking by yourself. Another way to put this is solo speaking practice. So, in this video, I will give you five things that you can do to help you practice your speaking even though you are by yourself and even though you don't have a speaking partner or you are not in an English class or you don't have a private teacher, just because you don't have someone to speak with doesn't mean that you can't exercise your speaking muscles by yourself. So, that's what we are going to talk about in this video. And before I start, if this is your first time watching something from my channel, make sure to like the video, share it, and subscribe to my channel. That's all for now.
Let's start with number one. Shadowing. Another way to say shadowing is mimicking or perhaps listening and repeating. So, you can watch videos, you can listen to audio recordings, you can listen to dialogues, you can watch and listen to movies and TV shows, you can listen to what people are saying, and repeat. Basically, pause, rewind, and repeat. Repeat the intonation, repeat the pronunciation as well. This is a way to help you practice and to see how the language is supposed to sound or if you... Another way to think about it is to think about how you, you, excuse me, how you want to sound. So, maybe you have found a good role model that you want to emulate, that you want to mimic or shadow. So, for example, if you enjoy the sound of my voice, for example, you can watch some of my videos, pause them, repeat after me, listen. How does my voice sound? How is my intonation? Am I going up or am I going down at the end of my sentences? So, listen and repeat. Shadowing. This is a good way to make sure that you are getting a model for how the language is supposed to sound or how you want to speak.
Let's go on to number two. Reading out loud. Pick a book. Pick an article. Pick a paragraph. Anything at all that will help you to read and to exercise your speaking muscles. Reading out loud is great because it allows you to pay attention to the structure of the language you are studying. You can slow down. You can learn and practice the correct forms. You can look at, "Oh, okay, what tense is this? Oh, I can use this word here? Oh, okay." So, you are forcing yourself to speak correctly if the writing is good, of course. So, for example, you might pick up a book like this one. So, lately, I have been reading The Art of Living, which is a philosophical book by Epictetus. I mean, it's not in the original Greek. So, you could pick up a book like this and read, "Okay, nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control." Good advice. Good advice. So, read out loud. Practice your ability also to decode words.
And let's move on to number three. Visualizing. So, in this situation, you want to imagine real situations where you would use English. You would practice what you would say in a particular context, a particular situation. So, for example, you can imagine yourself speaking to someone while you are ordering a coffee. Like, imagine you are ordering a coffee, for example. Or, imagine you are making an appointment with the doctor. What would I say in that situation? "Oh, okay. I'd like to make an appointment." Or, "I'd like to make a reservation." If you're calling a hotel, for example. "For two nights, please." Okay? Even short sentences like this will help you to continue stretching your muscles, exercising your speaking muscles. It's all about practice. So, visualize your situation, put yourself in that moment, and yes, you will feel a little funny, but that's okay. You will get used to it after a little while. So, I do the same thing in French from time to time. My French still is not great, but sometimes I talk to my walls, you know? […]
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In this lesson:
0:00 10 Prepositional Phrases
0:37 at the same time
1:19 by accident
2:40 by the way
3:45 for good
4:30 for now
5:39 for sure
6:20 in regard to
7:26 in the meantime
8:11 on purpose
8:47 on time
TRANSCRIPT
Hey everyone, I'm Alex.
Thanks for clicking and welcome to this lesson on 10 useful prepositional phrases. So in this video, I'm going to give you 10 phrases that begin with prepositions and are followed by a variety of words and they are all practical, useful, I'm sorry, I'm still a little embarrassed that you caught me doing what I was doing. I'll tell you what I was doing in a moment.
So the first prepositional phrase that I have for you is at the same time, which means simultaneously. Let's look at the example sentence. It's impossible to be in two places at the same time. So at the start of the video, I was trying to rub my head and pat my stomach at the same time. Can you do that at the same time? If you're in a public place, I highly recommend trying it right now. If you're in a private place, even better. So can you pat your head and rub your stomach at the same time, simultaneously? Let me know in the comments.
Next up, we have by accident. So if you do something by accident, you do not do it intentionally, you do it accidentally. So I think you messaged me by accident. So you received a weird message from someone and you think, no, I think that was for your girlfriend or for your boyfriend. Ah, I have a story about this. Listen well, children. I had a coworker named Jonathan. And hi, Jonathan, if you're watching this. And Jonathan, Jonathan had a girlfriend named Alex as well. My name is Alex. His girlfriend's name is Alex. He had my name in his phone. Obviously, Alex and Alex were very close. So one day I received a message from Jonathan and Jonathan's message said, hey, I'm going to be home in 30 minutes. Do you want a pizza? And I said, yeah, pizza would be great, Jonathan, but I think you have the wrong Alex. So yes, Jonathan sent me a message by accident, accidentally messaged me instead of messaging his girlfriend. Has that ever happened to you? I hope not, but it can happen.
By the way. So this is a very useful phrase when you're having a conversation. You can use by the way when you want to introduce something into the conversation that you just thought of in the moment and you want to share this information before it escapes your mind. It can be related to the thing you are talking about with your friend or it can be completely unrelated. So for example, it was nice to see you. By the way, did you work things out with your sister? By the way, work things out. If you work things out with someone, you resolve your issues with them. You fix a problem that you had with them, like a conflict of some kind. So yeah, it was nice to see you. Bye. Oh wait, by the way, did you work things out with your sister? Last time I talked to you, you told me you guys were in conflict with each other.
Okay, next we have "for good". So if you do something for good or if something finishes for good, it means it is permanent. So you do something permanently forever. Here, "Gary quit yesterday." What a shock. "Gary quit yesterday?" No, not Gary. He's gone for good. This means he is gone permanently, gone forever. Bye bye Gary. No more Gary at this company. He is gone for good. If you end a relationship with someone, you know, you can say, "Sorry, we are finished for good." Permanently forever, okay?
Next we have "for now". So if something is for now, it is temporary. So the doctor will see you soon. For now, please wait here. Please have a seat in the waiting room. […]
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1:48 Review: Past Simple & Present Perfect
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10:45 "How long...?" with present perfect
12:24 "So far" with present perfect
13:56 "All day/afternoon..." with present perfect
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0:48 "I'm in."
2:05 "I'm out."
3:22 "I'm up for it."
5:04 "I'm into it."
6:20 "I'm out of it."
7:57 – Review –
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1:26 Instructions
2:24 Commands & Orders
3:24 Encouragement
3:58 Positive wishes
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5:23 Directions
5:49 Advice
6:35 Requests
7:25 Offers & Invitations
8:16 Warnings
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0:00 10 casual & natural expressions in English
1:06 "Do you need any help?" → "Do you need a hand?"
2:28 "I didn't hear you." → "I didn't catch that."
3:34 "Do you want to come to my house?" → "Do you want to come over?"
5:02 "I don't believe it!" → "No way!"
6:47 "It's very expensive." → "It's very pricey."
7:41 "I put it in the garbage." → "I threw it out."/"I binned it."
9:36 "Let's go." → "Let's get going."
11:08 "Is that true?" → "For real? Seriously?"
12:35 "I'm kidding." → "I'm just messing with you."
14:01 "Let's meet at the theatre." → "Let's meet up at the theatre."
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7:38 Spousal Open Work Permit
9:00 LMIA: Labour Market Impact Assessment
9:52 Can an agent guarantee you a permit?
11:28 Is immigrating to Canada the same from all countries?
12:57 What is the general checklist?
14:21 MONEY
15:07 English Proficiency: IELTS, CELPIP?
17:18 Letter from employer
19:02 What is Express Entry?
24:22 How long will I have to wait?
28:27 What are the best practices when applying?
32:52 How to avoid frustration
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49:05 Follow and get in touch with Jen
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In this lesson:
0:00 20 INTENSE Phrasal Verbs
0:58 call up
1:33 clean up
2:42 continue on
3:24 fall down
4:28 fill up
4:58 freeze up
6:06 help out
6:33 hide away
7:21 hurry up
7:42 lend out
8:17 lift up
8:49 mix up
9:30 pack up
10:34 return back to
11:15 send out
12:04 shake up
12:35 stand up & sit down
13:51 wait up
14:09 wrap up
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0:55 "I need study more."
2:08 "He wanted call you."
3:06 "My mom stopped to smoke."
4:43 "I like read."
6:06 "I'm looking forward to hear from you."
7:22 "We finished to eat."
8:18 "Play badminton is fun."
10:05 "We went downtown for watch movie."
11:38 "He made me to leave."
13:05 "I'm interested in subscribe to your channel."
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0:30 reach out
1:01 get in touch & get in contact
2:10 check in
3:43 follow up
5:48 ask about & inquire about
6:56 reply, respond, answer, get back to
9:09 Updates: provide, give, get, update
11:04 send
13:14 according to
14:04 in regard to
15:07 apologize for & my apologies for
16:21 let me
17:02 look forward to
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In this lesson:
0:00 What is a prepositional verb?
1:08 belong to
1:53 deal with
2:34 depend on
3:38 rely on
4:16 count on
5:18 listen to
6:05 fight for & fight against
7:26 plan on
8:01 believe in
8:40 agree with
9:20 approve of
10:05 decide on
11:12 look at
11:57 look for
12:36 think about
13:06 remind someone of
13:49 add something to...
14:14 thank someone for something
14:49 provide someone with something
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0:00 Use the Second Conditional in REAL LIFE
1:44 "It would be _____..."
3:14 "That would be _______.
4:16 If _______ were to...
6:02 Let's say...
8:12 Would _____ ever...?
10:48 Assuming that...
11:13 Provided that...
11:42 In the event that...
12:27 If I had more time...
12:58 If I knew...
13:18 I would love that!
13:31 I wouldn't say that.
13:56 Would you tell me if you knew?
14:28 If I were you, I would...
14:55 You wouldn't say that if...
16:14 I wouldn't do that if I were you.
16:39 I wouldn't know.
17:19 I wouldn't know what to do in that situation.
18:03 I would if I could.
18:37 What would you do if...?
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0:47 What word starts with E, ends with E, but only has one letter?
1:20 I have a head, and I have a tail, but I don't have a body.
1:58 What has hands, but can't clap?
2:17 What has many keys, but can't open a single lock?
2:47 Where does today come before yesterday?
3:25 Which month of the year has 28 days?
3:48 What has cities, but no houses; water, but no fish?
4:32 What goes up, but never comes down?
5:04 I sometimes run, but I never walk. What am I?
5:34 What can you catch, but can't throw?
5:56 – Conclusion –
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0:00 Change your formal English into casual English
1:28 "Look at this!" → "Check this out!"
2:09 "I don't understand." → "I don't get it."
2:33 "I understand." → "I get it."/"I've got it."
3:19 "I'm really hungry." → "I'm starving."
4:16 "You're welcome." → "Any time."/"No worries."
5:07 "You can do it!" → "You've got this!"
6:24 "I'll pay for it." → "It's on me."
7:31 "Can I come?" → "Can I tag along?"
8:57 "Let's meet tomorrow." → "Let's get together tomorrow."
10:28 "I went to bed at 1 am." → "I stayed up until 1 am."
11:15 "How are you?" → "How's it going?"/"How you doing?"
12:37 "Try it." → "Try it out."
13:22 "I'll contact you." → "I'll get in touch with you."
14:04 "He's angry." → "He's pissed off."
14:56 "I'm tired."/"I'm beat."/"I'm spent."
16:35 – Conclusion –
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0:35 think of
3:41 think about
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0:31 1. Learning a language is fast & easy!
1:35 2. Just studying grammar!
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4:16 4. Staying with easy materials.
5:45 5. Not speaking enough.
7:19 – Review –
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0:00 "Hear of" or "hear about"?
1:36 hear of
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7:00 – Review –
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1:25 due to
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2:49 seeing that
3:17 move forward
4:06 based on
4:59 on account of/as a result of
5:58 since
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Hi, Rebecca. Based on what you have said, this sounds like a good idea for us. I'm in. Let me know when we can start. Talk to you soon. Talk to you soon. Alex. Send. Wonderful. Okay.
Hey, everyone. I'm Alex. Thanks for clicking, and welcome to this lesson on C1 Advanced English for Professional Emails. In this lesson, we are going to look at seven different cause-and-effect words and phrases that you can use in professional settings.This is ideal if you have an office job, if you work in a law firm, or if you work in a marketing department. It doesn't matter if you have an office job where you are sending emails, dealing with clients, dealing with customers,
emailing your boss, emailing colleagues, coworkers. These are very useful phrases. So, these all relate to cause-and-effect, and cause-and-effect is about giving reasons for something,
giving explanations for decisions, or for why something happened the way it did.
So, let's begin with "due to". So, "due to" is linked to another phrase that we will get to at the end of this video. "Due to unforeseen circumstances, we have had to cancel the order." Now, this is a very common sentence, "due to unforeseen circumstances". Unforeseen circumstances are circumstances that you couldn't predict. Like, "Oh, that's a surprise. There was no way we could have prepared for that situation." Okay, so "due to".
Let's continue with "given". So, "Given what we know about our competition, it's probably best if we act quickly." So, if something is given, we accept it. It's like, "Okay, we know this is true." So, "Given this information", because we know, we accept this information, we say this information is true. "Given what we know", "Given what you said", "Given the cost of the product", for example. "Given what we know about our competition, it's probably best if we act quickly in this situation."
Next, "seeing that". So, if you use "seeing that", you're kind of looking at a situation, looking at a context, and say, "Okay, I see this." "Seeing that your application is incomplete."This means like, "I see that your application is incomplete." "Seeing that your application is incomplete, we are unable to move forward with the process."
"To move forward" is a wonderful phrase as well in email contexts and in business meetings as well, and in academics, actually. Well, more so in business settings, actually. So, "to move forward with something" means to take the next step in a process. So, if you work for a company that has a step-by-step process for how to process a new customer or a new client. First, okay, we meet with them.
Then, they have to sign a paper. Then, we send the invoice. Then, when they pay the invoice, we send them the product that we promised them. So, okay. "Seeing that your application is incomplete, we are unable to move forward with the process." Let's continue.
"Based on". "We would need to re-evaluate the terms of the contract."So, "to re-evaluate" is to look at the contract again. Because you gave us, oh, this timeline. A timeline is how long you have to deliver something, a product or a service. Or, yeah, a product or a service. "We would need to re-evaluate."
You can also say, "We need to re-evaluate the terms of the contract." So, this is similar to "given".
"Based on this information." This is the information we have. This is what the foundation of my argument is. This is what I am basing it on.
Next, "on account of", which is a nice fancy way to say "as a result of". So, for example, "The event has been delayed on account of rain." So, "as a result of rain." That's why the event has been delayed.
And again, you can put this at the beginning of the sentence as well. All of these you could, technically. So, you can say, "On account of rain, the event has been delayed." "As a result of rain, the event has been delayed." It sounds a little better in the second part in this case, though. […]
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0:00 Phrasal verbs that mean the same thing
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7:36 push back, put off
9:08 turn up, crank up
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08:26 Cooks cook cupcakes quickly.
09:58 Eat it if it's easy.
11:54 Ned Nott was shot, but Sam Shott was not.
13:31 I had a tough, thorough thought, though.
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08:57 "In regard to" or "in regards to"?
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00:00 – 3-Word Phrasal Verbs –
02:16 come up with
03:03 get along with
04:11 get around to
05:41 put up with
06:58 look forward to
08:00 look up to
09:16 look down on
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12:14 keep up with
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08:51 – 10 Everyday Phrasal Verbs –
21:12 – 12 Phrasal Verbs for Meetings –
22:30 set up
23:06 start off
23:56 call off
24:54 deal with
26:15 bring up
27:39 jot down
28:52 run out of
30:07 figure out
30:55 go over
32:21 hand out
33:28 look into
34:24 wrap up
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43:59 push ahead
45:24 push around
46:05 push away
46:47 push back
47:29 push back (against...)
48:14 push for
49:05 push/press on
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51:02 – 6 "Hang" Phrasal Verbs –
51:24 hang on
52:09 hang up
53:00 hang out
53:47 hang around
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56:02 hang on someone's every word
57:39 – Phrasal Verb Opposites –
01:06:10 – 5 Common Phrasal Verbs –
01:06:21 look forward to
01:08:23 get along with
01:09:36 put up with
01:11:26 give up something
01:12:48 put off
01:13:56 – 20 Intransitive Phrasal Verbs –
01:15:01 break down
01:15:39 catch on
01:16:19 die out
01:17:23 drop by
01:18:15 end up
01:19:07 get back
01:20:08 grow up
01:20:55 hold on
01:21:12 move in
01:22:10 set off
01:22:53 show up
01:23:27 slow down
01:23:51 speak out
01:24:35 take off
01:25:21 turn out
01:25:50 pass out
01:26:56 watch out
01:27:11 turn around
01:27:54 catch up
01:29:51 – 4 "Put" Phrasal Verbs –
01:35:12 – 5 "Hold" Phrasal Verbs –
01:40:02 – 10 Phrasal Verbs for the Office –
01:41:02 fill out
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01:42:26 note down
01:43:04 back up
01:44:03 come up
01:44:55 keep up with
01:45:28 set up
01:46:02 go through
01:46:26 find out
01:46:59 call off
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01:54:42 – 30 Phrasal Verb Commands –
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02:20:58 – 7 Ways to Use the Phrasal Verb "Make Out" –
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02:28:10 go over
02:29:11 take on
02:30:08 carry out
02:30:56 get in & show up
02:32:00 speak up
02:33:47 depend on
02:34:53 call in
02:35:54 keep up with
02:36:39 follow up
02:37:32 get back to someone
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