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  • - Hello everyone, and welcome back to English with Lucy.

  • Today, I have got 25 stunningly beautiful

  • advanced phrasal verbs for you.

  • These phrasal verbs are going to help you expand

  • and build your vocabulary.

  • I've chosen them because they have beautiful meanings,

  • or they sound beautiful, or they might just

  • be really fun to say.

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  • Right, let's get started

  • with our 25 stunningly beautiful advanced phrasal verbs.

  • I can't believe that came out perfectly all at once.

  • Number one is to crow about something.

  • To crow about something.

  • This means to brag about something,

  • or to boast excessively about something.

  • For example, I wish Amanda would stop crowing

  • about her promotion.

  • I wanted that position.

  • Number two is to fawn over.

  • To fawn over something.

  • We're going with the animal theme, to begin with. (laughs)

  • This means to flatter someone excessively.

  • To be too over the top with them,

  • give them too many compliments.

  • For example, stop fawning over my grandmother.

  • You are embarrassing me!

  • Number three is to bounce something off someone.

  • To bounce off, to bounce something off.

  • You'll notice that the something can go between bounce

  • and off, the verb and the preposition.

  • This is because it's a separable phrasal verb,

  • and I've highlighted which ones are separable in the list.

  • To bounce something off someone means

  • to talk about something, usually an idea,

  • in order to receive feedback or opinions.

  • This is a common business term, more than anything else.

  • For example, I'd like to take you out for lunch

  • and bounce a few ideas off you.

  • We're in the final stages of planning a big campaign.

  • Number four is another separable one.

  • It's to mull something over.

  • To mull over.

  • This means to think deeply and seriously about something,

  • to really consider something.

  • For example, I can't decide which university to choose.

  • I'm going to spend the weekend mulling over my options.

  • Number five, I love this one.

  • This is to plod along.

  • To plod along.

  • Now, the verb, to plod, means

  • to walk laboriously or heavily.

  • To plod along means to progress,

  • it doesn't necessarily mean to walk,

  • to progress at a slow but steady rate.

  • For example, Sheila is still plodding along

  • with her latest attempt at a romance novel.

  • She's taking it very slowly, but making steady progress.

  • Number six is to keep something up.

  • To keep something up.

  • This means to continue or maintain a course of action.

  • This is often used as a motivational phrase.

  • Keep it up, keep up the good work.

  • Maintain your course of good action. (laughs)

  • For example, she's been working so hard on her course,

  • I hope she can keep it up.

  • Number seven is to figure something out.

  • To figure something out.

  • This means to solve or discover the source of a problem.

  • For example, I just need to figure out why my hot tap

  • is cold, and my cold tap is hot.

  • This is a problem, this has happened to me in the past.

  • Number eight is to see something or somebody off.

  • To see something off.

  • This has two meanings that we're going to discuss.

  • The first meaning relates more to somebody.

  • To see somebody off.

  • It means to go to the place that somebody is leaving from,

  • in order to say goodbye to them.

  • For example, I'll come to the port

  • to see you all off on the cruise ship.

  • The next meaning works well with both someone and something.

  • It means to defeat someone or something.

  • Or to deal with them effectively,

  • so that they can do no more harm or damage.

  • For example, Oh don't worry about my horrible aunt coming

  • to my wedding, I'll see her off.

  • I'll deal with her, get rid of her.

  • It can be used in slang.

  • It's often used to talk about alcoholic drinks

  • or bad substances.

  • Or maybe a naughty dessert, or unhealthy food.

  • Something that's seen as a treat.

  • And it basically means to finish it,

  • but we're kind of implying to defeat it

  • 'cause it's such a bad thing.

  • For example, would you like me

  • to help you see off that last bottle of wine?

  • Number nine is to bash something in.

  • To bash something in.

  • This means to strike and dent, or damage something.

  • For example, your stray cricket ball bashed

  • in my Mini Cooper.

  • That's not true, but it did happen to my mom.

  • She once parked her car next to a cricket pitch,

  • only for five minutes,

  • and it was bashed in when we returned to it.

  • Number 10 is to call something off.

  • To call something off.

  • This means to cancel an event or an agreement.

  • For example, if I behave badly enough,

  • William might have to call off the wedding.

  • I always manage to mention my wedding in every single video.

  • There's still a year to go, you know.

  • It's gonna be a long year, for you and for me.

  • Number 11 is to do something up.

  • To do something up.

  • This means to repair or decorate a building,

  • so that it looks attractive.

  • For example, we are hoping to buy a derelict house

  • and do it up.

  • It can also mean to fasten something,

  • usually clothing or jewellery.

  • For example, could you help me do up my dress?

  • It appears to have shrunk.

  • Number 12 is to muster up.

  • To muster up.

  • It can be separable as well.

  • To muster something up.

  • This means to gather or bring together.

  • For example, I'll see if I can muster up the courage

  • to talk to my horrible boss.

  • Number 13 is to gobble something up.

  • To gobble something up.

  • This means to use a lot of something very quickly.

  • It usually refers to eating.

  • For example, you must've been hungry.

  • You've gobbled up half of my popcorn too.

  • Looking at no one, William.

  • Number 14 is to face up to.

  • To face up to.

  • This means to accept that a difficult situation exists.

  • For example, wedding talk incoming.

  • She'll have to face up to the fact that peonies

  • aren't in season for her September wedding.

  • Can we have a moment of silence, please?

  • I love peonies. (sighs)

  • I'm going to go and view flowers with my mom tomorrow,

  • so we'll see what we can find.

  • Number 15 is to stick up for.

  • To stick up for.

  • This means to support or defend something or someone,

  • especially when they are being criticised.

  • For example, I don't need your support.

  • I can stick up for myself!

  • Number 16 is to weed out.

  • To weed out.

  • This can also be separable, but it's not as common.

  • To weed something out.

  • Yeah, you can do that.

  • This means to remove people or things from a group.

  • For example, our wedding invitation list is too long,

  • we're going to have to weed some people out.

  • Number 17 is to run something by someone.

  • To run something by.

  • This means to tell someone about a plan or an idea,

  • so that they can give you their feedback and opinions.

  • For example, Have you run this by David?

  • I think he'll like it.

  • Number 18 is to stock up on.

  • To stock up on.

  • To stock up on. (laughs)

  • This means to buy a large amount of something,

  • so that you have enough for the future.

  • My example, believe it or not, is true.

  • I listened to a radio programme about this the other day.

  • May Brits are stocking up on toilet roll

  • in preparation for Brexit.

  • (laughs) This is true.

  • Toilet paper sales have increased,

  • both times that we've come up to the deadline of Brexit.

  • We've had multiple deadlines.

  • But yeah, toilet roll sales increased (laughs),

  • which I love.

  • I'm sure there's a very valid and sensible reason

  • behind this, but I like to think that people

  • are going to the toilet more, because they're so nervous.

  • (laughs)

  • Number 19 is to harp on about.

  • To harp on about.

  • This means to talk or complain about something many times.

  • For example, can you stop harping

  • on about how great Miranda looked at the party?

  • Number 20 is two crank something out.

  • To crank something out.

  • This means to produce something in large amounts,

  • like a machine does.

  • For example, how on earth did I manage

  • to crank out 25 stunningly beautiful advanced phrasal verbs?

  • I said it again.

  • Number 21 is to grass on.

  • To grass on.

  • And this, I mean the meaning isn't necessarily beautiful.

  • It's quite a disloyal thing to do, but it means

  • to tell the police, or someone in a position

  • of authority, about something bad that someone has done.

  • For example, I can't believe that Mary grassed

  • on Bob to the police about his illegal chicken farm.

  • Big issues in the farming community these days, grassers.

  • Number 22 is to lag behind.

  • To lag behind.

  • This means to move or happen at a slower pace

  • than someone or something else.

  • For example, I found maths really hard at school,

  • and I lagged behind most of my peers.

  • Number 23 is to build someone or something up.

  • To build something up.

  • This means to talk about something or someone

  • in a very positive way,

  • so that people are impressed with it, or them.

  • For example, they've built her up to be something

  • that she really isn't.

  • We can also build up someone's hopes.

  • This means to make someone think that something good

  • is going to happen when it probably isn't.

  • For example, I don't want to build up his hopes

  • if she isn't coming back.

  • Number 24 is to ask after.

  • To ask after.

  • This one is quite simple to understand.

  • It means to ask about someone, normally.

  • Can be something sometimes.

  • For example, oh, everyone was asking after you at the party.

  • I just thought I'd include it,

  • 'cause I think it's nice when someone asks after you.

  • And it's also something we use a lot.

  • But you might think, why are you saying

  • after instead of about?

  • We just like to complicate things in English.

  • And the last stunningly beautiful advanced phrasal verb,

  • number 25, is to jot down.

  • To jot something down.

  • This means to write or note down very quickly and briefly.

  • For example, I highly suggest you jot down

  • these 25 stunningly beautiful advanced phrasal verbs.

  • (claps) Yes!

  • (laughs)

  • Right, that's it for today's lesson.

  • Your homework, as if you think I would forget about that.

  • There's always someone in the class,

  • who reminds the teacher that there's homework

  • when they've forgotten.

  • I used to be that person.

  • Your homework is to write five stunningly beautiful

  • advanced phrases, with five of these stunningly beautiful

  • advanced phrasal verbs.

  • Go, go, go.

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  • Muah.

  • For example, Sheila is still plodding along

  • with her latest attempt at a romance nobel.

  • Nobel (laughs).

  • Romance nobel.

  • For example, your cricket ball (laughs).

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