25 Stunningly Beautiful Advanced Phrasal Verbs English Vocabulary Lesson
and 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
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get started with our 25 stunningly
beautiful advanced phrasal verbs oh 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
grubbing about her promotion I wanted
that position number two is to fawn over
to fawn over something but going with
the animals
to begin with 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 laborious ly
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 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 seemed as a treat
and it basically means to finish it but
we’re kind of implying to defeat it
because 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 it’s not true but it did
happen to my mum she once parked her car
next to a cricket pitch only for five
minutes and it was bashed in when we
return to it number ten is to cool
something off to cool something off this
means to cancel an event or an agreement
for example if I behaved badly enough
William might have to call off the
wedding
I always managed to mention my wedding
in every single video
there’s still a year to go you know long
yeah 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 jewelry
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 have been hungry you’ve
got up half of my popcorn to looking at
no.1 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 we
have a moment of silence please
I love peonies I’m going to go and view
flowers with my mum 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
criticized 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 not 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 just stock up on 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 program about this the other day
many Brits are stocking up on toilet
roll in preparation for brexit 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 it’s toilet roll a
wholesome cream 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 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 to
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 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
grasped on bob to the police about his
illegal chicken farm big issues
the farming community these days grasses
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
because 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 right
that’s it for today’s lesson your
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about that there is someone in the class
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homework when they’d forgotten I used to
be that person your homework is to write
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is still plotting along with her latest
attempt at a romance novel noble robot
double for example your cricket ball
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