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Welcome back to some more British English shadowing practice with 25 phrasal verbs in each short sentence.
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So, pay attention, listen carefully, repeat after me, and I'll explain the meanings of each phrasal verb.
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So, without further ado, let's kick off.
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number one i checked in at the hotel around noon i checked in at the hotel around noon your turn
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i checked in at the hotel around noon noon is midday
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and check -in i think we know is
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when you give your passport to the receptionist before they give you your room at a hotel.
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Number two.
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She showed up 20 minutes late.
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She showed up 20 minutes late.
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Your turn.
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And show up and turn up have the same meaning.
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Both of them mean to arrive or to appear.
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He showed up late.
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He turned up late.
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Number three.
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We get along really well from the start.
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We got along really well from the start.
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Your turn.
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We got along really well from the start.
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Apologies.
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I thought I'd said we get along, but no, in the past.
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So one more time.
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We got along really well from the start.
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And get along well with is to have a good relationship with.
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We could also say we got on well with each other from the start.
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Number four.
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He turned up unexpectedly at my door.
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He turned up unexpectedly at my door.
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Your turn.
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He turned up unexpectedly at my door.
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As I said, turn up, show up, and arrive or appear have the same meaning.
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He turned up unexpectedly at my door.
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Number five.
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I cut down on coffee last month.
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I cut down on coffee last month.
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Your turn.
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I cut down on coffee last month.
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Cut down on or cut back on.
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Both mean reduce the consumption of something.
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I cut down on coffee last month.
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Number six.
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They moved in just before Christmas.
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They moved in just before Christmas.
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Your turn.
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They moved in just before Christmas.
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Move in is to start living in a new flat, apartment or house.
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They moved in just before Christmas.
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Number seven.
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Can you put away your clothes, please?
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Can you put away your clothes, please?
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Your turn.
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Can you put away your clothes, please?
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Put away is, you know, to store, to keep something where it belongs.
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When speaking about clothes, in your wardrobe, your closet.
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Can you put away your clothes, please?
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Number eight.
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She broke down in tears during the speech.
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She broke down in tears during the speech.
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Your turn.
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She broke down in tears during the speech.
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Poor her.
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Breakdown is emotionally collapse.
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To start crying out of control.
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And a car can break down if it stops working, but a person can break down if they have a panic attack or they got really,
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really, really emotional.
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She broke down in tears during the speech.
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Number nine.
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We went over the details once again.
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We went over the details once again.
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Your turn.
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We went over the details once again.
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Go over.
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One of my favorite phrasal verbs, one of the ones that I use the most, is to review, to recap up.
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We went over the details once again.
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Number ten.
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He passed out from exhaustion after the race.
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He passed out from exhaustion after the race.
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Your turn.
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He passed out from exhaustion after the race.
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Poor guy.
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Pass out is to faint, to become unconscious.
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He ran so fast and so hard that he fainted.
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He passed out.
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Number 11.
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I held on to those old concert tickets.
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I held on to those old concert tickets.
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You're done.
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I held on to those old concert tickets.
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Hold on to is to grab on to and not let go.
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So it is essentially just to keep.
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I held on to those old concert tickets.
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I didn't throw them away.
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Number 12.
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They brought up an interesting point.
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They brought up an interesting point.
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Your turn.
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They brought up an interesting point.
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Bring up a topic, a subject, or a point is to introduce it in a conversation.
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You can bring up a topic, bring up politics.
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Maybe not a good idea to bring up politics in a conversation, but they brought up an interesting point.
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Number 13.
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She called back a few minutes later.
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She called back a few minutes later.
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You're done.
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She called back a few minutes later.
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Call back or ring back or even phone back.
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All of them mean to return the phone call.
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She called back a few minutes later.
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Number 14.
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We pulled over to take some photos.
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We pulled over to take some photos.
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You're done.
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we pulled over to take some photos.
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Pull over is when you're driving on a road and you move to the side and park.
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If you have a police officer following you and their sirens are on, they might say, pull over, pull over.
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And this means go to the side and park.
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We pulled over to take some photos.
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Number 15.
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He made up an excuse for being late.
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He made up an excuse for being late.
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He made up an excuse for being late.
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Make up has many different meanings, but in this case, it is to invent, to come up with.
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But make up can also be to become friends again after a fight, you should kiss and make up.
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And the verb to make up doesn't mean put on your makeup or do your makeup.
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No, no, no. So that is a common mistake.
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Don't say I'm making up if you are putting on lipstick.
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You are doing your makeup or putting on your makeup up.
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Anyway, number 16.
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I cleaned up the kitchen before leaving.
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I cleaned up the kitchen before leaving.
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I cleaned up the kitchen before leaving.
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This one's easy.
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Clean up is essentially the same as clean.
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It just sounds a little bit more colloquial or natural.
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But both are absolutely correct.
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Seventeen.
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They step down from their positions.
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They step down from their positions.
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You're done.
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They step down from their positions.
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Step down is to resign, to quit a job.
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Usually it is a job of quite a lot of stature, an important job.
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The prime minister can step down.
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Number 18.
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She paid back every penny she owed.
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She paid back every penny she owed.
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Your turn.
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She paid back every penny she owed.
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Like callback, payback is to return what you have borrowed.
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So she owed money, but she paid it back.
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She paid back every penny she owed.
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Number 19.
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We headed out just after breakfast.
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We headed out just after breakfast.
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We headed out just after breakfast.
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Head out is the same as to go out.
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I'm gonna head out after recording this.
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I'm gonna go out after recording this.
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Number twenty.
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He crossed out the wrong answer.
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He crossed out the wrong answer.
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Your turn.
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He crossed out the wrong answer.
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Ay yi yi.
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If you cross something out, literally, you make a cross or put a line across something you have written.
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So crossing it out.
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Number 21.
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I messed up my presentation yesterday.
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I messed up my presentation yesterday.
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Your turn.
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I messed up my presentation yesterday.
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Oh, mess up is to make a mistake or to do something badly.
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If you messed up your presentation, you did it badly.
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You made a mistake.
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Hopefully, this isn't true for anybody listening.
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I hope you don't mess up your next presentation.
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Number 22.
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They narrowed down the list to three options.
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They narrowed down the list to three options.
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Your turn.
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they narrowed down the list to three options if you have a list
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and you narrow it down it means you remove candidates
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so it's like you aren't shortlisting you are in the process of deciding you're narrowing it down making the possibilities narrower fewer
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Number twenty -three, she handed in her assignment early.
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She handed in her assignment early.
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She handed in her assignment early.
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Hand in is to submit, to give to your teacher, for example.
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She handed in her assignment early.
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Good for her.
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Number twenty -four.
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We wrapped up the project last week.
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We wrapped up the project last week.
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Shut up.
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We wrapped up the project last week.
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Wrap up is to complete, to finish.
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And if you're giving a present and you want to put it in wrapping paper, you also wrap it up.
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We wrapped up the project last week.
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It's done and dusted.
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And finally, number 25.
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He spoke up when nobody else would.
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He spoke up when nobody else would.
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He spoke up when nobody else would.
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Good for him, because to speak up is.. to raise your voice, to speak louder, or to show your opinions.
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So if everybody else is quiet while something unfair is happening and you speak up, then you are showing your opinion.
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You're being very brave as a result.
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So he spoke up when nobody else would.
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So good for him.
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Good for him.
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And this was part two of my phrasal verb British English shadowing practice series.
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If you'd like me to make part three and four, please let me know in the comments.
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Don't forget to leave a like.
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If you want to join my classes to keep practicing shadowing phrasal verbs, slang and idioms and have me correct your mistakes,
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there is a link in the video description
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and I'll see you next time so thank you everybody always a pleasure and i'll see you soon bye

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación se basa en el vídeo “British English Shadowing with 25 Phrasal Verbs”. Este vídeo tiene 215 frases y 1592 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 15:53. El hablante habla despacio, unas 100 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. El 87 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es fácil de seguir.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
wrap verbo/ɹæp/envolver, fajar
narrow adjetivo/ˈnæɹəʊ/estrecho, angosto
verb sustantivo/vɝb/verbo
presentation sustantivo/ˌpɹɛzn̩ˈteɪʃn̩/presentación, exposición
owe verbo/oʊ/deber, adeudar
cloth sustantivo/klɒθ/tela
tear verbo/tɛɹ/rasgar, desgarrar
assignment sustantivo/əˈsaɪn.mənt/asignación
noon sustantivo/nun/mediodía
penny sustantivo/ˈpɛni/penique
unexpectedly adverbio/ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪdli/inesperadamente, inopinadamente
shadow sustantivo/ˈʃædəʊ̯/sombra
topic sustantivo/ˈtɑpɪk/tema, tópico
badly adverbio/ˈbæd.li/malamente, mal
essentially adverbio/ɪˈsɛnʃəli/esencialmente, en esencia

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
bring up verbolevantar, alzar
make up verbo/ˌmeɪk ˈʌp/reponer, suplir
turn up verboaparecer
get along verbollevarse bien con, avenirse
mess up verbodesbarajustar, desbarahustar
speak up verbo/ˌspik ˈʌp/hablar más alto, hablar más fuerte
go over verbosentar, pasar
put away verboguardar, arrecadar

Frases que vale la pena repetir

Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:

  • Can you put away your clothes, please?
  • I didn't throw them away.
  • I'm gonna head out after recording this.
  • I'm gonna go out after recording this.
  • I hope you don't mess up your next presentation.

Gramática en este vídeo

Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahorahave borrowed · have written
Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbos seguidos de la forma en -ingstart living · start crying · stops working
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos díasyou're driving · I'm making · are doing
Futuro con “going to” be going to + verbo — un plan o algo que se ve venirgonna head · gonna go

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 25 contracciones y formas reducidas, como you're, don't, I'll. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: presentation /ˌpɹɛzn̩ˈteɪʃn̩/, shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/, essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/, consumption /kənˈsʌmp.ʃən/, emotionally /ɪˈməʊʃənəli/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: unexpectedly /ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪdli/, essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/, apology /əˈpɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/, emotionally /ɪˈməʊʃənəli/, colloquial /kəˈloʊ.kwi.əl/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: sling /ˈslɪŋ/, stature /ˈstæt͡ʃ.ə/
  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: verb /vɝb/, arrive /əˈɹaɪv/, brave /bɹeɪv/, invent /ɪnˈvɛnt/
  • /z/ — sonora, no /s/: presentation /ˌpɹɛzn̩ˈteɪʃn̩/, closet /ˈklɑzɪt/, resign /ɹɪˈzaɪn/, phrasal /ˈfɹeɪzəl/, exhaustion /ɪɡˈzɔːs.t͡ʃən/

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

  1. Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
  2. Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
  3. Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como wrap, narrow, verb.

¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?

Shadowing es una técnica de aprendizaje de idiomas respaldada por la ciencia, desarrollada originalmente para la formación de intérpretes profesionales y popularizada por el políglota Dr. Alexander Arguelles. El método es simple pero poderoso: escuchas audio en inglés nativo y lo repites en voz alta de inmediato, como una sombra que sigue al hablante con solo 1-2 segundos de retraso. A diferencia de la escucha pasiva o los ejercicios de gramática, el shadowing obliga a tu cerebro y músculos de la boca a procesar y reproducir simultáneamente patrones de habla reales. Las investigaciones muestran que mejora significativamente la precisión de la pronunciación, la entonación, el ritmo, el habla conectada, la comprensión auditiva y la fluidez al hablar, convirtiéndola en una de las metodologías más efectivas para la preparación del IELTS Speaking y la comunicación en inglés en el mundo real.

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