Shadowing Practice: 23 Intransitive Phrasal Verbs for Intermediate English Learners - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Hey, everyone.

I'm Alex.

Thanks for clicking, and welcome to this video on 23 intransitive phrasal verbs.

What is an intransitive phrasal verb?

Good question, Alex.

An intransitive phrasal verb is a phrasal verb that doesn't require an object.

Alex, what does that mean?

So, for example, I have a phone in my pocket.

I took out my phone.

This is transitive.

Took out?

Oh, took out something.

So this is transitive.

Intransitive means you don't need an object.

You have the subject and the action.

All of the phrasal verbs in this video are very appropriate for intermediate English learners

and I will ask you to practice them with me today are you ready let's go

so the first one is calm down right

so this means to relax you are very high energy at the moment I need you to relax calm down

so calm down it will be okay so

if someone is very stressed about a test oh no oh

no i'm going to fail you can say calm down breathe just breathe it's going to be okay okay

so repeat after me calm down it will be okay

next we have carry on

so to carry on means to continue right in a specific way

so we just need to carry on and hope for the best

so if you are having a difficulty at work with a specific project

and the project is not finished there are people complaining about the the progress of the project

and you say to everyone guys calm down

we just need to carry on continue we just need to carry on

and hope for the best right we hope for good news, a positive result.

All right, let's continue.

Just say, we just need to carry on.

Very good.

Drop by.

Drop by means to make a short visit somewhere.

So, you can drop by a place.

So, for example, ah, after work, I'll drop by.

So, I'll drop by your house or your apartment.

Your friend says they call you.

Ring, ring, ring.

Hello, Alex?

Yeah?

Do you have my money uh yeah frank i have your

money i'll drop by after work bye i owe frank some money

i'll drop by after work okay so uh repeat after me i'll drop by after work Good.

If you want more phrases like drop by, I have another video that is attached to this video.

Next, fall apart.

If something falls apart, it breaks into many pieces.

It deteriorates.

So, for example, this is an exaggeration, but you can say, oh,

my shoes are falling apart, right?

My shoes are very old, and maybe they are deteriorating.

They are breaking into many pieces.

My shoes are falling apart.

My car is falling apart, right? if you have pieces that are falling off

or the quality is not as good so repeat after me my shoes are falling apart

good job all right next fall behind if you whoop fall behind you are not at the same level as other people.

in a process okay so uh for example she's falling behind in math class

so maybe she was sick for two weeks oh no i can't go to school

and she fell behind she missed a lot of work

so she fell behind in math class you can fall behind

at work you can fall behind in a personal project as

well ready repeat after me we'll just say this she's falling

behind mm -hmm yeah she's falling behind she's not at the

same level as the other students in her math class get away

so get away has multiple meanings now here the thief got away

get away can mean escape so repeat after me the thief got away

all right he got away he escaped next we should get away

so in this case we should get away means we should go somewhere on vacation.

So we need to get away.

We need to go somewhere and relax and enjoy ourselves.

Also, if I say get away, this means go away from me, right?

It can mean this as well okay so repeat after me we should get away

yep it's true i need i need to do this too excuse me all right go off

so uh go off has multiple meanings

but for today i want to focus on one meaning

if something goes off usually we are talking about an electronic device

that activates typically this is an alarm

so your alarm on your phone can go off the a

car alarm can go off um a mic yeah microwave

when you put food oh the the sound went off

so why didn't your alarm go off right you didn't wake up you shh, shh, shh.

You didn't wake up because your alarm didn't beep, beep, beep, activate.

It didn't go off.

So, repeat after me.

Why didn't your alarm go off?

Good question.

Maybe the battery was dead.

Maybe I forgot to set the alarm.

Next, we have hang around this is slightly different than hang

out to hang around does mean to spend time in a place

but for no particular purpose or to you know use time until something else happens

or it just means to hang spend time near a place near a place

so for example we hung around where we hung around the mall until five o 'clock

so maybe we did some shopping maybe we ate some food at the food court at the mall

but we we hung around the mall until five o 'clock

okay repeat after me we hung around the mall until five o 'clock

i know i wrote five but you can say five o 'clock

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and we forgot this one hello wake up

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so repeat after me why didn't your alarm go off beautiful

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all right next we have hang on hang on hang on is similar to hold on

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and hang on just means stop and wait stop and wait okay

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so hold on hold on yeah I said hold on see can you hang on for a minute

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so remember hang what I'm hanging on to something I'm pulling myself up so hang on,

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to keep hanging, it means to wait.

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So repeat after me.

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Can you hang on for a minute?

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beautiful uh next look around look around means to browse look at things explore

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and we use this when we go shopping or

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if you go to an event like a comic book convention

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for example it's like are you are you buying are you

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shopping for something nah i'm just looking around right oh look

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at this I'm just looking around there is an X -men comic

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that I have found I'm not gonna buy it

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but I'm just looking around okay

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so for example yeah I'm just looking around a very common sentence

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if you go to a store

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and a person says can I help you with anything

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and you say no I'm just looking around right I don't

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intend to buy anything i'm just exploring i want to see

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what is available next loosen up all right loosen up means make yourself loose relaxed

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so loosen up before a game many athletes soccer players football players we loosened up before the game

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so you make your muscles loose now this can mean to loosen up physically it can also mean like morally

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or like in your life it's like you are too strict

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or you are too tight you need to just be loose relax right

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so listen to me and repeat after me loosen up

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loosen up yeah okay loosen up do you feel loose okay we are like about 50 percent done

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so i hope you feel loose you are loosened up now let's continue with more let's move

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so we will talk about moving in moving out moving on first move in move out these are connected

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when you change your place of living the place where you

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live your home your apartment your condominium you move in

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and you move out so first you move out

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and then you move in when you move in you go to your new place your new apartment your new home

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so maybe your neighbor will see you

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and say ah hi i'm jim what's your name oh i'm roberta oh hi roberta uh

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when did you move in right when did you move to this apartment

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when did you move to this neighborhood neighborhood is the area

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right the local area move out we are changing homes we have bought a new home

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so now we are moving out in a week we are leaving our home we are packing the boxes

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and we are going to move in to a new place for example okay next move on

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so can we can we move on please can we can we continue So,

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move on means, can we stop talking about this and continue to the next part, to the next section?

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So if you are doing a presentation, your boss might say, okay, yeah, yeah, I understand this part, can you move on, please?

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Move on to the next part, right?

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You can say that too.

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So repeat after me, can we move on, please?

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also let's go to the top repeat when did you move in we're moving out in a week

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okay move on can also mean to like continue your life after a very difficult usually a difficult relationship.

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So, if you see your friend, and your friend says, I miss Travis.

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I love Travis so much.

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Debra, Travis ended the relationship with you like eight months ago.

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It has been eight months, Debra.

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Debra, you need to move on.

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Okay, so move on.

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You need to continue.

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Forget about Travis, Debra.

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Are you a Debra?

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Continue.

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move on move on he hurt you he doesn't deserve you

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okay all right next we have pass away i hate

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that i laughed because this is this is sad so to pass away this means to die it's a very

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soft way to talk about death in english it's honestly the most common phrasal verb

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that we use to talk about death so for example she maybe my grandma

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or my aunt she passed away last month okay so repeat after me please she passed away last month

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thank you very much okay run away it does mean to run away run in

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that direction right so they got scared and ran away

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so maybe there was a dog say ah run away so

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and then you tell the story what happened oh yeah we got scared

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and we ran away because the dog looked very scary okay next oh repeat after me they got scared and ran away

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yeah ran is the past of run stand out to stand out means to be visible more than other people So,

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for example, he's 6 feet 10 inches.

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We can also say he's 6 foot 8.

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If you are on the European system, he's 200 centimeters tall.

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I don't know how much that is in centimeters.

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Tell me in the comments.

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So, he's 6 foot 8.

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So, he stands out in a crowd.

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Right.

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So, stand out, like, whoa, yeah, he is easy to see, and he stands out in a crowd.

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So just repeat this part after me.

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He stands out in a crowd.

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Alex, what is a crowd?

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A crowd is a group of people, so in public, in a public place with a group of people.

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Step out.

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excuse me i'm just going to step out for a moment

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i need a break okay yep yep yep yep yep okay i stepped out

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so to step out is to leave a room leave a space usually for a short period of time

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if you have family members who smoke

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almost no one in my family smokes we have some some people

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but almost no one and

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when we have a party sometimes the smokers need to step out for five minutes

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so they say i'm going to step out for a smoke for example

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so uh repeat after me i'm going to step out for a minute

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very good next we have stick around so stick around is to like stay remain stick

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right so stick around stay in the area

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so for example after work maybe there is a plan for a party

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and there will be some drinks some food and your friend your colleague at work asks you

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are you going to stick around for drinks all right

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so for um beverages after work

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so are you gonna stay remain here repeat after me are you going to stick around for drinks

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it's a long question i know you did your best uh

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take off now yes take off can be a transitive verb

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you can take off your clothes to remove something it can also mean in the context of a plane

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when a plane starts flying it takes off so for example repeat after me the plane took off 15 minutes late

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perfect very good let's continue warm up this means to make yourself warmer to become warmer

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also when you do an activity before you do the main activity sometimes there is a warm -up

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before sporting events right i said loosen up before we also loosen up

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because we want to make our muscles warm so for example repeat after me let's warm up before the game

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so before a game maybe you do some light running just

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to make your body warm to prepare your body you can

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also warm up in the winter right with a blanket for

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example two more workout workout it means to exercise to go to the gym to use weights for example

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and to do exercise at the gym So, repeat after me.

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He works out three times a week.

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This is just a dream for me.

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I just...

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I wish.

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Yeah, maybe I should, right?

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I should work out three times a week.

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I should.

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Finally, wrap up.

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Wrap up, this means to finish something.

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Usually at the end of a meeting at the end of a presentation okay everyone it's time to wrap up

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so it's time to finish and start the final preparations the final goodbyes the final messages

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so from me to you I will say okay everyone it's

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time to wrap up it's time to wrap up this video

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thanks for watching all right now wrap up it can be transitive

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and intransitive so i said it's time to wrap up this video

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so this is transitive this video is the object you can

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also say all right everyone it's time to wrap up that's

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it repeat after me it's time to wrap up perfect okay

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that's it thank you very much for watching do the quiz on engvid .com and

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if you enjoyed learning these phrasal verbs I have a book

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it's called 100 practical English phrasal verbs I have it in PDF format ebook format

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and physical format you can just check out the link

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that is attached to this video to learn more and support my work really if you enjoy what I do.

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Buying one of my books is really the best thing you can do to make sure

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that I continue doing what I'm doing for a long time.

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I want to continue doing this for a long time.

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And I thank you for your support all these years, and I'm looking forward to many more years.

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All right, everyone, until next time, keep learning and keep practicing.

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Bye.

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Why Practice Speaking with This Video?

Practicing with this video is a game-changer for intermediate learners—it’s packed with real-world intransitive phrasal verbs you’ll use daily, and the conversational style makes it perfect for shadowing technique. Shadow speech (repeating phrases aloud as you hear them) helps you master fluency, intonation, and natural rhythm fast. Whether you’re prepping for casual chats or professional settings, these verbs like "calm down" and "carry on" will make you sound more confident. Plus, learning with videos keeps it engaging—no boring drills!

Grammar & Expressions in Context

The video nails context, showing how phrasal verbs work in everyday scenarios. Let’s break down three key structures: - Intransitive verbs without objects: "My shoes are falling apart" (no object needed—just subject + action). - Multi-meaning verbs: "Get away" shifts from "escape" ("The thief got away") to "vacation" ("We should get away")—context clues make it clear. - Common collocations: "Drop by" pairs with places ("I’ll drop by your house") and "fall behind" with tasks ("She’s falling behind in math"). These natural pairings are key to sounding native.

Common Pronunciation Traps

Watch out for these tricky sounds! "Loosen up" can trip you up—don’t over-pronounce the "s"; it’s "Loo-suhn up," not "Loo-sen up." "Hang on" often shortens to "Han-on" in fast speech, so practice blending the words. And "pass away" needs a soft "a" sound—avoid "pahss uh-way" and aim for "pahs uh-way." Use the shadowing technique to mimic the speaker’s flow—pausing and repeating until it feels natural. This video is a top pick for learn English with videos—it’s like having a tutor guiding your shadow speech! Ready to level up? Hit play, start shadowing, and watch your speaking skills soar. You’ve got this!

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Structure	In the video
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	is attached · are loosened · are connected
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	have found · have bought · has been
Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group	the best · the most common · your best
Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing form	keep hanging · stop talking · starts flying

What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

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