Shadowing Practice: British English Shadowing with 25 Phrasal Verbs | PART TWO - Learn English Speaking with Video
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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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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “British English Shadowing with 25 Phrasal Verbs”. This video has 215 sentences and 1592 words to shadow. The speech runs for 15:53. The speaker talks slowly, about 100 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 87% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| wrap verb | /ɹæp/ | To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper. |
| narrow adjective | /ˈnæɹəʊ/ | Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth. |
| verb noun | /vɝb/ | A word that indicates an action, event, or state of being. |
| presentation noun | /ˌpɹɛzn̩ˈteɪʃn̩/ | The act of presenting, or something presented. |
| owe verb | /oʊ/ | To be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone. |
| cloth noun | /klɒθ/ | A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use. Sometimes… |
| tear verb | /tɛɹ/ | To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate. |
| assignment noun | /əˈsaɪn.mənt/ | The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks. |
| noon noun | /nun/ | The time of day when the Sun seems to reach its highest point in the sky; solar noon. |
| penny noun | /ˈpɛni/ | In the United Kingdom, a unit of currency worth ¹⁄₁₀₀ of a pound sterling, or a copper coin worth this amount. Abbreviation: p. |
| unexpectedly adverb | /ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪdli/ | In an unexpected manner. |
| shadow noun | /ˈʃædəʊ̯/ | A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object. |
| topic noun | /ˈtɑpɪk/ | A subject; a theme; a category or general area of interest. |
| badly adverb | /ˈbæd.li/ | In a bad manner. |
| essentially adverb | /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/ | In essence: by nature. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| bring up verb | To mention. | |
| make up verb | /ˌmeɪk ˈʌp/ | To constitute, to compose. |
| turn up verb | To show up; to appear suddenly or unexpectedly. | |
| get along verb | To interact or coexist well, without argument or trouble. | |
| mess up verb | To make a mess of; to untidy, disorder, soil, or muss. | |
| speak up verb | /ˌspik ˈʌp/ | To talk more loudly or clearly. |
| go over verb | To look at carefully; to scrutinize; to analyze. | |
| head out verb | To leave, depart; to go on ahead. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- 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.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
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| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | have borrowed · have written |
| Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing form | start living · start crying · stops working |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | you're driving · I'm making · are doing |
| Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming | gonna head · gonna go |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 25 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, don't, I'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: presentation /ˌpɹɛzn̩ˈteɪʃn̩/, shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/, essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/, consumption /kənˈsʌmp.ʃən/, emotionally /ɪˈməʊʃənəli/
- Long words — get the stress right: unexpectedly /ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪdli/, essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/, apology /əˈpɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/, emotionally /ɪˈməʊʃənəli/, colloquial /kəˈloʊ.kwi.əl/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like wrap, narrow, verb.
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.