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What does BURN someone UP mean? Here is a one-point lesson to help you learn this English! When something or someone BURNS YOU UP, it means that thing or that person makes you very angry. The delayed trains in this town really burn me up! People who walk and text burn me up! How about you? What (or who) burns …

What does POP UP mean? Here is a one-point lesson to help you learn this English! When something pops up, it happens unexpectedly. A meeting popped up in my office today. Someting popped up and I have to leave the office early today. How about you? Has anything popped up around you recently? Leave a comment below and let us …

What does BURNED OUT mean? Here is a one-point lesson to help you learn this English! When you are burned out you are very exhausted and stressed because of working too much. We usually use this phrasal verb in the passive, “to be burned out” Jenny was so burned out at her last job she decided to quit. I’m a …

CUT OUT The phrasal verb CUT OUT has a number of meanings, but for this one-point lesson, the meaning we will focus on is “to eliminate” or “stop doing.” It’s impossible for me to cut out drinking coffee 😅 Jack’s doctor told him to cut out smoking. How about you? Is there anything that you want to cut out? Have …

TALK INTO When you talk someone into something you convince them to do that thing. I talked my mom into baking an apple pie! Jack said that it was impossible to talk his wife into going to Las Vegas. How about you? Have you talked anyone into anything recently? Has anyone talked you into doing anything recently? Leave a comment …

What are you racking up these days RACK UP Rack up means to collect or gather something, like points in a game, frequent flier miles, and so on. Jen racked up 10 points in the first 5 minutes of the game. I rack up a lot of frequent flyer miles. How about you? What are you racking up these days? …

RUN BY When you run something by someone, you tell them something in order to get their opinion or feedback. Let’s run this meeting schedule by the boss before we send it out. Can I run something by you? I’m thinking of… How about you? What have you run by someone recently? Leave a comment below and let us know!

What does the phrasal verb Turn Out mean? Here is a one-point lesson to help you learn this English! Turn Out has a few different meanings. The one we will look at today is “produce.” The factory turns out a lot of products every week. My students turn out great essays each week. What have you turned out recently? How …

BAWL OUT Bawl out means to scold or reprimand someone. The boss bawled out Jack because he came to the meeting late again. Your wife is going to bawl you out if you come home drunk. How about you? Have you bawled out anyone recently? Has anyone bawled you out? Leave a comment below and let us know!

MULL OVER When you mull something over you consider it very deeply and carefully over a period of time. When I asked the boss for a day off, he said he needed to mull it over. I’m mulling over buying a new house. How about you? Have you needed to mull anything over recently? Leave a comment below and let …