Do Over Be off means to have a day off from work or school. When you do something over, you do it again from the very beginning. The teacher didn’t like the way I wrote my report so I had to do it over. The boss didn’t approve the website design, so we had to do it over. I forgot …
Dash Off – English Phrasal Verb One Point Lesson
Dash Off Dash off means to leave quickly or leave in a hurry. I woke up late and had to dash off. I have a doctor appointment at 6:15 so I need to dash off after work. The boss dashed off right after the meeting to catch a flight. How about you? When was the last time you needed to …
End Up – English Phrasal Verb One Point Lesson
End Up We use end up when we talk about how a situation ended or resulted in. I ended up having pizza for dinner last night. We walked over the Brooklyn Bridge and ended up at a nice pizza shop. What did you end up doing last night? Leave a comment below and let us know! If you know anyone …
Fall Behind – English Phrasal Verb One Point Lesson
Fall Behind When you fall behind, you can’t keep up at the same pace as others. You can fall behind at work or school because of an absence, a heavy workload, or because the task is difficult. I fell behind in my work when I was out sick last week. As a medical school student, you have to work very …
Head Out – English Phrasal Verb One Point Lesson
Head Out Head means to go somewhere and head out means to leave. This is an old expression based on the old days of sailing ships. The front of the ship is the head, and when the captain wanted to direct the crew to move the ship, he would say things like “head north” or “head to France.” So, head …
Set Up – English Phrasal Verb One Point Lesson
Set Up The phrasal verb set up means to arrange something. You can set up an appointment, a trip, a meeting, etc! Jack set up a meeting with our client on Tuesday. I set up my vacation for next month. Tommy set up an appointment with the dentist. How about you? What have you set up recently? Leave a comment …
Drag On – English Phrasal Verb One Point Lesson
Drag On When something drags on, it continues for an unnecessarily long time. The boss’s speech really dragged on. The last movie I saw was boring and dragged on. I don’t want to go to the meeting because the monthly meetings drag on. How about you? Have you experienced anything that has dragged on recently? Leave a comment below and …
YouTube Lesson Daily Phrasal Verbs V – Lunch Time – English Vocabulary
New on YouTube! Today is Part 10 in my series of lessons to help you increase and remember vocabulary. In this lesson, we will look at 11 common phrasal verbs in daily life! The topic today is LUNCH TIME and we’re going to look at these phrasal verbs: Eat out, pick out, sit down, cook away, bring out, look over, …
Be Up To – English Phrasal Verb One Point Lesson
Be Up To When you are up to something it means you feel like doing that thing or you are in the mood to do that thing. Are you up to going to the beach? I’m tired so I am not up to going to the party tonight. Kate said she is up to seeing that movie. How about you? …
Chip In – English Phrasal Verb One Point Lesson
Chip In When you chip in, you put your money together with other people, usually to buy a present for someone. Let’s chip in and buy a Christmas present for the boss. We chipped in for pizza for the office party. Can we chip in and get Jenny a new iPad? How about you? What have you chipped in for …