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why does she have
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bags well I'm staying with you guys what
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we're going to be roomies come
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on hello
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everyone welcome
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back in this video we're going to learn
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six phrasal verbs with
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friends let's
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begin is there anything I could do to
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you know butter him up anything he
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really likes he does have a pretty
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serious latex fetish we'll see how
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dinner
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goes
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is there anything I could do to you know
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butter him up anything he really likes
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he does have a pretty serious latex
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fetish we'll see how dinner
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goes the phrasal verb butter someone up
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means to flatter or praise someone
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excessively in order to gain their favor
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or make them help
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you it's a separable phrasal verb
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meaning that the verb and the
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preposition can be separated by an
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object
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examples I buttered up my boss a bit by
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praising their leadership skills during
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the team
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meeting she buttered up her professor
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with compliments before asking for an
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extension on her
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assignment the politician tried to
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butter up the voters by making promises
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he knew he couldn't
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keep is there anything I could do to you
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know butter him up anything he really
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likes he does have a pretty serious
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latex fetish we'll see how dinner
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goes Hey Joe how's the second draft of
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the letter coming great I'm finished in
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fact I just dropped it off the agency
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you dropped it off yeah can we read it
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can you print out another copy no can't
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do
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Migo Hey Joe how's the second draft of
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the letter coming great I'm finished in
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fact I just dropped it off the agency
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you dropped it off yeah can we read it
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can you print out another copy no can't
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do
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Amigo the phrasal verb to drop someone
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or something off means to take someone
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or something to a particular place
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usually by car and leave them
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there it's a separable phrasal
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verb
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examples I will drop you off at the
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airport
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can you drop me off at the grocery store
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on your way
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home I'll drop the package off at the
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post office later
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today Hey Joe how's the second draft of
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the letter coming great I'm finished in
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fact I just dropped it off the agency
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you dropped it off yeah can we read it
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can you print out another copy no can do
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Migo
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last night I was finishing off a pizza
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and she said a moment on the lips
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Forever on the
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hips I don't need that kind of talk in
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my
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house last night I was finishing off a
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pizza and she said a moment on the lips
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Forever on the
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hips I don't need that kind of talk in
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my
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house the phrasal verb finish something
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off means to eat or use the last part of
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something and also to complete the last
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part of something that you are
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doing it's a separable phrasal
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verb
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examples they finished off the bottle of
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wine during the
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celebration she finished the cake off by
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taking the last
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slice they finished off the project by
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completing the final
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tasks last night I was finishing off a
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pizza and she said a moment on the lips
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Forever on the
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hips I don't need that kind of talk in
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my
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house when you and Monica first hooked
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up was it weird going from friends to
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more than that kind of you know sneaking
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around having a hide from you guys
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when you and Monica first hooked up was
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it weird going from friends to more than
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that kind of you know sneaking around
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having a hide from you
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guys the phrasal verb hookup means to
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start a romantic or sexual relationship
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with
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someone it's an Inseparable phrasal verb
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meaning the verb and the preposition can
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not be separated by an
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object
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examples they hooked up after the
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concert and had a great time
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together she's hoping to hook up with
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someone interesting during her
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vacation we used to be friends but then
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we hooked up and things got
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complicated
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when you and Monica first hooked up was
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it weird going from friends to more than
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that kind of you know sneaking around
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having a hide from you
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guys apparently I beat out hundreds of
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other applicants including Five Guys I
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went to graduate school with not that
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I'm keeping score or anything
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five apparently I beat out hundreds of
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other applicants including Five Guys I
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went to graduate school with not that
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I'm keeping score or anything
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five the phrasal verb beat someone out
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means to defeat someone in a competition
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race or selection
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process it's a separable phrasal
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verb
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examples she trained hard and managed to
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beat her rival out in the swimming
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competition
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despite his efforts he couldn't beat out
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the other candidates for the job
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position the skilled guitarist beat out
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all the other contestants in the music
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competition apparently I beat out
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hundreds of other applicants including
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Five Guys I went to graduate school with
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not that I'm keeping score or anything
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five thank you for watching this
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videos goodbye and take
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care
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