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Course: Phrasal verbs from TVSection: Six everyday phrasal verbsSubtitles: en

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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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video make sure to subscribe to my

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channel for more exciting

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videos goodbye and take

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care

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