Interesting Phrasal Verbs Learn English with Harry

Interesting Phrasal Verbs Learn English with Harry Here you will learn interesting phrasal verbs. Ive taken them randomly, theyre not very normal phrasal verbs. So hopefully youll understand them and find a use for them in your English conversation.First one isPUT IT DOWN TOMeaning: to blame something or to think that something happened due to a particular reason Interesting Phrasal Verbs Its a multi part phrasal verb, and we can use this in many ways. For example,if I am suffering from a bad cold or sore throat or generally dont feel well. And somebody had said:?? How did you get the cold??? I think I put it down to the fact that Id been working hard recently. Ive been tired, Im not eating properly. So Id put it down to that.Meaning I will blame or thats my excuse.We can  also use  PUT IT DOWN TO  if somebody is in a bad mood perhaps, and when youre talking to them, they get a little bit snappy, meaning  they give you a very gruff or a sharp response. And then they  say:I’m really really sorry. Look, just put it down to nerves.So again, they are blaming or attributing their bad manners or little bit of a aggressiveness and their vice, theyre putting it down to the fact that they have to make an important presentation in the next few days.The government  put the increase in crime down to the fact that young now are using computer games too much.The next phrasal verb is to SINGLE OUTMeaning: to select or to pick someone or something particularlyFor example, in school, the students are all pretty good. Theyre getting good marks. But one particular student has done really, really well  consistently. So the teachers single out this student for a special merit award.Youve all done really well, but Mary Smith  has been singled out to receive an award as the  person who has gone beyond what they needed to do and has performed exceptionally well in all subjects.You can use single out  phrasal verb with  a positive or with a negative  meaning.In the above example I gave you about  school,  were using it in a positive way.Also in school you might find some boy or girl is a little bit different from the other children. They get  picked on or bullied, which nobody likes to see happening.So they were singled out for some attention by other students because they are different.We could also use single out phrasal verb  in a sporting context.For example, you have  a very, very skilful  player on one team. Such a player is usually  singled out by the opposition for special attention. Phrasal Verb Drag Out Meaning The next phrasal verb is TO STICK TO SOMETHING.Meaning: to continue doing something that you promised or decided to doWell, of course we can use this in the literal context when we are cooking and you forget to put enough on oil or something in the pan and do your meat or whatever youre cooking will stick to the pan and youre have to scrape it off.But stick to means when we decide not to change our mind or not to change our opinion about something.If youre playing a game of cards, poker, perhaps, you decide to stick to the hand that you have, the cards that youve got, you dont want to change any of them because you think youve got a good hand and therefore youve got a good chance of winning.Or you can say, Ill stick to my decision.So here is how you can use stick to something in a sentence: What are you going to do at the weekend? Well, I was going to just have a quiet night in. Why, what are you suggesting? Well, you know, with the us are thinking of going for a few beers and then p erhaps to a nightclub. No, I think Ill stick to my original idea. The quiet nights sounds a little better. Ive got to get up for work tomorrow. Phrasal Verb Pile Up Meaning And then the final phrasal verb I have in this particular podcast is TO GET ACROSS.Meaning: make your point to so that somebody understands where youre coming fromTo get across in its literal means to be able to go from one side of the street to the other, to get across the road to get across the bridge.If you want to use it metaphorically to get across, we usually refer to points or information. To get across your point.If youre having a debate and argument or discussion with somebody, its really important that you get your point across. So to get your point across a means to make your point to so that somebody understands where youre coming from and perhaps helps you to win that argument or discussion. Or you might like to get across to somebody that youre annoyed.So you know, you stand up and you ask a question and you say to whoevers in charge of the meeting or eh, somebody in authority:Id like to get across to you how annoyed I am about the situation in our streets.So to get acr oss your point means to make sure the other person listening to you understands exactly what youre trying to say and the reason why youre making that point. Okay.So to get across your point, to get across your ideas.  Or to get the point across. Yeah, you can use it in that context.  Hopefully, you enjoyed interesting phrasal verbs. Phrasal Verb Narrow Down Meaning