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Yo yo yo, what is up ladies and gentlemen? Chad here from RealLife English and today
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I have another video lesson for you all teaching you two more commonly used English phrasal
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verbs. So the two phrasal verbs that you will learn today are the phrasal verbs to...
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So first let's look at the verb to pull. You all know pull like in the literal sense like
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to pull a rope for example. And the conjugation of pull is a regular verb so it is...
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So remember that when we add the ED to a regular verb it doesn't always add another syllable,
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so if the verb is pull I am not going to say...
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It still remains one syllable.
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So the phrasal verb to pull off can be a figurative or a literal phrasal verb. So in this case
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I have my roll on deodorant and I can literally pull the lid off, to pull the lid off my deodorant.
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But in this case I want to explain the figurative meaning. To pull off can mean that you manage
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to do something that is very difficult, something that people wouldn't expect you to do. So
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for example if you are a skateboarder, or a surfer or something like that and you are
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trying a new maneuver, and new trick and when you actually do that trick someone might say,
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"wow, you pulled it off!" You pulled it off, you pulled the trick off. It means that you
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managed to do that, it was really difficult but you did it. Another situation could be
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if you have to give a presentation at work or at university and you are not prepared
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but you present something and it's really really good you can say "wow I can't believe
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I pulled that off!" It means you can't believe that you did that even though you were not
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prepared at all, you really pulled it off.
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And to pull something off can also be used in a, with clothes or the way you are dressing,
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or something like that. It means that you managed to look good wearing it. So maybe
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if you bought a new T-shirt and you showed the shirt to a friend and you say "hey, do
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you think I can pull this off?" It means do you think that I will look good wearing this
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shirt. Maybe it's a shirt that typically people don't wear so commonly. So you can pull off
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a difficult skateboarding trick, you can pull off a presentation which you are not prepared
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for, you can pull off a crazy looking T-shirt, and remember literally you can pull the lid
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off something.
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And the next phrasal verb today is to screw up, screw up. So screw is also a regular verb
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so it is...
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A screw is also a actual object which is used to drill into walls to hold things up etc.
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And screw you will also hear in the participle all the time when people say "ahh man I am
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screwed." It means that you are in a very very difficult situation. So to screw something
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up can mean a few different things. Firstly it generally means that you made a mistake
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"I really screwed up at work." To screw up can also mean to ruin something "I screwed
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up the dinner," maybe I put too much salt while I was cooking dinner and I really screwed
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it up, It doesn't taste good. It can also mean to confuse something, maybe if you are
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late to a party and some asks "hey why are you late?" You might say, "oh damn, I screwed
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up the time," I screwed up the times, I confused the times. And screwed up can also mean that
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you hurt yourself. If you did a skateboarding trick and you landed badly you can say damn
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I screwed up my arm, I screwed up my arm, It means that you hurt your arm. So to screw
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something up can be to make a mistake, to ruin something, to confuse something, and
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also to hurt yourself.
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So they are the two phrasal verbs from this video, right now like in all of my videos
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I am going to say a phrase that has both of those phrasal verbs and I want you to really
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imitate exactly how I'm saying it work your pronunciation and try to pay close attention
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to these aspects of connected speech.
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So that is another two phrasal kickass phrasal verbs you guys can add to your RealLife vocabulary.
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I also hope you are really developing your pronunciation with this mimic exercise, mimicking
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and imitating how I am say it. I does take a little bit of time but trust me if you keep
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doing this you are going to be so surprised at how much better your pronunciation gets,
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and how much you start to flow with your English.
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So thank you for watching this video, I hope you enjoyed it, if you have any questions
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if you want to find out more about that.
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Thank you all so much for joining me today and I'll see you on the next video lesson
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here at RealLife English. Awwww yeahhhh!!