“Get over it”, “hook up”, “blow away”: 10 Everyday English Expressions

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0:01 Welcome to www.engvid.com.

0:02 I'm Adam.

0:03 In today's lesson, I'm going to share

0:05 with you some slang or very casual phrasal verbs.

0:10 Okay?

0:10 So, what are phrasal verbs?

0:13 Verb and preposition combinations that have very

0:17 different meanings than the two individual words.

0:20 Okay?

0:21 So, these are all, like I mentioned, they're very casual, very informal slang.

0:27 Don't use these in your writing if you're doing some formal writing.

0:32 And also, make sure you actually understand these before you try to use them.

0:37 A couple of them could get you in trouble, but I'll point these out as well.

0:42 So, let's start with "get out".

0:44 Two meanings I'm going to tell you about.

0:47 One is a bit more literal, like "get out", "leave".

0:50 But when you tell somebody to "get out",

0:53 you're expressing a little bit of anger or frustration.

0:56 You want somebody to leave quickly.

0:59 You don't want to see them.

1:01 "Get out.

1:01 Get out of my office." Very straightforward.

1:05 Another meaning is "get out".

1:07 When somebody says "get out" like that, it means they're

1:11 very shocked or surprised by what you're saying to them.

1:15 So, somebody, my friend tells me that that girl he met at the bar,

1:19 he went home with her.

1:21 "Get out.

1:22 I don't believe you.

1:23 I'm shocked.

1:24 I'm surprised." In a good way, not in a bad way, right?

1:27 I'm not asking him to leave.

1:30 "Bend over backward".

1:31 So, if you bend over backward for someone,

1:34 it means you're trying as hard as you possibly can

1:38 to help them or to do something for them, right?

1:41 So, my boss says to me, like, you know, you're not getting the pay raise.

1:47 And I'm like, "What are you talking about?

1:49 I bend over backward for you every day

1:52 in this job." It means I do very hard work.

1:55 I'm always trying to help.

1:57 I'm doing things that are not even part of my job.

2:01 I'm bending over backward in effort, okay?

2:05 But be very careful.

2:06 If you just say only "bend over",

2:09 this could have a very, very different meaning.

2:13 A little bit...

2:14 You have to be careful when you're saying it and who you're saying it to.

2:18 "To bend over" means to bend over forward,

2:21 but that leaves another part of your body exposed,

2:24 and somebody could take advantage of you.

2:26 So, it's a little bit risqué.

2:28 It's a little bit dangerous to say.

2:31 "To bend over" generally means to let somebody take advantage of you.

2:37 "Bust out".

2:38 If you bust out in something, usually you're going to bust out in...

2:45 bust out in song or bust out a song.

2:48 Basically, start suddenly, out of the blue.

2:51 Suddenly, you decide to do something.

2:52 So, we were...

2:53 I was driving in my car with my friend, and suddenly he busted out in song.

2:57 He started just singing really loud.

3:00 "Bust out", sudden start.

3:01 Like, "bust" means, like, break very violently,

3:04 but this is, again, not a bad thing.

3:07 It's just a surprising thing.

3:09 If somebody busts out in song,

3:11 if somebody busts out a record or busts out some...

3:15 a bottle of whiskey, everybody starts drinking.

3:19 "Have at", but mostly we say "have at it".

3:23 "Have at it", go ahead, do whatever you want to do, right?

3:28 So, somebody says, "Oh, I'm going to steal your car, and I'm looking at my car,

3:33 and my car is very old and rusty, and it's not worth anything." And I go,

3:37 "Have at it." It means, "Okay, go ahead, I don't care." If somebody says,

3:42 "Have at it", it means they're giving you permission,

3:45 but generally it means they don't care.

3:48 They're actually happy if you do it, so you're not...

3:50 you don't threaten them.

3:52 If you threaten them and they say, "Have at it", they don't care.

3:57 "Get over it".

3:58 This is a very, very commonly used expression.

4:01 Something happened to me, and I'm very upset about it, and I complain,

4:05 and complain, and complain, and finally my friend says,

4:08 "Okay, okay, just get over it.

4:10 Move on." Actually, they go together.

4:13 This is...

4:14 they actually work.

4:15 Somebody can say together or just move on or just get over it.

4:20 "Get over it" means forget about it.

4:23 Just...

4:23 it happened, it's finished, it's in the past, go on to the future.

4:28 Forget that situation.

4:30 And this is generally about something bad,

4:32 and you say it to someone who's complaining too much or is upset too much,

4:37 especially about something they can't change.

4:41 Right?

4:41 So, my boss asked me to come to work on the weekend, but I had plans.

4:46 So...

4:46 but I need this job.

4:48 So, my friends say, "Okay, listen, if he wants you to come in, just go.

4:52 Just get over it.

4:53 We'll go out next...

4:55 next week or whatever.

4:56 Get over it." "Chill out".

4:59 "Chill out", just, you know, relax, do nothing.

5:01 "What are you doing this weekend?

5:03 Are you...

5:03 do you want to go to a club?" "No, I think I'll just stay home and chill out.

5:08 Just stay on my couch, watch TV, relax, maybe a glass of wine if I'm into it.

5:14 Relax." "Blow away".

5:15 If something blows you away, it means it's,

5:20 like, wow, like, really, really amazing.

5:22 So, I went to a music concert last night,

5:26 and then I met my friend today, and she asked me,

5:29 "How was the concert?" "Oh, you know, that guy,

5:32 he just blew me away." Blew me away?

5:34 Just...

5:35 it was so amazing, I didn't know how to handle it.

5:38 You can blow someone away, something can blow someone away, etc.

5:43 You can also blow something away, like,

5:46 literally, but that's not what we're looking at.

5:49 "Crank up".

5:49 "Crank up", basically, turn up real high.

5:53 So, crank up the music, crank up the heat.

5:57 "Turn up very high and very fast", that's the meaning.

6:02 "Crank", just turn, another...

6:03 it's a synonym.

6:06 "Let it go".

6:08 "Let it go" is actually very similar to "get over it".

6:12 So, again, something bad happened and you're a little upset,

6:15 okay, just let it go.

6:17 Just let it go, don't think about it anymore,

6:19 don't get upset by it anymore, let it go.

6:21 You can also let something go, it means, like,

6:24 release your hold on it, in a more literal meaning.

6:28 Okay.

6:29 I think this is actually pretty famous from the song from "Frozen".

6:33 "Let it go, let it go", you know,

6:35 I'm not going to sing for you because I don't have a good voice.

6:38 "Hook up".

6:39 Now, "hook up" has a few meanings and one

6:41 of them you have to be a little bit careful of.

6:44 "Hook up" basically means get somebody something.

6:47 So, can you hook me up with a new stereo?

6:50 I heard you have good deals at your store.

6:53 Can you hook me up with a bottle of whiskey from your country?

6:57 My friend is going to Cuba and Cuban cigars are very good.

7:01 Oh, hook me up with some cigars, I want to smoke some Cuban cigars.

7:06 "Hook up" can also mean meet.

7:08 Yeah, so I'm hooking up with my friends later, do you want to come?

7:13 I'm meeting my friends later, do you want to come?

7:17 But "hook up" can also mean to have sex with someone.

7:20 So, I hooked up with a girl last night means I slept with her.

7:25 So, you have to be a little bit careful with that one.

7:29 Again, context will usually tell people what you mean,

7:32 but sometimes if you don't provide the context,

7:36 they will imagine something that maybe you don't want them to.

7:40 Okay?

7:40 So, there you go.

7:42 Ten phrasal verbs that people use regularly, every day, very casually.

7:46 Be careful, make sure you're using them correctly,

7:49 make sure you understand what they mean,

7:52 but definitely get comfortable with them,

7:54 start using them, you'll sound more like a native

7:57 speaker once you start using phrasal verbs in regular, everyday conversations.

8:02 Okay?

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8:11 make sure you understand what these phrasal verbs mean.

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