Imagine you've just had a deep inspiring conversation with a new

friend, and when you get home you're excited to tell someone else about it,

whether it's a sibling or a partner.

And then while you're recalling this experience,

you struggle to share key details,

how the conversation started and what was the sequence of the conversation.

Now, sure, you could say First she said, and then I said,

and then she said, and after that,

but this quickly becomes monotonous and overly simplistic.

Moreover,

it lacks the variety and the nuance to fully capture

the richness of this conversation. Instead,

what you need are the right words to describe exactly what happened and

when. And this is where phrasal verbs come in.

In this confident English lesson. Today,

you're going to learn 21 phrasal verbs commonly used in daily

English conversations, adding precision and nuance to your speech.

Now, before we get there, if this is your first time here, welcome.

I am Annemarie, an English confidence and fluency coach.

Everything I do is designed to help you get the confidence you want for your

life and work in English.

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to Say What You Want in English. Now,

I suspect you know that learning phrasal verbs significantly boosts your

English fluency comprehension and ability to fully express yourself in

the language,

but there's more understanding how phrasal verbs function grammatically is

crucial for using them correctly. For example,

can you separate a phrasal verb like this? I took off my coat,

I took my coat off. The answer is sometimes,

sometimes yes and sometimes no. Now,

if this is sounding a bit complicated, don't worry.

Together we're going to simplify things with a quick overview on what we call

transitive and intransitive phrasal verbs so that you're certain to get the

structure correct,