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hey this is Emma from M in this lesson
that you’re going to learn six phrasal
verbs using the verb pick now you know
all about phrasal verbs by now don’t you
you probably can’t stand them but the
truth is you need to understand them and
you need to recognize them when you see
them and hear them and of course you
need to learn how to use them they are
just so commonly used in English I’m
always surprised by how many times I
hear them in conversation or how many
times I read them when I’m looking
through a blog post they’re everywhere
but they are frustrating to learn the
same phrasal verb can have different
meanings and rules that you need to
understand and they’re not always the
same some phrasal verbs are really
common others not so much but don’t
worry we’re going to go over some of the
common phrasal verbs using the verb pick
let’s dive in phrasal verbs are made up
of a verb and either a preposition or an
adverb like pick at now this is a
phrasal verb that is transitive and
inseparable if you’re not sure what that
means I’ve made a whole other video
about it right here
but this phrasal verb is inseparable
because the words can’t be separated
they need to stay together at all times
and it’s transitive because it doesn’t
make any sense on its own you can’t just
pick at pick at what you need to pick at
something like food children often pick
at this
or someone who’s distracted or
disappointed annoyed or upset usually
they pick at their food when they’re
eating you’ve done this before
when you only eat a small amount because
you’re not really interested in it so
you just push the food around your plate
awful he hardly made eye contact at all
and he just picked at his dinner all
night I don’t think I’ll see him again
to pick up can also mean to touch
something many times in an annoying way
it’s often used with sores to pick off
now this means to remove this phrasal
verb is separable the words can be
separated order whatever paper you want
I’ll just pick the mushrooms off or I’ll
just pick off the mushrooms pick on now
this phrasal verb is not the opposite of
pick off and that’s one of the annoying
things about English phrasal verbs
they’re not always logical to pick on
someone means to bully them or be mean
or cruel to them at school the smaller
quieter children are often picked on by
the bigger children teenagers often pick
on the new kid at school if you’re being
picked on at school you should talk to
the teacher about it
Picon is also transitive
so you must always say what is being
picked on have you heard of the
expression pick on someone your own size
it’s used for telling someone to stop
criticizing or attacking someone else
who is smaller or weaker than them it’s
very common pick out this is also a
transitive phrasal verb and it’s most
often used when you’re choosing or
recognizing
something from a bigger group so for
example pick out one of the pastries to
buy for your grandma he’s really tall
easy to pick out in a crowd okay
so far so good right but what about pick
up pick up is a little more complicated
because there are lots of different ways
that you can use this phrasal verb but
don’t let that scare you it’s also one
of the most frequently used phrasal
verbs so it’s worth spending some extra
time on it can mean to lift something up
from the ground or the floor or a table
any flat surface really can you pick up
the baby there was rubbish on the ground
so I picked it up see how this phrasal
verb can be separable or inseparable
either way is correct it can also mean
to get someone in a car I need to pick
up Tom at 6 o’clock
hi mum it’s me it’s raining and I forgot
an umbrella can you come pick me up it
can also mean to collect something can
you pick up dinner on the way home your
dry cleaning is ready to be picked up
pick up can also mean to improve or
increase or get stronger it was so nice
at the beach this morning until the wind
picked up the train was picking up speed
as it left the city it can also mean to
obtain or acquire something often not a
physical object but something like
knowledge or a skill I lived in Ho Chi
Minh City for a year so I picked up a
bit of Vietnamese I picked up a cold
while I was on holiday
okay last one for pickup and actually
this meaning is quite informal it’s
quite colloquial it can mean to start
talking with someone at a bar or a club
with something else in mind
you’re talking to them because you like
the look of them and you might want to
go home with them that night so you can
also use pickup to suggest that Johnny
only comes out with us to pick up girls
Sarah went home last night with a guy
she picked up at the bar and lastly to
pick up on which can mean to become
aware of something when you pick up on
something it’s not as simple as being
told something by someone else if you
pick up on it you learn about it in
little pieces of information that you
connect together in your own mind so for
example you might pick up on the fact
that your sister is upset because her
boyfriend broke up with her
that’s another phrasal verb and it means
that her boyfriend ended their
relationship but you know about this not
because she told you about it but
because you observed her behavior and
heard the frustration in her voice you
picked up on it and then you guessed did
you hear that Stevens been fired not
officially but I did pick up on it in
this morning’s meeting now I know that
you get frustrated with the number of
phrasal verbs that you need to know once
you learn a couple there are literally
hundreds that follow but don’t give up
my biggest tip is to focus on just a
small number just a handful each week
make the ones that you learn in this
lesson your focus this week use them in
sentences look for them study them don’t
worry about all of the others just focus
on these ones
this week now make sure you subscribe to
my channel just down there there’s a new
lesson here every week to learn more
about phrasal verbs watch this video
here I share some really great tips for
practicing and learning phrasal verbs or
you could try this playlist down here
and listen for phrasal verbs as they
used in natural conversation with native
English speakers thanks for watching and
I will see you next week bye for now
hey this is Emma from M in this lesson
that you’re going to learn six phrasal
verbs using the verb pick now you know
all about phrasal verbs by now don’t you
you probably can’t stand them but the
truth is you need to understand them and
you need to recognize them when you see
them and hear them and of course you
need to learn how to use them they are
just so commonly used in English I’m
always surprised by how many times I
hear them in conversation or how many
times I read them when I’m looking
through a blog post they’re everywhere
but they are frustrating to learn the
same phrasal verb can have different
meanings and rules that you need to
understand and they’re not always the
same some phrasal verbs are really
common others not so much but don’t
worry we’re going to go over some of the
common phrasal verbs using the verb pick
let’s dive in phrasal verbs are made up
of a verb and either a preposition or an
adverb like pick at now this is a
phrasal verb that is transitive and
inseparable if you’re not sure what that
means I’ve made a whole other video
about it right here
but this phrasal verb is inseparable
because the words can’t be separated
they need to stay together at all times
and it’s transitive because it doesn’t
make any sense on its own you can’t just
pick at pick at what you need to pick at
something like food children often pick
at this
or someone who’s distracted or
disappointed annoyed or upset usually
they pick at their food when they’re
eating you’ve done this before
when you only eat a small amount because
you’re not really interested in it so
you just push the food around your plate
awful he hardly made eye contact at all
and he just picked at his dinner all
night I don’t think I’ll see him again
to pick up can also mean to touch
something many times in an annoying way
it’s often used with sores to pick off
now this means to remove this phrasal
verb is separable the words can be
separated order whatever paper you want
I’ll just pick the mushrooms off or I’ll
just pick off the mushrooms pick on now
this phrasal verb is not the opposite of
pick off and that’s one of the annoying
things about English phrasal verbs
they’re not always logical to pick on
someone means to bully them or be mean
or cruel to them at school the smaller
quieter children are often picked on by
the bigger children teenagers often pick
on the new kid at school if you’re being
picked on at school you should talk to
the teacher about it
Picon is also transitive
so you must always say what is being
picked on have you heard of the
expression pick on someone your own size
it’s used for telling someone to stop
criticizing or attacking someone else
who is smaller or weaker than them it’s
very common pick out this is also a
transitive phrasal verb and it’s most
often used when you’re choosing or
recognizing
something from a bigger group so for
example pick out one of the pastries to
buy for your grandma he’s really tall
easy to pick out in a crowd okay
so far so good right but what about pick
up pick up is a little more complicated
because there are lots of different ways
that you can use this phrasal verb but
don’t let that scare you it’s also one
of the most frequently used phrasal
verbs so it’s worth spending some extra
time on it can mean to lift something up
from the ground or the floor or a table
any flat surface really can you pick up
the baby there was rubbish on the ground
so I picked it up see how this phrasal
verb can be separable or inseparable
either way is correct it can also mean
to get someone in a car I need to pick
up Tom at 6 o’clock
hi mum it’s me it’s raining and I forgot
an umbrella can you come pick me up it
can also mean to collect something can
you pick up dinner on the way home your
dry cleaning is ready to be picked up
pick up can also mean to improve or
increase or get stronger it was so nice
at the beach this morning until the wind
picked up the train was picking up speed
as it left the city it can also mean to
obtain or acquire something often not a
physical object but something like
knowledge or a skill I lived in Ho Chi
Minh City for a year so I picked up a
bit of Vietnamese I picked up a cold
while I was on holiday
okay last one for pickup and actually
this meaning is quite informal it’s
quite colloquial it can mean to start
talking with someone at a bar or a club
with something else in mind
you’re talking to them because you like
the look of them and you might want to
go home with them that night so you can
also use pickup to suggest that Johnny
only comes out with us to pick up girls
Sarah went home last night with a guy
she picked up at the bar and lastly to
pick up on which can mean to become
aware of something when you pick up on
something it’s not as simple as being
told something by someone else if you
pick up on it you learn about it in
little pieces of information that you
connect together in your own mind so for
example you might pick up on the fact
that your sister is upset because her
boyfriend broke up with her
that’s another phrasal verb and it means
that her boyfriend ended their
relationship but you know about this not
because she told you about it but
because you observed her behavior and
heard the frustration in her voice you
picked up on it and then you guessed did
you hear that Stevens been fired not
officially but I did pick up on it in
this morning’s meeting now I know that
you get frustrated with the number of
phrasal verbs that you need to know once
you learn a couple there are literally
hundreds that follow but don’t give up
my biggest tip is to focus on just a
small number just a handful each week
make the ones that you learn in this
lesson your focus this week use them in
sentences look for them study them don’t
worry about all of the others just focus
on these ones
this week now make sure you subscribe to
my channel just down there there’s a new
lesson here every week to learn more
about phrasal verbs watch this video
here I share some really great tips for
practicing and learning phrasal verbs or
you could try this playlist down here
and listen for phrasal verbs as they
used in natural conversation with native
English speakers thanks for watching and
I will see you next week bye for now
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