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Hi there, this is Teacher Lab Podcast episode 308.

You read English, you understand English, you've been learning for years, but when it's time to speak, your mind just freezes and the words don't come out.

My name's Ola and this is Teacher Ola Podcast.

It isn't about perfect grammar or fancy vocabulary.

This is about your voice, your words, your real English.

We're not just memorizing long list of words, instead we're going to study five really powerful phrasal verbs and here's why this is very smart.

Teraz z punktu widzenia lingwistycznego, to jest ekscytujące, nauczysz się tylko jednej małej fraski, dwóch słów razem i nagle twój mózg ma dwa lub trzy drzwi, które może otworzyć.

I z perspektywy neurolingwistycznej, kiedy połączasz się

It doesn't want isolated words.

put off your brain starts building a little map it says to itself imagine your little brain or your big brain of course your brain is saying oh yes that's when i delay a meeting you know to put off a meeting or

And also when something makes me lose interest.

And the easier it is to use the word in a conversation.

And that's what we really want.

So think of this lesson as training your brain to be flexible.

This time we'll be talking about learning spoken English with YouTube and ChatGPT.

I'll show you various ways to use this powerful combo for free at home and with great results.

Check out the links below or simply go to teacherola.com forward slash chat to sign up.

You're at a family dinner, everyone is eating peacefully and suddenly your cousin says So, what do you think about the election?

Or imagine you're in a meeting at work, everything's going well, but you know there is a problem with deadlines.

you take a deep breath and say i'm sorry but i need to bring this up we're going to be late with the project

Listen to these sentences.

Go to the comments section and let me know what are the topics you never bring up.

The second meaning of bring up is to raise a child.

Someone asks you about your childhood, let's say, and then they say, where were you brought up?

and that means where did you grow up, who raised you.

My grandparents brought me up after my parents moved away.

This time I've got three ways.

Three ways to use this one phrasal verb.

Imagine you're chatting with a friend over coffee and she tells you I've just taken up running.

running so she has just started this new activity or hobby that's how people use it or in january when everybody is talking about their new year's resolutions you can say i don't know i want to take up pilates this year three examples listen i took up pilates last year and i love it

He is thinking of taking up Spanish classes in the evening.

The second meaning of take up is to use space or time.

So you're standing in your living room looking at your big ass sofa and you sigh.

This sofa takes up so much space.

Listen to those.

This sofa takes up too much space in the living room.

The third meaning of take up is to accept an offer or challenge.

You smile and answer, OK, I'll take you up on that.

Or your company offers you training and you accept it.

He took up the challenge and ran a marathon.

They offered her a new job and she decided to take it up.

I've got two and the first one is to postpone something.

Okay, imagine this.

You're talking about your kids' homework and you say to them, don't put it off until Sunday night.

She keeps putting off going to the dentist.

The second meaning of put off is to make someone dislike something.

Imagine this.

You're about to take a seat and suddenly you notice a terrible smell.

You look at your friend and say, let's go somewhere else.

Or you start a new job and your boss is rude.

You might say later, honestly, his behavior put me off working there.

So he or the smell made you dislike this place, dislike this situation, dislike this person.

Listen to these.

His rude comments put me off working with him.

There's just one meaning of the verb I need you to remember and be able to use and it's to invent or think of an idea, a plan or an excuse.

Your team is stuck in a meeting.

And then one person says, wait, I've come up with an idea.

Or your child is late to school and when the teacher asks why, he comes up with a crazy excuse.

The first is to discover information.

To discover information.

So he has just discovered some information, some new information.

You have just discovered some information.

I just found out that my friend is getting married.

The second meaning of find out is to check or investigate something.

Let's say you're going on holiday and you don't know when the museum opens and you really want to go there.

And you tell your partner, can you find out the opening hours, please?

Time to speak some English.

Listen and repeat.

Say the sentences after me and say them out loud.

He's thinking of taking up Spanish classes in the evening.

Work takes up most of my time He took up the challenge and ran a marathon

That's it for today's episode.

You've just learned five phrasal verbs with multiple meanings and real life examples to help you use them.

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