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Hello everyone.

In this video we’re going to look at some phrasal verbs that native English speakers commonly use in everyday conversations.

Let’s get right into it.

The first one is: come over.

This is an inseparable phrasal verb.

This actually has a few meanings, but the main meaning is: to come to a place, especially somebody’s home, for a short visit.

If you go over or come over to somebody’s place, I guess it’s usually for a couple of hours, but it might just be for a couple of minutes, or even for the whole day.

Would you like to come over sometime on the weekend?

Frank came over Saturday night, and I thought he’d never leave.

Do you have a friend like that?

This one is: get together.

Get together.

This also has a few meanings, but the main meaning is: to meet with somebody in order to spend time together or to discuss something.

I haven’t seen you in ages. Let’s get together sometime soon.

Christmas is the only time of the year that their family gets together.

Next we have: hang out.

Hang out.

This is an informal phrasal verb and it means to spend a lot of time in a place or with somebody, either relaxing or socialising.

Frank likes to hang out at the local pub.

I hung out with Jane on the weekend. It was nice to catch up with her.

And that brings us to the next phrasal verb, which is: catch up.

Catch up.

This has several meanings (yes, I know, phrasal verbs often have more than one meaning), but in the context of socialising, it means to talk with somebody you know to exchange information or news.

Usually it’s in person, but it might be on the phone.

I don’t think we’ve seen each other since April. Do you want to catch up sometime next week?

I caught up with a colleague at lunch who told me all about the latest office gossip.

Next we have: come up.

Come up.

This also has several meanings.

The literal or physical meaning is: to rise or move upwards.

For example: The sun came up at 6am this morning.

In the context of conversations, it means to be discussed or mentioned.

I thought we were going to talk about their holiday, but it didn’t come up.

That means that the holiday wasn’t discussed or mentioned.

I’m sure the subject of bonuses will come up at the meeting.

A very similar phrasal verb is: bring up.

“Bring up” is separable, so you can say “to bring up something” or “to bring something up”.

This has a few meanings, but in the context of conversations, it means to mention or start to talk about a subject.

I brought up the topic of money and she was clearly uncomfortable.

Make sure you bring that up at our next meeting.

Next we have: point out.

“Point out” has two meanings.

Firstly, it can mean to show somebody or something to somebody, especially by extending your finger in that direction.

The tour guide pointed out the oldest buildings in the town.

You don’t know who Jane is? I’ll point her out to you when we go through the main office.

It can also mean to mention something that you think is important to somebody.

I’d just like to point out that Frank will probably arrive half an hour late.

I changed my mind about flying there after George pointed out the benefits of taking the train.

Next we have: talk over.

Talk over.

This means to discuss something carefully, especially to make a decision.

We talked over the proposed budget at the meeting.

I don’t know whether I should change jobs. I’ll talk it over with Frank and then decide.

Next we have: run into.

“Run into” has several meanings.

The literal or physical meaning is: to crash into or collide with something.

I wasn’t looking where I was going and I ran into a table.

That happens to me quite a lot, which is why I often have bruises on my legs.

It’s also often used with vehicles.

I couldn’t see very well because of the fog on the road and I ran into a tree with my car.

I put “with my car” in parentheses because that part is optional.

It’s just to make it clear that it was a car and not a bicycle or a motorbike, for example.

And no, thankfully that did not actually happen.

In the context of socialising it means to meet somebody by chance.

So it’s when you see someone somewhere and talk to them, but it’s not planned.

I ran into Ethel at the local supermarket.

I often run into Frank at the local pub.

And the last one for today is: end up.

End up.

This means to be in a particular place or situation after a series of events, especially when you did not plan it.

I fell asleep on the train and ended up in London.

It was supposed to be a group project, but he ended up doing all the work himself.

Let me know if you can relate to that.

I ran into my friend Eric at the local park. He remarked that we hadn’t seen each other in a while, so I suggested that we get together on the weekend and catch up. He ended up coming over on Saturday. I thought we were just going to hang out for a couple of hours, but he was still there at midnight. I was hoping that the topic of his business wouldn’t come up, but he always finds a way to bring it up.

Eric runs a swimming pool for dogs, which needless to say, has not been particularly successful. He wanted to talk over an idea that he had had for increasing revenue. In short, he thought that he should diversify by allowing people to bring their cats as well. When I diplomatically pointed out that his idea was crazy, he got annoyed and left.

That is it, everybody.

If you would like to practise using these phrasal verbs, please write one or some example sentences in the comments section.

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Thank you very much for watching and I’ll see you next time.

Bye bye.

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