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Phrasal verbs

What does pick up mean when the phone rings?

Understand “nobody picked up” and explain why you missed a call.

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Grammar

A or the? Does the listener know which one?

Introduce an item, then refer to the one your listener can identify.

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Phrasal verbs

Look into a problem: ask someone to investigate

Ask for an investigation and understand what “I’ll look into it” promises.

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Speaking

How to ask for clarification in English

Ask for repetition or an explanation, then confirm what you understood.

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Phrasal verbs

Put it away: return something to its usual place

Use put away for storing things after use, with two noun positions and one pronoun position.

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Phrasal verbs

Try it on: check how clothes fit or look

Talk about trying clothes before deciding, and keep it or them between try and on.

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Phrasal verbs

Call it off: cancel a planned event

Tell someone a plan is canceled, and distinguish call off from put off.

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Phrasal verbs

Look after someone: talk about taking care of them

Offer care with look after, keeping the person or pronoun after the whole expression.

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Phrasal verbs

Check in for a flight: explain this airport step

Use check in for a flight, check in at a desk, and distinguish checking in from boarding.

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Phrasal verbs

Set off for a place: describe starting a journey

Use set off for a destination or set off on a journey, without confusing departure with arrival.

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Grammar

I teach or I’m teaching? Usual and temporary activities

Compare a usual activity with something happening now or around now.

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Grammar

Few or a few? Show how you view a small number

Use one small word to change the emphasis from scarcity to having some.

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