In this video, I will teach you how to use two common phrasal verbs with break, and six
different ways to use them. Why are phrasal verbs important? Phrasal verbs are extremely common in casual English
Learning to use phrasal verbs correctly will help you sound natural in casual conversation
The best way to learn the definitions is to listen to the phrasal verbs with sentences
I will list the verbs and then give you lots of natural example sentences that you can
use right away. At the end of this video, visit my blog post that supports this lesson
There's a link in the description and I'll add a card at the end of this video
Use this video to help your pronunciation, too. During the video, listen to the example sentences and then use the time after you listen to
repeat the sentence for pronunciation practice. If you are in a public place, like a cafe or a park, it's okay to just repeat the sentence
in your head. Let's go. I think they mean forced entry to a building or car, etc
The window is closed. It looks like a robber tried to break in
Here's why repeating practice with full sentence examples is great. Even though the focus of this video is learning of phrasal verbs, you are also hearing adjectives
idioms, prepositions, and more used in natural English. This is very helpful
It's how we learn our own native languages. We hear it in natural use
For more examples, let's go. You shouldn't use valuables in your car
Someone might break in and steal them. Somebody broke into our office last night and stole my laptop
When we use the building or place in our sentence, break in becomes break into
Let's change the grammar of our second example. You shouldn't use valuables out in the open
Someone might break into your car and steal them. Break in sometimes means interrupt
She wanted to break in on their conversation, but didn't want to seem rude
Break in can also be used to mean to wear something, especially new shoes, until they become comfortable
I bought new shoes to wear to the UN party, but I need to break them in
They're a little stiff. A common use for breakup means end of relationship
My girlfriend and I broke up before I moved to Australia. I saw Haley and Brenda arguing in the park yesterday
It was serious. I think they're going to break up. To break something up means to make people leave something or stop doing something
I saw some kids fighting, so I had to step in and break it up
I hate to break up your conversation, but you have to go, Mike
Breakup can also be used to mean start laughing. Everyone broke up laughing as soon as the monkeys started dancing
You can review this video lesson at your own pace now. There's a post on my blog at 808english.blogspot.com
There you will find many images from the presentation slides used to make this video
and definitions of vocabulary that may be new to you. Also, a short quiz to practice your new phrasal verb with break
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