Speaker 1: Hey there, it's Michael here and welcome back to Phrasal
Verbs in a Minute from Happy English. I'm here every
Friday with a quick one point lesson to help you
learn a new phraseal verb and sow more natural when
you speak. Today's Fraser verb is chisel away at. A
chisel is a tool used to shape wood a little
out of time. So when you chisel away at a task,
it means you work on it little by little over time.
Like my friend Alex has been chiseling away at writing
his novel for the past year. He only writes a
few pages a week, but it's adding up. And my
neighbor has been chiseling away at renovating his house one
room at a time. In these days, I'm chiseling away
at improving my Japanese reading and writing skills. Yeah, a
little practice every day really makes a difference. So how
about you. What's something you've been chiseling away at recently?
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