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Speaker 1: Hey there, it's Michael here and welcome back to Phrasal

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Verbs in a Minute from Happy English. I'm here every

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Friday with a quick one point lesson to help you

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learn a new phraseal verb and sow more natural when

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you speak. Today's Fraser verb is chisel away at. A

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chisel is a tool used to shape wood a little

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out of time. So when you chisel away at a task,

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it means you work on it little by little over time.

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Like my friend Alex has been chiseling away at writing

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his novel for the past year. He only writes a

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few pages a week, but it's adding up. And my

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neighbor has been chiseling away at renovating his house one

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room at a time. In these days, I'm chiseling away

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at improving my Japanese reading and writing skills. Yeah, a

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little practice every day really makes a difference. So how

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about you. What's something you've been chiseling away at recently?

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Let me know in the comments, and remember to follow

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or subscribe so you don't miss the next Happy English

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podcast and next week's Phrasal Verbs in a Minute. Hey,

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thanks for listening, and until next time, keep learning and

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keep it cool.