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Speaker 1: I remember when I was a young aspiring musician, my

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dad used to tell me that I should have something

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to fall back on. That was good advice. And it's

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not like my plans fell through either. I just changed careers.

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And here we are together.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to another Happy English podcast coming to you from

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New York City. And here's your English teacher, Michael.

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Speaker 1: All right, thank you John, and thanks everyone. It's Michael

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here from Happy English and I help people speak English better.

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This is Happy English Podcast Episode seven fifty seven. Six

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Fall phrasal verbs. That's today's English lesson topic. Do you

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have a request for a topic here? Send me a

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message at my Happy English and let me know. It

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just turned fall a few days ago, and that got

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me thinking about fall vocabulary in English because it's been

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a few weeks since we've looked at fraseal verbs. Here

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on the podcast today, we're going to dive into some

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phraseal verbs using the word fall. These are super useful

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and common in everyday English. So if you're looking to

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sound more natural, you'll definitely want to stick around until

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the end. So let's get into it. I've got six

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phrasal verbs to cover today, and i'll give you some

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examples and tips on how to use them in your

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daily conversations. All right, so fall apart means to break

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into pieces, but it can also be used to describe

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a situation or a person when things are just not

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going well. Imagine an old book that's so worn out

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it's literally falling apart. Or maybe you had a really

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bad day and it felt like your whole life was

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falling apart. Yeah, we've all been there. Right. Here are

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some other examples. The old bookshelf fell apart when I

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tried to move it after breaking up with her boyfriend.

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Alice was really stressed and felt like everything was falling apart.

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Our plans for the trip fell apart because of the weather.

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See it's pretty versatile. Use fall apart when things are

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just not working out, whether it's a thing or a situation. Okay,

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next up is fall back on This one is about

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having a backup plan. Think about it like having an

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emergency fund. If something doesn't work out, you can fall

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back on it. It's kind of like a safety net.

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For example, if my freelance work slows down, I can

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always fall back on my savings. She fell back on

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her teaching experience when she couldn't find a job in marketing.

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John and his wife fell back on their parents for

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support when they lost their jobs. Like my dad told me,

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it's always good to have something to fall back on

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right now. Fall Behind is when you're not keeping up

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with something. It could be work, school, or even payments

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on your credit card. You're not at the level you're

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supposed to be at and you need to catch up.

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I fell behind on my study routine over the last

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few weeks. John fell behind in his studies and had

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to take extra classes. If you fall behind on your bills,

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you could end up with late fees. Nobody likes falling behind,

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right so it's always good to try and stay up

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on top of things. Okay, this one's fun. Fall four

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can mean two things. First, to be tricked or deceived,

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like when someone tells you a joke or a lie

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and you believe it. Or it can mean falling in

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love or developing romantic feelings for someone. Let's look at

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some examples. I can't believe I fell for that prank

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my friends pulled on me. Donna fell for Mike when

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she met him at a party last weekend. Keep yourself

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safe and don't fall for any of those online scams.

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All right, so you gotta be careful what you fall for.

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Next up is fall off. Fall Off is pretty straightforward.

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It means to decrease or lessen. It could be your motivation,

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your performance, or even sales at work. My interest in

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that TV series fell off after the first season. Retail

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sales usually fall off after the holidays. Eddie's grade started

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to fall off when he got a part time job

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at the pizza shop. As you can see, fall off

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is a good one to use when talking about something

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that's losing momentum or losing intensity. And finally, we have

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fall over. This is all about tripping and literally falling

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to the ground, usually because you hit something. It's kind

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of like when you're walking in the dark and bump

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into a chair. Not fun. Hey, be careful, don't fall

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over that box. She fell over her own feet and

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felt so embarrassed by the way. We also use fall

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over when we hear something shocking or surprising, like I

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almost fell over when I saw how much a new

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Apple laptop costs. Yea, Yi, just watch your step and

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you won't have to worry about falling over. All right,

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there you have it. Six phrasal verbs with fall that

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you can start using today. Just to recap, we went over,

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fall apart, fall back on, fall behind, fall four, fall off,

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and fall over. Try using them in your own sentences

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and conversations to get the hang of them and keep

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in mind. The best way to remember these phrasal verbs

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and any other word of phrasening is to take that

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word or phrase, write it in a sentence that's true

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for you or true in your world, and then memorize

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your sentences. Hey, did you know that you can get

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