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Speaker 1: Do you need to pick me up? Now? I'm not

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being a show off when I say that our little

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online get togethers like this podcast are probably good for

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your English. Okay, let's get the ball rolling.

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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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And this is Happy English Podcast, Episode nine thirty seven.

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Frasal nouns for Daily English Conversation. Hey, thanks for tuning in.

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Let me start with a quick question. Have you ever

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heard someone say we're having a little get together this

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weekend or maybe could really use a pick me up?

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You might think, wait a second, isn't get a verb?

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Isn't get together a phrasal verb? Yep, But when we

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add a hyphen and use it as a noun, it

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becomes something totally different. Today, we're gonna look at these

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kinds of phrases that native speakers use all the time,

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but they don't always show up in grammar books. These

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are called phrasal nouns, and for today's lessen, we're going

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to see how those verbs become nouns and how we

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use them in conversation. So, first things first, what is

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a phrasal noun. Basically, it's a noun that comes from

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a phrasal verb, and it usually has a hyphen like

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sit down, get together, and pick me up. And here's

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something in when we say the verb, we stress the

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second word sit down, get together, but when we use

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the noun, we stress the first word sit down, get together.

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Using the right intonation is important to distinguish whether you're

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saying a noun or a verb. All right, so now

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let's look at some common phrasal nouns and see how

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we use them. The first one is get together. A

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get together is like a small informal party, nothing fancy,

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just some friends or relatives hanging out. Like this weekend,

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my friend Jack said, oh hey, we're having a little

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get together at my place Saturday night, just pizza and friends.

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That's a get together, not a big party, just a

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few people getting together to chat and relax. Like last weekend,

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some of my students and I had a nice get

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together at the karaoke bar. A get together a casual gathering,

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like the verb get together, which means spend time with

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people we also have a phrasal noun, which means a

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more formal gathering, a sit down. When you want to

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have a serious conversation with someone, You generally don't do

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that standing up, right, you sit down somewhere. Well. As

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a noun phrase, a sit down is a serious or

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formal conversation, usually face to face. Let's say Jack and

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his boss had a misunderstanding at work, would say something like,

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we need to have a sit down and talk it out.

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That means a meeting, serious talk, not just a quick

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chat by the coffee machine. When Anna was having money

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problems with her husband, they had a long sit down

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and tried to come up with a plan. And speaking

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of serious issues, how about this one. A run in

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As a verb, if you run into something, it's like

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a collision, right, So with this image, a run in

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means an argument, disagreement, or a bit of conflict with someone.

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Like my sister told me she had a run in

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with her neighbor about a parking space at their apartment.

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It wasn't a huge fight, but it wasn't pleasant either.

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Now Ko said she has a run in with her

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boss every day, so they end up having to have

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a sit down. To work it out. That's one of

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the pleasures of being self employed. No run ins with

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the boss or weird coworkers. And if you do have

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a stressful day or a long day at work, you

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probably need a pick me up. A pick me up

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is something that gives you more energy or makes you

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feel better. It picks up your mood and emotion. It

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could be a coffee, a snack, or even a small gift,

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Like after a long day at work yesterday, I said, man,

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this iced coffee is just the pick me up I needed.

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Peter said that his sister sent him some cookies as

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a little pick me up when he was sick. It's

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a fun way to describe something that gifts your mood

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or energy. Yesterday I needed to pick me up around

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three o'clock, so I had some chocolate and finally we

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have show off. A show off is a person who

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likes to get attention or brag about themselves, you know

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the type. Elena and I were watching a guy at

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the gym doing backflips between pushups and Elena said, huh,

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what a show off? Or when someone always talks about

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how much money they make or how amazing their vacation was.

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You might say, ugh, he's such a show off. This

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happens a lot on social media. People like to post

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photos and videos of their exotic adventures. And not all,

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but a lot of frasal nouns have the same meaning

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as the frasal verb they come from, so if you

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hear them, you could probably guess the me like a

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bottle of water at Yankee Stadium costs eight bucks, what

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a ripoff? Or I'm planning to have a meetup with

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some of the fans of this podcast next year, and

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a checkup once a year at the dentist is important.

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These expressions are super useful and help make your English

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sound more natural. They often show up in casual conversation,

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news articles, TV shows, and even in the business world. Okay,

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let's recap what we talked about today, and again listen

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to the intonation. A get together is a small, informal party.

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A pick me up is something that boosts your mood

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or energy. A sit down is a serious or formal conversation.

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A run in is a minor conflict or are you

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and A show off is a person who tries to

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get attention or brag. And here's your challenge for this week.

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Try using one of these expressions in a conversation or

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in a sentence. Maybe say something like, oh, we're planning

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a get together next week, or that espresso was a

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nice pick me up. And Hey, if you want to

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practice this kind of English with me and a group

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of other awesome English learners, come check out my podcast

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Learner's Study Group. We meet once a week and practice

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the language from these podcast lessons together. It's a great

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way to improve your speaking and build confidence and have

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a lot of laughs along the way. Just check the

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visit Myhappy English dot com and choose podcast episode nine

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thirty seven for more info. Hey, thanks for listening, and remember,

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