{"id":17220,"date":"2019-07-14T09:04:22","date_gmt":"2019-07-14T14:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/?p=17220"},"modified":"2019-02-22T15:08:52","modified_gmt":"2019-02-22T20:08:52","slug":"more-answers-to-your-questions-about-phrasal-verbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/more-answers-to-your-questions-about-phrasal-verbs\/","title":{"rendered":"More answers to your questions about phrasal verbs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GjjNiphNZug?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><br \/>\nPhrasal verbs are combinations of a verb + preposition, like\u00a0<strong>get up\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>find out.\u00a0<\/strong>Phrasal verbs often have specific meanings that may not be obvious from the words themselves. In today&#8217;s lesson, I&#8217;ll explain four phrasal verbs that students have asked me about recently.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>HOOK UP<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Hook up\u00a0<\/strong>has a few different meanings &#8211; it can mean &#8220;to connect,&#8221; especially when we are talking about connecting machines with wires or cables: &#8220;He <strong>hooked up<\/strong> the printer and the computer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To <strong>hook up with someone<\/strong> means to have a casual sexual relationship with the person, for example: &#8220;Last night she\u00a0<strong>hooked up with\u00a0<\/strong>a guy she met at the bar.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Some people use\u00a0<strong>hook up with someone\u00a0<\/strong>to mean &#8220;meet\/encounter&#8221; someone in a non-sexual way. However, because of the sexual meaning, I recommend using &#8220;meet up with&#8221; instead for these situations: &#8220;I&#8217;m gonna\u00a0<strong>meet up with\u00a0<\/strong>my friend after the baseball game.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Finally,\u00a0<strong>hook (someone) up <\/strong>is an informal way to describe giving someone a product or service, usually when you can get a special price or special access to it, as a favor to that person.<\/p>\n<p>For example, let&#8217;s say your friend Diana works in a bicycle shop, and she gets an employee discount of 20%. If you want to buy a new bike, Diana might say, &#8220;I can hook you up&#8221; &#8211; meaning, &#8220;I can connect you with access to a special deal&#8221; &#8211; and then use her employee discount to get you a reduced price on the bike.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-17241\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/bicycle-1283785_640-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/bicycle-1283785_640-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/bicycle-1283785_640-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/bicycle-1283785_640.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><strong>PLUG AWAY<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>If you have a very big task or project and you are\u00a0<strong>plugging away\u00a0<\/strong>at it, that means you are working hard and persistently on the project. We only talk about\u00a0<strong>plugging away\u00a0<\/strong>at large projects, not at small things that are easy to complete.<\/p>\n<p>If you are trying to write a book &#8211; that&#8217;s a big, long-term project &#8211; and you are writing 5 pages per day, you could say you are\u00a0<strong>plugging away\u00a0<\/strong>at your novel, because you are putting in persistent effort.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>WARD OFF<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>A student read an article that said that meditation can help\u00a0<strong>ward off\u00a0<\/strong>stress. What does this phrasal verb mean?\u00a0<strong>Ward off\u00a0<\/strong>means to prevent something from happening, or take a precaution to avoid it. If you spend time meditating, that can help prevent or avoid stress.<\/p>\n<p>A few more examples: vaccines can\u00a0<strong>ward off\u00a0<\/strong>diseases, bug spray can\u00a0<strong>ward off\u00a0<\/strong>mosquitoes, and some people believe that certain rituals or objects can\u00a0<strong>ward off\u00a0<\/strong>evil or bad luck.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-17242\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/mosquito-1465062_640-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/mosquito-1465062_640-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/mosquito-1465062_640-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/mosquito-1465062_640.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><strong>WHIP UP<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Whip up\u00a0<\/strong>is an informal way to say &#8220;prepare\/create something quickly.&#8221; If you&#8217;re having people over for dinner, and you realize in the late afternoon that you haven&#8217;t planned a dessert, you might\u00a0<strong>whip up\u00a0<\/strong>a batch of chocolate chip cookies.<\/p>\n<p>Another example is, &#8220;I only had a short lunch break, so I\u00a0<strong>whipped up\u00a0<\/strong>a sandwich.&#8221;\u00a0We often use\u00a0<strong>whip up\u00a0<\/strong>for preparing food quickly, but it can be used for preparing other things quickly as well. Let&#8217;s say your co-worker is supposed to present some results at a meeting tomorrow morning, but he&#8217;s sick and he asks you to do it in his place. You would have to\u00a0<strong>whip up\u00a0<\/strong>a presentation &#8211; prepare it very quickly.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s another meaning for\u00a0<strong>whip up.\u00a0<\/strong>If you see\u00a0whip up\u00a0+ an agitated emotion, like\u00a0<strong>whip up enthusiasm,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>anger, hysteria,<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0<strong>a frenzy,\u00a0<\/strong>then in that case whip up means to intentionally encourage and strengthen that emotion.<\/p>\n<p>For example, a cool video about an upcoming new product might\u00a0<strong>whip up enthusiasm\u00a0<\/strong>about that product. A politician might use strong words to\u00a0<strong>whip up anger\u00a0<\/strong>about a particular political issue.<\/p>\n<div class=\"alert\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Learn 500 Phrasal Verbs Naturally<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/espressoenglish.lpages.co\/phrasal-verbs-in-conversation-course\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10178 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/phrasal-verbs-course-video.png\" alt=\"Phrasal Verbs in English Course\" width=\"415\" height=\"294\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><center><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><a class=\"elementor-button rounded large blue\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/espressoenglish.lpages.co\/phrasal-verbs-in-conversation-course\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Learn more about the Phrasal Verbs Course<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/center><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phrasal verbs are combinations of a verb + preposition, like\u00a0get up\u00a0and\u00a0find out.\u00a0Phrasal verbs often have specific meanings that may not be obvious from the words themselves. 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