Hey, everyone. Today, you're going to learn 27 commands that use phrasal verbs, and I will tell you the context in which you can use each on. So, let's not waste any more time.
1. Back off
So, the first one is "Back off." This is what you say when you want someone to get out of your personal space. So, usually if you are annoyed at the individual, you could say: "Back off. You are too close to me."
2. Back up
Now, "back up" is similar to "back off", but it can be used in a more formal situation by someone, like a police officer or a security guard. For example, if there is a line where another line is formed and you cannot cross this line, and you do cross that line, a police officer or a security guard or someone might ask you to: "Back up. Back up." This means: Go back a little bit, take a few steps back. They probably won't say: "Back off". "Back off" is much stronger, so you can use: "Back up" in a more formal situation where you want the person to move out of the way and to move back a little bit. So: "Back up. Just move back.
3. Carry on
"Carry on." This simply means continue, do what you were doing before. So: "Carry on. Carry on."
4. Chill out
"Chill out." This just means: "Be calm, relax. I see you're upset. Chill out." Okay? So: "chill" comes from, to cool, to be calmer. Don't get so hot. Be calm, be cool, chill out.
5. Come back
"Come back." This simply means return."
6. Come on
So, this can mean to come, follow me. "Come on. Let's go." Or, if you don't believe a person's story or you want to show surprise, you can say: "Come on. Really? Come on."
7. Come in
"Come in." So, if you have invited someone to your house, you open the door and you want to invite them to enter your house, you can say: "Come in."
8. Come over
"Come over." So, if you are inviting a person to your house, you're talking to them on the phone and you want them to come to where you are, usually it's your house, but it could be another place like your work or a cafe or somewhere, you can say: "Hey. Come over. I'm free now." Or: "Come over in ten minutes." So this means: Come to where I am. Usually it's the person's house.
9. Dream on.
"To dream on" basically means you don't believe what this person is saying or they have big impossible dream in their head or something, like: -"Oh, I'm going to play this lottery ticket and I'm going to win the lottery this weekend. That's my plan for the weekend." -"Dream on." Okay? So, this means: "Keep dreaming, continue to dream. I don't believe you."
10. Drink up
You can say this if you are around a table with some friends, everyone has a glass in their hand of their beverage of choice, alcoholic, non-alcoholic, it's up to you. And if you want everybody to drink, yes, you can say: "Cheers." You can also say: "Drink up". "Drink up" simply means drink.
11. Gather around.
Now, when I think of this, a person wanting people to get around them because they have some important news or they want to tell a story. So, if it's an old man with a beard and there's lots of children around: "Gather around, children. Gather around." So, gather, collect yourselves around me. You want people to come to you. Say: "Gather around. Gather around. Come here."
12.Get back
"Get back." Similar to: "Back up". "Get back" also means to take a step back. That's basically it. You can use it in a standard situation, a formal situation. If someone is near a fire, like: "Look, there's a fire. Get back. Get back."
13. Get in
"Get in." The most common context that I think of automatically when I think of: "Get in" is someone is inside a car, and they're telling you: "Hey. Get in. I can give you a" A drive? "...a ride. I can give you a ride somewhere." So you can ask someone to get in, like inside your car. It doesn't have to just be a car, but this is the most common context where you want someone to enter your vehicle or to enter your place. So: "Get in." Similar to: "Come in", but "Come in" usually relates the house.
14. Get off
"Get off." So, if someone is laying on top of you maybe, you could just say: "Get off. Get off." Or if someone is giving you a hug and you're not comfortable with hugs, like: "Get off me." You can say: "Get off." Also if you are online somewhere and you're on a website and somebody comes behind you and they want you to eat dinner, like it's your mom or your dad, they might say: "Okay, get off the computer." So: "Okay, get off." Or: "Log off. Get off the computer." Stop doing what you're doing.
15. Get up
"Get up", similar to: "Stand up." This just means elevate yourself from a sitting position or from a lying down position. And it could be, your roommate, or maybe your mom or your dad, or your sister, or someone who wakes you up and says: "Okay, get up. Get up. It's morning. It's time to go. Get up."
16. Go away
"Go away." I think you're very familiar with this one. It's in movies, it's in TV shows, it's everywhere, it means leave me alone.
17. Go back
"To go back", similar to "Get back", basically means to return where you came from or make some room. Okay? Give me more room. Okay? "Go back. Go back. Go back." Or if you're recording someone and you want them to go back: "Okay, go back. Go back.
18. Grow up
"Grow up". "Grow up", if you give this command to someone, it means that they are acting very immature and you want them to act their age, to act more mature, say: "Grow up." Or if someone has a belief or something that you think is childish, like they have the beliefs of a child, it's like: "Come on. You really believe that? Grow up."
"Hang on" means: "Whoa, whoa, whoa. Stop. Stop what... Stop what you're saying." Or it can mean to wait. So you can say: "Hang on, hang on, hang on." Or if you're talking on the phone to someone and you want them to hold, to wait, say: "Hang on." "Please hold" or "Please hang on." Or just wait: "
19. Hang up
So this is used in the context of phone conversations. So, if you're talking to your boyfriend or girlfriend: -"You hang up." -"No, you hang up." -"No, you hang up." You can just say: "Okay, hang up. Hang up." If you watch cop shows, TV shows where, the police are tracing a telephone number, and if they talk to the person for 30 seconds they will magically know where they are,they might say: "Okay..." The criminal might say: "Hang up. Hang up. Hang up." Or the officer might say: "Hang up. Hang up" if they don't want the criminal to know where they are.
20. Lie down
"Lie down." So, if you have a friend and maybe they were out in the sun all day and they feel weak or they look sick, and you want them to rest, lie down on the couch, you can say: "Hey, just lie down. Lie down here. Rest here.
21. Listen up
I love this one. Now, this is what you hear also in television crime dramas, or in any kind of, like, epic movie where there's an important scene where one character, usually the leader needs everyone to hear what they have to say. They'll usually enter the office, and say: "All right, everybody, listen up. Listen to me." So: "Listen up" just means: "Listen to me or "Pay attention" with your ears, the holes in your ears.
22. Move along
"Move along", means continue, continue in the direction you were going. So, this is for physical movement.
23. Move over
"Move over." It can be very strong. If you want someone to make room for you, usually to sit down, you can tell them to: "Move over" to make room for you. "Move over. I... I need to sit here, too." You can use this on the bus, I guess. If you want to be polite, you could say: "Oh, could you move over, please?" Or if you're trying to walk and someone is blocking your way, say: "Oh, excuse me? Could you move over a bit? Could you move over, please?"
24. Shut up
"Shut up." Now, this one I think you guys know. Also it's in every TV show, movie. It's rude. It's telling a person to be quiet. If you want to say something just as strong, you could say: "Shut your mouth", which is very strong. Or just: "Shut up" means: "Stop talking. I don't want to hear what you have to say."
25. Sit down
"Sit down." Just another way to say: "Sit." "Sit down" is just: "Please sit." Okay?
26. Speak up
This is very useful. if you have a friend who has a low voice and they speak very quietly, and it's very difficult to hear them, you want them to speak louder, you can say: "Speak up. Speak up. I can't hear you." So, turn the volume up on your voice.
27. Quite down
"To speak up" means to speak louder. I can't hear you. If you want people to speak quieter or if you want a whole group who are speaking very loudly to be quieter, you could say: "Okay, quiet down, everybody. Quiet down."
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