In this episode, I'll be discussing some of the most common phraseal verbs.

After, I will tell you a mini-story, using the question and answer technique.

This mini-story will help you develop your speaking skills.

We'll practice phrasal verbs here. Okay, let's get started. Most English

students tend to get over-concerned about how to learn phrasal verbs. A frasal verb is just a verb and a particle.

For example, get in. There are thousands of phrasal verbs.

Sometimes they may be confusing and counterintuitive. Also, each phrasal verb can have multiple meanings.

Okay, this scenario doesn't seem very encouraging. And the million-dollar

question is, how can I learn all those phrasal verbs? You just need to learn the most common

ones. In other words, what people use most of the time. Okay, so let's see some of the

most common phraseal verbs, and later on, we'll practice them with a mini-story. Turn on.

It has two different primary meanings,

and you have to be careful about how you use it,

especially the second one.

Let's see the first meaning.

The most obvious one.

To turn on.

To turn on something means just to start something. For example, please, can you turn on the TV? I want to watch the news.

Please, turn on the computer. I need to check something. You can also use switch on for the same purpose. Please, can you switch on the TV? I want to watch the news.

Please switch on the computer. I need to check something. The second meaning of turn on is to arouse sexually.

It's informal and it's commonly used.

For example,

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