This is an Aller's English Podcast episode 1840.

This episode speaks to the difficulty of English phrasal verbs.

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Do you get confused when native speakers use the phrasal verbs speak to at work?

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Hey, Aubrey, how's everything going today?

I'm excellent. I have a fun question for you, ready?

Yes, I'm ready. When is the last time that you had to speak to someone about their behavior?

Oh, that's a good question. Actually, last week I was in New Hampshire visiting my niece and my

brother and I had to speak to her briefly. My little niece, she's eight and a half and I had to,

yeah, I had to speak with her briefly about her behavior. Nice, this happens really often with

little kids for sure. My kids, I'm often often having to speak to them because they will say things

or do things they don't realize are mean or inappropriate or whatever. Yeah, we have to speak to

them about it. Yeah, you have to call it out. You have to call it out, right? Can't let them get

away with it and it helps them to know what's okay and what's not. Right, often they don't realize

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