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Learning English Conversations

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Learning English Conversations

BBC

Language Learning, Education

4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2023

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

'Level up' your English and learn a new word!

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the English we speak with me

0:02.2

Jai and hello I'm Rob.

0:04.2

Now in English we have a phrasal verb

0:06.8

that describes improving something so it becomes the same level or standard

0:12.1

as something else.

0:13.3

It's level up.

0:14.8

Level up.

0:15.8

So here the word level is about being at an equal position

0:20.1

as something else, and up is about increasing it to that level.

0:25.0

So we're talking about improving or advancing something to make it the same as other things

0:31.0

of the same type.

0:32.0

When we level up, it's often for things that are important and serious.

0:37.0

For example, the standard of education at one school may be improved

0:42.0

so that students receive the same quality of teaching

0:45.1

that they do at another school. They level up. This process is called

0:49.7

leveling up. But we can also use it simply to describe improving things in our everyday lives.

0:57.0

Yes that's true. I want to level up the clothes in my wardrobe so I look cool and

1:02.2

fashionable like everybody else good idea Rob you

1:06.3

look so last year anyway let's hear some more eases of level up.

1:15.1

The company has leveled up wages for its staff to match those of a rival business.

1:21.8

Our team needs to level up if we stand any chance of beating our opponents at the weekend.

1:27.0

We're levelling up our training scheme so that everyone gets the chance to use it.

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