2020-10-07
9 分钟Hi there.
Welcome back.
And this is Harry helping you with your understanding of English through my podcasts.
And we look at english grammar, conversational pieces, expressions, idioms, phrasal verbs, everything you could possibly imagine that will help you to improve generally your conversation and your understanding of English.
So in this particular podcast, we're going to take a look at phrasal verbs using the word stop.
Okay?
So as always, I'm going to give you the phrasal verb, then I'm going to give you an example, and hopefully that will explain it as well as we can possibly do.
Okay, so let's, as I said, take these phrasal verbs one at a time, and we're looking at phrasal verbs with stop.
So the first one to stop away.
To stop away means to stay away from somewhere.
He stopped away from the office for several weeks because he was in depression, okay.
Or lots of people in the last few months have stopped away from their offices and worked remotely because of the coronavirus outbreak to stop away.
He was warned by the police to stop away from his girlfriend's or his ex girlfriend's home because he was annoying her and stalking her.
Just to stop away next.
To stop by.
Well, this is something we do quickly or informally.
So we're talking to our friend on the phone or a member of the family, it might be a mother.
And she said, oh, I'm not feeling so well today, and I haven't been able to get out to the supermarket.
Don't worry, I'll stop by on my way home and I'll call in to see that you're okay, and I'll bring some milk and bread and whatever else you need.
So to stop by means to drop in on somebody occasionally without invitation, without anything being prearranged to stop by.