2020-09-30
13 分钟Hi there.
This is Harry, and welcome back to the podcasts, where I try to help you to get a better understanding of the english language, where we can perhaps improve your spoken English and conversations, or even business English.
And this particular podcast has been recommended and prompted by something one of my students asked me in relation to phrasal verbs that we use in business English.
I felt for sure that I had done one previously, but when I checked, I hadn't, and I hadn't anything on the, and I don't at the moment have anything on the website.
So we're about to put that right.
So, for the next two podcasts, we're going to focus on phrasal verbs, particularly those that we can use in business English.
Now, of course, like all phrasal verbs, they have a couple of meanings, and so many of them you can use not only in business English, but for the purposes of this particular podcast.
And the next one will focus just on their use for business.
Okay, so, as always, I'm going to read you out the phrasal verb, then I'll try and give you an explanation that hopefully will explain it.
Okay, so first, aim something at somebody.
Break into something, bring in somebody, bring in something.
Bring out something, or bring something out.
So you can use it both ways.
Split, if you wish, deal in something, firm up something or firm something up.
Again, split.
Sign up somebody or sign somebody up.
Turn out something and turn over something, or turn something over.
So, as you can see, many of those phrasal verbs actually split.
So we either have the verb and the preposition together, or we can split the verb and separate the verb and the preposition.
Okay, so let me give you some explanations as to what they mean.