2020-02-27
6 分钟Hi there.
This is Harry, and welcome to the podcasts, where I try to help you understand English a little better so you can be, so you're able to talk, communicate, and make that communication effective with native and non native speakers.
So we all do this with the help of some podcasts, and today's podcast, hopefully, is no exception.
We're going to look at phrasal verbs, expressions connected with the family, everything you need to know about children and yourselves in a hopefully entertaining way.
So, let's start.
So, the first one I have, first expression, to get round someone.
To get round someone.
Well, this is to persuade someone to let you do, or to let you have something.
And usually do this by using flattery.
So you try to get around your father by telling him, oh, he's great, he's wonderful.
Oh, by the way, can I borrow the car?
Or you try to get round your mother to allow you to go to the disco.
Okay.
So, to get around someone, to persuade them that they should let you do something, to take after someone.
Of course, when children are born, we immediately want to try and identify which member of the family they most resemble.
So, to take after someone is to resemble a member of your family, both in appearance and character, or just in appearance, or just in your character, or you're just like your father, or you look like your mother.
You take after your grandmother.
Number three, to tell someone off, usually for doing something.
This is to reprimand usually a child, to speak to them severely because they have done something that they shouldn't have done.
Played football in the house, broke the windows, damaged the flowers, whatever it might be.