Hello and welcome to the English-like native podcast.
My name is Anna and you're listening to Week 5, day 2 of your English 5 a day.
The second season.
In this series,
we are exploding your vocabulary so that you can take control and feel like yourself when communicating in English.
Now you don't have to make a note of any of the vocabulary because we do that for you.
All the vocabulary from today and every episode of this 5 a day series is being recorded in our great big database and you can access it for free using the link in the show notes.
So all you have to do is sit back and listen.
Let me start with a snapshot of what's to come.
James felt contrite about forgetting his wife's birthday.
So he tried to make up for it by planning a romantic evening at home.
He dimmed the lights in the dining room and put on some soft ambient music to create the perfect atmosphere.
Then he carefully began to screw rose petals from the front door to the dining table.
Hoping this gesture would show how sorry he truly was.
Okay, that's the snapshot.
Don't worry if there was anything there that's confused you.
Everything will become clear.
So let's begin with a phrasal verb.
Make up for something to make up for something.
Make M-A-K-E-U-P-F-O-R something whatever that thing maybe to make up for something is to take the place of something that's lost or damaged or to compensate for something bad with something good.