2025-10-10
16 分钟Hey English learners, welcome to another phrasal verb episode.
I hope you're doing great and that you're ready to practice your English with another phrasal verb episode.
Today, we're going to learn two phrasal verbs.
The first one is but in and the second one is butter up.
So first let's define these phrasal verbs and see an example of each one.
but in means to interfere or intrude in a conversation or situation in which the person is not wanted or not invited.
For example, I could say, I was trying to talk to her, but her friend kept budding in.
In this context, what I'm saying is that I was trying to talk to this girl or this woman,
but I couldn't do so very easily
because the girl's friend kept interfering and interrupting us and participating in the conversation even
though she wasn't welcome.
I did not want her to participate in the conversation.
I just wanted to talk to the other girl, but this girl kept budding in.
She kept interfering, interrupting, etc. So that's but in.
And butter up refers to when someone flatters or praises someone so that they can get their help or support.
For example, I could say, don't try and butter me up.
I know you just want me to give you that information.
What I'm saying here is I'm telling the person not to try to flatter me and say nice things about me and make me feel good just so that I'll tell them the information.
So I'm telling that person not to butter me up.
Okay.