Hello and welcome back to your English Five a Day.
Season three on the Elan podcast.
This is a short daily podcast for intermediate to advanced level English learners who want to build natural English vocabulary through stories.
My name is Anna and this is week two, day four of our story following Gabriel,
an adventurous French traveller exploring the UK one city at a time.
Now today we're looking at five phrasal verbs that you'll hear all the time when exploring any city.
Supporting materials for this season are available at www.joineelan.com.
So, here's a snapshot of Gabriel's afternoon.
After lunch, he decided to set off towards his hostel.
He planned to look around as he walked, hoping to recognise a few landmarks.
But he took a wrong turn,
and that's when he ran into a couple who pointed him in the right direction and told him to head over to Duke Street.
Eventually, he managed to check into his hostel, tired but relieved.
Did you recognise those Fraser verbs?
Well, don't worry because now we're going to dive into them in the vocabulary breakdown.
to set off.
This means to begin a journey.
For example, we set off early to avoid the traffic.
Next we have to look around.
This means to explore a place casually.