Advanced Phrasal Verbs and Idiomatic Expressions

What are phrasal verbs?
➧ Phrasal verbs are phrases that combine a verb with a preposition or adverb (or both) to create a new meaning that is different from the original verb.

What are idiomatic expressions?
➧ Idiomatic expressions are phrases whose meanings aren't obvious from the individual words.

Follow up
➧ To continue with something that has already been started.
➧ I’ll follow up with the client next week.

Look into
➧ To investigate or examine something.
➧ We need to look into the reasons for the delay.

Take over
➧ To assume control or responsibility.
➧ She will take over the project from here.

Get along
➧ To have a friendly relationship with someone.
➧ They get along really well.

Run into
➧ To meet someone unexpectedly.
➧ I ran into an old friend at the store.

Come across
➧ To find something by chance.
➧ I came across an interesting article yesterday.

It’s essential to understand these meanings to use them correctly.

Break the ice
➧ To initiate conversation in a social setting.
➧ To break the ice at the party, he started telling jokes.

Bite the bullet
➧ To endure a painful or difficult situation.
➧ She had to bite the bullet and apologize for her mistake.

Hit the nail on the head
➧ To be exactly right about something.
➧ When you said the project was too ambitious, you hit the nail on the head.

To summarize, today's class covered
➧ Phrasal Verbs
➧ Idiomatic Expressions

In our next class, we will continue to build on these skills by Writing Formal and Informal Emails