5 Daily Use phrasal verbs | part 2
Here we are with another new phrasal verbs that you can use anywhere, anytime and with anyone. Some them are quite common to use with anyone, but some are, quite informal that you can't use it with your boss, teacher, parents with those people you respect them a lot.
But you can use it with your close friends.
1) Get across
This is often used with verb try to show someone that you want him/her to understand your message. we can say other meaning or alternative word for it "to make someone understand"
So we use get across with facts, feelings, ideas, a message, meaning, a point or a point of view. All of these things are used with get across.
Am I getting the message across clearly?
I'm trying to get my point across but Priya keeps butting in(interfere or interrupt).
2. Bring up
It has several meaning but it's general meaning is to raise someone or to discuss something that you want people to know.
I was bringing up that topic with her but she didn't want to discuss on that.
I was brought up here.
It's usually used when you're in a professional context or you want to talk about something seriously.
Let's bring this up at our next team meeting.
Now we can easily replace this phrasal verb with the verb raise, right? It's a more formal synonym so in even more formal situations, you could use raise.
3. Let on
This phrasal verb is used when you want to reveal something or want to hide something. It all talks about the speaking something or describing something that are meant to be hidden.
Don't let on that you know the secrets about her.
I don't think I trust her. I think she knows more than she lets on.
This phrasal verb can be used for positive sentences or negative sentences. It's up to you.
4. Butt in
Consider the spelling, we use double tt ok. it can be use to interrupt someone but this very informal to use. It suggests that that person who's doing the action, they didn't really care about the other people in the conversation or what they've been talking about.
To butt in means to join a conversation or an activity without being asked to or invited to.
Don't butt in, While I am talking to her.
5. blurt out
To blurt something out means to say something without thinking about the effect it will have and it's usually because you're nervous or you're excited.
Imagine I am passed in UPSC and I don't want you to speak about it with anyone. But you so excited that can't control it.
But then later in the day, you saw another friend, someone you hadn't seen in quite a while and you were giving them all the updates about me and my result.
When you can't control your tongue that is blurt out
I just blurted it out about your result! I am sorry buddy.
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