Video English 3

VIDEO ENGLISH Learn in your free time INTRODUCTION: Take your English to the next level. Here are some phrasal verbs you’ll hear in the fifth video.

add up

turn to

accumulate

start doing something different

mull over

turn up

to think about something for some time

arrive (not always with warning)

take off

head off

to leave, often without warning

to leave

Video Episode 5: Mysterious packages

IDIOMS/EXPRESSIONS WITH BODY PARTS These expressions are used in the video Episode 5. Mysterious Packages

a gut feeling

an opinion you have without too much evidence

have cold feet

to become nervous about something

keep your chin up

stay hopeful/optimistic

have a big mouth

talk a lot, or fail to keep a secret

Practice Complete the following sentences, using the phrasal verbs below: add up/mull over/take off/turn to/turn up/head off 1. Peter was fed up with poor school results, so he ................. his mother for advice.

2. For some days the manager has been ................. which employee to dismiss.

3. I usually ................. to work around 8 o'clock.

4. I was surprised when the plumber .................. at my house at 7 o'clock!

5. You need to pay your bills promptly. They soon ................

6. Peter suddenly ................. without saying where he was going.

Video 6: A police raid. Miguel and Miriam tell their story on television.

More expressions using Body Parts

to have a heart of gold

to be very generous

to pull someone’s leg

to make fun of someone

to pick someone’s brain

to get valuable advice or information from someone

to have green fingers

to be good at gardening

give (someone) a bunch of fives

to punch someone

your eyes are bigger than your stomach!

you are greedy/a glutton

Answers (from page 2): add up/mull over/take off/turn to/turn up/head off

1. Peter was fed up with poor school results, so he turned to his mother for advice.

2. For some days the manager has been mulling over which employee to dismiss.

3. I usually head off to work around 8 o'clock.

4. I was surprised when the plumber turned up at my house at 7 o'clock!

5. You need to pay your bills promptly. They soon add up!

6. Peter suddenly took off without saying where he was going. .

Note: Many phrasal verbs can mean different things in different contexts. For example “take off” has many meanings. Can you think of any?

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