Learn English Phrasal Verbs! "Clam up", "wolf down", "monkey around"...

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Are you monkeying around? Do you rabbit on? Do you clam up? In this funny lesson, I’ll teach you 12 common English phrasal verbs, all based on animals! You’ll learn why people rat on others, chicken out at times, and wolf down their food. You’ll learn which phrasal verbs mean to look for something, to talk your way out of a problem, and to save money for the future. Watch now, laugh a little, and enjoy learning English. https://www.engvid.com/animal-phrasal-verbs More of my videos about phrasal verbs: 6 "WHIP" Phrasal Verbs https://youtu.be/jv9Em3si2O8 VERBS to PHRASAL VERBS: Their meaning changes! https://youtu.be/5LuIRvQiJ_E In this lesson: 0:00 13 Animal Phrasal Verbs 1:26 rabbit on 2:08 horse/monkey around 2:47 fish for 3:40 fish out 4:27 chicken out 5:12 clam up 6:10 wolf down 6:32 squirrel away 7:18 rat on 8:00 monkey with 8:52 worm way out of 9:36 duck out of TRANSCRIPT: Hey there. I'm Ronnie, and this is supposed to be a rabbit, rabbiting on. So, this is fun. Okay? My friend and I were walking in the park, and all of a sudden she says, "Oh, you know what? He was rabbiting on about something." I'm like, "Oh my god, I hate when people rabbit on. They're so annoying." I was like, "Oh my god, what a great idea for something for me to teach you", because it's weird. Right? "Animals", okay, got it. You learn some animals. And then as a phrasal verb, what has happened? Check out the lesson also that I've done on just the verbs of animals, which are fun, but then we get into more complicated, more advanced levels of the phrasal verbs with animals. So, again, a phrasal verb has a verb plus a preposition. So, if you look at the board, and I know you don't think these are verbs, but if you watch my other lesson, you're going to know that they're verbs. So, "rabbit" is a verb here, not a noun, and then "on". So, "on" is a preposition. Okay? "Around", "for", "out", "out", "up", "down", "away", "on", and "with" are all prepositions. These sneaky buggers have three prepositions. Okay? Sorry, two. "Out of" and "out of", but we'll get to those later. So, let's start with the first one. The meaning, the definition, and I love this. "Rabbit on". Now, we don't think of rabbits as talking a lot, do we? But to "rabbit on" means to talk too much, usually about one topic. So, at a meeting, he was rabbiting on about the sales, and I kind of get the idea that you've just lost so much interest in it, and it's just like this big rabbit head going... His teeth. I don't know how it came about, but that's my imagination. What's yours? So, if someone's rabbiting on, they're annoying you because they're talking too much about boring shit, which happens a lot. Okay? You've probably maybe heard this one, "horse around". It's a very old expression, or "monkey around". So, when I was a kid, you know, my dad would always say, "Ronnie, stop horsing around." I'm like, "I'm not horsing, Dad", but I was. It basically means for kids, stop playing. Right? To "horse around" means to play and not do your work properly. Whatever work I had as a child, you know. People might say, like, "Oh, stop monkeying around and get back to work", or "Stop horsing around, kids." Again, don't have a horse, Dad, but thanks. Next one, "fish for". Oh, I like this. So, you'll hear some people say, like, "She was fishing for compliments", and you're like, "Huh? Is she catching the compliments?" So to "fish for" something means to look for. So, let's say I've got new eyeballs or something, like, "Hey, guys. What's new? Do you notice something different about me?" Yeah, new eyeballs. "I'm fishing for compliments." Like, "Do you like my new eyeballs?" So, we usually use "fishing for compliments". It means that person wants you to give them a compliment. You can fish for other things. "Look for", "fish for compliments", "fish for", well, I don't know, problems. You want to start problems, you look for them, you find them. And again, another fish. Thank you. "Find", "fish", "find", what? "Fish out", to find something hidden. Okay. Do you have a bag or a purse or a backpack or something like a satchel that you carry stuff in? I do. Here, look, see, see, see, see, see? It's suede. It smells amazing. It's made by a witch. Anyways, if I try to fish something out, it's like, you know, I'm trying... Oh, I got it. So, to "fish something out" means to find something that's probably hidden. Could be anywhere, in your car, in your house. It has nothing to do with fish. […]