Hello and welcome to LetThemTalk and today I've got some phrasal verbs
for you with the verb TO BE now I've chosen these particular phrasal
verbs firstly, because they are very common used all the time by native
speakers and secondly if you don't know them they can cause confusion phrasal verbs
can often call be confusing but this is especially true of those with the verb
TO BE so do learn them. And today I'm in London so I thought I'd record this
lesson outside in the streets of the capital let's go.
So the first phrasal verb is TO BE UP TO and all it
means is TO BE DOING and you often use this to ask somebody their activity at a
particular moment so I could say what are you up to this afternoon? What are
you up to tonight? you're doing something. And by the way right now I'm in
Buckingham Street and this house here is where Samuel Pepys used to live and
Samuel Pepys was a diarist in london in the 17th century a politician and
is very famous for his diary and there is a story about that. There was The Great
Fire of London in 1666 all Londoners know that date - much of London was
destroyed. Samuel Pepys was living in London at that time and the fire was
coming towards his home so he wanted to save his valuable items. And what were they?
Well, he dug a hole in his garden and buried his Parmesan cheese and his
wine. Yes that's right his Parmesan cheese and his wine, so if
I was - it's a tenuous connection - but if I was there at the time in Samuel Pepys' garden
I would say "Hey Sammy what are you up to with that shovel and the
cheese?". "oh you're burying it okay fair enough"
TO BE OUT. Now this one has many different meanings I could just say "I'm
not in the house I'm out" but the one I'm looking at now means that to talk about
films and plays and magazines to say that they are currently available,
or showing in the case of films and plays. So which films are out at
the moment? I'm currently in Leicester Square
the heart of London's cinema district and let's have a look see what films are
so Incredibles 2 - is out now could it be more incredible than
Incredibles 1?
Mamma Mia that's another sequel Mamma Mia, Here We Go Again or
should it be Mamma Mia Here We Go AGAIN!
So the next phrasal verb is TO BE UP FOR (something) and it
just means want to do something, an activity or something like that
and it's often used in suggestions in a question and it's TO BE UP FOR plus a
noun or a verb + ing + a noun let me give you an example. "Hey you up
for a beer this afternoon?" (going for a beer). "Are you for some Chinese food
tonight?". "Are you up for seeing some some jazz?" and by the way let me show
you something I'm outside a pub called The French house and this pub is famous
because it was home of the French Resistance (in London) during the Second World War
And Charles de Gaulle was often there and also it's the only pub in London where they don't
sell pints only half pints (of beer). Because that's the French way
and you'll find it in Soho in on Dean Street.
So the next phrasal verb is TO BE INTO something
and all it means is to be interested in something so let me give
you an example "I'm really into jazz at the moment I go to jazz clubs two three
nights a week." "I'm really into art I often visit art galleries" and what else?
"I'm into cooking, I like cooking the English food"
So the next phrasal verb is TO BE OFF and,
of course this one has different meanings I can "be off" meaning I'M GOING
"I'm off goodbye, see you later", "I'm off to Tower Hill see you later"
there's another meaning too and it can mean to be rotten or to be bad when
you're talking about food. Food that can become smelly so for example "oh no! the
fish is off, the eggs how they stink they're off the milk I can't drink this
what is it? it's very smelly is it off? Ah! no, it's a durian
so the next phrasal verb is TO BE UP TO SOMEONE
We've already looked at TO BE UP TO meaning to be doing what are you up
to? what are you doing? but this is a little bit different TO BE UP TO (SOMEONE)
talks about the person who is responsible for an action let me give
you an example "should we go to the National Gallery or the British Museum?
what do you think?" - "Well I don't mind it's up to you" which means you
can decide you can make the decision okay
so another example "what's shall we eat tonight? - "Well if it was up to me I'd choose
Japanese but you can decide". "Would you like to go to the theatre or the
cinema?" - "it's up to you I really don't mind you can decide"
next we have TO BE AROUND and all this means is to be nearby to be
available so for example "I'm around for next hour if you want to call me", "hey are
you around tomorrow? because I'd like to meet you". "If I'm not around you can
always speak to Jim" yes you can speak to Jim.
Well that's it hope you found those
phrasal verbs useful and once again thank you for watching and stay mellow