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Advanced Phrasal Verbs Explained

The document discusses three phrasal verbs: 'hang up', 'come up', and 'hold on', providing their meanings and example sentences. 'Hang up' refers to fastening items or ending a phone call, 'come up' can mean to think of an idea or to approach someone, and 'hold on' can mean to grip tightly, to wait, or to express surprise. The discussion is framed within a context of a conversation from Mauritius.

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Advanced Phrasal Verbs Explained

The document discusses three phrasal verbs: 'hang up', 'come up', and 'hold on', providing their meanings and example sentences. 'Hang up' refers to fastening items or ending a phone call, 'come up' can mean to think of an idea or to approach someone, and 'hold on' can mean to grip tightly, to wait, or to express surprise. The discussion is framed within a context of a conversation from Mauritius.

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I’m chatting to you from Mauritius, an Island paradise in the Indian


Ocean. Our three phrasal verbs today are ‘hang up’, ‘come up’ and ‘hold
on’. Let’s start with ‘hang up’. ‘Hang up’ can have two meanings. The first
is to fasten something from an elevated position so that it hangs down
unsupported. For example, you can hang up flags, you can hang up lights
or you can hang up clothes; that’s the most obvious one. The second one
is to hang up a phone; to end a conversation either by putting back the
receiver or by hanging up because someone had attacked you or had
been aggressive to you. I’ll give you some sample sentences:
I hung up my clothes on the washing line.
Remember that the past tense of ‘hang up’ when you’re talking about
clothes is ‘hung up’. Sample sentence:
Hang up the receiver once the conversation is finished.
Now the receiver is hung up. The idea of hanging up the receiver comes
from the old days when telephones were wall mounted and you had to
hang up the receiver after you had completed the call. Third sample
sentence:
I hung up when the woman started shouting at me on the telephone.
Now for the second phrasal verb ‘come up’. We will examine three
different meanings. The first one is to think of an idea or a plan. My
husband came up with the brilliant idea of a holiday in Mauritius. Another
example would be:
The resort manager came up with the idea of sunset concerts at the
pool.
The second meaning: ‘The man came up to me to offer me a coconut
drink’ (hello mam…would you like a coconut?...yes please. Thank you).
The third meaning is to make happen. Sample sentence:
Something came up so unfortunately, my husband could not join me
at the beach.
The third phrasal verb we will discuss is ‘hold on’ and we will look at
three different meanings. The first meaning is to hold on tightly with your
hands. Sample sentence:
Hold on tightly when you ski. If you don’t this is what happens. If you
do, this is what happens.
The second meaning of ‘hold on’ is to wait. Here is a sample sentence:

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I said to my guide – please hold on while I photograph these beautiful


water lilies.
‘Hold on’ in this case means please wait.
The third meaning of ‘hold on’ is an expression. It’s an informal
expression of surprise or confusion. It can also be an expression that
asks for clarification. Here is an example:
Hold on, isn’t that the Picasso Trigger fish we saw underwater
yesterday?
(Yes, it is). And this brings us to the end of the Mauritius phrasal verb
video.
All I would like to say it’s time to hang up, but I’m glad that we came up
with this brilliant idea and finally, this holiday – I’ve learnt to hold on.

MAIRO VERGARA ADVANCED PHRASAL VERBS COURSE

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