25 Stunningly Beautiful Advanced Phrasal Verbs - English Vocabulary Lesson (+ Free PDF & Quiz)

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1. To crow about to brag about something I wish Amanda would stop crowing about her promotion - I wanted that position! 2. To fawn over to flatter someone excessively Stop fawning over my grandmother, you are embarrassing me! 3. To bounce (something) off to talk about something (usually idea) in order to receive feedback or opinions. l'a like to take you out for lunch and bounce a few ideas off you we're in the final stages of planning a big campaign. NOTE - this phrasal verb is separable, meaning you can insert other words between the verb and the preposition. 4. To mull (something) over: to think deeply and seriously about something I can't decide which univeristy to choose - I'm going to spend the weekend mulling over my options. 5. To plod along: to progress at a slow but steady rate. Sheila is still plodding along with her latest attempt at a romance novel. 6. To keep (something) up: to continue a course of action She's been working so hard on her course - I hope she can keep it up! 7. To figure (something) out: to solve or discover the source of a problem I just need to figure out why hot is cold and tap cold tap is hot! my 8. To see (something/somebody) off: to go to the place that somebody is leaving from in order to say goodbye to them l'll come to the port to see you all off on the cruise ship. B. to see (something/somebody) off: to defeat someone or something, or to deal with them effectively so that they can do no more harm or damage Oh don't worry about my horrible aunt coming to my wedding - I'l see her off. C. To see (something/somebody) off: to finish consuming something that's bad for you Would you like me to help you see off that last bottle of wine? 9. To bash (something) in: to strike and dent or damage something Your stray cricket ball bashed in my Mini Cooper. 10. To weed out: to remove people or things from a group Our wedding invitations list is too long - we're going to have to weed some people out. 11. To call (something) off: to cancel an event or an agreement If I behave badly enough, William might have to call off the wedding. 12. To do (something) up: to repair or decorate a bulding so that it looks attractive We are hoping to buy a derelict house and do it up. B. To do (something) up: to fasten something Could you help me do up my dress? It appears to have shrunk. 13. To muster (something) up: to gather or bring together l'l see if I can muster up the courage to talk to my horrible boss. 14. To gobble (something) up: to use a lot of something very quickly You must've been hungry - you've gobbled up half of my popcorn too. 15. To face up to: to accept that a difficult situation exists She'll have to face up to the fact that peonies aren't in season for her September wedding. 16. To stick up for: to support or defend something or Someone, especially when they are being criticized I don't need your support-- I can stick up for myself. 17. To run (something) by: to tell someone about a plan or an idea so that they can give you their feedback and opinions. Have you run this by David? I think he'll like it. 18. To stock up on: to buy a large amount of something so that you will have enough for the future Many Brits are stocking up on toilet roll in preparation for Brexit. 19. To harp on about: to talk or complain about Something many times Can you stop harping on about how great Miranda looked at the party!? 20. To crank (something) out: to produce something in large amounts like a machine does How on earth did I manage to crank out 25 stunningly beautiful advanced phrasal verbs!? 21. To grass on: to tell the police or someone in authority about something bad that Someone has done I can't believe that Mary grassed on Bob to the police about his illegal chicken farm. 22. To lag behind: to move or happen at a slower pace than someone or something else I found maths really hard at school and I lagged behind most of my peers. 23. To build (someone/something) up: to talk about something or someone in a very positive way so that people are impressed with them They've built her up to be something that she really isn't. B. To build up someone's hopes: to make someone think that something good is going to happen when it probably isn't I don't want to build up his hopes if she isn't coming back. 24. To ask after: to ask about someone or something Everyone was asking after you at the party. 25. To jot down: to write or note down very quickly and breifly I highly suggest you jot down these 25 stunningly beautiful advanced phrasal verbs.

What a beautiful lesson. Keep it up! 👍 By the way, it was nice meeting you in Berlin. 😊

Stunningly beautiful presentation of stunningly beautiful phrasal verbs by a, ...yes, stunningly beautiful teacher.

Thanks a lot for that list. I’ve been looking for some non trivial phrasal verbs to expand my vocabulary for quite some time now. Keep it up please ;)

this is the best video.seriously lucy you are the best teacher as i got an A+ in my essay .thanks for that video on idioms ..it really helped me a lot...merci beaucoup...

You are the best thank you for everything, I went from Frenglish to English In no times. All those topics you touched upon are the pillars of my English. Merci, gracias.

Stunningly beautiful phrasal verbs indeed! Thank you, Lucy, for yet another useful and enjoyable video!

I’m plodding along with learning English to sound as a native that everyone would ask after me. And I’m facing up to the enormous amount of exceptions in English, although I guess I’ll see them off. Keep it up, folks!

Im sitting for my o level and Thankyou so much for your videos, I've be watching them since last year,I subscribed and turned on post notification ever since ❤️

Lucy ! You have helped me a lot.💕 You're such a good teacher .

I quote Lucy : "these phrasal verbs are going to help you expand and build your (wedding) vocabulary"! :)

A big thanks madam for this valuable lesson!! Love you sooo much from Bangladesh.

These english lessons are great, we're glad to have an outstanding teacher like you.

I quickly jotted down some of the beautifully stunning phrasal verbs as you teach. Thank you Lucy.

As a person living in Uk for the last 16 years I never heard of ‘to harp on’ but hey , you learn something new every day 😊

English my native language and I’m an American. Still, I love listening to your videos because I love British accents.

Your videos are worth a mint. Incredible what I learned in such a short period of time

Hey Lucy, thank you for teaching us. Could you kindly make a video on the use of "a" and "the" exclusively with superlatives? It'd be a great help.

Phrasal verbs are beautiful powerful words for advanced English.Thank you Lucy for such good lesson.