See? That’s— that’s it right there,
the way
that
you speak
to me and the way you speak to them.
Видите… проблема прямо перед глазами, это то,
как вы говорите
со мной, и как вы говорите с ними.
One could hear- and would hear more and more often- down in
the
Ashram courtyard
the
voices of those who were telling her,“Eat, Mother, it’s good,
it’s good for you,” the way you speak to a child or a senile patient.
Можно было услышать- и будет слышаться все чаще- даже во дворе Ашрама, голоса тех людей, которые уговаривали Мать:« Поешь Мать, это тебе на пользу,
это тебе на пользу…», как говорят с ребенком или престарелым больным.
the… respect— people used to
speak
about my unit that way.
и Ханна… уважение… люди так
говорили
о моем подразделении.
No, you’re not listening.
With recording performance up to 384kHz, 32bit,
you
can speak the way you want to be heard.
Благодаря параметрам звукозаписи( до 384 кГц, 32- битное разрешение), чтобы быть услышанными,
вы
сможете говорить так, как вам требуется.
and if
you
don’t do it wisely, don’t wait to receive a positive answer from them.
и если
ты
не сделаешь это мудро, не жди положительного ответа с их стороны.
Well, Mr. Augustine, after the way you spoke to my woman, I will say
the
same thing to
you.
You got some balls calling me.
The way you‘re
speaking
of her, you’re saying that Dahlia is still alive.
Ты так говоришь о ней, словно она еще жива.
The way you
spoke
up for those people…
you
didn’t have to do that, Walter.
Как ты заступился за этих людей.
Тебе
не обязательно было делать это, Уолтер.
If
you
are
speaking
to people,
you
need to be flexible and aware of their reaction,
so that
you
can change the way you are
speaking
if they are not responding to
you
positively.
Если
вы
говорите людям, у
Вас
должен быть гибким и об их реакции,
так что
вы
можете изменить, как вы говорите, если они не реагируют на
вас
позитивно.
But no matter how much I need or want this fellowship,
I refuse to spend
the
year with
you speaking
to me the way that you speak to me.
Но несмотря на то, как сильно я хочу пройти это обучение,
Roll your eyes. But hear me when I say to you that today was
the
last time
you
will ever call me stupid or speak to me the way that
you
did.
The way
you speak,
neither you are hungry nor I am your father.
Так, не поймешь ты хочешь есть или твой отец.
This is
the
only way you can speak to Him without your mind getting in
the way.
Это единственный способ, которым ты можешь говорить с Ним, не включая свой разум.
Предложения:
way you speak
На основании Вашего запроса эти примеры могут содержать грубую лексику.
На основании Вашего запроса эти примеры могут содержать разговорную лексику.
то, как вы говорите
том, как вы говорите
того, как вы говорите
как ты говоришь
то как вы говорите
Listen to the way you speak to your husband.
It is even noticeable in the way you speak and express yourself in writing.
I really love the way you speak.
I like the way you speak.
Well, it’s the way you speak, aitches and things.
We’re talking about the way you speak to my mother.
Singing is the way you speak in church.
But be charming in your behavior and the way you speak to everyone else.
Change the way you speak to attract positive things!
Official proposal requires a definite level of formality from your side and you should start by thinking over the way you speak.
Официальное предложение требует определённую степень формальности с вашей стороны, и начинать нужно с того, как вы говорите.
85% success in your life is determined by the way you speak with people.
85% успеха, которого вы достигните в жизни, зависит от того, с какими людьми вы дружите.
Speak to yourself the way you speak to others.
The more your written words reflect the way you speak, the better.
Speech: A missing tooth can negatively affect the way you speak, depending on its location.
Отсутствующий зуб может негативно повлиять на то, как вы говорите, в зависимости от его расположения.
Written organization can translate to the way you speak.
Changing the way you speak about yourself can work wonders on your self-esteem.
1.4.2 Изменение того, как вы говорите о себе, может творить чудеса с вашей самооценкой.
Your sub-communications — such as your body language and the way you speak — will eventually sell you out.
Ваши суб-коммуникации — такие как язык тела и то, как вы говорите — в конце концов продадут вас.
This may seem weird, but do it a couple of times and you’ll be amazed at how it changes the way you speak.
Это может показаться странным, но сделайте это пару раз, и вы будете удивлены тем, как меняется ваша манера говорения.
Is that the way you speak about your grandchildren?
You can’t change the way you speak.
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#1
Hi everyone…
this is always a tough one for us Spanish speakers:
ex 1
I can tell by the way you speak.
I can tell from the way you speak.
ex2
I’m sure of that, by your accent.
I’m sure of that, from your accent.
Does it depend on the context?
thanks in advance
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#2
I think that in those examples using either «by» or «from» means the same.
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#3
Hi everyone…
this is always a tough one for us Spanish speakers:ex 1
I can tell by the way you speak.
I can tell from the way you speak.Does it depend on the context?
thanks in advance
La verdad es que ambas frases están bien. No se me ocurre ninguna diferencia contextual en este caso, pero puede ser que a otro forero se le ocurra una.
ex2
I’m sure of that, by your accent.
I’m sure of that, from your accent.
Aquí me parece más natural decir «because of your accent» aunque tus frases se entienden perfectamente.
Espero que te ayude…
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#4
As said above, both are correct and in common use by native speakers. However, someone who is very picky about grammar might say that «from» is preferable in both cases. We usually use «by» to indicate how the subject accomplishes the main verb action.
Ex.
He entered the house by breaking a window.
He entered the house by force.
In your examples, «from» is slightly preferable because it is almost an ellipsis of «judging from.»
However, for general purposes, you can use either one in these examples.
WTW For the way someone speaks?
In particular, looking to describe someone who uses unusual patterns, tones and pauses in the way they speak.
Have you noticed that the way you write doesn’t match the way you speak? If you feel like your writing is more formal than your everyday speech, then you’re probably correct. Speaking tends to be more casual than writing, in part because we don’t have as much time to prepare, craft, and revise our spoken communication.
When you write the way you speak, it is called informal or conversational writing. While it has its place (we’ll get to that), it’s generally not the clearest or most effective way to convey your thoughts.
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Clear Communication Is Important
Whether spoken or written, the purpose of language is to clearly communicate thoughts and feelings. Most young children learn to speak easily and without formal training. They simply absorb and repeat the language they hear around them; this process is almost automatic. After all, doing so allows them to communicate their needs and desires to those who can help fulfill them.
Anyone who’s ever spent time with a toddler frustrated by their inability to say exactly what they want to say can see that the need to learn to speak is fundamental and instinctive. As we gain language skills, life becomes much easier and more satisfying.
Learning to write is a skill which is not so quickly and easily acquired—it must be taught and requires a lot of practice. It also doesn’t tend to come as easily and naturally as speaking does. Perhaps that’s why schools devote so much time and attention to teaching writing to their students. Children (and, let’s admit it—sometimes us adults) can have a difficult time mastering the seemingly arbitrary rules of spelling, grammar, and punctuation. While difficult to learn, writing clearly and persuasively is an important life skill that is vital to master.
What are the Differences Between Speaking and Writing?
The reasons it’s not really recommended to write the way you speak become more obvious when you examine the differences between speaking and writing. Nearly everyone can communicate their thoughts in some non-written way. However, not everyone is capable of translating those same thoughts into writing.
When we speak, we’re less likely to use correct grammar and often include partial sentences. Speech is generally more spontaneous than writing and more likely to stray from the subject under discussion.
While verbal speech tends to be full of unstructured phrases and even random thoughts, the written word is generally more structured and focused. After all, unless we are writing dialogue, it’s generally frowned upon to include “um,” “like,” and similar filler words in our writing. It’s also usually best to avoid slang and expletives.
Idioms are also more common in speech than in writing. “Kicking the bucket” and “looking at the radishes from below” both mean the same thing to their respective American and German listeners. However, either one is apt to just confuse a reader who is neither American nor German.
From Speech into Written Words
Organization, structure, and grammar are all important components of the written word. Vocabulary is also an important component. Our speech generally includes a lot of repetition. Our writing, however, should rely on vocabulary to get our point across, rather than repetition. As writers, we also use structure and punctuation for emphasis, and to keep our writing and thoughts orderly. If you write the way you speak, the results tend to be disorganized and confusing.
When we write, we can’t complement our words with facial expressions, gestures, and tone of voice as we do when expressing ourselves verbally. That is why we must make those words express our thoughts clearly. We need to expand on our points until they are clear, easy to understand, and the subject is thoroughly explained.
When speaking directly to people, we are constantly adjusting our manner, tone, and vocabulary to the nonverbal feedback we receive, even when we don’t realize we’re doing so. When we write, we have to imagine the readers’ feedback and adjust our style accordingly. We need to make sure our writing is clear, concise, and gets our points across in a way that is easy to digest.
When you write the way you speak, on the other hand, tends to involve rambling that quickly loses your reader’s attention.
Expressing Ourselves Well Through the Written Word
To sum up, keep these best practices in mind to cater to written audiences, spanning varying levels of formality:
- In writing, commas and other punctuation marks represent the pauses and emphasis of our spoken language. Like exclamation marks and question marks, they symbolize our thoughts, feelings, and intent. They replace the vocal emphasis or body language that we use when speaking.
- Sentences, paragraphs, and the correct use of grammar allow us to organize our thoughts in a way that makes sense and is easy to follow and laser-focused.
- We tend to use more complex sentence structure when writing than when speaking. We’re also more likely to use connecting words such as “additionally” and “although” rather than “and” and “but,” which we use so much more in speech.
- Depending on our intended tone and audience, we may use contractions in order to make our writing sound more approachable, since they emulate our normal manner of speaking. Avoiding contractions makes writing much more formal than is usually necessary.
- We tend to use a more formal vocabulary when writing. We might say that we’re making a run to the store where we would write that we’re going shopping.
- We tend to avoid slang words and phrases.
- We support our points with details and explanations so the reader can clearly follow our reasoning and thought processes.
- Once we are done writing, we go back and polish our work. We correct misspellings and grammatical errors, and then we check for clarity. It is this ability to go back and rewrite and revise our work before submitting it to others’ scrutiny that is most responsible for the more formal feel of writing compared to verbal communication. Consider:
- Do the ideas flow between sentences and paragraphs?
- Are we happy with our word choices and sentence structure?
The Permanency of Written Words
New words generally enter our language through people using them in conversation. Once those same words begin appearing in print, they become more widespread and gain greater acceptance. The permanency of writing also influences how people speak, with new words constantly entering our vocabulary. Unfortunately, oral traditions rich in region-specific words and phrases tend to disappear unless written down.
With the advent of the internet, even greater changes are taking place. The more casual manner of writing common in email, texting, and social media has blurred the line between speaking and writing. On the other hand, the internet is forever. This means it’s important to keep quality and your intended brand in mind when writing for the web. There will always be a market for communication that is clear, succinct, and well written.
Is it Ever Okay to Write the Way You Speak?
While writing how you speak is generally frowned upon, injecting a bit of the casual and friendly tone of verbal conversation into your writing is a good thing. As long as your posts are well-structured and easy to understand, being more conversational in your blogging can make clients feel more engaged and help make your brand more approachable. If your writing tends to be a bit too cold and formal, or you rely too much on jargon (please stop doing that), you can probably stand to write a bit more like you talk.
Other forms of written communication, like emails, social media updates, and personal blogging, can come even closer to how you write the way you speak. Adding slang and simplifying your vocabulary—when done deliberately and thoughtfully—can make your writing more engaging and fun to read.
Always keep your audience in mind—an academic journal article is obviously going to be written much more formally and less conversationally than a funny blog you’re putting together for friends and family.
The Takeaway
While writing is generally more carefully crafted and formal than verbal communication, the most important thing is to know your audience and aim for writing that is clear, engaging, and concise. It’s never a great idea to write the way you speak, but a touch of conversational communication can be a good thing.
And, if you’d like a team of talented freelance writers for hire who can craft your content strategy to be the best of both worlds—engaging and friendly, without being unprofessional—Verblio has your back.
Editor’s note: this post first appeared in January of 2016. We figured it was time for an update. We’ve included new tips and details to make sure your blogging and writing strategy is as effective as it can be in 2018. Learn more about why you should not write the way you speak.
Given sentence below has at least one object. Write each object and identify it as a direct object, an indirect object, or an objective complement. Identify each objective complement as a noun or an adjective.
Example: Hobbies bring people pleasure.
Answer: people, indirect object; pleasure, direct object
Slowly but surely, inch by inch, Johnson wound the world’s largest ball of twine.
By Robby
If you are new here please read this first.
Here’s how to improve your spoken English when reading this article: read it out loud, then read out loud the collocations highlighted in red 10 times each to memorize them, then look away from the monitor and try and say 3 sample sentences for each of those collocations! For best results record your speech so that you can go back, spot any mistakes you might have made, and then do some more spoken English practice by correcting yourself!
If you can’t speak fluent English, you might assume that you haven’t got large enough vocabulary – and it’s a mistake I made all those years ago!
You see – in reality you can start speaking fluently WITHOUT learning hundreds upon hundreds of new English vocabulary words.
You CAN achieve fluency using the vocab you already possess, and that’s what I did!
So, are you intrigued?
Then start reading this article to find out how you can do it too! 😉
Traditionally English learners think that English speech is formed by taking separate words and sticking them together while in fact any language is build from word chunks and phrases. In either case we can quite logically conclude that the more individual words or word combinations you know, the better and more fluently you’ll speak.
So you may be focusing on memorizing large English vocabulary lists even before attempting going out there and starting socializing and communicating with English speaking folks.
To a certain degree, you’re absolutely right. You can’t expect to speak fluently without having acquired SOME English vocabulary, I mean – you wouldn’t be able to work as a shop assistant, for example, if you couldn’t understand your customers and respond to their questions, right?
There is a point, however, in English studies at which you can actually start speaking fluently even before you’ve learned advanced English vocabulary!
Here it would be fitting to establish what actually fluent English speech entails and how you can know if you speak fluently or not. It will also help you set your English improving targets and realize what aspects of English you really need to improve upon.
So here’s how I define real spoken English fluency:
- ability to communicate with ease in situations you find yourself on a regular basis!
And please pay attention to the fact that I didn’t specifically mention correct grammar or sufficient vocabulary, it’s all about the ease of communication, my friends!
Sure enough, you wouldn’t be able to communicate easily if your grammar totally sucked and your vocabulary would be really poor, but that’s exactly the point I’m trying to make here – easy communication includes the other factors in itself and implies that you can speak correctly on 95% of occasions and you also have enough English words to use when speaking.
So let’s proceed further while keeping in mind what we just defined! 😉
How Many English Words Are Enough
How many English words are there in your active vocabulary (active vocabulary – words you CAN USE when speaking as opposed to words you only RECOGNISE)? A thousand? Fifteen hundred? Five thousand? In fact this question is rhetoric because you can’t really tell how large your English vocabulary is.
Purpose of this question was just to prepare you for more numbers that will follow. And this is where it gets very interesting because the first 100 most commonly used English words will enable you to understand around 50% of spoken English! Bear in mind that the English word list under this link pertains to written English, however, the distribution ratio remains roughly the same among spoken English vocabulary, too.
Please read an article HERE about English word frequency lists and their practical application – very interesting!
Let’s go further – if you know 300 most commonly used English words, you’ll be able to understand 65% of spoken English. You see – only 300 words comprise nearly two thirds of English vocabulary! Do you start getting the point I’m trying to make here? Then let’s take it one more step further – the General Service list of English words consisting of about 2000 words will take you very close to conversational English fluency – 90 to 95%!
The concept you have to learn from all these figures is that spoken English fluency begins when you’re able to USE JUST ENOUGH English vocabulary to communicate easily ❗
❗ IMPORTANT ❗ I’m not advocating for settling for the mediocre and not improving English throughout your lifetime. I’m advocating for going for conversational fluency FIRST and then improving other aspects of English language!
How to achieve that?
OK, let’s start with learning the following concepts which are all just common sense:
- Your passive (recognition) vocabulary is much larger than your active (spoken) vocabulary;
- You can’t use all English words you recognize in your spoken English;
- Conversational English fluency means conveying a message effectively to the other party as well as understanding your chat partner;
- Any concept in English language can be described using other words.
So, here’s what we can conclude:
- You can do with a minimum amount of words to express yourself clearly speaking almost about any topic (we’re leaving aside specific areas of English like legal, highly technical, scientific etc.).
So how does this help you achieve spoken English fluency? OK, here comes the best part 😉
Most likely your vocabulary greatly exceeds the most commonly used 500, 1000 and even 2000 words because you’re very comfortable reading this website. (Not that this article contains all 2000+ English words in it – it’s all about the frequency rankings!) Of course, many words and phrases you come across wouldn’t be in your active (spoken) vocabulary, but you can always say something using other words (later on I’ll give you examples on this, too!)
So we can assume on pretty solid grounds that your active English vocabulary is already sufficient enough for fluent English communication. The only issue you might be having at the moment is that you can’t really use your vocabulary in a fluent manner.
It’s All About HOW You USE Your English Vocabulary!
Let’s imagine for the sake of clarity that your active English vocabulary contains X amount of words and you’re used to form your speech by sticking words together. Most likely you’re doing something similar to a direct translation from your native language in your head whereby you form an English sentence in your mind first and then pick out relevant English words. This way of speaking English is fairly inefficient because you limit yourself with your native tongue’s means of expressions AND your need to find corresponding words in English.
When you speak in this manner, your capability of speaking English is indeed limited because you constantly come across situations when you don’t know certain word’s meaning in English. Also your English fluency is impaired due to the simple fact that you form English sentences in your mind as if writing on a piece of paper – they don’t come out of your mouth automatically 😡
So despite the fact that you have sufficient active English vocabulary you just can’t use it in a natural way. And here’s how a natural speech is formed.
You just have to forget about translating from your native language if you want speak fluent English! You also have to speak out loud without preparing a whole sentence in your mind beforehand! To achieve this, you have to:
- Stop using your native language as reference in everyday situations when you speak English;
- Get used to paraphrasing using simpler words in case you’re struggling with explaining a certain thing or a concept;
- Learn important word groups such as idiomatic expressions, phrasal verbs, filler phrases and small talk phrases – they’re formed from the words that you ALREADY know!
And the last sentence about English word groups containing English vocabulary words that you already know is of particular importance, my friends!
Basically what it means is that you don’t have to acquire new English vocabulary, you just have to RESTRUCTURE your existing English vocab so that you can use it fluently and without much planning when you speak – which brings us to the next point…
Stop Preparing Speech In Your Head Before Speaking!
Most of folks who learned English the traditional way have been using their language to translate new vocabulary words, and to form all kinds of written or spoken material. While in academic English studies it doesn’t manifest itself as a limiting factor; in real life you can’t get far with thinking in your native language and trying to speak English.
And here’s a good exercise to help you start thinking in English ❗
You definitely have some sort of a routine task that you perform on a daily basis. It can be a work or home related. For example, I work in a knitwear manufacturing company’s dispatch and most of my time is spent entering customers’ orders and packing them. When I enter the products on the computer or use the picking list to pick them, I have two options – I can ‘pronounce’ those product codes and colors in either my language or English.
As you can imagine, I’ve switched over to thinking in English ages ago, and it’s definitely helped me with English fluency. And so should you if you want to start speaking fluent English. Whenever you perform a mundane task – use that time wisely to either comment on your actions in English OR think in English about something else if your particular activity doesn’t occupy your mind. If you work at a manufacturing line your mind constantly wanders – you can use that time to start thinking in English about things that are important to you!
It’s not easy at first, but you’ll be surprised how quickly you can substitute your native language for English ❗
When In Doubt – Put It In Different Words!
Just like I told you, chances are that you actually know all English words to express yourself in any day-to-day situation; it’s just that sometimes you come across a situation or concept that seemingly demands you to use more sophisticated means of expression.
In fact you can always get by using simpler words but for the most part foreign English speakers are under big stress to get something said. Eventually their mind just blocks up and they just can’t say a thing…
Foreigners also under impression that if they say something simple, they’ll sound ‘too’ simple and they’ll be perceived as poor English speakers. At the end of the day, when they try to sound smart and use passive vocabulary (the one that they’re not really comfortable with when speaking) – that’s when the real trouble begins!
Here’s an example. Let’s say you want to ask your team-leader at work if you can postpone a certain task because you’ve more urgent matters to attend at the moment. Your team-leader walks by and you stop him by asking: “Sorry Mike, I just wanted to ask you if I can…” and then you get stuck all of a sudden! You know the word ‘postpone’, but you might have forgotten it, or it’s just that you don’t use this word that often and it’s not really part of your active vocabulary.
Instead of frantically trying to remember the exact word ‘postpone’ you can simply say “Can I do the report later?” But quite often foreign English speakers are putting themselves under unnecessary stress when speaking so they end up struggling for words.
But as you can imagine, there’s ALWAYS a way of putting the same thing in different words ❗
Even if you find it hard to explain a fairly complicated abstract concept or a technical detail, I’m pretty sure you can use other words from your active vocabulary that will suffice for getting the message across clearly and efficiently.
By the way, there a simple version of English language called Basic English created by a linguist C.K. Ogden consisting of 850 basic words. C.K. Ogden proved by scientific analysis that one can communicate successfully enough using vocabulary of such a small size!
So if it’s possible to communicate efficiently using 850 English words, surely you can do the same operating with a whole lot more words and phrases?
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Here’s another example on how you can use simple English words to substitute verbs that you may have forgotten at the given moment, or if you’re simply struggling for the right word to say.
If you’re struggling to produce a sentence “I became extremely irritated because of my financial difficulties”, you’re most trying to build an ‘ideal’ sentence in your head first and then speak it out. Stop doing it, take a short pause and speak using simpler words – “I got very nervous because I have money problems”.
Let’s just have a quick look at the sentence. The verb ‘to get’ is among the simplest English verbs and can be used to describe nearly every action that involves change of shape and emotional state; you just need to attach the corresponding adjective to it. And if you were struggling with the word ‘irritated’, then ‘nervous’ is definitely something you can use because it’s an international word. And of course, even beginning English learners would know words ‘money’ and ‘problems’, so you definitely can use them with ease.
IMPORTANT ❗ Never be ashamed of using simple words and sentence structures! If you have a choice between broken English and simple yet fluent spoken English – I think any reasonable person would go with the latter!
And as I already said in the beginning of this article – I’m not saying you don’t have to improve your speech and add more active vocabulary words to it. Of course you can and you HAVE TO do it!
I’m just trying to hammer home a message that you can start speaking fluent English with limited vocabulary and you don’t have to wait on some mystical day in the far-off future when you’ll have acquired enough vocabulary to start speaking!
Learning Idiomatic Expressions, Filler Phrases and Small Talk Phrases
Watch videos of English small-talk phrases above!
You could be struggling with fluent speech because in real life (just try to analyze what happens when you speak your native language!) conversations are filled with plenty of filler phrases like ‘on the other hand’, ‘I’m not really sure, but I think…’, ‘as far as I know’ and similar. They ‘bind’ other bits of your talk together and will create the impression of real fluency.
By now you might have used ‘eeeerrr…’ and ‘hmmmm…’ to fill pauses between sentences and words, but if you learn at least a couple of dozen of typical small talk phrases, you’ll be able to speak more fluently. And of course – most of them are made up of words you ALREADY know – so there’s no additional vocabulary acquisition required!
Then there are phrasal verbs – and they’re absolutely brilliant when it comes to described even quite complicated concepts. Phrasal verbs are formed by taking a simple verb such as ‘put’, ‘bring’, ‘come’ and attaching a preposition to it – like ‘up’, ‘down’, ‘off’, ‘on’ and so on. While many of them are self-explanatory – for example, ‘put it down’, there’s a whole lot of them that have abstract meanings. For instance, ‘you let me down’ means that you didn’t keep promise and I got into trouble or lost out on something because of you.
You see – you can SAVE plenty of words just by saying ‘You let me down!’ And if you learn at least the most commonly used phrasal verbs (which are made up from words that you ALREADY know!) – you can give additional boost to your fluency!
Of course, you CAN and you will use any number of words necessary to make your point – that’s what fluency is about and that’s what I kept reiterating throughout this article. Using phrasal words, however, will enable you to start speaking and thinking like native English speakers do ❗
In the beginning you may use just a few phrasal verbs and explain other things using simple, basic English words. As you progress, you’ll add more and more phrasal words and ALSO new words to your active vocabulary thus enriching your means of expression.
Imagine yourself saying to your friend “I finally had enough time to finish the essay.” You can also use a phrasal verb ‘to get around to’ and the previous sentence becomes “I finally got around to that essay.”
So as you can see phrasal verbs make your spoken English friendlier, more natural and that’s where true fluency begins! And let’s not forget the fact that using phrasal verbs enables you to get into the ‘English’ way of thinking; you learn to express abstract concepts with a single phrasal verb instead of saying ten words. It’s a time-saver AND steps up your fluency at the same time! AND – phrasal verbs are made up from words you ALREADY know, so you don’t even have to learn new words – just abstract meanings!
Just compare these two ‘How can you put up with it?’ and ‘How can you tolerate it?
You see – chances are that the verb ‘to tolerate’ isn’t in your active vocabulary so you may be struggling with it. But you definitely know words ‘put’ and ‘up’ so you just need to know that ‘put up’ can be used to describe a situation when you’re no OK with something but you allow it to happen for some reason or another 😉
Robby
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