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The best way to learn phrasal verbs! #1 (permalink) Sat Jul 05, 2008 1:39 am   The best way to learn phrasal verbs!
 

as you know, phrase verb is one of the most difficult in learning Eng. I've tried some way but I haven't seen any progress.Despite my effort, Phrase verbs is only in my mind for a week, and then I forget almost everything I've learnt.

Could you help me with some useful methods?I would be very grateful!Thanks!
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The best way to learn phrase verb! #2 (permalink) Sat Jul 05, 2008 11:59 am   The best way to learn phrase verb!
 

Dear Con,

To learn how to use phrasal verbs you need to read English texts on a daily basis. Alan has written a number of funny short stories that contain lots of phrasal verb expressions along with their explanations. You can start with make or do?

Please let me know what you think.
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The best way to learn phrase verb! #3 (permalink) Sat Jul 05, 2008 12:47 pm   The best way to learn phrase verb!
 

thanks for your advice!
But could you show me a more interesting way? Whenever I study about 5 Ph.verbs, I feel asleep!THen, I can't remember anything!
For ex.:what does "take in" mean ?etc.
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The best way to learn phrase verb! #4 (permalink) Sat Jul 05, 2008 12:54 pm   The best way to learn phrase verb!
 

Please take a look at the following sentence and let me know if you can guess the meaning of the phrasal verb "take in": It took several minutes before Charlie could really take in the news.
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The best way to learn phrase verb! #5 (permalink) Sat Jul 05, 2008 12:56 pm   The best way to learn phrase verb!
 

understand?right?
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The best way to learn phrase verb! #6 (permalink) Sat Jul 05, 2008 12:58 pm   The best way to learn phrase verb!
 

Yes, maybe also 'absorb' and 'digest'.
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The best way to learn phrase verb! #7 (permalink) Sat Jul 05, 2008 20:23 pm   The best way to learn phrase verb!
 

I wish there was a way to memorize phrasal verbs but I don't think so.
Phrasal verbs, as everything in the English tongue, doesn't follow any logical pattern.
Whenever I can, I try to understand the reason beyond the preposition.
Take the phrasal verb to "throw up", for example. It means "to vomit". Shouldn't it be "to throw out"? Maybe it's because when babies vomited they were laying on their back and, so, the vomit was "thrown up".
"Hung up", for example, came up because of the hook that the first telephones
had and that were used to hold the speaker when people were not talking.
Of course this is just an guess.
Just a student.
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