phrasal verbs with up Do you ever wake up in the middle of the night and think, Oh no, I have an English lesson tomorrow and I have a test, a phrasal verbs test? Of course you havent prepared for the test. Youll fail badly. You may as well give up now. Im here to tell you, never, never, never give up. Cheer up, put a smile on your face, be happy and listen to more fun phrasal verbs with up. Are you good at meeting new people? Are you a sociable person? Or do you clam up, just cant think of anything to say? Girls, youre at a party and a cute guy eyes you up. You know, looks you up and down, maybe winks at you. What do you do? Of course you dont want to get his hopes up, not right away. But maybe you think, Id like to hook up with him sometime. So you smile, just a little smile, and you think up something to say, something like, what are you up to next week? The cute guy sees you smile, so he comes up to you and says, whats up? Let me tell you guys, whats up? is a very, very bad chat up line. It doesnt really mean anything. Its like asking, whats happening? How do you answer that? If you want to chat up a girl at a party you have to think up something more interesting to say than whats up? I met Lex at a party. His opening line was, I just broke up with my girlfriend. This is not great either, its depressing, but its better, much better, than whats up? So I said, oh really, why did you split up with her? Was she having an affair? Lex said, are you psychic or something? Sometimes, you know, I think I may be a little bit psychic. For example, I once had a dream I was up in the sky, high up and floating. But I wasnt alone, no, I was teaching English. The very next morning, I got up and read my email. And guess what? I had an email from a man who wanted to learn English in a hot air balloon. I know what youre thinking. Youre thinking, How can you teach English in a hot air balloon? Let me tell you, a hot air balloon is quiet. There are no interruptions. A hot air balloon is a very good place to teach English as long as a storm doesnt blow up. No, the problem was not the hot air balloon. The problem was the student, Sergio. He always showed up late. Late, late, late. Always late. And he never paid on time. Never. He did pay up in the end. But always late. Lateness and not paying on time are two things an English teacher should not put up with. Definitely not. So I told Sergio, your English lessons are at an end. I will never teach you again. He fell to his knees and begged, Please, he said, I will make it up to you. I will never show up late again. I will pay up on time. Please, please, please. You are the worlds greatest English teacher. Now, I probably am the worlds greatest English teacher but I do not like it when a student sucks up to me. Dont you just hate it? When someone tells you, "you are wonderful", because they want something? That is sucking up and sucking up sucks. Big time. Never suck up to anybody. Always stand up for yourself and youll be just fine. Nothing will ever frighten you again. Not even a phrasal verb.