Tom wants to delay. Mia doesn't.Tom quiere aplazar. Mia no.
TomCan we put off the meeting until Friday?¿Podemos aplazar la reunión hasta el viernes?
MiaI'd rather not. The client wants an answer.Preferiría no hacerlo. El cliente quiere una respuesta.
TomFair enough. Did you come up with a new idea?Me parece justo. ¿Se te ocurrió una nueva idea?
MiaYes. I'll bring it up in the meeting.Sí. Lo mencionaré en la reunión.
TomGreat. And follow up with Nora afterwards.Genial. Y luego haz el seguimiento con Nora.
MiaAlready on it.Ya estoy en ello.
Expresión útilCan we put off the meeting until Friday? — “Put off” means “move to a later time”.¿Podemos aplazar la reunión hasta el viernes? — “Put off” significa “move to a later time”.
EscenaFigure it out
The new coffee machine vs Ben.La nueva cafetera contra Ben.
BenDon't worry, I'll figure out the new coffee machine.Tranquilo, ya averiguaré cómo funciona la nueva cafetera.
PriyaSo, did you figure it out?¿Y qué, lo averiguaste?
BenI figured out what NOT to do.Averigüé lo que NO hay que hacer.
PalabraRun into
Nothing to do with running.No tiene nada que ver con correr.
Palabrarun into /rʌn ˈɪntuː/ — To meet someone by chance.se encuentran con /rʌn ˈɪntuː/ — Para conocer a alguien por casualidad.
I ran into Sam at the supermarket.Me encontré con Sam en el supermercado.
You'll never guess who I ran into!¡Nunca adivinarás con quién me encontré!
ErrorStop saying “I'll call back you”
Stop saying “I'll call back you”.Deja de decir “I'll call back you”.
Error frecuenteI'll call back you later. → I'll call you back later.
Por qué:With many phrasal verbs, a pronoun (you, it, them) goes in the middle: call you back, put it off, turn it on.Con muchos phrasal verbs, el pronombre (you, it, them) va en medio: call you back, put it off, turn it on.
Can you pick me up?¿Puedes recogerme?
Let's put it off.Vamos a posponerlo.
Don't give it up.No te rindas.
SonidosA workout or work out?
Noun or verb? Listen to the stress.¿Sustantivo o verbo? Escucha el acento.
Palabraa workout /ˈwɜːkaʊt/ / work out /wɜːk ˈaʊt/un entrenamiento /ˈwɜːkaʊt/ / trabajar /wɜːk ˈaʊt/
Astuce (a workout) : The noun is stressed at the start: WORKout, SETup.Astuce (un entrenamiento) : El sustantivo se enfatiza al principio: Workout, SETup.
Astuce (work out) : The phrasal verb is stressed on the particle: work OUT, set UP.Astuce (work out) : El verbo phrasal se enfatiza en la partícula: work OUT, set UP.
QuizWork phrasal verbs quiz
Work phrasal verbs quiz: 4 questions!Test de phrasal verbs del trabajo: ¡4 preguntas!