The Flatmates episode 20 (including Video/Vocabulary)

Episode 20: A date by the river
Helen:	Oh Michal, that river cruise was fantastic.
Michal:	It was lovely seeing all those famous buildings, wasn't it?
Helen:	Yes, Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament and the London Eye all looked so impressive in the winter light, didn't they?
Michal:	You look lovely in the winter light too you know.
Helen:	Oh Michal, you're so sweet.
Michal:	It's true. You're beautiful Helen.
Helen:	You're quite a hunk yourself, you know.
Michal:	That might be true but suddenly I'm feeling a little sea-sick.
Helen:	You do look a bit green. You're not going to throw up, are you?
Michal:	Oh yes, I don't feel well. I think I'm going to be sick.
Helen:	Was it something I said?

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Vocabulary:

cruise (n.) - a journey on a boat or ship to a number of places as a vacation

fantastic (adj.) - extremely good

lovely (adj.) - attractive or beautiful especially in a graceful way

the Big Ben (n.) - the bell in the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament, London

the Houses of Parliament (n.) -  (in Britain) the building in which the House of Commons and the House of Lords assemble

the House of Commons (n.) - the lower house of Parliament in the United Kingdom and Canada.

the House of Lords (n.) - the upper house of Parliament in the United Kingdom, made up of members of the nobility and high-ranking clergy.

parliament  (n.) - the group of people who are responsible for making the laws in some kinds of government

the London Eye (n.) - known as the Millennium Wheel, is a Ferris Wheel (or observation wheel) in London, England.


Ferris Wheel (n.) - (US) a very large upright wheel that has seats around its edge where people sit while the wheel turns. Ferris wheels are rides that are found at amusement parks.  (Brit) big wheel

amusement park (n.) -  a place that has many games and rides (such as roller coasters and merry-go-rounds) for entertainment

entertainment (n.) - amusement or pleasure that comes from watching a performer, playing a game, etc.

millennium (n.) -a period of 1,000 years

impressive  (adj.) - deserving attention, admiration, or respect, making a good impression

impression (n.) -  the effect or influence that something or someone has on a person's thoughts or feelings,an idea or belief that is usually not clear or certain

hunk ( adj.) - handsome, good-looking

sea-sick (adj.) - feeling sick because of the movement of a boat or ship that you are traveling on

to look green (idiom) -  to look ill or sick, or as if you are going to vomit

vomit  (v.) - to have the food, liquid, etc., that is in your stomach come out through your mouth because you are sick

throw up (phr.) - to be physically sick, to vomit

to fancy (v.) - to be romantically or sexually attached to someone

Intransitive Phrasal Verbs

In grammar, an intransitive verb does not take an object.

A phrasal verb is a verb that consists of two parts, a Verb and a Particle.

These verbs are usually used in casual speech.

I think this list below is a useful reference tool whenever you come across these phrases. 

Do not try to memorize them but rater notice them and learn their meanings. 

Have fun!

Intransitive Phrasal Verbs

back down retreat from a position in an argument	back out desert; fail to keep a promise	back up move backwards
bear up endure	blow in drop in to visit unexpectedly	blow over pass without doing harm
blow up explode; lose one's temper	call up telephone	calm down become calm
carry on continue as before; misbehave	catch on understand	catch up cover the distance between oneself and a moving goal
check up investigate	check out leave; pay one's bill	cheer up become cheerful
clear out leave	clear up become clear	close down close permanently
close up close temporarily	came about happen	come along accompany; make progress
come back return	come by visit someone in his home	come out appear; make a social debut
come over come to someone's house, to where someone is	come through succeed	come to regain consciousness
cut in interrupt	die away fade; diminish	die down fade; diminish
die off/out disappear; become extinct	dress up don fancy or unusual clothes	drive back return by car
drop in visit someone casually without planning	drop out abandon some organized activity; leave; quit	drop over visit someone casually
fall behind not progress at required pace	fall off decrease; lose weight	fall through fail; not be accomplished
fill in substitute	find out learn	fly back return by air
fly over fly to where someone is	get ahead make progress	get along have a friendly relationship
get around circulate; move about	get away escape	get by manage; either just barely or with a minimum of effort
get in enter	get off descend from leave	get on enter (a vehicle); mount (a horse, etc.)
get on/along progress; be compatible	get up rise	get through finish
give out become exhausted	give up surrender; fail to finish	go back return
go off explode	go on happen; continue	go out stop burning; leave one's residence
go over go; succeed	grow up mature	hang around remain idly; dawdle
hang up replace a telephone receive on its hook	hold on grasp tightly; persevere; wait while telephoning	hold out continue to resist; persevere; persist
keep on continue	keep up maintain the required pace or standard; continue	let up diminish in intensity
lie down recline	look on be a spectator	make out progress; succeed
make up become reconciled	move over move to the side	pan out turn out well; be successful
pass out become unconscious	pass on die	pick up grow; increase
pull in arrive	pull out deport	pull through survive (barely)
ride over ride to where someone is	run away escape; leave; leave quickly without permission	run down slowly lose power so as to stop functioning
run off depart running; drain	sell out sell the ownership or responsibility	settle up pay one's bills or debts
show off boast by words or actions	show up arrive; appear unexpectedly	shut up stop talking
slow up reduce speed	stand by wait; be prepared to assist	stand up stand; rise from sitting; last; endure
stay over remain at someone's house overnight or longer	step aside move to one side	take off leave the ground
take over assume command	talk back answer impolitely	throw up vomit
turn around turn so that one is facing another direction	turn in go to bed	turn out succeed; come; appear, as at a public meeting
turn up arrive; be found unexpectedly	wait up remain awake in anticipation	wake up awaken
walk back return on foot to where one was	walk over walk to where someone is	wash out fade or disappear from washing
watch out be careful	wear off fade; disappear through use or time	wear out become unusable through use; become used up
work out be successful

This List was provided by The Writing Lab & The OWL at Purdue and Purdue University.

The Flatmates episode 19 (including Video/Vocabulary)

Episode 19: Tim's reward
Tim:	Hello I'm calling from McCarthy's. I helped you when you were looking at watches the other day.
Customer:	Yes?
Tim:	I think I've found something of yours. Have you lost anything?
Customer:	Not that I've noticed. No, nothing seems to be missing.
Tim:	Well, you dropped £150!
Customer:	Really!
Tim:	Yes. Now, how can I return your money?
Customer:	Oh how refreshingly honest! But I think a small reward is in order, don't you?
Tim:	Oh I couldn't.
Customer:	You could. I'm sure you have a pretty young girlfriend who needs to be spoiled.
Tim:	No I don't. I'm single just now.
Customer:	A good looking man like you? I don't believe it!

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 Vocabulary:

reward (n) - money or another kind of payment that is given or received for something that has been done or that is offered for something that might be done

look at (phr.) - to think about or consider (something or someone)

the other day/night/evening (etc.) (phr.) - on a day/night/evening (etc.) in the recent past

lose (v.) - [past participle: lost] to be unable to find (something or someone)

 find (v.) - [past tense and past participle: found] to discover (something or someone) without planning or trying to

notice (v.) -  to become aware of (something or someone)

drop (v.) -  to let (something) fall

£  - is a symbol that represents any of a number of pound currencies used in the United Kingdom and elsewhere.

symbol (n.) - a character that expresses or represents a particular idea or quality

a  pound (n.) - a basic unit of money in the United Kingdom and some other countries

currency (n.) - the money that a country uses, a specific kind of money

United Kingdom (geographical name) -  Abbr. UK : A country of western Europe comprising England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

 return (v.) - to bring, give, send, or take (something) to the place that it came from or the place where it should go

honest (adj.) -  good and truthful, not lying, stealing, or cheating

refreshingly  (adv.) - in a pleasantly novel manner

in order (phr.) -  appropriate or desirable

to spoil someone (phr.) - to treat (someone) very well

good looking (phr.) - hamdsome

not to believe something (phr.) - to have a different opinion or to disbelieve something

The Flatmates episode 18 (including Video/ Vocabulary)

Episode 18: Emergency
Alice:	Oh it's so quiet tonight! You could hear a pin drop. Gives me a chance to catch up on my reading.
Man:	Quick, quick! Get a doctor!
Alice:	She's just gone for a break. What's the matter?
Man:	I don't know. It's my son. He's stopped breathing.
Alice:	Oh no! Wait a minute, I'll just phone for the doctor.
Man:	There's no time. You have to give him mouth to mouth.
Alice:	But I haven't done it before!
Man:	You haven't done it before?
Alice:	No, not for real. Wait while I find the phone.
Man:	No! No, you must do it now!

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Vocabulary:

emergency (n.) - an unexpected and usually dangerous situation that calls for immediate action

you can hear a pin drop (idiom) -  it is very quiet

to catch up on something  (phr.) - to do something which you have not had time to do recently

give a chance (phr.) - give an opportunity to do something, an amount of time or a situation in which something can be done

 get a doctor (phr.) - chose a doctor for advice or help

gone for a break (phr.) - take a break, top doing whatever we are doing for a short period of time

breathe (v) -  to move air into and out of your lungs, to inhale and exhale, to take air into your lungs through your mouth or nose, to send air out from your lungs through your mouth or nose

wait a minute/moment/second (phr.) - used to tell someone to stop and wait briefly

mouth-to-mouth  (n) - a shortened version of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation - trying to help someone when s/he has stopped breathing by breathing into her/his mouth


mouth–to–mouth resuscitation (n) - a method of helping a person who is not breathing to start breathing again by blowing air into the person's mouth and lungs —called also mouth-to-mouth

 for real (phr.) - true and genuine, honest and serious

before (adv.) -  at an earlier time, to or toward the place where someone is going, in advance

The Flatmates episode 17 (including Video/ Vocabulary)

Episode 17: Booking tickets*
Agent:	Good morning, London Attractions.
Michal:	I'd like to book two tickets for next week. For River Boat cruise please.
Agent:	OK. When?
Michal:	Next Thuesday.
Agent:	Sorry?
Michal:	Thuesday.
Agent:	I'm sorry sir, is that Tuesday the first or Thursday the third?
Michal:	Thursday the third.
Agent:	Right, and what time would you like?
Michal:	In an evening.
Agent:	Because it's winter, the last trip is at 7.00. Is that OK?
Michal:	Yes thanks.
Agent:	OK, just let me put you on hold for a moment please.

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Vocabulary:

attractions (n.) -  something interesting or enjoyable that people want to visit, see, or do

 to book (v.) - to make arrangements so that you will be able to use or have (something, such as a room, table, or seat) at a later time

 cruise (n.) - a journey on a boat or ship to a number of places as a vacation

right (adj.) -  used for emphasis at the beginning of a statement like O.K.


last  (adj.) - coming after all others in time, order, or importance, belonging to the final part of something

trip   (n.) - a journey to a place

to put someone on hold (phr.) - to ask a phone caller to wait (usually music is played while s/he is waiting).