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Putting up with Frazel Verbs, part one.
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Hey there, Aubrey. How's it going today?
I'm great, Lindsay. How are you?
Good. I'm doing pretty well where we are.
What are we getting into today?
I have a question for you.
We have some great info for you guys about Frazel Verbs.
Yes. And I'm going to use one of them in a question here.
Is there anything you've been putting up with lately, Lindsay?
Oh, for sure there is. Right now, I am baking in my home office because our AC works great downstairs.
It does not move upstairs.
So the warm air is rising and the AC is getting down there.
We had the windows replaced last year.
So those great windows are just locking in the heat.
It's really fun up here.
I've got a bunch of you listeners out there are probably feeling that right?
You're dealing with heat.
You're putting up with the heat and the bad weather.
A lot of heat waves all over the world.
Yes. And probably you're feeling that.
I hope your AC is working better than Lindsay's.
That sounds terrible. It's pretty tough.
It's hard to put up with.
We've had some hot weather.
But today, you know, that what we just said is a hint into what we're getting into today, right?
Aubrey? Exactly. We had a great question in a recent Q&A that we host for all of students in any of our courses.
And Max asked about some Frazel Verbs with Put and Pull.
Today, we're going to cover Put Up because there are so many different meanings just of the Frazel Verbs Put Up.
Yes. We'll be a three-part series.
We're going to talk about Put Down in Part Two and then Pull In in Part Three.
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All right. Good stuff. So by, let's dive in then, right?
Let's do it. So the first one, the example, Aubrey, that we were talking about with something you just can't handle.
But you are tolerating it is a little bit different from the others because we're adding a special proposition.
All right. Exactly. This one's a little more idiomatic.
A few of the ones we're talking about today are collocated with a preposition.
This one's with with, put up with.
Like you said, this means tolerate.
It's something you don't love.
But you can't change so you just put up with it.
Yes. Yes, exactly. Is there anything you're putting up with right now, Aubrey?
And you know, last night, I had a conversation with my sister because I've sort of been putting up with a lot from my son, like whining and sort of bad behavior.
And instead of taking the time to either discipline him or talk to him, I just sort of put up with it.
And it's picking it worse.
Oh, I'm just kidding. And she's noticed the same thing with her, with her youngest.
So we're both like, all right, we've got a nip this in the bud.
No more putting up with this behavior.
We've, because you see that with children, the more you put up with them, where they take advantage and try to get away with.
Yes. And I love that you said nip this in the bud.
We've covered that term on this podcast before in the past.
So guys, go back into our back catalog to check that out.
But yeah, that's good, Aubrey.
I think you're probably right.
I'm not a parent, but I imagine you got to really get after that right away.
Yes. You can only put up with so much before it's starting to get where you're like, oh, I see.
I need to do something or this is just going to get out of control.
You're testing you. Yeah.
Exactly. But we have a couple other examples.
You can use this in so many ways.
You might say, I'm putting up with a lot at work.
And this could be co-workers behavior or assignments that are difficult, right?
It could be anything. If it's just something that you don't love, it's not the way you would choose.
And you're just having to tolerate, make the best of it.
Yes. You'd say you're putting up with it, right?
Or you could ask them on a question.
Like I could ask you about your kid, how do you put up with him, right?
How do you put up with the space?
Very good question. Right.
I get a question like that sometimes, because someone will see my kid acting out.
And they'll ask, I'm like, you're right.
But often it's when you're in public.
I'm like, this is not when I want to handle it discipline.
So then it's like, how does she put up with him?
Right. And people wonder.
So put up with someone or something, right?
Exactly. And that's tolerating means the same thing.
But it's much more formal in daily conversation.
I'm much more likely to say put up with.
Yeah. And tolerate. Yeah, exactly.
That one. We'll say that for written English, for example, we don't really, I think when it comes to writing, we tend to look for those more formal verbs to replace phrasal verbs.
Don't you think, Aubrey?
When I'm saying, exactly, I'm like, yes.
Yes. Phrasal verbs are much more informal if you're practicing for a test like the IELTS exam.
You would only use phrasal verbs on like, speaking part one, maybe general.
When you're writing and trying to be more formal, there are always these more formal verbs that you could replace the phrasal verb with.
So we want to know both. But in this series, and especially today, we're focusing on those phrasal verbs.
What's the next one, Aubrey?
All right. So the next one is put up, which means to show resistance or effort or skill in a fight or competition.
So we'll hear this a lot with sports.
Yeah. Maybe she put up a good fight when it's like, she really did her best.
She may have lost, but she put up a good fight.
So the equivalent to this might be presented a fight, but that doesn't quite work, right?
She showed a fight. Well, I'm just trying to think what would be the equivalent in an actual a more formal verb.
They gave her best effort.
She made her best effort, right?
Yes. Yes, yes. Or came forward with a fight or the Padres put up a fight, but ended up losing to the Oakland A's.
Yeah. So that's a great example.
You'll hear this a lot with sports.
Are you going to see it in sports articles, right?
To say, oh, they put up a fight or they put up a good fight.
It means they made their best effort.
They tried really hard, but it usually means they did not win.
Yeah. Or one verb that comes to mind is mounted a fight.
Have you ever kind of put up that use before?
That makes sense, right?
I like that. And like, will say, mounted a defense, right?
Yeah. I like it. And then mounted a fight.
You'll hear that as well.
Yeah. Love it. OK, what's the third?
We're getting deeper into these phrasal verbs, guys.
Don't panic. If they're all starting to sound the same, we do have a role play at the end, right?
Aubrey possibly best. That will help, yes, definitely always.
OK. Right. This next one is put up for.
And this is when something is offered for sale or for auction.
So for example, you might hear, you know, after he died, his estate was put up for auction.
And here put up is always collocated with for put up for either sale or auction.
OK, good. So we can remember that.
So in this case of the sale or the auction, the for is always there.
Is that what we're saying here?
Aubrey. That's exactly where you might say, I'm going to put up my car for sale on Facebook.
And the other way to say this is either list or post, especially for online sales, but we'll also say I'm putting it up for sale.
Yeah. And could we say I'm going to put my car up for sale?
You can, right? You can separate it.
Is it separable? You can, correct?
Good question. Yes, because some phrasal verbs are glued together.
This is one. Right. This is separable.
The direct object could go after.
You can either say, I'm going to put my car up for sale or I'm going to put up my car for sale.
Both work. OK. Good to know.
So anytime we're talking about that sale, that auction, you need that for.
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OK, I'll bring we have another version of put up.
Yes, these next two are just put up without a preposition.
The first one is this is maybe the way you're going to hear put up the most often is when like a notice or a sign or a poster is being displayed, we put up a sign, right?
When I lost my dog, I put up signs all over the neighborhood.
OK, or he put up a no trespassing sign.
So this one is probably the most straightforward.
Another verb for this could be post he posted, right?
Yep. Posted a sign exactly.
Yep. Mm hmm. Or pan over last one.
It's very similar. Like also just put up, but actually a very different meaning.
And this means to provide money as backing for an enterprise, you'll hear this when people are talking about gambling.
I'm going to put up a certain amount of money.
How much is he putting up?
But then also like lending money, someone might say, I'll put up the cash for you to buy a car.
That means like I'm giving it to you.
I'm providing that money.
Excellent. So yeah, so as you said, I'll put up the cash for you to buy a car.
And then another example sentence, they found a sponsor who's putting up $2,000 for the event.
Exactly. And that's the same meaning would just be donate or provide.
They're donating $2,000.
They're providing $2,000 or just giving, right?
They're giving $2,000.
Yeah, provide was the verb that came to mind first, right?
Because it's kind of formal.
And yeah, I like that one.
But those work too, giving or donating.
So role play time, shall we do it?
Yes. You and I are neighbors in this role play.
I'll start us out. Okay.
You played in a tennis tournament this weekend, right?
How did it go? Well, we put up a fight, but didn't place.
I made a lot of errors. I don't know how my partner puts up with me.
It happens to the best of us.
I bet it was fun though. It was a blast.
I'm glad we did it. Hey, did you see the sign that Miller's put up?
Oh, I thought the sign was announcing on a state sale.
I assumed their home was put up for sale.
No, no. The sign I saw was actually a cancellation of the sale.
I guess they have an uncle that put up the money for them to keep the home.
Nice. Nice. So we use all of them here.
Wow. You put up over and over, but in every case, it means something different.
And often we say it's unrealistic to see the same words or variations the words used in a role play.
In this case, it's not because phrasal verbs are everywhere, right?
Yeah. I need to speak or probably wouldn't even notice that they're saying put up over and over because every time it means something different, agreed, agreed.
So I started by saying we put up a fight, but didn't place.
I made a lot of errors. And I don't know how my partner puts up with me.
So that one is the tolerate, right?
Yeah. It almost doesn't feel like or sound like you're saying put up twice because they mean such different things, right?
Put up a fight, meaning gave our best effort.
Mountain is the second one.
Yeah. Put up with me. Like, how do they tolerate me?
How do they not angry that I'm not performing better?
Oh, that's a thing in tennis that is definitely guilt, right?
You feel better? You and your partner, unforst errors, maybe you double fault.
Uh, in singles, you just have to answer to yourself, but in doubles, exactly.
It's kind of a ball team.
Yeah. And the error is that I'll accidentally like set the other team.
I'm like, lobbing it too high and they can just slam it down on us.
I'm like, my bad. Float the ball.
Here you go. Yep. Love that.
Love that. And then what else did what else did I say here, Aubrey?
I say, then you said, did you see the sign?
The millers put up and this just means posted.
Like, they've put up a sign in front of their home.
So now there's a sign that's visible there.
Mm-hmm. And I said, oh, I assumed their home was put up for sale.
So I clearly haven't like read the sign I just saw a sign there and thought it was put up for sale, meaning it's now available for sale.
Yeah, presented for sale or has become available, exactly.
And then I said, no, the sign I saw was actually a cancellation of the sale.
I guess they have an uncle that put up the money for them to keep the home.
And what was the key verb that we linked to that?
That means the same as provided, gave donated when someone.
And this could be if you put up the money, it could be that you're lending money and it will be paid back or it could be just provided, donated and you won't be paying it back.
So just using the phrasal verb put up, that doesn't necessarily tell you if it's if the money is given or lended.
That's an important point, actually.
So I think provided would be would be the best because donate is different.
The implication is that there's no payback, right?
Provided that they might be paying it back.
Yes. This is actually really, I mean, one of the takeaways for me today is this is a great exercise to go and challenge yourself guys.
When you hear or you use a phrasal verb, what's the substituting verb, non-phrasal verb?
What's the more formal verb you would use there?
Exactly. That's always because it's not always that clear.
It took us a second sometimes to think of what exactly would be the, and sometimes there are multiple options.
And then which one's more formal?
Which one would I use if I were writing an IELTS essay, for example, which one would be the most impressive and formal?
Yeah. So if you're, you know, for IELTS, it's great or if you're living in the US and maybe even in one given day, you go through a very casual, you go to a barbecue, you're using these informal phrasal verbs and then you go to a more serious black tie event and you're changing, you're actually changing your language, you're becoming more buttoned up and professional
sounding. Absolutely, right?
Because suddenly the event is more formal.
You're elevating your language.
Yeah. And you may want to replace some of these phrasal verbs with the more impressive formal verb.
Any other takeaway for today that we want to let our listeners know?
I think just don't let phrasal verbs stress you out.
If you look at the dictionary entry for put up, there are like 15 meanings.
Oh, no. We've provided the most common here.
But the best way to learn them is like an episode like this where we're breaking them down, we're giving you examples and then just taking in a lot of English, right?
If you're looking through the dictionary for phrasal verbs, that's stressful.
I think that's so stressful to see so many meanings and not really be able to hear them in a role play, hear them in examples.
So this I think is really the way to learn phrasal verbs.
Yeah, as I love it. And special thank you to our student Max for the question.
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