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How's it how's it going today?
Hi, how are you? Lindsey good, but I have a burning question for you here Let's hear it.
Have you ever gone in cliff jumping?
Oh Yes, I used to go a lot as a teenager.
You are crazy. What's the highest you've jumped from?
Oh Probably about 30 feet which I'm sure a lot of people have jumped from higher But for me that was very high it was scary I Were and we were you know Foolish teenagers and we hadn't like checked the water to make sure there weren't rocks So I remember being scared about that too Like what if I hit
a rock but I also didn't want to be the lame one That's like can I go down and check the depth of the water?
Oh my gosh, exactly Right, so it's kind of a peer pressure thing a little bit, right?
You just kind of go along with it Oh, oh you guys will notice we use this phrasal verb jump from like what's the highest you've jumped from?
We got a great question about phrasal verbs jump from jump off that we are going to answer today phrasal verbs are tricky Yeah, and they are one of the things especially the tougher phrasal verbs These are the things that move you from the B2 to the C1 Level and I have a feeling Aubrey a lot of our
listeners are thinking about making that move up into C1 What do you think?
Absolutely. We just launched our C1 fluency course So if you want to get in there, it's all ears English calm slash C1 I agree those of you who are listening you're understanding 80 -90 % of what we're saying you are ready to move to that C1 level Exactly, and not to mention that now when you're in our
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We have fluency parties open conversation Club weekly Q &A I mean, it's just piling up Aubrey the ways our students can speak but only if they're in our courses Exactly.
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Would you read Mateus's question for us?
Yes, he said hey there.
What's the difference between off versus from like jump from versus jump off?
Thank you so much. Love the show Mateus.
Nice Excellent. Excited.
Great question. Unfortunately, we have some bad news for Mateus Which I already emailed him back that unfortunately with prepositions in English with these phrasal verbs The meaning is not consistent for one preposition when it's added to a verb.
It's different for every phrasal verb, right?
I mean language is not a any kind of mathematical equation or a memorization exercise, right?
We're done with memorizing things in English.
We are into learning in context here, right?
Right. So when you add from for example, the phrasal verbs made from came from jump from these all have very different meanings You can't tell from the actual words what they're going to mean.
A lot of phrasal verbs are idiomatic.
Mm -hmm Oh my gosh. Well, we're gonna get into it.
Don't panic guys That's the bad news But the rest of the episode is the good nose good news because we're gonna make it very clear What the differences are between these two phrasal verbs here.
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Absolutely. Yes. Okay.
We're ready Aubrey.
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overhead bins to help fit everyone's bag And with their app you can skip the bag check line get live updates and more Change the way you fly book your next trip today and United calm Yeah, so we're going to dive into these two Mateus asked about jump from and jump off So first let's start with jump
off these are different But it is pretty subtle jump off is you are leaping from a platform of some kind So the destination is not as important as the place you're leaving.
For example, he jumped off the roof Okay.
Yes. So the deaths say that one more time the destination is not as important as the place you're leaving Is that what exactly when we say jump off?
It's more like what are we leaving?
What are we jumping off of?
Right. So these are pretty subtle these the difference This is one way to remember when you would use jump off instead of jump from it's you're not at all focused about what you're jumping To it's more about what you're leaving.
What are you jumping off?
Okay, so jump off and that object Whatever that is, so he jumped off the roof or I don't I don't dare jump off that cliff.
It's too high Exactly.
So this is interesting and then if there's no platform, we would say jump out instead, right?
He jumped out of the tree.
You would never say you jumped off a tree because there's no platform This is really an interesting actually had to Google these like what is why?
Okay, it's all about the platform when we're jumping off about the platform.
Okay Yeah, any other sample sentences here that would help Yeah, so and then for a jump out she jumped out of the dark, right?
We wouldn't say she jumped off the dark.
There's no platform here So we're jumping out of things where there's no platform and then the cat jumped off the roof, right?
She jumped off the third floor.
Who knows right? The platform.
There's a platform We would say someone jumps off that platform.
Got it. Okay, so jump off plus platform Where you were before want to think about is This now we're going to move to jump from we use from when we are still jumping off something But it's more about what you're jumping on to you're jumping off something Something else.
Okay, so it's a subtle difference, but the meaning is slightly different, right?
So for example, the squirrel jumped from branch to branch.
So it's about the squirrels journey across these branches It's not about where he came from what platform he came from, right?
So you could say of the squirrel jumped off the branch because then we're not at all concerned about where he's going But if we're talking about he's moving to something else, we'll say from from branch to branch.
We also use this Metaphorically a lot right?
Oh, we've jumped from topic to topic a lot during this conversation Yes, which is what usually happens in conversations normal conversations We do tend to jump around a lot and there's another one jump around We will go into that one.
Do they know there are some with every preposition There's a different meaning right but at the top of the episode Lindsay asked me what's the highest I've jumped from and this is an Interesting use of jumped from where we're talking about the height, right?
But it's still sort of about the destination you've jumped from a cliff But we're thinking like you've jumped from a cliff into the water.
So we use jumped from whenever the destination matters Oh, okay.
Is there gonna be a part two of this episode Aubrey?
Yes glad you asked on the business English podcast I'm planning a follow -up with a lot of the phrasal verbs We use with jump in business at work jump at jump out at and jump on We use these a lot at work when we're talking about things that we notice things that draw our interest So be sure to hit follow
on the business English podcast so that you don't miss part two I'm excited for that one Well, let's dive into a role play Aubrey and here we are at your house.
All right All right.
Oh, I didn't know you have a cat Yep, this is Sammy.
He likes to jump from the chairs to the couch.
What's the highest he jumps from?
Oh He jumped off our armoire and that's about 10 feet high.
Oh, wow I bet he'd jump off the roof if he got stuck up there I'm asking is he gonna jump on to me?
I don't actually have a cat but it's interesting when we're thinking about jump off jump from that's pretty Specific situations, right?
So I'm like this is gonna be easier to talk about a cat often when we're talking about something jumping from thing To thing jump off maybe children jumping from your furniture animals.
This is when we talk about it the most really I love it.
So let's break this down.
So I said, oh I didn't know you have a cat and you said yep This is Sammy.
He likes to jump from the chairs to the couch Exactly and I could have said oh he likes to jump off the chairs He likes to jump on to the chairs But when I'm talking about the destination from one place to the next then would say jump from he likes to jump from the chairs And just go back to the example
of the monkey, right?
It was a monkey or a chipmunk or something From branch to branch it's like a journey.
I ain't jumping from here to there Yes, and then you said what's the highest he jumps from so when we're talking about the height Then we're using from as well.
I said and then I said he jumped off our armoire Wow, it's about 10 feet high cats can jump down pretty well and be fine.
It's true. It's amazing.
There's land on their I know I know and then that you said I bet he'd jump off the roof if he got stuck up there, right?
Have you ever jumped off a roof Lindsay?
Can't say I have I'll breathe.
Have you done that, too?
There was a lot of snow there were big snowdrifts so in the winter we would jump off the roof into the snowdrift That's fun.
Yeah, but I also had to we our roof wasn't that high It was a single story and we would play this game We were where we would throw a ball over the roof and sometimes it would get stuck behind the chimney So we would have to climb up there and then jump off the roof after oh, that's so funny Yeah, I'm
surprised. I didn't break more limbs Oh, you're lucky you got away with a lot as a kid Wow Interesting we actually did an episode not long ago about phrasal verbs 2107 right here on all ears English check out these English phrasal verbs We have talked about phrasal verbs a lot because just like you
said Lindsay These are really a way to up -level your English level to move from B2 to C1 Often native English speakers won't use the regular verb But they get more creative and more informal with phrasal verbs.
Yes I love that you got to master these phrasal verbs really when you get to that C1 level It's the time to make sure we know them we're integrating them smoothly into our conversations to convey the meaning We want to really say exactly what we want to say There's a lot of cases where there's no other
word except for that phrasal verb to convey exactly what you're trying to say Yes, exactly.
Especially where a lot of them are idiomatic You can't tell from the actual words what suddenly it means something totally different, right?
Yes We want you guys to know that you know the difference between jump off jump on to use it to sound more native and natural They are it's subtle new and nuances often between these phrasal verbs Yeah But these are the differences once you learn these if you're at the right level guys commit to this because once
you learn It will build your confidence And that's how we move up into that C1 level So Aubrey thanks for being on and telling us your stories of jumping off tall things We'll see you on the next episode have a good one awesome.
Thanks. Lindsay. See you next time.
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