6 Minute Vocabulary - Phrasal verbs and context

This is the BBC . This podcast is supported by advertising outside the . This is a download from BBC Learning English to find out more , visit our website . Six minutes from BBC Learning English . Hello and welcome to Six Minute Vocabulary . I'm Neal . And I'm Catherine . In this program , we're looking at verbs like move , move on , move out and get on , and we call these phrasal verbs and prepositions like in , on or out can completely change the meaning of phrasal verbs . So we'll be looking at these verbs in sentences to help us understand their meaning . Let's start by listening to Robin . He's having problems with his housemaid's pit and he has a question for you while you listen . Why is Robin unhappy with Pete ? Pete moved in three months ago . We got on well , at first we were friends , but now it's terrible . He's so messy and he keeps disturbing me when I'm trying to get on with my college work , it's really time for us to move on . We can't be friends anymore . I'm going to ask him to move out and live somewhere else . But he gets home with my family . My brother really likes him , so it'll be difficult . Okay , so we asked you , why is Robin unhappy with Pete ? It's because Pete is messy and keeps disturbing him . What do you think of that ? I'm not surprised that they were friends at first . Here's what Robin said we got on . Well , at first we were friends , right ? So here , get on means , have a good relationship and we can work out the meaning of get on by listening to what Robin said next , he said we were friends . What about Pete's relationship with Robin's family ? But he gets home with my family . My brother really likes him . So Pete and Robin's family also have a good relationship . And to add an object to the verb , get on . We use the preposition with . That's right . We can say Pete and Robin's family get on and we can also say Pete gets on with Robin's family . We can now listen to get on in this clip . And he keeps disturbing me when I'm trying to get on with my college work . This time . Get on with isn't about a relationship . No , it isn't in this one . Get on with means . Do or continue doing something . But Robin can't get on with it because Pete keeps disturbing him . Pete stops Robin finishing his work and to understand what get on with means in each of these contexts , we have to pay attention to the words around each verb phrase we do . So get on with usually means have a good relationship when the sentence around it is talking about people get on with is usually about finishing something . If we're talking about work studies or a project . , six minutes vocabulary from BBC Learning English and we're talking about phrasal verbs . We've looked at get on and get on with to talk about relationships . My brother and sister don't get on but I get on with both of them . Oh lucky you . I know . And get on with when we're talking about work . I'm getting on with my work Neil . Good . And we work out which meeting is which by listening to the context . Let's get on with the program and take a look at some phrasal verbs with Move . Here's a clip Pete moved in three months ago . It's really time for us to move on . I'm going to ask him to move out and live somewhere else . So we had move in , move on and move out . Move in means start to live in a place . If you want to say who you're starting to live with , use with like this . Pete moved in with Robin six months ago to say the place that someone started living years into instead of in . Pete moved into Robin's house six months ago . Now move out is the opposite . It's when you stop living somewhere and go to live somewhere new . So it describes a change . It does and move on also describes a change . But not just about housing . Move on has a sense of progressing to something different . So Robin is going to end his friendship with Pete ? Well , that is certainly a change . And now we must move on to time . Number one , I'm getting on with my school project is getting on with here about a a relationship or be finishing something and it's B , it's about finishing something , a school project . Number two , I'm not very happy with my job . I have to make a move in . B , move out or C , move on . And it's C , move on . It's about changing to something new . OK , the last one I've just found a new flat . I'm a moving in or B , moving on next week and it's a moving . And that's what we say about starting to live somewhere . And that is the end of the . But before we go , here's that top tip for learning vocabulary . When you see or hear a phrase or verb , pay close attention to all the words in the sentence . Write the sentence down if you can . That will help you learn and remember the meaning . That's a good tip . I know there's more about this BBC Learning English dot com . Join us again soon for more six minute vocabulary by .