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In this lesson, you are going to learn 33 essential English phrases. They are all prepositional verbs - an important area of English for fluency and accuracy. See the phrases below!

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Here are the phrases:

BELIEVE IN:

It means to have faith in the existence or truth of something. The best examples is:

- Do you believe in ghosts?
- Do you believe in aliens?

It can also mean to have an opinion that something is right or desirable:

- I don’t believe in the way things are being censored at the moment

DEPEND ON:

This is a very good one to know. I use it all the time. For example, if someone says:

- Will I become fluent in English this year? - It depends on what you do with your time and how much time you spend learning English
- How much TV time you get later will depend on how much you tidy today
- Whether we on vacation this year will depend on flight restrictions

LOOK AT:

- Look at this

This is used to bring someone’s attention or gaze to something

- Quick, get outside and look at the moon right now
- That guy’s looking at me in a weird way

It can also be used when thinking about something carefully

- I’ll take a look at what you sent me and make a decision later
- Could you take a quick look at my new lesson plan?

4: APOLOGIZE TO:

- Can you apologize to your sister?
- My boss finally apologized to me for shouting the other day

5: AGREE WITH:

- I don’t agree with a thing you said
- Can you just agree with me for once in your life!
- I agree with the Primer Minister - he’s right

6: DEAL WITH:

- I can’t deal with everything right now
- He’s dealing with his new school really well
- Yes, I’ll deal with it in the morning - don’t worry boss

7: THANK FOR:

- Did you thank grandma for the present?
- I just want to thank you for being here on this channel. Thank you.

8: SUFFER FROM:

- I’m suffering from a lack of sleep at the moment
- I’m suffering from a little lack of self-esteem right now

9: SMELL OF:

- This house smells of tuna - people are coming over in 10 minutes!
- This car smells of wet dog!

10: LAUGH AT:

- You’re laughing at me - do I amuse you?
- What are you laughing at?
- They started laughing at me when I started talking in Spanish

11: THINK ABOUT:

- I’m contemplating thinking about thinking
- Let us think about it for a couple of days and get back to you
- What are you thinking about right now?

12: FORGET ABOUT:

- Did you remember to call Mr Smith? - I forgot about that
- Oh, man. I completely forgot about that holiday!
- I think Susan’s forgotten about the meeting again

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