LESSON OF THE DAY!

Fellow students,

Most of my students ask me: "HOW AM I GOING TO PRACTICE PHRASAL VERBS??" 

and many of them don't even know where to find more information about it! So I'm going to post some things about them!

Let's begin with a basic one: TO STAND UP

The most common meaning of this phrasal verb is normally taught in our basic classes as:

"Move from a sitting or lying down to a vertical position"

E.g: Everybody STOOD UP when the judge entered the court.

But remember that, if you have an appointment with someone and you fail to go (and usually don't tell the person and make him/her wait for you), you're STANDING him/her UP. 

"Fail to keep an appointment"


e.g.: He agreed to meet me last night, but he STOOD me UP.

Well.. remember that we also have three-particle phrasal verbs, so if we add another preprosition the meaning will change again:

TO STAND UP FOR: 
1 - Defend, support

e.g.: He's the kind of manager who will always STAND UP FOR his staff.

TO STAND UP TO: 

1 - Keep your principles when challenged by an authority
e.g.: She STOOD UP TO the police when they tried to corrupt her.

2 - Resist damage

e.g.: This coat will STAND UP TO the roughest weather conditions.

See? A lot of things to study!! I hope you liked it!! 

cheers,