A Phrasal Verb a Day - Learn English Phrasal Verbs with Luke Thompson

= when a group of people move close to one person, so they are surrounding him/her in order to listen to them say something. "Gather round everybody, I want to tell you something" "It was a dark and stormy night, and the captain of the ship said to his crew 'gather round lads, and I'll tell you a story...' and so he began: 'It was a dark and stormy night..."

= 1. to turn the pages of a book or magazine without really reading anything - just having a quick look at the pages 2. To change channels on the TV, looking through the channels to find something to watch. "I was flicking through the newspaper when I saw a picture of you! " “I've been flicking through the channels, and there is nothing on. Let's just go to bed."

= to bring something to people's attention, to mention something so that people know it "I'd just like to flag up the fact that Luke's English Podcast has been nominated for the Macmillan Dictionary Award for Best Blog 2013. You can vote by clicking here. I just wanted to flag that up. Cheers!" Vote here: http://www.macmillandictionary.com/love-english-awards/voting-blog-2013.html

* be careful, this is quite a rude one =to touch someone in a sexual way and they don't want you to do it It's negative (unless, of course, the person wants you to feel them up...) "a creepy guy tried to feel me up on the train today, it was horrible!"

To feel for someone = to feel sympathy for someone E.g. "I really feel for you mate, it must be hard getting up at 5.30 am to go to work." For more information click here: http://teacherluke.wordpress.com Image: www.faithkeptministries.com © Stan Fellerman/Corbis

= 1. to touch something, make small adjustments to something in order to improve it e.g. "Jeff's in the garage, fiddling around with his motorbike" "Who's been fiddling about with my computer? The settings are all wrong!" 2. to move your fingers, or touch something with your fingers in a repetitive way because you're bored, nervous or thinking about something else "She was fiddling around with her pen during the job interview, and it didn't give a good impression. She seemed nervous or distracted" Transcript coming soon...

= to confess, to own up, to admit that you did something wrong. "come on, fess up, who ate the last biscuit? I'm not leaving this room until someone fesses up to eating that biscuit " Transcript here: http://teacherluke.wordpress.com/phrasal-verb-a-day/24-to-fess-up/

= when a plan, arrangement or deal fails to happen because something goes wrong or it gets cancelled E.g. Hey, how’s it going? Not bad, could be worse. You? Transcript here: http://teacherluke.wordpress.com/phrasal-verb-a-day/23-to-fall-through/

or "faff around" = to waste time doing unnecessary or unimportant things in a disorganised manner "come on, stop faffing about and put your shoes on, we've got to go! "

= to look at someone in a way that shows that you find them sexually attractive ;) P.s. Do not use my chat up lines - they are terrible.