Even better, when you write down the phrase, also write down where the phrase came from to remind
yourself of the whole situation. So you might, let’s say you find a new word in a newspaper article. Well
first of all, let’s say the word horrendous. You’re reading a newspaper article or you’re listening to the
radio and you hear that word horrendous. Hm, that’s new, what is that? And you write it down. But
you’re not going to write down just that single word.
You’re going to write down the whole phrase that it was in. And then you’re also going to make a note,
you’re going to put down, y’know, this came from a newspaper article about the economy. And this is
going to trigger you, it’s going to remind you, give you a memory cue, a memory reminder, of the full
situation. So now you’re not only getting just this single word. You’re getting the full phrase or sentence
that it’s in and you’re also reminding yourself where that sentence came from. What was the general
topic, what was the general situation.
And in this way you’re getting a lot of extra grammar which you’re learning unconsciously, easily. You
don’t have to think about it but you’re learning it anyway. Your brain is learning it, even though you might
not know that. And you’re also learning when certain phrases and certain words are used and when
they’re not used. You’re learning which situations it’s used, or they are used in. And you’ll, of course,
know that in other situations you don’t use.
Because as you learn more and more and more phrases, you begin to get this feeling of correctness.
And you begin to know when to use certain words, how to use them, and you’re also, how to use the
grammar correctly as well.
This is so important. It’s such a simple, simple little secret, a simple little trick, a simple little rule. And yet
it can totally change the way you speak English and learn English. It’s very, very important. So never,
never, never study just an individual word, one word, always study the phrase or the sentence. And
always, always, always make a note where it came from. And you want those phrases and sentences to
come from real English, which we’ll talk about more later, not from textbooks.
Here’s another advantage of studying phrases and full sentences and always knowing the situation that
they came from. Phrasal verbs, you guys know about them. You know all about phrasal verbs that are a
frustration for so many students, right? Y’know, to be knocked out or knocked up, have totally different
meaning, right? Knocked out is a phrasal verb, it’s a two-word verb, it’s a verb phrase. And to be
knocked out means to like, it’s like in boxing or sports, you get hit and ugh, it’s like you’re asleep, right?
Boom, knocked out on the floor. To be knocked up means to become pregnant. We use that for women.
Now there’s no way if you just look at the individual words to know the meaning, right, knocked out,
knocked up. It’s not logical. You just have to learn each one individually.
Even better, when you write down the phrase, also write down where the phrase came from to remind
yourself of the whole situation. So you might, let’s say you find a new word in a newspaper article. Well
first of all, let’s say the word horrendous. You’re reading a newspaper article or you’re listening to the
radio and you hear that word horrendous. Hm, that’s new, what is that? And you write it down. But
you’re not going to write down just that single word.
You’re going to write down the whole phrase that it was in. And then you’re also going to make a note,
you’re going to put down, y’know, this came from a newspaper article about the economy. And this is
going to trigger you, it’s going to remind you, give you a memory cue, a memory reminder, of the full
situation. So now you’re not only getting just this single word. You’re getting the full phrase or sentence
that it’s in and you’re also reminding yourself where that sentence came from. What was the general
topic, what was the general situation.
And in this way you’re getting a lot of extra grammar which you’re learning unconsciously, easily. You
don’t have to think about it but you’re learning it anyway. Your brain is learning it, even though you might
not know that. And you’re also learning when certain phrases and certain words are used and when
they’re not used. You’re learning which situations it’s used, or they are used in. And you’ll, of course,
know that in other situations you don’t use.
Because as you learn more and more and more phrases, you begin to get this feeling of correctness.
And you begin to know when to use certain words, how to use them, and you’re also, how to use the
grammar correctly as well.
This is so important. It’s such a simple, simple little secret, a simple little trick, a simple little rule. And yet
it can totally change the way you speak English and learn English. It’s very, very important. So never,
never, never study just an individual word, one word, always study the phrase or the sentence. And
always, always, always make a note where it came from. And you want those phrases and sentences to
come from real English, which we’ll talk about more later, not from textbooks.
Here’s another advantage of studying phrases and full sentences and always knowing the situation that
they came from. Phrasal verbs, you guys know about them. You know all about phrasal verbs that are a
frustration for so many students, right? Y’know, to be knocked out or knocked up, have totally different
meaning, right? Knocked out is a phrasal verb, it’s a two-word verb, it’s a verb phrase. And to be
knocked out means to like, it’s like in boxing or sports, you get hit and ugh, it’s like you’re asleep, right?
Boom, knocked out on the floor. To be knocked up means to become pregnant. We use that for women.
Now there’s no way if you just look at the individual words to know the meaning, right, knocked out,
knocked up. It’s not logical. You just have to learn each one individually.
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