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I want to have really useful English for students on this site, so students can learn the real English like it is spoken.  Phrasal verbs are an important part of rea English, simply because we use them everyday.  This kind of everyday English is what I hope my students learn.

Since it is everyday English, native English speakers do not think it is difficult.  They listened to it eveyday as they grew up.  That gives us a good hint how to study English for students.  

If you can listen to these stories everyday, then it will be a little like growing up listening to English.  The English children hear everyday is not exactly the same.  For you, that means you can listen to a different story everyday.  

Children do not hear the exact same English everyday, but they hear the same words and phrases many times.  For students, you have to come back and listen to the same story many times.  Not day after day.  

Take a break from listening to one story.  Listen to different stories, then come back and listen to one you have heard before.  This is a good way to study English for students.



Keeping his Girl

Verb list
1. turn over        to hand something over to the police or other authorities, especially when required to do so
2. break off        to discontinue a relationship or interaction with a person or group
3. read over        to read something from beginning to end
4. work out         to resolve differences or find a way of dealing with a difficulty
5. throw up         to vomit the contents of the stomach

keeping his girl





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After Maris broke off with his girlfriend, he took their daughter with him to a new city.  His ex-girlfriend wanted their daughter, and he had to turn her over to the authorities in his new city.  He really wanted to keep his daughter.  He had to prove that he could take care of her to a social worker.  Finally, he worked out an agreement with his ex-girlfriend so that he could have his daughter most of the time.  When he did that, they made him read over a contract before he could actually get his daughter again.  She had been so sad without him that she would not eat, or she would throw up after eating everytime.  Now they are together again and very happy.

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