Egg on – To vocally encourage (animar vocalmente)
Example: The Crowd were egging on Rafa Nadal at the French open chanting “Rafa! Rafa! Rafa!”
Ham up – to act or behave in an exaggerated or playful way. Exagerate
Veg out – To relax and do very little, wit
Example: I like to veg out in front of the TV watching neflix and eating pizza.
Cheese off – to annoy
Chicken out – to back out of doing something (no atraver de hacer algo
Spice up – To make something more interesting or exciting. The best man spiced up the speech by telling a few jokes about the groom.
Butter up –
Beef up – To make something bigger or stronger / more powerful
Lesson plan:
Write the word “banana” on the board.
Ask the students to pronounce the word. Spaniards unfamiliar with the “Schwa” sound will invariably say “ba na na”.
Ask students:
What is the most common sound in English ?
The Schwa =
Explain the meaning of each phrasal verb and give an example in context:
Ask students to write to two sentences about themselves and tell them to . Check the sentences are correctly formed. Once all the students have written their sentences.
Example1 : One thing that really bananas me off is getting my car towed away when I’ve parked where I shouldn’t
Example 2: I banana up my teacher by bringing her a rosey red apple every lesson.
Example 3: The crowd