English lessons with the IT Crowd

Deal with s.t/s.o

Become acquainted with s.o

Get on with s.o

Faint

Get rid of s.t/s.o

Lie or invent s.t

Get to know s.o

Scrutinize s.o progress with a task

Make s.t up

Make a mistake

Check up on s.o

Have a romantic relationship with s.o

Slip up

Connect s.t to the power grid

Tell on s.o

Throw away

Pass out

Wait for s.t with impatience

Go out with s.o

Leave this place (rude)

Hit it off

Switch on/off

Toss away

Have a good relationship with s.o

Get out

Judge or estimate s.o

Look forward to s.t

Dispose of/exclude

Turn s.t on/off

Very quickly attract and be attracted to s.o

Size s.o up

Do business with s.o/ face s.t

Plug s.t in

Inform authorities about s.o misbehaviour

Now use the phrasal verbs in the spaces in these quotes from the episode: (include pronouns where necessary)

1) I hope this doesn't embarrass you Jen, but I find that the best thing to do with a new employee is to ???????? with a good, long stare.
2) Once the printer is fixed they ??????? like yesterday's jam.
3) ????????? of the lift!
4) Will you stop trying to undermine me! Now get in there and do some work to do with computers. I'll be in there in a moment to ?????
5) You will ??????? one day, and we will be there when you do. There will be some piece of evidence that will prove beyond any shadow of a doubt, that you don't know anything about computers. - What are you doing? - ??????? your computer.
6) I cant believe you're going to ???????? You're like a pair of old women.
7) I'm a people person and people like you need a person to ??????? people. A people person like me. Oh my god. Ideas are coming. What would you say if I told you I had a plan to raise your profile by 100%? - It cant be done! - What would you say Roy? Roy's ??????

Questions for discussion:

1) Who do you find it difficult to deal with at work? Is there anyone who you don't get on with?
2) Who checks up on you at work?
3) In what kind of situations might someone pass out?
4) What are you looking forward to?
5) What have you plugged in so far today?
6) Have you ever gone out with someone and hit it off from the first date? What happened in the end?
7) When you're getting to know someone, how do you size them up? By their appearance, or their words?

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Burst

war (on s.t/s.o)

Dial

a balloon

Ask s.o

a pair of glasses

Declare

the emergency services

Turn off

a few tips

Pick up

a personal question

Try on

your voice

Raise

Stress

Get in

a soldering iron

Remove

trouble

Aim

terrible rages

Obsessed with

harshly

Deal with

the safety clip

Look forward to

your feet

Be subject to

the nozzle

Stamp

shoes

Speak

hearing from you

Some more collocations:

Pick up - some ideas/a language/a hitchhiker/
Deal with - a difficult client/a problem/a situation
Aim - your gun/a missile/a weapon
Get in - your car/touch with/contact with
Raise - your salary/your arms/taxes/the alarm
Dial - the wrong number/999/
Burst - a spot/a blister/into tears/out laughing
Declare - oneself bankrupt/your goods (at customs)

Use these collocations in the following discussion questions

1) What number should you????????? in your country if you require the ??????????
2) Do you think the government should ??????????? or decrease them?
3) When you were a child, did you use to ????????????How did you misbehave? How were you punished?
4) When was the last time you were so happy or so sad that you ???????????? or ??????????
5) When you go abroad, do you usually ??????????? at customs, or walk straight through?
6) When was the last time your employer ??????? What percentage did it increase by?
7) How do you ????????? stress? Do you have any tips?
8) How do you ?????????? a language quickly?

Questions for discussion:

1) If a fire breaks out in your place of work, what is the procedure for employees? How should they raise the alarm? Would you know how to use a fire extinguisher?
2) Do you have an IT department at work? How effective are they? Do they deal with your problems quickly?
3) Have you ever been fired? Have any colleagues been fired recently? How did they/you get in trouble?
4) Do you often raise your voice at work? What sort of thing causes this?