Tilghman Weekly Podcast | Cool American Cultural Phrases for International Students Max Zhang

In this episode, we continue to explore commonly used phrasal verbs such as:


hold on
hold up
hold against
hold up
hold back
wrap up
close up

We also discussed some useful sayings:


how are you holding up?
hold your horses
ballpark

In this episode, we played a little game where guests of the show tried to make sentences with sayings that they just learned. Some of the sentences needed more work while others were spot on. We hope that after listening to this episode, you understand how to use these sayings in your daily English conversations.


My way or the high way
Rub someone the wrong way
An arm and a leg
Cash Cow
Pull the plug
Too many cooks in the kitchen
Too many balls in the air
Drop the ball

In this episode, we discussed:


The Different Meanings of "Check out"
The "Stand" Family - Can't Stand, Stand for, Stand up for
The "Hang" Family - Hang out, Hang in, Hang tight, Hang up, Hang on, Don't leave me hanging

In this episode, we discussed the following phrasal verbs: "Give Up", "Keep Up", "Show Off", "Throw Around".

We also discussed if you can tell your boss to "bring you up to speed" on things at work.

And we talked about trendy fun phrases such as "flexing" and "Spill the Tea".

Here is a list of the phrases that we discussed in this episode:


come across
run into
go over
mix up
I second that
Naysayers
Party pooper
Vibe

We also chatted about the popular filler word "like" as well. In the next episode, we will dig more into this topic.

In this episode, we continued to dig into phrasal verbs. 


what is the difference between Hangout and Play?

the multiple meanings that the phrase "make up" has
what does "play with" mean in different contexts



We also discussed some other phrases such as "a piece of cake" and "an apple a day, keeps the doctor away".

I hope you guys enjoy it!