On this show, we discussed the phrasal verb “to come back” and exotic and for us, unusual food.
Exotic food Bob said he has eaten fish sperm, Rob said he had eaten crocodile, and both had tried raw horse meat. What unusual food have you eaten? Please let us know.
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Phrasal Verb “to come back” is an intransitive phrasal verb and does not take a direct object, so it can’t be split. It has several meanings: 1) it can mean to return to a place e.g.: Bob has just come back from America. 2) it can mean to become fashionable again after a certain amount of time e.g.: Flares are coming back. 3) it can be used as in no.2 as a noun e.g: Bell bottoms are making a comeback. 4) it can mean to remember something e.g: I think his name is coming back to me. 5) it can mean to start or happen again e.g: My wife’s cough came back again. 6) it can mean to reply in a funny way e.g: Bob wished he could think of a good comeback. ____________________________________________________
Extra Vocabulary / phrases Nausea=to feel sick Victim of ones own success=to get so popular that it causes problems ____________________________________________________
Both sides of the pond (US) crash (UK) wreck (US) blow out (UK) puncture (US) faculty (UK) staff (of a university) (US) turnpike (UK) toll motorway (US) wrench (UK) spanner (in Britain, also slang for idiot) (US) gear shift / stick gear (UK) gear stick (US) bell bottoms/ flares (UK) ____________________________________________________