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Dec 2021
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Take back & taken aback

SHAYNA OLIVEIRA
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Today's lesson is on two phrasal verbs – take back and taken aback. These look quite similar, but they have very different meanings, and I'll explain them with examples.

I think it's helpful to learn phrasal verbs in context, inside sentences, in situations where we'd really use them.

That's the strategy we use inside my Phrasal Verbs in Conversation Course. It's an easy and effective way to learn the phrasal verbs that are so common in English!

👉 Learn more inside the Phrasal Verbs in Conversation Course: https://www.espressoenglish.net/phrasal-verbs-intensive-course/

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