Episode 06: The Pub Quiz Predicament
When Your Colleagues Invite You to Something You Don't Understand
Duration: 5 minutes | Level: Intermediate+ | Focus: Social phrasal verbs
What You'll Learn
So-jun's British colleagues invited him to their weekly pub quiz. Not wanting to seem unsocial, he said yes - despite having no idea what a pub quiz actually was. This episode follows So-jun through an evening of questions he's never heard of, cultural references he doesn't understand, and the growing realisation that he's completely out of his depth. You'll learn 8 social phrasal verbs while recognising that universal feeling of nodding along when you have no idea what's happening.
🎯 Target Phrasal Verbs
ask along - invite someone to join an activity ("They asked me along to dinner")
show up - arrive or appear ("I showed up early")
work out - figure out or succeed ("I tried to work it out logically")
cut in - interrupt someone speaking ("Sorry to cut in, but...")
write down - record something on paper ("They wrote down their answer")
light up - when someone's face shows sudden happiness ("His face lit up")
get into - become involved in something ("What did I get into?")
turn out - how something results or ends ("Things didn't turn out as planned")
