Learn 18 English PHRASAL VERBS for compliments & criticism

Being able to give compliments and criticism is important both professionally and socially because it lets you make suggestions and improvements. But before you say what’s on your mind, be sure to find a delicate and sensitive way to express your thoughts. To help you with this, I have put together this lesson on phrasal verbs for complimenting and criticizing others. I will teach you the meaning of butter up, pat on the back, pick on, rub something in, and more. These will enable you to express your thoughts and feelings clearly and accurately. If you get a ten out of ten in the quiz afterwards, don’t be a show off!

Hi from your loyal subscriber!

Serdan

the lesson is quite difficult some your explanation is a bit of vague. Anyway thank you so much

nguyen van long

i hope that you could explane more because ididnot understand all of the phrasal … thank you

zoooz Ali

We´re not going to run you down Mr Benjamin, we´ll all speak highly of you ;)
Thanks a lot!!

PS: I think the last answer of question number 5 would also be possible.

knopfler86

It’s not a easy lesson but thanks Benjamin.

beernaard

the lesson is not easy,and the quiz too, but i rave about Benjamin

Ghydaa

Hi Benjamin,this lesson is too difficult to understand….

francis11

Man I got 2 wrong how did you do?

Mfc.com

78% . Thank you ☺

Annie

2/9 what the.

gnarlance

This lesson was difficult.

Marcos Peralis

Your style is vivid and you are overall a very good teacher. You made a slight mistake, though : to “wax” lyrical (or angry or…) has nothing to do with candles made of wax. TO WAX is an old word which means TO GROW (angry, etc…). The opposite is TO WANE (to diminish ; e.g. the moon is waxing / the moon is waning. Hence “a WAN smile” : a weak or sad smile. All the best

@lexandre

Thank you for the correction, lexandre! You’re quite right about “wax”. (In German, “to grow” is “wachsen”.)

I looked up “wane” and “wan”, and the connection is less clear. “To wane” comes from roots that mean “lacking” or “decreasing”. “Wan”, oddly, used to mean “dark”.

To make things more confusing, there’s also “wain”, which is an old-fashioned form of the word “wagon”.

engVid Moderator

wax lyrical about!!! what does it mean???

cothach

nice to meat you all

mohand4646

I got 6 out of 9

imnicolefigueroa

Thanks so much! Very useful! =D

ctierrez

I am wondering there is much better way to explain these phrasal verbs in clear manner.Most of the words that he is explaining looks like he himself doesn’t have clarity on it.