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July 9, 2020

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Phrasal Verbs

Several years ago, I tried to memorize phrasal verbs on my Englih dictionary, but there were so many verbs and those verbs had so many meanings resepectively that I gave up memorizing soon. I'm now reading English books for children. I read 10 books in the past 6 months. I found the same phrasal verbs were repeatedly on books. Also, I found those were used in fixed meanings respectively. For example, "take up" has more than 10 meanings on my dictionary, but on these books I read, it was used only in a few meanings.
The books are for children around the age of 10. If I read books for adult, I might see these phrasal verbs in other meanings. I have more 5 books for children to read. I plan to read up these books until the end of August. I bought Bridget Jones's Diary novel for the next step but found it was very difficult for me to understand the words. I know the story since I watched the movie, still the words are very difficult. But I'll try to read it to take a step forward.


句動詞

何年か前に英和辞典に載ってる句動詞を覚えようと頑張りましたが、あまりの動詞の多さと、一つの句動詞がいくつも意味を持っているのでさっさとあきらめました。今、子供向けの英語の本を読んでます。ここ半年で10冊読みました。それらの本で同じ句動詞が繰り返し登場することがわかりました。
また、それらの句動詞がそれぞれ決まった意味で使われていることにも気付きました。例えば、"take up" という語は英和辞典に10個以上の意味が載ってますが、私が読んだ本では2,3の意味だけで使われていました。これらの本は大体10歳の児童向けです。大人用の本を読めば、他の意味でそれらの句動詞が出てくるかもしれません。あと5冊残ってます。8月末までに全部読むつもりです。次のステップとして、ブリジット・ジョーンズの日記を買いましたが、出てくる言葉がすごく難しいとわかりました。映画を見たので話を知ってるけどそれでも難しい。。。
でも、一歩前進するために頑張って読もうと思います。

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Phrasal Verbs

Several years ago, I tried to memorize phrasal verbs oin my English dictionary, but there were so many verbs and those verbs had so many meanings resepectivelydifferent meanings that I soon gave up memorizing soontrying to memorizethem.

I'm now reading English books for children.

I found the same phrasal verbs were repeatedly onover and over again in these books.

Also, I found those were used in fixed meanings respectively.ey used only a limited number of the possible meanings

For example, "take up" has more than 10 meanings oin my dictionary, but oin these books I read, it was used only inwith a few meanings.

These books are for children around the age of 10.

If I read books for adults, I might see these phrasal verbs in other meaning other meanings of these phrasal verbs.

I have more 5 books for children to read.

I plan to read up these books untilby the end of August.

assuming you mean to finish them by the end of the August, rather than that you mean to continue reading until the end of August and then stop even though you might not have read them all.

I bought Bridget Jones's Diary novel for the next step but found it was very difficult for me to understand the words.

I know the story since I watched the movie, but still the words are very difficult.

But I'll try to read it tso tI make a step forwardmore progress.

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Good work! Another idea would be to try to read YA (young adult) books as a intermediate step, before leaping to a book for adults. For example, the Harry Potter series, The Hunger Games, one of the many books by John Green, Thirteen Reasons Why, etc.

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shiera

July 11, 2020

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Oh! That's a nice information to me!
I'll look for books for YA. I like Bridget Jones's Diary but it's really difficult to read. I'll start YA book before Bridget.😃😃

Phrasal Verbs

Several years ago, I tried to memorize phrasal verbs oin my English dictionary, but there were so many verbs and those verbs had so many meaningsdifferent resepectively meanings that I gave up memorizing them soon.

I'm now reading English books for children.

I read 10 books in the past 6 months.

I found that the same phrasal verbs weappeared repeatedly onin those books.

The meaning is slightly different, but this makes more sense to me. "That" probably isn't strictly necessary but it sounds better to me if it's there in this example.

Also, I found that those were used in fixed meanings respectivelyrelatively few senses.

For example, "take up" has more than 10ten meanings oin my dictionary, but oin these books I read, it was used with only in a few meanings.

These books are for children around the age of 10.

To emphasize that you're referring to the books that you're reading.

If I read books for adults, I might see these phrasal verbs inused with other meanings.

I have more 5five books for children to read.

Small numbers are usually written out, unless you need to emphasize the number. The exact meaning of "small" is in debate, but 1-10 are generally included.

I plan to read up these books until the end of August.

I bought the Bridget Jones's Diary novel for the next step but found it was very difficult for me to understand the words.

Or: "found that it was very difficult."

I know the story since I watched the movie, stillbut the words are still very difficult.

But I'll try to read it to take a step forward.

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shiera

July 11, 2020

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Thank you for the corrections and explanations!😃

Phrasal Verbs

Several years ago, I tried to memorize phrasal verbs oin my English dictionary, but. However, there were so many verbs, and those verbs had so many meanings resepectively that Idifferent meanings that I quickly gave up on memorizing soon.them.

What you originally had was a run-on sentence, so I split up the first sentence from the rest of them. We can't use "but" at the beginning of a sentence after a period, so I used "however" instead.

You could say "I soon gave up on memorizing them" or "I quickly gave up on memorizing them" but "quickly" sounds better.

I have read 10 books in the past 6 months.

It would either be "I have read 10 books in the past 6 months" because "in the past 6 months" indicates that the time was continuous.

You could also say "I read 10 books in 6 months" because taking out "in the past" makes the time finite.

I foundnoticed that the same phrasal verbs weappeared repeatedly onin those books.

Also, I found thosey were used in fixed meanings respectively.to mean the same thing each time.

For example, "take up" has more than 10 meaningdefinitions oin my dictionary, but oin these books I read, it was used only in a few meanto mean only a few different things.

These books are for children around the age of 10.

If I read books for adults, I might see these phrasal verbs in other meaningbeing used in different ways.

I have 5 more 5 books for children to read.

I plan to read up these books untilby the end of August.

I bought the book, 'Bridget Jones's Diary novel for the next step', to progress further, but found it was verytoo difficult for me to understand the words.

I knowam familiar with the story since I have watched the movie, but still the words are very difficult.

But I'll try to read it to take a step forward.improve further.

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Nice job! It's a great idea to read books in order to grasp the language better. You seem very determined!

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shiera

July 15, 2020

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Thank you for correcting my English!!
Yes I'll make progress toward a goal😄😄

Phrasal Verbs

Several years ago, I tried to memorize phrasal verbs on my Englih dictionary, but there were so many verbs and those verbs had so many meanings resepectively that I gave up memorizing soon.

Several years ago, I tried to memorize phrasal verbs oin my English dictionary, but there were so many verbs and those verbs had so many meanings resepectivelydifferent meanings that I soon gave up memorizing soontrying to memorizethem.

Several years ago, I tried to memorize phrasal verbs oin my English dictionary, but there were so many verbs and those verbs had so many meaningsdifferent resepectively meanings that I gave up memorizing them soon.

Several years ago, I tried to memorize phrasal verbs oin my English dictionary, but. However, there were so many verbs, and those verbs had so many meanings resepectively that Idifferent meanings that I quickly gave up on memorizing soon.them.

I'm now reading English books for children.

I read 10 books in the past 6 months.

I have read 10 books in the past 6 months.

I found the same phrasal verbs were repeatedly on books.

I found the same phrasal verbs were repeatedly onover and over again in these books.

I found that the same phrasal verbs weappeared repeatedly onin those books.

I foundnoticed that the same phrasal verbs weappeared repeatedly onin those books.

Also, I found those were used in fixed meanings respectively.

Also, I found those were used in fixed meanings respectively.ey used only a limited number of the possible meanings

Also, I found that those were used in fixed meanings respectivelyrelatively few senses.

Also, I found thosey were used in fixed meanings respectively.to mean the same thing each time.

For example, "take up" has more than 10 meanings on my dictionary, but on these books I read, it was used only in a few meanings.

For example, "take up" has more than 10 meanings oin my dictionary, but oin these books I read, it was used only inwith a few meanings.

For example, "take up" has more than 10ten meanings oin my dictionary, but oin these books I read, it was used with only in a few meanings.

For example, "take up" has more than 10 meaningdefinitions oin my dictionary, but oin these books I read, it was used only in a few meanto mean only a few different things.

The books are for children around the age of 10.

These books are for children around the age of 10.

These books are for children around the age of 10.

These books are for children around the age of 10.

If I read books for adult, I might see these phrasal verbs in other meanings.

If I read books for adults, I might see these phrasal verbs in other meaning other meanings of these phrasal verbs.

If I read books for adults, I might see these phrasal verbs inused with other meanings.

If I read books for adults, I might see these phrasal verbs in other meaningbeing used in different ways.

I have more 5 books for children to read.

I have more 5five books for children to read.

I have 5 more 5 books for children to read.

I plan to read up these books until the end of August.

I plan to read up these books untilby the end of August.

I plan to read up these books untilby the end of August.

I bought Bridget Jones's Diary novel for the next step but found it was very difficult for me to understand the words.

I bought the book, 'Bridget Jones's Diary novel for the next step', to progress further, but found it was verytoo difficult for me to understand the words.

I bought the Bridget Jones's Diary novel for the next step but found it was very difficult for me to understand the words.

I know the story since I watched the movie, still the words are very difficult.

I knowam familiar with the story since I have watched the movie, but still the words are very difficult.

I know the story since I watched the movie, but still the words are very difficult.

I know the story since I watched the movie, stillbut the words are still very difficult.

But I'll try to read it to take a step forward.

But I'll try to read it to take a step forward.improve further.

But I'll try to read it tso tI make a step forwardmore progress.

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