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		<title>By: Anne</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 10:15:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Interesting: Asking the question like this was almost too easy!

* He knocked them out. (89%, 8 votes)
* He knocked out them. (11%, 1 vote)

Phrasal verbs are considered difficult. But they&#039;re not really. In class I like to have them on cards and play with them, e.g. find a matching partner that means almost the same thing.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Interesting: Asking the question like this was almost too easy!</p>
<p>* He knocked them out. (89%, 8 votes)<br />
* He knocked out them. (11%, 1 vote)</p>
<p>Phrasal verbs are considered difficult. But they&#8217;re not really. In class I like to have them on cards and play with them, e.g. find a matching partner that means almost the same thing.</p>
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		<title>By: Hassan Elsisi</title>
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		<dc:creator>Hassan Elsisi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 03:58:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dear Anne,

I hope that you are fine and healthy. Thank you very much for your 
beautiful comments in my blog.

I think after seeing the picture of that player no one will have
the ability or the desire to say anything.....hehe

all the best for my lovely sister.

Hassan</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Anne,</p>
<p>I hope that you are fine and healthy. Thank you very much for your<br />
beautiful comments in my blog.</p>
<p>I think after seeing the picture of that player no one will have<br />
the ability or the desire to say anything&#8230;..hehe</p>
<p>all the best for my lovely sister.</p>
<p>Hassan</p>
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		<title>By: Anne</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 17:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>He knocked out two teeth.
He knocked two teeth out.
He knocked &lt;strong&gt;them&lt;/strong&gt; out.
&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: line-through&quot;&gt; He knocked out them.&lt;/span&gt;

&quot;Knock out&quot; is a &lt;b&gt;phrasal verb&lt;/b&gt;. 
This is the pattern:
(not &lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: line-through&quot;&gt;put away it&lt;/span&gt;) 
put &lt;b&gt;it&lt;/b&gt; away – put away the toys &amp; put the toys away
bring &lt;b&gt;it&lt;/b&gt; up – bring up a problem &amp; bring a problem up
try &lt;b&gt;it&lt;/b&gt; out – try out a new way &amp; try a new way out
give &lt;b&gt;it&lt;/b&gt; up – give up smoking &amp; give smoking up
call &lt;b&gt;him&lt;/b&gt; up – call up a friend &amp; call a friend up
rip &lt;b&gt;her&lt;/b&gt; off – rip off a client &amp; rip a client off
think &lt;b&gt;it&lt;/b&gt; over – think over a suggestion &amp; think a suggestion over
boss &lt;b&gt;them&lt;/b&gt; around – boss your husband around &amp; boss around your husband
make &lt;b&gt;it&lt;/b&gt; up – make up a good story &amp; make a good story up

Contrast &lt;b&gt;regular verbs&lt;/b&gt;:
(not &lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: line-through&quot;&gt;fall it for&lt;/span&gt;) 
fall for &lt;b&gt;it&lt;/b&gt; – fall for a story (drauf reinfallen) 
bump into &lt;b&gt;it&lt;/b&gt; – bump into a friend (begegnen)
get over &lt;b&gt;it&lt;/b&gt; – get over a loss (überstehen)
look at &lt;b&gt;it&lt;/b&gt; – look at pictures (anschauen)
go up &lt;b&gt;it&lt;/b&gt; – go up a hill (hochgehen)
fall down &lt;b&gt;it&lt;/b&gt; – fall down the stairs (runterfallen)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>He knocked out two teeth.<br />
He knocked two teeth out.<br />
He knocked <strong>them</strong> out.<br />
<span style="text-decoration: line-through"> He knocked out them.</span></p>
<p>&#8220;Knock out&#8221; is a <b>phrasal verb</b>.<br />
This is the pattern:<br />
(not <span style="text-decoration: line-through">put away it</span>)<br />
put <b>it</b> away – put away the toys &#038; put the toys away<br />
bring <b>it</b> up – bring up a problem &#038; bring a problem up<br />
try <b>it</b> out – try out a new way &#038; try a new way out<br />
give <b>it</b> up – give up smoking &#038; give smoking up<br />
call <b>him</b> up – call up a friend &#038; call a friend up<br />
rip <b>her</b> off – rip off a client &#038; rip a client off<br />
think <b>it</b> over – think over a suggestion &#038; think a suggestion over<br />
boss <b>them</b> around – boss your husband around &#038; boss around your husband<br />
make <b>it</b> up – make up a good story &#038; make a good story up</p>
<p>Contrast <b>regular verbs</b>:<br />
(not <span style="text-decoration: line-through">fall it for</span>)<br />
fall for <b>it</b> – fall for a story (drauf reinfallen)<br />
bump into <b>it</b> – bump into a friend (begegnen)<br />
get over <b>it</b> – get over a loss (überstehen)<br />
look at <b>it</b> – look at pictures (anschauen)<br />
go up <b>it</b> – go up a hill (hochgehen)<br />
fall down <b>it</b> – fall down the stairs (runterfallen)</p>
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