VOCABULARY to get ahead - wysuwać się do przodu, robić postępy, odnosić sukcesy to get on - wieść się, układać się, iść (źle lub dobrze) to mess around - rozrabiać, wygłupiać się, bałaganić to go back - wracać to use - używać phrasal verbs - czasowniki frazowe (składające się z czasownika i przyimka) to become successful - zacząć odnosić sukcesy what were your school days like? - jak wyglądały/jakie były twoje szkolne dni? I got on okay - dobrze mi szło naughty - niesforny, nieposłuszny, frywolny to play - bawić się to work - pracować kid - dzieciak

Lesson 3
To get ahead, to get on, to mess around

VICKI: We're going to go back to school.
CALLUM: Because if you want to get ahead, you need a good education!
VICKI: That's right. Well, one way to get ahead with English is to use more phrasal verbs. For example:
CALLUM: 'Get ahead' Yes… my education certainly helped me get ahead - it helped me to become more successful than other people.
VICKI: It must have done, Callum, because now you're working with me!
CALLUM: And that really is getting ahead!

VICKI: So what were your school days like, Callum?
CALLUM: Well… I suppose I got on okay.
VICKI: So you were quite successful.
CALLUM: I got on okay, yeah. Sometimes I messed around.
VICKI: Ah, you were sometimes naughty and just played when you should've been working?
CALLUM: Yes, I messed around sometimes, just like most kids.

Exercises:

to get ahead: You need to work hard if you want to get ahead.

to get on: How did you get on at the doctor's?

to mess around: They were just messing around.

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