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Do you want to talk about technology and a modern and natural way in English? Today you'll learn four new phrasal verbs that you can use to talk about technology with native speakers. Plus, learn how to get on the exclusive Android invitation list for an opportunity to become an inside beta tester with all ears English.

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and like we are on top of it now, guys. Now, it has taken a little while and I apologize for that, guys. But finally, it is so good to be able to serve our students with what they need and want. Right.

So, guys, what are we talking about here? The Android app for all English is coming out in March, and we are so excited to finally share this with you guys. Are Android users, right, Jessica?

And with me, I'm an Android user, GYO, so I'm really super excited to finally have the all English app. I need, you know, anything with technology. It takes a long time. It's a huge endeavor. But we are taking that on for you guys. And the Android app is almost ready and you guys can be an early adopter.

That's a really cool phrase that is early adopter of this app if you get on this list. Absolutely.

So go to this this address, guys. Go to all areas, English, dot com forward, slash android and get on the exclusive early invitation list. So the reason to get on that list is because you will be one of the first to hear when the Android app goes live. Right. How exciting to be one of the first to know when it's ready.

Right. That's one reason it's so cool, guys.

Yeah, I mean, that's that's the primary reason.

Just so you will know immediately when you can get this all there's English app. But also there's another cool thing, guys. You you might get to help us out a little bit. We are going to invite some people on this list to be beta testers. That means that you get to check this out before anyone else and yeah, play with it. Help us out. Let us know what your experience is like with it. But how cool is that to like that is so cool.

Have access to something that no one else does and to communicate with us. Right. So in the past when we've built big projects, we've really loved working with our listeners, guys like the website Wizard Club. I sat down with three or four or five students on Skype and brainstormed how we could redesign our website. And we did it with your help. So this is another opportunity for you guys to work closely with us and offer your feedback on the Android app.

So get on that list and you will be invited to become a beta tester when we are ready. So go to all those English dot com slash android.

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But guys, I mean, that's not all. We still want to teach you something today, as always, because that is our number one reason for talking to you.

We want to teach you a three phrasal verbs to talk about using technology, three phrasal verbs that we use that are easy to mistake for non-native speakers because all phrasal verbs are difficult.

Right? Like which prepositions do we use? So I guess we're going to teach you three phrasal verbs that we use all the time.

Yes. And it's so good to be able to use phrases.

I know you guys are challenged by phrasal verbs. They're not easy, but the key is making them real based on a situation. So today's phrasal verbs are all about technology, right? Zarghami exam happens when we interact with technology, our phones, our computers. So what is the first one that our listeners should write down?

So the first one that we use all the time, guys, scroll down or scroll up.

You can picture yourself using the English app, for example. When you are looking at the transcript, you will scroll up. That means move your thumb up, right. Or you can scroll down, move your thumb down. And that just changes the text on the screen, right? It moves what you're seeing up or down.

So it does roll. I love that verb. It's a fun verb. It's a good one.

It's a good that's one of the easier ones that we're teaching guys today. You may already know that one, but we're going to get to some tougher ones right here, right now. But that is a cool feature of the Android app. Right. And the iOS app is that you see the transcripts. If you're a premium member, you see them right inside the episode player. Right. So cool. I mean, I haven't seen this anywhere else to be able to really watch those transcripts.

Maybe you're on the train, you're on the street, you're able to watch them as they as we go through the episode and you can click on vocabulary words and save them to your list. So cool. It's so cool.

I mean, this is the best way to improve listening skills to be able to read a transcript at the same time. You're listening, right? It's like when you're reading subtitles while you're watching a movie. Right. And it improves your comprehension and your skills. OK, so the next phrasal verb, guys, this is fine. Wake up. So you know. Right. A person can wake up in the morning, but we also talk about. Waking up our computer, why do we say that, Lindsay?

I do. That's a good question. So this is probably something that's new for our listeners here. Wake up. So the idea is that your computer goes to sleep, right? Your computer goes to sleep with your screensaver and it kind of turns off but doesn't totally turn off. It just turns off the screen.

So it shuts down. Right. But then you might say to your friend, can you wake up your computer by moving your mouse? Right. Can you wake up your monitor? Because we need to get to work. OK, so wake up your computer or wake up your screen, right, Jessica?

Yeah, because you can also wake your phone up, right. By tapping the screen. And my phone has a function where, like, if you shake it, it wakes it up. So any time, like technology isn't completely turned off anymore.

It's like always just sleeping.

So you don't have to wait for it to like the boot up or whatever. Right.

Which takes a long time. So today it goes to sleep and it wakes up. Did you do you leave your computer on overnight?

Because everyone has a different approach to this. And I always people have said over the years, like, it's good for your computer, leave it on or turn it off. I don't know what it is, but you shut off, do you shut down your computer, your laptop at night, or do you just always leave it on and then wake up the screen?

It's I think it's just always on. This is terrible. I don't actually know you guys what I did with work. I just close it right. And I don't know I don't know if it's turned off or it goes to sleep. I mean, technology so fast today anyways that when I do want to start work, right, I just press the button and it just it's on.

I don't know. That's so funny. That's so interesting. We all have our style. So what do you do? You know what happened. I yeah I do shut mine down just because I don't know, like I always I guess I think probably your computer is set so that if you close it, it does shut down after a certain amount of time. Yes. Yeah.

Yeah. So you just don't know what to believe. No, I don't. You know, it just works. That's all I know. OK. The third one guys and this is a terrible one.

Wipe out. Right. Wipe out mean.

We never want to have to say this about our computers. Oh gosh. Delete erase the worst word. Right. The blue screen of death.

Yeah. This you know, I have a story of this.

My mom when when I was young I was like ten. She was writing her Ph.D. and that was kind of before the very early iteration of computers, a big computer. And she didn't really have a backup.

And one day, I don't know if the cat stepped on the keyboard or something, but she wiped out her computer and she almost lost the entire PhD. But luckily, they were able to find a tech guy in town and they spent hours just going through like the back end of the computer and they were able to recover it, but they thought it was gone, wiped out. Oh, my gosh, you guys, that is so scary.

I know it's funny. Like, these days, really, the only way this happens is if somebody wants to, like, sabotage somebody else and they go in and they wipe out all the data, it's like, what a horrible night. Just delete. It's like completely delete, like everything.

Or if there's like a virus, you know, that wipes out all your stuff.

But like, I feel like these days it doesn't happen as much as in the past. But it is still a fear, right? It's still a possibility.

Oh, for sure. I mean, that's why I like I try to keep a hard drive, external hard drive for anything really important. And I just keep it in another place and in a drawer. Do you have that stop? You have a backup, right? I mean, because things do still happen, even though today we use a lot of cloud stuff, Google Drive and Dropbox. But still, you never know.

I mean, what if like what if somebody hacks into Dropbox and all that stuff is wiped or Google Drive like that can happen to for sure out in the world.

Yes. A wipe out, guys. That's an important word to know. What else, Jessica? What's our next one?

So this is a bonus one just for fun, guys, fire up. Now, this might not be a phrasal verb that Lindsey and I use a lot, but we do hear it. Oh, who might our students here use this, Lindsey?

Well, our listeners know here in English we talk a lot about dad words, right? You guys know, we've shared this before and Michelle has chimed in and said, yeah, that's something my dad would have said or does say, or even maybe she has her husband say that it's like a guy thing.

I don't know, older guy thing in this case, fire up. Right. So my dad used to say it is a lot like fire up the grill, fire up that computer, let's fire up even even I don't know about for a car, maybe not so much, but fire it up.

It means start something with enthusiasm right there. Say it with energy like let's go, let's get started, fire this up.

And it's also like we use it as an adjective phrase like if there's like a coach talking to his team, for example, he might be like, guys, let's get fired up. Maybe a manager can say this to employees, right? Yeah, like an. Courage, enthusiasm, let's get fired up about this, that means let's get excited about this, so, OK, we want you to get fired up about our app. Get on the list, guys.

All these English dot com slash android because we're fired up and we want you guys to also be fired up. Exactly.

I mean, today's episode has been cool because we started with kind of an obvious phrasal verb that you guys probably already knew, but we graduated to some pretty advanced ones that you probably don't know. And, you know, the key the reason why we created the app, the English app, is that you have a place to store these new vocabulary words, right. A place to save words and come back in all in one place, because I know you probably have notebooks where you've written down words all over the place.

You probably want your notebook. That's what's cool about this app. Not only do you see transcripts in the app, but you also have a place to store your personalized power vocabulary list, right, Jessica? So cool.

Well, that's the thing. It's just like I mean, we're talking a lot about, you know, contrasting the past until now as far as technology goes. But like, this is one of the coolest things, guys, that you can just carry these lessons with you in your pocket all the time. So any time you want to, like, listen to the pod guys, learn the vocabulary, improve your listening, it's just there. Just take out your phone, shake it, shake it up.

It's okay. It's over. You go. So go. Do guys get on this list. So you will be one of the first to know when it goes live because we need our community to come together, check out the app and rate and review the app, of course, and to get on the list to be alerted to become a beta tester. So go to all the dot com android to be on that list and look for emails from us when we announce beta testing very soon.

Yes, super fun. I'm so excited, guys. I'm as excited as our students to have this app on Android device. It's going to be great. It's going to be great. Everyone can now use the English app. Finally, finally. OK, well, thank you, Lenzi.

This has been really fun. Thank you, Jessica. I'll see you very soon. Back on the show. Take care. Bye bye.

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