Modern Family S02E06 “Halloween”

Who loves Halloween? What do people do at Mitchell’s law firm? What’s Gloria’s problem? What happened to Phil’s neighbor?

The Phrasal Verbs 1.Dress up* 2.Get through (non) - Endure or deal with a difficult experience Sometimes it’s hard getting through English class without falling asleep. 3.Come up with (non) – think of a solution, excuse, etc. If I skip English class, I need to come up with a good excuse for the teacher. 4.Check out (sop) – look, get information Hey, check it out…Anthony is on TV. I’ll check it out on YouTube later. 5.Show up* 6.Work out*

The Phrasal Verbs 7.Bring in (sop) – take inside Please bring in the laundry. 8.Get on sb about (sob) – bother sb about st Don’t get on me about cleaning my room. 9.Make fun of (non) – tease I used to make fun of my brother a lot. 10.Push away (sop) – move away through force or emotion Why won’t you talk to me? Don’t push me away. 11.Get down (int) – party, have fun, have sex I’m gonna get down tonight!

The Phrasal Verbs 12.Get down (int) – descend, go or come down from st Please get down from the ladder. 13.Be over (int) – to be finished The movie is over at 8pm. 14.Pick on (non) – tease My brother picked on me when we were kids. 15.Take over (sop) – take control Sometimes the teacher lets the students take over the classroom, just for fun.

The Idioms and Other Expressions Knock sb sock’s off – be very surprising or amazing This pizza is going to knock your socks off. Epic - awesome The Dark Knight was epic. Tool / Douche – idiot, moron My dad is such a tool/douche. Guns - muscles Check out my guns! Out of the blue – unexpected I just fell down out of the blue. Dog eat dog world – a selfish and competitive world I don’t want to go to any of the SKY schools. It’s like a dog eat dog world there. Blessings in disguise – st that seems bad but turns out to be good. Losing my job was a blessing in disguise. Now I am free to travel. Wet one’s pants – pee in one’s pants Children often wet their pants. They also wet their beds.

What do you think about Halloween? Have you ever celebrated Halloween? Have you ever had misunderstandings or problems like Gloria?