August 1, 2025 • 10 mins
Wow! It’s really heating up out there today. In fact, I was totally burning up when I was walking the dogs. Thankfully I can cool down with the A/C.
Today, I've got some phrasal verbs for you that we use to talk about hot weather. Phrasal verbs are such an integral part of English. I mean, native speakers not only use them all the time, but prefer to use them in conversation. And you should to. Using this kind of language will make your spoken English sound much more natural.
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Today, I've got some phrasal verbs for you that we use to talk about hot weather. Phrasal verbs are such an integral part of English. I mean, native speakers not only use them all the time, but prefer to use them in conversation. And you should to. Using this kind of language will make your spoken English sound much more natural.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Wow, it's really heating up out there today. In fact,
I was totally burning up while I was walking the dogs.
Thankfully I can cool down with the AC. Heat up,
Burn up, cool down. Let's get the ball rolling.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
Welcome to another Happy English podcast, coming to you from
New York City. And here's your English teacher, Michael.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
All right, thank you John, and thanks everyone. It's Michael
here from Happy English and I help people speak English better.
And this is Happy English Podcast, Episode eight fifty two.
Hot Weather Phrasal Verbs. Hello and welcome. Thank you for
(00:56):
joining me for another episode of the Happy English podcasked,
I'm your English teacher Michael, and I want to thank
you for joining me today. So quick question, how hot
is it where you are? Right now here in Japan?
Summers in full swing and let me tell you it's
(01:18):
hot as hell outside. So that brings me to today's
lesson point. Last week we looked at some slang and
idioms related to hot weather. This week, I've got some
frasal verbs for you that we use to talk about
hot weather. Frasal verbs are such an integral part of English.
(01:42):
I mean, native speakers not only use them all the time,
but we prefer to use them in a conversation, and
you should too. Using this kind of language will make
your spoken English sound more natural. So let's get started
(02:03):
with heat up. When things heat up, they get hotter,
their temperature goes up, so like the weather can heat up,
a room can heat up, and the inside of your
car can heat up. This morning, it started to heat
up around seven am. And recently I've noticed that my
(02:28):
phone really heats up when I charge it, especially if
I try charging it on the go with an external battery.
You can also use heat up as an action verb
when you take action to make something hot, like my
sister likes to heat up her coffee in the microwave,
(02:51):
and I think you should heat up that pizza before
eating it. Now. Aside from the weather, we use heat
up when we talk about human relations. When there's a
situation between people, like a discussion or an argument. When
(03:11):
that becomes more intense or emotional, we say that it
heats up, like things heated up between the two coworkers
during the meeting, or in politics, a debate can heat
up when the discussion gets lively. Heat up that happens
(03:32):
with temperature or our emotions, and speaking of heat sometimes
you're just burning up, right. I mean, people don't exactly
catch on fire, but when it's super hot, we say
I'm burning up. Like last weekend, Jim and his friends
(03:55):
started playing soccer in the park and they were burning
up in no time. And the air conditioner in my
car stopped working. The other day, I was totally burning up. Now. Naturally,
when things heat up, and when we are burning up,
(04:16):
we try to cool off. To cool off means to
become cooler or to help someone or something get cooler.
By the way, we also use cool down with the
same meaning, like let's sit in the shade and cool
off a bit. We can even drink some iced tea
(04:40):
to cool down. And even though I don't really like
to have cold air blowing on me, there's no better
way to cool off than to turn on the air
conditioner and chill on the sofa. Hey, how do you
like to cool off? By the way, cool off also
(05:04):
means to calm down emotionally or situationally, like yesterday, Sarah
was really mad after the meeting, so she went for
a walk to cool off. And to be honest, if
I were you, I would avoid talking to her for
a while at least wait until you are sure that
(05:26):
she's cooled off. Me too, I usually need to cool
off before I can talk about what upset me. Okay,
next up, here's one I use a lot in the summer.
Dry out after swimming or sweating. We need to dry
(05:47):
out our clothes or towels. When something dries out, it
becomes dry again. Like a few weeks ago, I got
caught walking in a rain store and my sneakers got
totally soaked. For sure, those shoes need to dry out
(06:08):
before I wear them again. On a sunny day, I
like to dry out the laundry outside. Hey, I'm just
wondering in your country, do people dry out their laundry outside.
Of course, when the sky clouds over, it becomes harder
(06:28):
and harder to dry out the laundry. Cloud over, you know,
the sky becomes cloudy, like if you're chilling with some
friends in the backyard on a sunny day. You're enjoying
the sunshine and then boom, it clouds over, Like when
(06:50):
Jenny went to the beach yesterday. When her and her
friends left the house, it was sunny, but by the
time they got to the beach it clouded over. Ah
summer weather is so unpredictable. So yeah, summer heat gives
(07:10):
us a whole bunch of colorful ways to talk about
the weather. Let's do a quick recap of those phrasal verbs.
When it heats up, the temperature goes up, and even
a conversation or an argument can heat up. The opposite
(07:31):
is to cool off or cool down. That means that
the temperature goes down. When you say that you're burning up,
that gives us the image that you're on fire, but
it really means that you're just very very very very hot.
When something gets too wet, you can dry it off.
(07:55):
And when that beautiful blue sky goes away and it
gets cloud you can say that it clouds over. And
in that case we use cloud as a verb. Interesting,
isn't it. Try using a few of these phrasal verbs
in your own conversations this week, and hey, how do
(08:18):
you cool off in the summer? I would love to
hear from you. And keep in mind, the best way
to remember English like this and any other word or
phrase in English, is to take that word or phrase,
write it in a sentence that's true for you or
true in your world, and then memorize your sentences and
(08:39):
Remember check out my AI Tutor. It's a great way
to practice your English, get answers and more twenty four
to seven, and it's all free. There's a link in
the description where you are listening to this podcast right now,
so check it out and if you like it, leave
me a thumbs up there. And if you really really
(09:02):
want to get more practice using your English, well, then
you should join my podcast Learner's study Group. There you
can make new international friends, join us for live group
lessons every week where we practice these podcast lessons together.
Plus you get access to the pdf, transcript and audio
(09:24):
download for every Happy English podcast in the past and
in the future. And on top of that, each episode
has exercises where you can practice this English point with
speaking and writing checked by me. To learn more, just
visit Myhappy English dot com and choose podcast lesson eight
(09:47):
fifty two. Remember, learning another language is not easy, but
it's not impossible, and I'm here to help you on
your journey.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
This podcast was brought to you by Happy English. Please
visit Myhappy English dot com show your support for Happy
English by leaving us a review. Get English, Get Happy,
Happy English.
Wow, it's really heating up out there today. In fact,
I was totally burning up while I was walking the dogs.
Thankfully I can cool down with the AC. Heat up,
Burn up, cool down. Let's get the ball rolling.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
Welcome to another Happy English podcast, coming to you from
New York City. And here's your English teacher, Michael.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
All right, thank you John, and thanks everyone. It's Michael
here from Happy English and I help people speak English better.
And this is Happy English Podcast, Episode eight fifty two.
Hot Weather Phrasal Verbs. Hello and welcome. Thank you for
(00:56):
joining me for another episode of the Happy English podcasked,
I'm your English teacher Michael, and I want to thank
you for joining me today. So quick question, how hot
is it where you are? Right now here in Japan?
Summers in full swing and let me tell you it's
(01:18):
hot as hell outside. So that brings me to today's
lesson point. Last week we looked at some slang and
idioms related to hot weather. This week, I've got some
frasal verbs for you that we use to talk about
hot weather. Frasal verbs are such an integral part of English.
(01:42):
I mean, native speakers not only use them all the time,
but we prefer to use them in a conversation, and
you should too. Using this kind of language will make
your spoken English sound more natural. So let's get started
(02:03):
with heat up. When things heat up, they get hotter,
their temperature goes up, so like the weather can heat up,
a room can heat up, and the inside of your
car can heat up. This morning, it started to heat
up around seven am. And recently I've noticed that my
(02:28):
phone really heats up when I charge it, especially if
I try charging it on the go with an external battery.
You can also use heat up as an action verb
when you take action to make something hot, like my
sister likes to heat up her coffee in the microwave,
(02:51):
and I think you should heat up that pizza before
eating it. Now. Aside from the weather, we use heat
up when we talk about human relations. When there's a
situation between people, like a discussion or an argument. When
(03:11):
that becomes more intense or emotional, we say that it
heats up, like things heated up between the two coworkers
during the meeting, or in politics, a debate can heat
up when the discussion gets lively. Heat up that happens
(03:32):
with temperature or our emotions, and speaking of heat sometimes
you're just burning up, right. I mean, people don't exactly
catch on fire, but when it's super hot, we say
I'm burning up. Like last weekend, Jim and his friends
(03:55):
started playing soccer in the park and they were burning
up in no time. And the air conditioner in my
car stopped working. The other day, I was totally burning up. Now. Naturally,
when things heat up, and when we are burning up,
(04:16):
we try to cool off. To cool off means to
become cooler or to help someone or something get cooler.
By the way, we also use cool down with the
same meaning, like let's sit in the shade and cool
off a bit. We can even drink some iced tea
(04:40):
to cool down. And even though I don't really like
to have cold air blowing on me, there's no better
way to cool off than to turn on the air
conditioner and chill on the sofa. Hey, how do you
like to cool off? By the way, cool off also
(05:04):
means to calm down emotionally or situationally, like yesterday, Sarah
was really mad after the meeting, so she went for
a walk to cool off. And to be honest, if
I were you, I would avoid talking to her for
a while at least wait until you are sure that
(05:26):
she's cooled off. Me too, I usually need to cool
off before I can talk about what upset me. Okay,
next up, here's one I use a lot in the summer.
Dry out after swimming or sweating. We need to dry
(05:47):
out our clothes or towels. When something dries out, it
becomes dry again. Like a few weeks ago, I got
caught walking in a rain store and my sneakers got
totally soaked. For sure, those shoes need to dry out
(06:08):
before I wear them again. On a sunny day, I
like to dry out the laundry outside. Hey, I'm just
wondering in your country, do people dry out their laundry outside.
Of course, when the sky clouds over, it becomes harder
(06:28):
and harder to dry out the laundry. Cloud over, you know,
the sky becomes cloudy, like if you're chilling with some
friends in the backyard on a sunny day. You're enjoying
the sunshine and then boom, it clouds over, Like when
(06:50):
Jenny went to the beach yesterday. When her and her
friends left the house, it was sunny, but by the
time they got to the beach it clouded over. Ah
summer weather is so unpredictable. So yeah, summer heat gives
(07:10):
us a whole bunch of colorful ways to talk about
the weather. Let's do a quick recap of those phrasal verbs.
When it heats up, the temperature goes up, and even
a conversation or an argument can heat up. The opposite
(07:31):
is to cool off or cool down. That means that
the temperature goes down. When you say that you're burning up,
that gives us the image that you're on fire, but
it really means that you're just very very very very hot.
When something gets too wet, you can dry it off.
(07:55):
And when that beautiful blue sky goes away and it
gets cloud you can say that it clouds over. And
in that case we use cloud as a verb. Interesting,
isn't it. Try using a few of these phrasal verbs
in your own conversations this week, and hey, how do
(08:18):
you cool off in the summer? I would love to
hear from you. And keep in mind, the best way
to remember English like this and any other word or
phrase in English, is to take that word or phrase,
write it in a sentence that's true for you or
true in your world, and then memorize your sentences and
(08:39):
Remember check out my AI Tutor. It's a great way
to practice your English, get answers and more twenty four
to seven, and it's all free. There's a link in
the description where you are listening to this podcast right now,
so check it out and if you like it, leave
me a thumbs up there. And if you really really
(09:02):
want to get more practice using your English, well, then
you should join my podcast Learner's study Group. There you
can make new international friends, join us for live group
lessons every week where we practice these podcast lessons together.
Plus you get access to the pdf, transcript and audio
(09:24):
download for every Happy English podcast in the past and
in the future. And on top of that, each episode
has exercises where you can practice this English point with
speaking and writing checked by me. To learn more, just
visit Myhappy English dot com and choose podcast lesson eight
(09:47):
fifty two. Remember, learning another language is not easy, but
it's not impossible, and I'm here to help you on
your journey.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
This podcast was brought to you by Happy English. Please
visit Myhappy English dot com show your support for Happy
English by leaving us a review. Get English, Get Happy,
Happy English.
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