Si quieres transcripciones para seguir el programa más de cerca y mejorar más rápido, puedes ir a Englishwithdain.com slash transcripts. That's Englishwithdain.com slash transcripts. El link está in la descripción del episodio. Hey what's up? What's going on? Welcome to Englishwithdain, a podcast designed to improve your English. As always, I'm your host Dane, and you can find me on Instagram and TikTok at Englishwith Dane. Today's episode is about phrasal verbs with in.
As you know, I now like to group, me gusta grupar, I now like to group phrasal verbs according to the particle and not the main verb. Para recapitular, the particle is the part of the phrasal verb that isn't the verb. It's the adverb or preposition that follows que sigue the main verb to create the phrasal verb. For example, to break up. Break is the main verb and up is the particle.
I think it's easier to learn and remember phrasal verbs if we group them by their particles, so that's what this episode is about. Phrasal verbs with in. So let's dive in. You are listening to episode 140 of English with Dane. Hit it. The first one I want to talk about is chip in, spelled C H I P, como patata frita or ficha también si hablamos de poker. To chip in means to contribute something, to put in money to buy something, for example.
It's normal to hear something like, hey, blah blah blah is leaving the company next week, so we are all going to chip in for a present. You chip in for something. If you go on a road trip with your friends, you all chip in for gas, or petrol, as they say in the UK. Alright, next one. This next phrasal verb on the list is to chime in. The main verb chime is spelled C-H-I-M-E. Before I tell you what it means, let's try and figure it out from context. I'll tell you what chime means first.
Chime is the sound a bell makes, una campana, the sound a bell makes when you strike it or hit it. Strike and hit mean the same thing. So when you hit the bell, it chimes. The phrasal verb is to chime in. I'm going to give you a sentence now. Let's see if you can figure it out. So, to chime in, you probably have a good idea of what it means. It means to add your comment or opinion into a conversation or discussion.
So people are talking about a movie you just watched, and you add something to the conversation, you are chiming in. Listen to this example.
Yeah, and that's where I gotta chime in because really, I mean, I wouldn't want to go in there with that limited amount of information.
The next phrasal verb we're going to take a look at is to burst in. Burst is spelled B-U-R-S-T. Burst means to break open or break apart suddenly. It's like reventar, really. So to burst in means to enter a room suddenly, de repente, and usually interrupt something that is going on. Here's an example from Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban. Listen to Hermione tell Harry that he can't just burst in.
You're in Hagrid's hut now. If you just go bursting in, you'll think you've gone mad.
You can also barge in for the same effect, by the way. Barge is spelled B-A-R-G-E. It pretty much means the same thing. A quick note though, we use the preposition on after barge in. So you barge in on someone. Alright. Next up is sink in. This is a really interesting one. Sink as in undir S I N K. So to become completely known, felt or understood. Again, to sink in, to become completely known, felt or understood.
You'll hear this phrasal verb a lot in the expression let that sink in, which means think about that for a while, digest that feeling or emotion or news or fact or whatever, and really understand it. Listen to this clip from before sunrise. Let's take a look at one last one. To break in. This use of break in means to wear something or use it to make it more comfortable. If you get new hiking shoes, you have to break them in a little bit before you go on your first hike.
You break in your mattress, your new pair of jeans, etc. Apparently, you can also use to break in as if to say to interrupt. I read about it today. I've never used it, but it makes total sense. So we have to break in as in to enter forcibly into a building, to break in as in to wear or use something to make it more comfortable, and to break in as in to interrupt. So a quick recap before we go. To chip in, to contribute something like money for a common purpose.
To chime in, to add your opinion or advice to a conversation or discussion. To burst in, to enter a room or situation suddenly and interrupt what's going on. To sink in, to become completely known, felt, or understood. To break in, to enter a building forcibly, to wear or use something so it becomes more comfortable, and to interrupt. Alright, that's it for this episode of English with Dane. Thank you for listening. I hope it was useful.
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