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Hello and welcome back to your English Five a Day on the English Lycanator podcast. This is a short daily podcast for intermediate to advanced learners who want to build natural English vocabulary through stories. My name is Anna and this is week eight, day three of Gabriel's time in Glasgow. Yesterday, Gabriel joined a lively group at a pub in the West End and met a woman called Isla, who invited him to a music festival later in the week. Today we follow Gabriel to a famous live music venue where things get crowded, noisy, and perhaps a little bit romantic. Supporting materials for today's lesson are available at www.joineelan.com forward slash plus. Let's begin with a snapshot of what's to come. At a busy music venue, Gabriel and Isla break away from the crowd and soon bump into Callum behind the bar. Callum jokes that Isla had been trying to chat up Gabriel earlier in the pub. As the night continues, Gabriel feels that he and Isla really hit it off. So he decides to stick around and see where the event leads. The first phrase of verb is chat up. To chat up. This means to flirt with someone or speak to them in a romantic way. For example, he was trying to chat her up at the bar. Next we have hit it off to hit it off. This means to quickly form a good connection with somebody. For example, they met at the party and immediately hit it off. Next we have breakaway. This means to leave a group or crowd. You break away from that group. For example, they broke away from the crowd to talk. Next we have bump into. For example, I bumped into an old friend yesterday. It wasn't planned, it wasn't expected, it just happened. And last we have stick around. To stick around is to stay somewhere for a while. For example, let's stick around and see what happens. Fantastic. Well, I hope you will stick around and listen out for those phrasal verbs in today's story time. Gabriel met up with Isla, the girl from the French Conversation Club, outside King Tut's Wawa Hut. This is an intimate and hugely popular live music venue in Glasgow. Despite the continuing rain, the place was buzzing outside. Isla said, grinning. Gabriel agreed, remembering how Glaswegians used the word pure. They broke away from the crowd outside and went into the club, which was also packed.

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You gonna buy me a drink, man, Gabe?

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Isla winked. He supposed that she had bought the tickets, so it would be the least he could do. He squeezed his way to the bar, where he was amazed to find Callum working. Callum told him that one of the perks of his job was that he got free tickets from time to time, and so he'd let Isla have a couple.

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I noticed her chatting up in the pub, and I thought I'd give you a chance to get to know each other better.

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He winked. Gabriel had learned what chat up meant during his course on British idioms. He didn't have time to respond, though, as Callum was busy serving the next thirsty customer. He brought Isla her drink and they went to watch the first band. To be honest, they weren't exactly Gabriel's cup of tea, and it showed on his face. After their short set, Isla told him not to worry.

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We should stick around, she said. It'll get better.

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Gabriel told Isla that he had bumped into Callum at the bar. Aye, she replied, and started speaking to him in French for a while, before she switched back to her own language, and asked him if he'd like to go for a wee walk. He felt that he had really hit it off with Isla, but he wasn't exactly sure what this walk might lead to. Alright, let's pause the story there and bring our focus back to today's phrasal verbs. I'll recap each one, I'll repeat them twice. I'd like you to repeat out loud after me, and then I'll remind you of the meaning. So first we have repeat after me, chat up. Chat up. This means to flirt with someone or speak to them in a romantic way. To chat up. Next, repeat after me, hit it off. Hit it off. This means to quickly form a good connection with someone. Next, repeat after me, break away. Break away. This means to leave a group or crowd. Next, repeat, bump into. Bump into. This means to meet someone unexpectedly. And finally, repeat, stick around. Stick around. This means to stay somewhere for a while. Fantastic. So Gabriel's Glasgow adventure is becoming a little more social than he expected. Tomorrow, Gabriel writes about his experience of Glaswegian speech on his blog, describing how fast, mumbled, and sometimes rapid fire the conversations can sound. That's all from me for today. And if you're enjoying the podcast, then please consider leaving a like, a rating, or review. Those five star reviews really do help this podcast to grow, and I will be forever in your debt. I hope I can repay it with these podcasts. I hope to have you back again tomorrow. Until then, take care and goodbye.