We go beneath the surface of an expression and explain it more fully.

我们学习短语的深层含义，更全面地解释短语。

Did you manage to catch the two expressions.

你掌握这两个短语了吗?

Native speakers use a combination of simple phrases and complex phrases, right?

母语人士使用简单短语和复杂短语的组合。

Words form phrases, which form clauses, which form sentences and so on.

词构短语，短语构子句，子句构句子，如此等等。

So I'm gonna give you two phrases.

我要说两个短语。

My dear boy, it's a contradiction in terms.

这个短语互相矛盾。

This expression can be a two- or three-word phrasal verb.

这个短语可以是两个或三个单词构的短语动词。

Let's have a look at collecting phrases.

我们看看集合短语。

Let's look at the phrase get into debt.

我们先看欠债这个短语。

While cast doubt on is a phrase that means to contradict.

而质疑这个短语的意是反驳。

This phrase comes from the 16th century.

这个短语自于16世纪。

This phrase, however, does not come from Greek literature.

这句短语并非自希腊文学。

These things can be single words or phrases.

可以是单个单词或短语。

So these are examples of some phrases.

这些是一些短语的例子。

Both phrases mean basically the same thing.

这两个短语基意一样。

But here's the thing with this expression.

这个短语是这么解释的。

Many English expressions come from the world of animals.

许多英语短语自动物世界。

The phrase has two meanings, at least.

这个短语至少有两层含义。

You're perfectly within your right to use phrases.

你完全有权利使用短语。

It's actually quite informal as a phrase, a nice verb phrase here.

事实上它是一个非常不正式的短语，一个不错的动词短语。