See these beautiful paper cranes (birds)? They’re going to help you double or even triple your English vocabulary! Well, in the English language, one word can have many different meanings.
So by, you can often end up adding two—or more—! For example, a crane can be a bird with long legs or a tall machine that helps lift heavy objects. If you use it as a verb, you might be craning your neck (stretching it) to see something. Look, you’ve already learned three new words with just one! (Fun fact: Words like these are called homonyms.
The same but have different meanings.) There are other ways that words can take on multiple meanings, though. One of these ways involves phrasal verbs. Phrasal verbs open up a whole new world of possibilities.