Fluency

Do you agrre with this?

"Using phrasal verbs in speech is a true test of fluency."

I don't know -- what's a phrasal verb?

<I don't know -- what's a phrasal verb?>

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"Using phrasal verbs in speech is a true test of fluency."

No, of course not. It's not enough to just be proficient at using phrasal verbs. There are almost always plain verb equivalents anyway.

"I don't know -- what's a phrasal verb?"

A phrase used as a verb. e.g. "cough up" the money ~ render the money.

You can *look up* phrasal verbs at:

http://www.eslcafe.com/pv/pv-mng.html