At home, British people rarely say "organise", "tolerate" or "postpone". They say "sort out", "put up with" and "put off". Learners who translate from their own language use the long formal words, so they sound like a letter from the bank. In this episode: • Sort out, get on with, get round to • Put up with, put off, look after, take after • Tidying, cleaning and throwing away • Turn up, run out of, fill up, and the "it" rule • SCENE: SUNDAY CHORES (an invented household) • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key phrases from this episode: sort out — organise or fix (casual to neutral) Don't worry, it's sorted — it's fixed or done. get on with — continue doing something get on with someone — have a good, friendly relationship get round to — finally do something after a delay put up with — accept something annoying without complaining put off — delay look after — take care of take after — look or act like an older family member wash up — wash the plates and pans after a meal (in British English) tidy up — put things back in their places clear up — clean and tidy after an activity clear out — empty a space and remove things you don't need chuck out — throw away (casual); chuck (CHUK) turn up — arrive, often unexpectedly turn up — increase the volume run out of — have none left fill up — make something full Real British English: the complete spoken course for learners worldwide — modern British accent, everyday grammar, phrasal verbs, idioms, slang, he/she/it for things, and real conversations at home. Listen, repeat out loud, then take the 52-question quiz. Audio voiced with AI from an original script by Dr. Rashmi R Nair.