At home, Americans rarely say "visit," "continue," "search" or "understand." They say come over, go on, look for and figure out. Learners who translate from their own language often choose the formal verb, or they mix up the small words: "I look forward to see you" or "Can you pick me?" The sentence is almost right, but the listener has to work harder. Today you learn more than 40 items with come, go, look, pick and figure, each with a real home sentence. In this episode: • Come • Go • Look • Pick and figure • Separable or not? • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key phrases from this episode: come over — visit someone's home: Come over after dinner! come back — return: Come back soon. come in — enter: Come in, the door's open. come on — hurry up, or "please": Come on, we're late! (casual) come on — start working, like a light: The heat came on at six. come up — appear or be mentioned: Your name came up at dinner. come up with — think of an idea: She came up with a great plan. come across — find by chance: I came across old photos in the closet. come along — join: Want to come along to the store? go out — leave home for fun: We're going out for pizza. go out — stop shining or working: The power went out. go over — check or review: Let's go over your homework. go through — look at many things carefully: I went through the closet. go through — experience something hard: She's going through a tough time. go on — continue: Go on, I'm listening. go on — happen: What's going on? go ahead — start, or you have permission: Go ahead and eat. (friendly) Season 2 · Real American English: the complete spoken course for learners worldwide — accent, everyday grammar, prepositions, articles, phrasal verbs, idioms, slang 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.