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Spice up
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Spice up
To spice something up means to make it more interesting, lively, or exciting.
Examples:
1- The teacher spiced up the lesson with games and jokes.
2- They spiced up their weekend by trying a cooking class together.
Hello and welcome back to Daily English! Today’s phrasal verb is practical, fun, and very common: “spice up.”one more time: spice up.
– Imagine you cook plain rice. It’s fine, but a little boring. You add garlic, herbs, and chili peppers to make it exciting. You just spiced it up.
– A couple feels their relationship is becoming routine, so they decide to travel somewhere new together. They’re trying to spice things up.
– You’re telling a story that sounds a bit flat, so you add some funny details and exaggerations. That’s spicing it up.
Definition: To spice something up means to make it more interesting, lively, or exciting.
Examples: She spiced up her outfit with a colorful scarf.
- The teacher spiced up the lesson with games and jokes.
- They spiced up their weekend by trying a cooking class together.
This phrasal verb comes directly from the idea of adding spices to food to give it more flavor. Over time, English speakers began using it for anything that needed more excitement—conversations, relationships, events, and even daily routines.
Personal Question
So tell me—what’s one area of your life that you’d like to spice up a little?