Now let's talk about the verbal phrase " freeze up" .

下面我们来介绍动词短语" freeze up" 。

We hope you enjoyed learning some " shape" expressions and verbal phrases.

我们希望你喜欢学习一些关于“shape”表达和动词短语。

One kind of verbal phrase is called a gerund, the " ing" form of a verb.

有一种动词短语叫做动名词，动词的“ing”形式。

And that's the end of this Words and Their Stories. We hope you enjoyed learning some " shape" expressions and verbal phrases.

以上就是本期《词汇掌故》节目的全部内容。我们希望你喜欢学习一些有关“shape”的短语和动词短语。

For example, look for is better replaced with investigate. In other words, verbal phrases are less formal than the single huge words from Latin.

例如，look for 最好用 investigate 代替。换句话说，口头短语不如来自拉丁语的单个大词那么正式。