 Hello students, it's Shayna your teacher at espressoenglish.net and I'm here with another daily phrasal verb video Today, we're going to learn the phrasal verb drag on and I have three possible definitions on the board Only one is correct So I'm going to describe a situation where we would use this phrasal verb And I want you to guess whether it means a have a negative attitude Be make something worse or see when something bad or boring lasts a long time remember the goal of these exercises is to help you understand the phrasal verb in Context by learning it from a real situation If you want to learn more phrasal verbs in context then make sure to check out my course called phrasal verbs in Conversation you can get more information about that course by clicking on the link in this video or in the video Description so drag on let me give you an example and you can post your guess in the comments in my last job, we would sometimes have all-day meetings that involved people from various departments of the company and My part of the company was the website and the emails but Unfortunately during these meetings sometimes the discussions about other areas would drag on and then We wouldn't be able to talk about my area because the meeting would end and everybody would leave So because the discussions at the beginning of the meeting about other people's projects dragged on Then we weren't able to talk about my projects. So I would get a little annoyed and frustrated at times Based on this example, what does it mean to drag on a be or see? You can post your guess in the comments and I'll tell you what the right answer is in just one moment Drag on means See when something bad or boring lasts a long time So in this case, I said that some of the discussions dragged on they lasted Longer than they should have and as a result there wasn't enough time to talk about my area So drag on is used for lasting a long time, but we usually it has a negative connotation So we usually use it for things that are boring or things that are bad if you're listening to a speech or attending a lecture or a presentation and it's not very interesting, but the speaker is talking for a long time You could say, ah that speech dragged on for two hours or if there are some Political negotiations in your country and they're taking a really long time You could say that the negotiations have been dragging on for Five months. We often use drag on plus four and then the time period or for example His problems in romantic relationships have dragged on for years Okay, that would be another example of drag on for something bad lasting a long time So it's best to use drag on plus four and then the time period That's the most natural way to use it I didn't use it that way in the example because I didn't want the answer to be too obvious All right. Well, I don't want this lesson to drag on too long So thank you for watching again if you want more information about phrasal verbs in conversation or any of my other Online English courses make sure to click on the links in this video See you next time