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hello everyone welcome back in this

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video we're going to learn a common

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English phrasal verb used by Joey in

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season 10 episode 17 of

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friends in this episode Ross reveals

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that he and Rachel had a great night

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together and he wants to get back

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together with her the issue is that

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Rachel is planning to go to Paris and

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she is unaware of Ross's true feelings

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Phoebe advises Ross to tell Rachel how

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he feels then Joey tells Ross you can't

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just give up is that what a dinosaur

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would do Ross is confused and Joey

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explains he's just trying to talk to

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Ross in a way he thinks Ross would

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understand now let's talk about the

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meaning of this phrasal verb the phrasal

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verb give something up means to stop

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trying to do something because it is too

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hard or not possible so in this

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situation Joey is telling Ross not to

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stop trying to be with Rachel even

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though it might be

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tough Ross you've got to tell her how

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you feel you can't just give up is that

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what a dinosaur would

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do what dude I'm just trying to speak

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your

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language let's see more

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examples he gave up learning the guitar

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because it was too

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difficult I've given up trying to

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convince him to change his mind

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you shouldn't give up so easily believe

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in yourself and your

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potential I give up I'm never going to

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solve this challenging math

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problem thank you for watching this

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