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hello

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everyone welcome

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back in this video we're going to learn

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six phrasal verbs with

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friends let's

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begin the phrasal verb Spruce something

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or someone up means to make something or

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someone look better or more attractive

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by cleaning tidying grooming or

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improving their

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appearance

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examples she decided to Spruce herself

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up for the Party by putting on a fancy

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dress and doing her

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hair the company is planning to spruce

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up its office space with new furniture

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and a Fresh coat of

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paint I need to spruce up my bedroom

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before the guests

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arrive no I don't care about having a

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huge party that's right you're making a

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commitment and where are you going to do

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it City Hall

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oh oh that sounds nice W I was just

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there for jury duty they really Spruce

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that place

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up I know that you're having a little

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bit of a family crisis but you don't

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have to take it out on the plates I

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think that that everyone should uh cut

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their food like

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this uh this way you protect the plates

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and let's fza you have

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fun I know that you're having a little

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bit of a family crisis but you don't

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have to take it out on the plates I

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think that that everyone should uh cut

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their food like

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this uh this way you protect the plates

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and let's face it you have

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fun the phrasal verb take something out

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on somebody or something means to treat

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someone or something badly because you

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are upset or angry even though it is not

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their

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fault

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examples

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after a frustrating day at work Sarah

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took her anger out on her

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roommate he was angry about a mistake

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and took it out on his

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laptop I understand you're upset but

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don't take it out on

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me he was upset and took it out on the

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waiter for no

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reason I know that you're having a

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little bit of a family crisis but you

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don't have to take it out on the plates

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I think that that everyone should uh cut

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their food like

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this uh this way you protect the plates

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and let's face it you have

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fun I'm sure you've heard that a steth

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passed away I wanted to let you know

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there's a memorial for her at the

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Westside Chapel hope you can make

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it oh my

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God I'm sure you've heard that a still

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passed away

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I wanted to let you know there's a

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memorial for her at the Westside Chapel

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hope you can make

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it oh my

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God the phrasal verb pass away is a

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polite way of saying someone has

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died

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examples sadly my grandmother passed

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away peacefully in her

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sleep

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we were deeply saddened to hear that our

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beloved teacher has passed

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away did you hear that Jon's grandfather

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passed

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away after a long battle with illness he

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finally passed away surrounded by his

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loved

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ones I'm sure you've heard that Estelle

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passed away I wanted to let you know

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there's a memorial for her at the

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Westside ch app hope you can make

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it oh my

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God okay cuz this is where I want to be

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okay no more messing around I don't want

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to mess this up again no me neither okay

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we are we're done being stupid okay

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unless we're on a

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break okay cuz this is where I want to

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be okay no more M I don't want to mess

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this up again no me neither okay we are

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we're done being stupid okay unless

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we're on a

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break the phrasal verb mess something up

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means to make a mistake do something

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wrong or ruin

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something

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examples I messed up my chances of

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getting the job by arriving late to the

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interview I messed up and accidentally

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deleted all my photos from the

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camera I really messed up the math

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problem and got the wrong

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answer the heavy rainstorm messed up our

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plans for a picnic in the

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park okay cuz this is where I want to be

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okay no more messing I don't want to

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mess this up again we neither okay we

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are we're done being stupid okay unless

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we're on a

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break

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he's a guy so he's smart he's qualified

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give me one good reason we shouldn't try

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him out because it's weird what kind of

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job is that for a man a

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nanny he's a guy so he's smart he's

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qualified give me one good reason we

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shouldn't try him out because it's weird

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what kind of job is that for a man a

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nanny

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the phrasal verb try someone or

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something out means to test someone or

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something to assess their performance

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suitability or

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Effectiveness in other words it means

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giving them a chance or opportunity to

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see how well they perform or work in a

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particular context or

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situation

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examples we're hiring for a new position

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so we're going to try out several

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candidates in interviews to see who

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would be the best

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fit the chef is trying out a new

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recipe the coach is trying out different

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formations and strategies during

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practice to see which ones work best for

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the

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team he's a guy so he's smart he's

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qualified give me one good reason we

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shouldn't try him out because it's weird

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weird what kind of job is that for a man

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a

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nanny honey yeah see

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you why don't you go lie down no no it's

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okay Ross and R she will be back soon

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and then I got to go to the

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office honey yeah you have

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a why don't you go lie down no no it's

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okay Ross and R she'll be back soon and

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then I got to go to the

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office

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when you lie down you position your body

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in a way that is flat and relaxed

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usually with the intention of sleeping

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or

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resting

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examples I had a long day at work so I'm

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going to lie down on the couch and take

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a

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nap if you're feeling tired you should

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lie down and rest for a

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while last night I lay down on the bed

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and read a book before falling

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asleep Honey yeah see

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you why don't you go lie down no no it's

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okay Ross R will be back soon and then I

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got to go to the

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office thank you for watching this

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