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hello and welcome to today's lesson in

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this video we're going to talk about the

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phrasal verb hold on from season 10

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episode 3 of friends let's see what it

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means and how to use it in this episode

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Ross goes to the same place where Monica

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gets her spray tans but he messes up the

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instructions and gets four sprays on the

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front of his body making him look

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extremely tanned on just one side when

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Monica and Chandler see him Chandler

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tries to be funny and says hold on

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there's something

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different hold on there's something

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different the phrasal verb hold on has

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different meanings it can mean to wait

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for a short time like when you ask

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someone to pause while you're talking

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people use it in other situations too

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like when they're on the phone and want

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the other person to wait for a moment

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here it's used to show confusion or

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surprise when you hear see or read

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something and want to understand it

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better Chandler used this phrasal verb

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as a joke pretending like he needed a

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moment to figure out what was different

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about Ross even though it's obvious that

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ross' tan is way too dark on one

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side let's see more

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examples hold on I need to grab my

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jacket before we

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leave hold on for a moment while I check

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your account

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details hold on a minute did you just

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just say you won the

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lottery hold on I didn't catch what you

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just said can you repeat

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it I hope you enjoyed this lesson thanks

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for watching and see you next time