Learning English is a challenge!
Are you about to give up?
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And let's start by learning another amazing phrasal verb.
Never give up learning English.
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Hello, my dear friends!
And welcome to English Mania!
My name is Antonia Romaker and today we are about to study another phrasal verb in English
- to give up.
It's extremely popular and fascinating!
Not a very positive one though.
OK!
Let's get down to business!
To give up means to stop trying to do something before you have finished, usually because
it is too difficult.
So imagine that you have been doing something.
You have been working hard, you have been learning Chinese for two years.
You don't seem to see any results, it's crazy.
So you give up, you stop doing it.
Or you find yourself in a dead-end relationship and you try and try to make it work.
But then you realize that you can't!
So you give up, you stop doing what you have been doing.
You stop trying, you give up.
Learning Chinese turned out to be such a challenge, but I'm determined not to give up!
I'll continue!
I won't stop!
I won't give up.
We are not going to give up until we find my dad's dog.
So we won't stop looking for him, trying to find him, we won't give up.
We are not going to give up until we find my dad's dog.
She gave up her job as an events manager to become a self-employed baker!
How cool is that?
So she gave up her job, she stopped working there.
Some people who hate their job are just too afraid to give it up.
They think they won't find their passion.
But they should try, they shouldn't give up on their dream!
You can also say to give up on someone or something and it means to expect someone or
something to fail.
You just give up on it.
It's nothing!
You kick it to the curb!
Throw it away!
You give up on it or you give up on somebody.
My teacher gave up on me.
That's a bad teacher.
I will never give up on you!
I know you can move mountains!
Most people gave up on him when he dropped out, but he went back and earned his degree
two years later.
Good for him!
People gave up on him, but he managed to succeed.
Most people gave up on him when he dropped out, but he went back and earned his degree
two years later.
My friend gave up on the idea, that true love exists.
Do you believe in true love?
Don't give up on the idea of finding your passion!
OK, that's it about this amazing phrasal verb, to give up and to give up on.
If you have any questions, write a comment.
Make sure to create your own examples!
It helps you grow, remember the expression better.
Make your brain work, wrack your brains!
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