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Ladies and gentlemen, are you somebody who
knows that give only has one meaning?
That means to give somebody something,
pass it to the person.
Well, in today's lesson I'm going to change that thought
because today's session is all about ten smart English collocations
and idioms that you can use with give.
How give can be used in
various different contexts in English language.
So what are we waiting for?
Let's get started.
The first phrase for today is give a hoot.
Give a hoot basically means to emphasize that you do
not care at all about something, for that matter.
For example, emphasize here means
to focus on something.
To really stress on something is to emphasize on it.
For example, don't give a hoot about what they say.
That means don't stress, don't think too much about what
people say, just do whatever you want to do.
Next example is I don't give
two hoots about his problems.
Two hoots is a very nice way here to express that.
Not just one.
I don't give even two hoots, just emphasizing on it.
I don't stress on what they say.
I do my own thing.
So whenever you want to say do not stress or you want to
say I don't stress, you can say I don't give a hoot.
A lot of times people say I don't give a damn.
Instead of saying I don't give a damn, you can
say I don't give a hoot to what you say.
Here comes the next one.
Give a leg up.
It means to provide one person or something
with support, encouragement and an added advantage.
For example, our after school program is aimed
to give students a leg up in any
subject they are having difficulty with.
There are many schools that actually have
that actually have after school programs.
They're more like tuitions.
To give extra support is to give
a leg up starts from here.
So to give extra support means to give a leg up.
The next one is I wouldn't have been able to afford college
if I hadn't been given a leg up from my parents.
So that means I would not be able to finish
my college education if my parents parents did not support
me, did not give me a leg up.
So the next time when you want to say support, you
want to talk about support, just say Give a leg up.
Here comes the next one.
Give chase.
Give chase means to be very competitive,
to give tough competition to someone.
For example, the new startup is giving
a good chase to many established companies.
That means the new company that has come in
the market is giving a lot of tough competition
to a lot of already existing brands.
The next example is although you lost the
game yet, you gave a good chase.
The next one that we have on
the list is give up the ghost. Ghost.
You remember ghost the opposite of angel? Absolutely.
It means to die. Yes.
So the next time when you want to say my pet
dog died it is a very strong and abrupt statement.
Died is a very strong adjective.
Instead of that we can say gave up the ghost.
For example my old computer finally gave
up the ghost the other day.
It is a little bit different sentence because
a computer does not have the spirit.
But here it means that it stopped working,
it crashed, it was not working after that.
The next sentence is doctor said that while his heart
was fine his vascular system had given up the coast.
That means the heart was still pumping, said by the
doctor but the entire body had given up the coast.
That means was no more functional.
Let's look at the next one in the list
and that is give the shirt off one's bag,
slightly long but it has a beautiful meaning that
give anything and everything that one possesses.
It also means to support a friend.
For example, Tom is truly generous.
Generous means really kind.
He'll give you the shirt off his back.
That means Tom will do anything
to keep the friendship intact.
He'll support you, he will give you anything or everything
that he has if he is your good friend.
The next example is sam never
stops trying to help others.
He'd give you the shirt off his own back
and if that wasn't enough, his pants too.
Very funny sentence.
Tom is so generous, so kind.
Do you have a person like that in your
life who would give the shirt off his back?
Or her back for that matter?
Do let us know in the
comments section below with a sentence.
Well, this doesn't have any particular meaning,
it is just used here for humor.
Let's look at the next one in
the list give the go ahead.
That means to give permission to start something.
For example, the government has given the go ahead
for a nationwide Metro rail project the government has
given its approval for let's say a brand, a
company to start the nationwide project for Metro station
for building Metros around the country.
The next example is we're ready to start but we are
still waiting to get the goahead from our head office.
The next one on the list for give
phrases is give the creeps which means an
uncomfortable feeling of nervousness of you.
A lot of times people get this feeling
while attending interviews or during exams, etc.
That's when you can use give the creeps.
I get the creeps every time he walks by.
Possibly you're talking about a friend or a
person that you have a crush on and
you're saying that you get the creeps.
You get slightly uncomfortable when
the person walks by.
Next example is I hate snakes, they give me the creeps.
That means they make me
really uncomfortable or nervous.
The next one on the list for today's
phrases would give is give it's a whirl.
It is not weird, it is world.
Please repeat after me.
Whirl it means to try something to see
if you like it or can do it.
For example, I have never tried sushi
before, but I'll give it a whirl.
That means I can try it.
I will give it a whirl.
Next sentence is I've never tried bungee jumping,
but would like to give it a whirl.
This was about Give it a whirl.
Moving on to the next one in
the list give someone enough rope.
It basically means to let someone do
something wrong when you know that the
person is already doing something wrong.
But you're not interrupting them, you're just
letting them be that's when you say
give someone the ropes enough rope.
For example, don't interrupt him with
questions, just let him keep talking.
Give him enough rope and see what happens.
There's a person who's actually telling
everybody how stupid is his argument.
So if you do not interrupt
him, he will prove it himself.
Don't interrupt.
Next sentence is the judge knew something was wrong,
but decided to give the lawyer enough row.
Give the lawyer enough row.
The judge knew something was wrong, but
he did not interrupt the lawyer.
During the case, the judge let the lawyer
discover how wrong he was with his arguments.
And let us look at the last phrase with give today.
Give short shrift.
It basically means to give very less sympathy or
attention to either a person or a thing.
It is very interesting.
It is a very interesting phrase.
Primarily because it is slightly rhythmatic.
It has a rhythm because of the shir sound, isn't it?
Yes.
Let us look at the first example.
Email me the agreement and I will give it
a short shrift on my way to the airport.
That means I'm traveling and I cannot
give a lot of attention to things.
So just give me the email.
Send me the email and the agreement in it.
I will just look at it.
I will not read it with careful
attention, but I'll just look at it.
The next sentence is if he asks for
more money again highlighting his poor condition, he'll
get a short shrift from me.
That means I will be less sympathetic
when I will talk to him.
He has been irritating me quite a lot about money.
This time I'm not going to be sympathizing.
That means I will just talk
to him without any sympathy.
Ladies and gentlemen, this was about all the
phrases that you can make use of whenever
you're talking about give in your real life.
Make use of these situations and sound smart.
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