Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Verb Phrase 276. The verb phrase today is to burn out and
we have six meanings and six uses. Okay. If somebody wants screenshot do it right now.
Let's get right to it. All right. Here's the first meaning to overwork and exhaust oneself,
especially if it interferes with one's ability to function at a normal or peak
level. All right. So remember we often think of our bodies running on energy. So the energy could
burn out. Just like energy that we use for a car or other things. It can burn out. So we mean it in
that sense. Let's look at the example sentence for this one. You have been doing too many
late nights working on this project. If you don't get more rest you are going to burn yourself out.
You're going to use up all your energy and even if you keep trying to push yourself,
you're not working at a good level anymore. You, you're not working at a good level where you're
sharp or creative. So you're burning yourself out. All right. Let's look at the second one here. To
hollow out a building or room due to a fire. So this is a fire that actually burns a place out.
The frame of that home is still standing , but many rooms on the first floor were completely
burned out. Yeah. Sometimes you see this in a place that had a fire. The , the building is mostly
still standing, but the... where the fire was, those rooms are like completely gone. The fire
completely destroyed it. It's probably all black and all charred. It was burned out. Okay. Let's
look at number three. To stop burning naturally, after burning for a long time. Okay. Here's the
example. It usually takes several hours for that log to burn itself out. Yes. If anybody ever had
a fireplace and you put a log on a fire , you know , you put a log in the fire and of course
it will burn for a long time, but eventually it burns down. It gets smaller. It gets smaller.
It gets smaller and eventually the whole thing will burn out. I don't know. Different logs if
they treat it with different chemicals sometimes they can burn longer or if it's a natural one
it might burn a little quicker. but that's what we mean. Eventually it will just you know, just
go down to ashes. And then completely burn out. Okay. So let's look at the fourth one here.
To force someone to leave a place by setting a fire. Okay. Yeah. So if you could try to burn
somebody out of a place to force them to leave. Sometimes we'll see this like in movies. Those
owners refused to sell. So they hired an arsonist to burn them out. Now hopefully
nobody died. But you know maybe they had an arsonist to start and burn it down, so that
you know they can eventually use that property. Maybe they needed that property for some reason.
They were going to build something bigger and you know, they just hired some... This, this maybe one
house or this one resident refused to sell and you know, eventually this is what they did. You know,
you hope this doesn't happen really much that in real life, but we do see it in movies sometimes.
Number five. If a machine burns out, it stops working correctly , usually due to overheating. So
you left it on too long. All right. So let's look at the example here. That machine needs a rest.
Turn it off for a few hours. If you leave it on continually , you are going to burn out the motor.
That's what you could. That's what could happen and then maybe the whole thing won't function
properly. All right. Number six. To, to to be physically and negatively affected by
drug use or or an addiction. All right. So here's the example. He used to be a really sharp and
quick ... he used to be really sharp and quick witted, but after several years of drug abuse
he burned out too many brain cells. He is not the same man anymore that he used to be.
Okay. Anyway I hope you got it. I hope it was clear. Again if you like these verb phrases and
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