{ Multiple Meaning Phrasal Verbs }
Hi this is Ceema and I am back with a new lesson
on 'multiple meaning phrasal verbs'
well we all know what phrasal verbs are
right? phrasal verbs are verbs
used with a preposition to give you
the meaning of a certain word or
to explain something as an expression in English
right? So, Do you know some phrasal verbs
have multiple meanings. So you can have one phrasal verb
but it can mean a lot of different things depending on the way you use it
right? So, this lesson is going to really improve
the way you speak if you use your phrasal verbs
in the right way, Okay. So the first
very very common expression using the
phrasal verb 'take off' - the first meeting for that would be
when an airplane or a plane for that matter
goes off the ground into the air
this is probably the most common meaning of 'take off' that you may have come across
okay so you say that your plane
is going to take off at exactly two minutes past seven in the morning
that means your plane is going to go off
the runway, go off the ground into the air that's the first meaning
of 'take off' okay. What is the other meaning of take off? It could mean many
things
as we already agreed-upon right so take off
could also mean when something
increases
in popularity
okay so
something you know they get introduced
and immediately it picks up
in popularity it becomes very very popular so for example you could say
something like
Nicki Minaj her new video really took off
hidden just a few weeks time so in a few weeks time
maybe you know there were a lot of people buying her
her CDs, a lot of people watching her videos
so her video really took off meaning it really
increased in its popularity. The next
meaning of take off or another way you could use this phrasal verb
is when you are indicating that you want to remove
any part of your clothing
of a person's body. So, I can say
take off your jacket, okay, take off your shoes
take off your watch, take off your t-shirt
so take off is... you know an expression you will use when you want to tell
someone
or you wanna say that you want to remove clothing
from a person's body okay and
the next one is umm... to
Take a leave or to leave a place
that is to physically leave a place
so this is an informal way of saying it, okay
this is an informal way you will not use it
in....you know in a business meeting So, when you're at a friends house
when you want to leave your friends house you can say
okay, I'm gonna have a cup of tea
and just take off that's an informal way of putting it
but if you're in a meeting then you might not wanna say that you can't say
okay I'm gonna take off now you don't say that in a formal
setting okay this is an informal way to say that you are
leaving a particular place
okay, and another
meaning for take off could also be
that you are..... you know..... you're gonna stop
studying
or perhaps working for a period of time
just for a period of time. So,
maybe you've had a baby and you couldn't continue your studies right so you say
that
I took off up from studying for a while because I had a baby last summer
or I took off... from working
for a while because I got married last year
so when you stop a course of studies or you stopped
going to work because of a certain reason you have taken off
you have kind of stop doing it for a short
period of time. Okay, now I hope you're clear with
this expression okay I'm gonna deal with
the second phrasal verb which is very important as well
and which you are going to use every day. This one is -
'Pass out'... 'pass out' okay, well pass out has got
two meanings really, okay the first one is to
'Distribute' or you can call it 'to give away'
okay, so for example
you know you go to a mall and you see these people
who work in the marketing department they are
distributing flyers or distributing leaflets you now to promote their
products
so what are they doing they are passing out their products
or you can say something like "The teacher passed out
the question papers to her students five minutes before the examination
was about to begin", that's distributing or giving away something
okay that's what it means. The second
way you could use the word 'pass out' is when you are talking about someone who
is going to go unconscious
Or someone who is.. you know... almost going to faint
you can say that .... you can say that
she was so scared that 'she passed out
when she saw the man you know with
with an axe' you know.... so, you pass out when you are scared
when you are nervous or sometimes you may pass out because you have
a medical condition OR an unfit medical condition
so, that's the two ways you will use
this very common phrasal verb which is PASS OUT and
the next phrasal verb- very common is
'Bring up' okay, now 'bring up' also has
two main meanings okay, the first one is to- raise a child
so your parents bring you up now please be advised
that bring up is very different from grow up because
grow up means that you physically grow up as a person you become more
mature but bring up basically means to
educate a child, you care for the child
you nurture the child and you teach them
good or appropriate behavior. So, you teach them appropriate
behavior
that is why we say that
our parents have brought us up very well which means they have raised us very well
they have given us an education, they have cared for us, they have nurtured us
and they have taught us to behave appropriately. The other meaning
of bring up' would mean -
To introduce a topic into a discussion
or into any kind of conversation
So, your boss is talking to you about work
now you are a little scared about introducing the topic of your leaves
you gotta go for a vacation to say France
for 10 days, there is a lot of work but you want to bring up
or you know kind of sneakily introduce the topic of your leaves into that
conversation
so bringing up is nothing but just putting in another topic
while you were discussing something
totally different okay, and the next one
is to 'Take out', 'Take out' has a couple of meanings too
a very common phrasal verb-
the first meaning of take out could be - To remove something from a particular place
So, I can say -
Take out the garbage and put it in
you know in the bin so I'm removing something from a particular place
Or I can say - Takeout
the dishes from the table
you know also just remove it from there and put it in the cupboard
or put it in the cabinet for example okay that's what take out means
take how can also mean
To invite someone was on a social encounter
now this could be a romantic social encounter
or a non romantic social encounter so I can say that
I took out the kids to lunch on Sunday which means
it was the social... you know.... encounter we had to go out
we had to socialize me and my children so I
took them out for lunch on Sunday
if it is a romantic encounter you can say that - Timothy
took out Jane for the first time
last evening. That was supposed to be a social encounter now when you are doing
that taking out
you are the one who normally pays the bills for that
for the expense that you are going to incur while you are taking someone out
and last meaning of take out is basically - To borrow
so you can borrow essay books from the library
or you could borrow money from the bank so you take a loan out
okay, so I can say - I took out a loan
to buy a new mobile phone which I actually ended up doing
you won't believe it so, you take out or you borrow something
or you could say that please help me take out two books
so you are at the library and you wanna borrow two books
after reading you gonna give them back
taking out also means to borrow something, maybe books
or money
Well, that's it for me on this lesson on
multiple meaning phrasal verbs
I hope you found them interesting
and informative, I'll be back with some more lessons
until then, this is me saying Good bye...