Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Verb Phrase 138. The verb phrase today is to dwelll on
something or to dwell upon something. Okay. Let's take a look at the note. If
someone dwells on something or someone dwells upon something he or she thinks or
worries about something in an obsessive way. Almost like they're obsessed/ They
can't get it out of their mind in an obsessive way. Okay. Let's look at number
two here. To dwell on can also mean to live on a planet. So remember dwell like
a dwelling. So we can also have the meaning of living someplace. So if you
dwell you can dwell on a planet or or surface.
So you can actually live on something. All right. Number three to remain on a subject
for a long time. So somebody could be dwelling on a certain sort of a topic or
a subject talking about it over and over again many times. Then they dwell on it.
All right. Good. So let's look at several examples we have here. To cover all of
these meanings. All right. Example number one. You have to stop dwelling on it. And
we often tell people this you know, when they're worrying about something too
much. If you continue to think about it you are only going to make yourself
depressed. Well it's maybe something that making somebody sad. They can't stop
talking about it. All right. Number two here. You need to do something to distract
your attention and move on. Move on , you know, get past this thing. If you dwell on it,
you are going to drive yourself crazy, Yeah. So both these first two examples
are the ones where you know, you're almost obsessively thinking about it.
Thinking about something too much. This is probably one of the most common uses
that we have of it . Because we often say somebody is dwelling on something or
dwelling upon something. Let's look at number three. Do you think there are any
aliens that dwell on the moon ? All right. Well you could say that or or dwell on
Mars or Saturn or any other planet for, for that matter or or anywhere out in
space. All right. Let's look at number four
here. That journalist mostly likes to dwell on sci-fi topics. So maybe this is
what he writes about all the time. He's always dwelling on this. He is always
staying on this subject, often because this is what he ... this is his interest. This is
what he likes to write about. Okay. Anyway, I hope you got it. I hope it's clear. Thank you
for your time. Bye-bye.