welcome to number 23 of 25 Bitesize
lessons which I'm making especially for
you because it's Christmas
we're nearly there my name is Anna and
today we're going to be talking about
the word top now
top means the highest point for example
the top of my head would be right here
sometimes top is added on to the end of
a noun for example we have the
mountaintop a clifftop a rooftop a
tabletop a top can also refer to a lid
like this the top put the top on we
might also talked about being at the top
of your profession so to be a manager or
a CEO of a company at the top of your
profession top is also commonly used to
refer to an item of clothing an item of
clothing that is one above the waist
like a t-shirt or a vest. Hang on i'm just
going to put my top on
oh we regularly use the word top in
phrases so let's have a look at the most
commonly used ones. We have a phrase you
can't top that
this means you can't beat it
it's the best, you can't get on top of it
you can't top that
wow he just ran a mile in one minute you
can't top that. To be on top of something
means that you're in control, that you
have no problem with it, so don't worry
about that report I'm on top of it, it will
be done on time
I'm organised but if something is
getting on top of you
that means the opposite, you are
disorganised you're under pressure and
you're not coping very well it's all
getting on top of me
so you're losing control of something. if
you hear the phrase top of your voice
this means to shout, so I
might ask you to tell everybody your
name at the top of your voice and if I
did so then you would have to shout
my name is Rahrahrah, what a great name
we often use the phrase from top to
bottom or from top to toe this kind of
means thoroughly or literally from the
very top to the very bottom so you might
say I clean the house from top to bottom
meaning i cleaned every area of the
house every room from the top floor down
to the bottom floor even if you live on
one floor you can still say I've cleaned
from top to bottom or you could say we
dressed her from top to toe in gold
frilly stuff
meaning you completely covered her in
gold frilly stuff
gold frilly hat, gold frilly coat, gold frilly
trousers, gold frilly shoes. I always use
this phrase off the top of my head I
can't remember if someone says off the
top of my head then it means right this
moment just briefly thinking about it i
can't remember or I don't know
so off the top of my head I can't
remember the name of the man I spoke to
yesterday or I'm supposed to be
somewhere today but off the top of my
head I can't remember i'll have to check
Now if something is over-the-top it
means it's quite elaborate unnecessarily
so usually you might refer to somebody's
behavior or to an actual person as being
over-the-top I had such a bad day I'm
gonna have to lie down i could not get
my pound coin to go into the shopping
trolley so I had to shop with a basket
instead of a trolley
I mean 'uh' and a broken nail
and finally top can mean excellent so
you might hear someone saying i was on
top form meaning i was on excellent form
that day or you might literally just use
top by itself
hey I finish that project for you
top great thank you
well I hope you've been on top form
during this video and that you are now
on top of all of those different ways to
use the word top we're nearly there guys
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