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Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Verb Phrase 188. The verb phrase today is
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"bring down. " Okay. We have seven uses and seven meanings of the verb phrase
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bring down. All right. Let's look the first one. We give two examples for the first one. To be
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the person or thing that leads to or causes one's failure or defeat. Yeah. So
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we could use this as an example. The opposing political party is trying every
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method they can think of to bring down the administration. Because the
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administration is the one that's in power. They're trying to get in power, so
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they're trying to do things to bring it down. They're not really trying to work
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together and solve problems. They're just trying to bring down that administration,
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so they can get power up again. All right. So we can say somebody's trying to bring
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someone down in that sense. All right. And we have a second example here/ Another
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serious financial crisis could bring down the economy and stock market. So it
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could cause it to fail and cause it to go down. Okay. Let's look at the second
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one we have here. To be the cause of a structure or object to collapse . Then you
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know, something could bring it down. The first example. The World Trade
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Center was believed to be brought down by terrorists on 9/11. So it was believed
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that they caused it to fall down. All right number two. That strong earthquake
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brought down this famous monument. Okay. So maybe it cracked it and it fell over
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it collapsed. Yes. All right. Let's look at number three here. To literally take or
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carry. You know, something down from a higher level to a lower level. Okay. So we
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have an example here. If you go upstairs... if you're going up there can you bring
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down my glasses on the end table. You know, the end table. Those are the small
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tables usually next to a bed. So maybe you left your glasses there and you're
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asking someone in your family going up oh oh your since you're going up can you
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bring down my glasses. Can you take them from upstairs to downstairs to a lower
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level. Okay. Number four here. To make a person sad
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or put someone in a worse mood . Basically, bring down their emotions. So here's the
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example to that one. That movie was so depressing it really brought me down. It
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put you in a sad mood. Made you feel down. Sometimes we say a movie is a downer
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like that. It brings your mood down. All right , number five. To decrease the
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costs or expense of something. Sure. Because the economy was so bad they had
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to bring down prices to stimulate sales. Yeah. Maybe a lot of people didn't have
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that much money or they weren't spending money, so they had a lower prices even
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more just to encourage people to buy something. All right. Number six here. Okay.
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To bring a person to a place to visit. Okay.
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You should bring your family down to Florida and take them to Disneyland.
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Yeah, especially if you're traveling south because we always say that you'd
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go down south. So you should tell someone to bring someone down to somewhere. So we
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might even use it more if you're traveling in you know, the southern
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direction. If you're traveling south. Okay. Number seven here. I guess this is the
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last one to stop or reduce someone's drug experience. Okay. The police caught
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the suspect but he was out of control because he was high on drugs. Since they
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didn't know you know, which type of drug, they didn't know how to bring him down.
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Well , they might if they could bring him to a hospital. Sometimes if they know the
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drug maybe they have a... like an antidote or something. Some other drug might be
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able to help bring them down. So make their drug experience end sooner or
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reduce the effect of it. Maybe something they could do to bring them down. Because
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he's too high right now. I guess if they can't do anything just
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let it wear off and eventually it will wear off and it will come down on its
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own. But you know, if they try to force it they're trying to bring him down.
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Okay. Good. Anyway, I hope you got it. I hope it was clear. I hope it was informative . Thank you
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for your time. Bye-bye.