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  • { 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...

{ Multiple Meaning Phrasal Verbs }

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