Name: Learn 5 Ways to Use the English Word,
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The English word "about" has several different uses in the English language.

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In this video, we're going to look at five different sentences,

five different examples on how to use the word about in English.

Sometimes English words have more than one meaning,

depending on the sentence that they are used in.

The English word "about" is one of those words.

The first example of how to use the word about in the English language is the sentence "it is about time."

When we say this sentence in English, we are basically expressing that something is finally happening.

So we have wanted to eat dinner for a while, and when dinner is served,

meaning that you have patiently waited for a while and you are now happy that it is dinner time.

The second example of how to use the word about in the English language is a question like,

And what we are basically asking in this sentence is, "Would you like a cup of tea?"

I am really asking, "Would you like a cup of tea?"

And if I say, "How about we go see a movie tonight?"

I'm actually saying, "Would you like to go see a movie tonight?"

A third way to use the word about in the English language is the phrase, "he was 'about' to jump."

And when we use about in this way, we are basically saying that an action has not happened yet,

She was about to buy tickets for the concert.

This means that she has not bought the tickets yet,

but she is most likely on her computer on the website where she can buy tickets,

and she is going to buy the tickets very soon.

The fourth example of using the word about in the English language is the phrase,

"the movie was 'about' the war" or "the book was 'about' her life."

And basically, using about in this way is saying that the subject of the book, the main point of the book was her life.

The fifth and last way that we use the word about in the English language is the phrase, "She was 'about' 40 years old."

And in this example, we're basically using about the same way we would use approximately.

So we are saying she is approximately 40 years old.

but we can sort of tell that she's around 40 years old.

Well, that's five different ways to use the word about in the English language.

There are actually more, but I thought five was a good number for this video.

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