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  • Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Adverb Phrase 12. The adverb phrase today is in

  • the flesh. Okay. Let's take a look at the note here. If we say we see someone in

  • the flesh, we mean he or she is bodily present or we see somebody in person.

  • They're actually there. We've seen them in the flesh. We've seen them in real

  • life. That's what we mean, if we say that we see somebody in the flesh. It's kind

  • of a little bit of a way, a more humorous way of saying that you've seen them in

  • person. You've seen them in the flesh. This of course our body is actually made

  • of meat and flesh. So we might say in the flesh. All right. Let's look at number two

  • here. We have a second meaning. If you meet or see someone in the flesh. You

  • meet or see someone in person. So we can use it that way as well. Okay. Let's

  • look we have four examples here. Let's look at example number one. So you might

  • hear somebody say this. Did you ever see a famous celebrity in the flesh ? You know,

  • did you ever see a famous celebrity in real life ? You might ask someone. I think

  • most people have eventually seen somebody somewhere at some point in

  • their life. So we might say this. Number two here. You can have an opportunity to

  • meet the president in the flesh. He will be attending this event. If you like I

  • can introduce you to him. So maybe this is somebody who has connections with him.

  • And maybe he you get to meet the president in the flesh. Okay. Let's look

  • at number three here. That actor looks shorter in the flesh than on TV. Yes.

  • Sometimes you hear people say this. That somebody might look different in some

  • way in the flesh. Maybe somebody might look older or younger or shorter or

  • taller in the flesh. So you know you do hear people say this. All right. Number

  • four here. Not only did I see that baseball star in the flesh, but I got to

  • shake hands with him as well. So you know, lucky you. Maybe you got

  • to meet one of your favorite sports stars. Okay. Anyway I hope you got it. I hope

  • it's clear. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.

Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Adverb Phrase 12. The adverb phrase today is in

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