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Hello everybody welcome back to Let's Talk and you are here with me Meera. Today we're

Modal verbs - A2

going to talk about a lot about the word with the word “down”. Now as you can see “down”

is actually a preposition and I'm sure you're confused that what is, what are phrasal verbs

with down. Usually on our channel and I personally like to take lessons of phrasal verbs where

I actually have the verb with me and I help you, you know experiment with different prepositions

but today I'm going to change the cycle and sort of like reverse it completely where I

have actually chosen the preposition which is “down” and we are going to try to figure

out which all verbs or what all verbs actually can go along with this preposition and what

phrasal verbs we come up with but I've actually sorted out few words right here. Can you think

of any words that go with the word down, preposition “down”? “Walking down”, “cycling

down”, “crying down” okay any words that do you have in your mind? Write to me

in your comments if at all they are not a part of this board here but let's take a look

at this board now because I have some words for you. Okay as you can see down is a preposition

and all the arrows are going up it actually down is nothing but a direction which is in

the decreasing. In the decreasing action that means most of the things that are related

with the word down are actually going to mean decrease or fall or something to do with this

direction, okay? Let's start with the first word that I have “bring down”. This phrasal

verb actually means to cause fall of something. Now this phrasal verb is used quite often

politically for example it would people might say the citizens are hell-bent upon bringing

down the government or the college students are hell-bent upon bringing down the university

rules, okay? So bring down means nothing but to cause fall. To cause fall of something

or to cause fall of someone. Now that's one word with the preposition down and it makes

total sense to me. Another world that I have is “settle”. Now I'm sure you must have

heard this phrasal verb together quite often, have you used it? I think you have, because

“settle down” has two meanings okay, one is to calm down. I have a sister of mine who's

so nervous and so anxious and so, she get anxiety attacks so often that I have to settle

her down before I explain anything to her or motivate her. So I would say, hush there,

settle down now we will think about a solution. That means I'm just asking her to calm down,

okay? To calm down. But like I said it has two different meanings one is to calm down

and the second one, any guesses? Okay it actually means to just start a family and just you

know become a mature person that way what the society thinks it is, but settle down

is nothing but to start a family, okay? So I'm thinking of settling down now and since

I already have a good job, mmm I'm thinking of settling down. It’s something that people

say. Or you can say that my brother is planning to settle down and start a family. There's

no problem if you want to join the same meaning back to back where you mention the phrasal

verb settle down and also mentioned to start a family it just means the same and you’re

just enhancing your sentence. So calm down and start a family. “Simmer down” the

next verb that I have is to simmer, simmer down now this phrasal verb I use quite often

to just you know probably if someone is really hyper or really angry that way, I would suggest

that person to simmer down that means to reduce the anger specifically guys, okay? It actually

means in a way it also means to calm down but it actually means to reduce your angle,

okay? So okay, so I would say before you say anything simmer down and then talk to people

otherwise you might end up saying the wrong things in the wrong way, okay? That's why

simmering down is important before you say anything to your loved ones. Alright guys

next up is the verb “break”. A lot of confusion here but don't worry they're just

two simple plain meanings to it to “break down”. When something breaks down what actually

comes to your mind just imagine just close your eyes for a second and here this example

out, I got late because my bike broke down. Of course it's a past tense but what did you

think of? What did you think the meaning was over here? To stop functioning, anything that

just stops, okay? That means break down. Stop functioning

and like I said there's another meaning to it. Again close your eyes listen to this example

and tell me what it means my sister broke down because her favorite jean, pair of jeans

got lost. Another example I always break down when I see romantic movies or when I watch

romantic movies. Alright open your eyes and tell me what did you imagine? What could be

the meaning of it? Break down means to lose control emotionally you guys. That happens

to me a lot, does it happen to you? Tell me? Lose control emotionally, also means break

down and of course the word come, has to come since I have explained about you know calming

down in so many different ways but “calm down” specifically means to calm down whether

you're angry, nervous or you're getting a panic attack or anxiety attack you can just

offer someone some few you know wise words or any advice that you have or suggestion

and tell that person I request you to calm down, relax, take a deep breath, we will solve

the problem, okay? No matter what the problem is you must calm down, okay? Now this is simply

but nothing to stop being emotionally stressed, okay? Stop being emotionally stressed as simple

as that, okay? I think I need to add another ‘S’ over here. It's so weird to actually

write on the board because sometimes you don't understand the spelling but I did and I corrected

it immediately. Okay now moving on “cut down”. Okay now let me give you an example

imagine the meaning and tell me what you think of, my friend needs to cut down on his smoking

habit. What did you think of? The meaning of cut down? Alright one more example, I think

I'm going to cut down on my carbs, I'm dieting. What could it mean? Nothing but to reduce

something, okay? To reduce, to cut down is to reduce on the carbs, on the smoking, on

the alcohol anything that is not good for you or not good to your health for your health

you cut down on it alright? Now the next up we have, burn, “burn down”. A very, very

obvious phrasal verb is it can anybody tell me what this actually means? To burn down

something right, to actually burn down things to ashes, to destroy something by fire or

destroy something to ashes, okay? To destroy by fire. Okay now that actually means to,

so for example if I have to say that the shop next to our house got burned down that means

something actually happened that small place caught fire and the whole place was burned

down to ashes. It's nothing it's the literal meaning of the phrase to burn down something.

And the last phrasal verb for the day you guys is to “turn down”. Again two meanings,

what could be the first one? Let me give you an example, I turned down the company's offer.

What do you think that is? To reject something. To turn down an offer literally means to reject

something, okay? To reject. I turned down the company's offer or I turn down the proposal

or she turned my proposal down that means probably a guy asked a girl out or to marry

him and the girl said no, that too means to turn down to reject something. There's another

meaning like I said probably you are playing loud music in your apartment or in your flat

and your neighbors come to you and say that could you please turn down the music it's

getting too loud. That means to reduce or to lower, okay? To lower the voice, to lower

the noise, means to turn down as well. Two meanings, one word, one phrasal verb. I'll

be back very soon with a new and interesting lesson just for you guys. Until then keep

practicing, keep smiling, spread a lot of love this is me Meera, ciao.

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