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Finally got around to cleaning out the
garage. Let me tell you something that

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is not a job I look forward
to doing at all. I guess I'm

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more used to messing it up.
Yep. I can definitely admit to doing

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that. Let's discuss Welcome to another
Happy English podcast, coming to you from

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New York City, and here's your
English teacher, Michael Kari. Thank you

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John, and thanks everyone. It's
Michael here from Happy English and I help

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people speak English better. And this
is Happy English Podcast, Episode seven five

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two INNG. What about the phrases
I used at the beginning of this lesson

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I got around to cleaning out the
garage. I look forward to doing it.

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I'm used to messing it up,
and I can admit to doing that.

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You'll notice in all four cases there's
a verb followed by two followed by

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a gerrand. You know, the
ing, oh boy, waite, Michael,

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two should be followed by a base
verb s. That's true, but

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there are cases where two is followed
by a gerant, and that's what we're

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going to look at today. In
fact, there are six verb phrases with

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two followed by a gerrand. These
are get around to look forward to admit,

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to, confess, to object to, and be used to. Let's

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dive in. First of all,
when you get around to doing something,

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you finally do that thing after a
long delay. For example, I finally

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got around to cleaning out the garage
last weekend. The kids need to get

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around to finishing their homework before dinner. Have you gotten around to calling the

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plumber about the leaky faucet. Next, when you look forward to doing something,

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you are excited and happy about that
upcoming thing. Here are some examples.

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The classmates always look forward to seeing
each other in class. Ralph and

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Alice are looking forward to going on
vacation in the summer. Danny always looks

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forward to spending time with his family
during the holidays. Next one is admit

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to doing. When you admit to
doing something, you accept the blame and

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take responsibility for doing something wrong.
For example, the college student admitted to

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cheating on the exam. Even though
Annie did a great job, she admitted

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to feeling nervous before her presentation.
The kids admitted to breaking the rules and

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apologize for their behavior. In a
similar way, when you confess to doing

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something, you admit to someone in
charge, like a parent or the police

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that you did something wrong. Here
are some examples of this. The suspect

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confessed to breaking into the jewelry store
when the police showed him the evidence.

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Pamela confessed to cheating on her boyfriend. Tommy confessed to eating the last piece

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of cake in the fridge. And
you object to doing something, you say

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that you are pose or are against
that thing. For example, these days

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most people object to smoking in public
places. Ben objects to being told what

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to do by his wife. Everyone
in the office objected to working overtime,

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so the boss had to change his
plans. And finally, when you are

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used to doing something, you have
experienced doing that and it doesn't feel new

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or strange. You can also be
accustomed to doing something which has a more

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formal sound, but the meaning is
the same. For example, I am

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used to waking up early for work
because I've been doing it for over twenty

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years. Jake is still not used
to speaking in public, and he gets

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nervous every time he has to do
it. Olivia moved to New York from

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London six months ago, and she
is finally used to driving on the left.

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Rishi is accustomed to eating spicy food
because he grew up in a culture

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where it's common. Keep in mind
the best way to remember this and any

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other word or phrase in English is
to take that word or phrase, write

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it in a sentence that's true for
you or true in your world, and

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then memorize your sentences by the way. Can you imagine getting the chance to

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