As you may already know, I'm a huge music lover. But as for
sports, frankly, I couldn't care less for all I care. All the
local teams could lose and it wouldn't bother me. Would you care to know
why? Let's discuss. Welcome to another Happy English podcast, coming to you
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Thank you John, and thanks everyone. It's Michael here from Happy English and
I help people speak English better. And this is Happy English Podcast, Episode
seven seventeen. Care. The verb care is an interesting word in English because
it has a number of uses, as well as idioms that are common in
everyday English conversation. Let's dive in care as a verb means to feel that
something is important or interesting. Quite often we use care in a negative sentence.
For example, I don't really care about sports. It seems like the
boss doesn't care how much he makes us work. I don't care what my
mom says. I am going to Billy's party. Next is care for and
care four has three meanings and uses. First of all, care for means
to have a strong feeling of love or affection for a person or an animal.
Here are some examples. Sandy cooks healthy meals and even bakes her own
bread. She really cares for her family. It's easy to see that the
cat cares for her kittens. In the movie Titan, Jack told Rose just
how much he cared for her. In a similar way, care for means
to make sure that a person or other living thing has enough food, water,
and so on. For example, Katie is going to care for my
dogs when I go on vacation. They are caring for my grandfather at Shady
Rest nursing Home. I've never seen anyone care for their plants like Jimmy does.
His garden is so beautiful. The third way we use care for is
in a negative sentence, as an indirect way to say that you don't like
something. For example, I don't really care for raisins, so let's get
another pastry. Anna doesn't care for wine. She prefers drinking beer. I
told the new guy in the office that the boss doesn't care for people coming
late to work. I hope he takes my advice. Speaking of negative situations,
we can use care in a number of ways to show that we don't
like or are not interested in something. First of all, we have.
I couldn't care less. I couldn't care less means I am absolutely not interested.
For example, I couldn't care less about football. Tony said he couldn't
care less about watching the solar eclipse. Today. You heard Ted doesn't like
me. I couldn't care less. I don't like him either. By the
way, in colloquial and casual English, some people use the phrase I could
care less with the same meaning. Here are some examples. I could care
less about football Debbie's she could care less about what the boss said. She's
going to quit the company. In a similar way, you can use the
phrase for all I care followed by a sentence to show that you are absolutely
not interested in something. For example, for all I care, the boss
can say whatever he wants about coming late. I quit for all I care.
Salary could be free, I still won't eat it. You can also
use for all I care at the end of a sentence like this, go
ahead, quit the company for all I care. Next, you can use
who cares or as if I care as a conversational response when someone tells you
something that you're not interested in or something that is not important to you.
Here are some examples. Did you do you hear the company has free tickets
to tomorrow's football game. Who cares? Hey? I heard your ex girlfriend
is dating some musician, as if I care. Next, onto a more
positive note. When you have not a care in the world, you are
happy and worry free. For example, see those kindergarteners playing on the swings.
They don't have a care in the world. Ever since Roger retired,
he doesn't have a care in the world. Kim is always happy like she
doesn't have a care in the world. Next, we use would you care
for? And would you care too when we politely offer something or invite someone
to do something. Here are some examples. The waiter asked us if we
would care for a drink before dinner? Would you care for more coffee?
Would you care to go to a party with me on Saturday? Would you
care to have lunch tomorrow? The last phrase for today is take care.
First, we use take care and take care not to when we caution someone.
The meaning is the same as be careful. For example, when you
are heating milk on the stove, take care not to let it boil over.
It's snowing pretty hard outside. Please take care driving home. Take care
when picking up the baby you need to support her neck. And finally,
take care is used when we say goodbye to someone, thanks for coming to
the party. Take care, Yeah, it was nice talking to you too.
Take care. Keep in mind. The best way to remember this,
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