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Speaker 1: Hey there, it's Michael here and welcome to the very

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first Happy English Saturday Short. Every Saturday, i'll be here

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with a quick one point English lesson to help you

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build your vocabulary, fix common grammar issues, and to help

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you sound more natural when you speak. These lessons are short,

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just a minute or two, but packed with practical English

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you can start using right away. So let's kick things

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off with a useful phrasal verb turn down. There are

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a number of meanings for turn down, but for today

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we use turned down to mean refuse or say no

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to something like I had to turn down the job

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offer because it was too far away. When Eddie asked

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Jenny to go to the party, she turned him down.

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Last night at the restaurant, they offered me a second

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slice of chocolate cake, and yeah, I didn't turn it down.

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No surprise there, right, So how about you what's something

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you turned down recently? Leave a comment below on the

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blog or come tell me on Instagram at Happy English

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and Why, and don't forget to follow or subscribe so

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you don't miss the next Happy English podcast and next

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week's Saturday Short. Thanks for listening, and until next time,

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keep learning and keep it cool.