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Speaker 1: Man, I gotta tell you, I was pretty surprised when

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the boss paid for lunch today. I mean, he pays

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our salary each month, but he's never treated us to

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lunch before. Of course, we were all pleasantly surprised when

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he took out his wallet and paid the check for us.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to another Happy English podcast, coming to you from

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New York City. And here's your English teacher, Michael.

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Speaker 1: All right, thank you John, and thanks everyone. It's Michael

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here from Happy English and I help people speak English better.

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And this is Happy English Podcast, Episode seven twenty two.

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Let's pay. English vocabulary can be tricky sometimes, especially when

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it comes to prepositions. The verb pay is a good

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example of this. Pay is such a sin word, but

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we can use it on its own, or we can

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use pay for pay by, pay in, pay down, pay up,

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and even pay back. Let's check it out. First of all,

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we use pay four when we use money for something.

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Pay four introduces the thing or service we got with money,

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like the boss paid for lunch yesterday, or I pay

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for my lessons each month, So you pay for goods

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or services. If you want to mention how much you

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can use pay four like this Paul paid two hundred

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bucks for those concert tickets. Every morning, Gray gets breakfast

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at the company cafeteria and he he only needs to

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pay three dollars for it. Again, you pay for goods

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and services. Are you generous with your friends, your family,

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or your coworkers. Maybe when you have a meal with them,

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it's your treat. That's nice, isn't it. In situations like these,

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you can also use pay for you pay for someone,

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like I paid for my coworker when we had lunch

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at the diner. The boss offered to pay for us

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after lunch yesterday. On the other hand, you can use

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pay without four when you give money to a person

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who provides you with goods and services, like I paid

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the pizza delivery guy, or Jen pays the landlord on

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the first of the month. In most restaurants, you pay

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the server directly. You can also pay a bill, pay

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the rent, or pay the check in a restaurant, Hey,

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my phone has no signal. Did you pay the phone

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bill this month? Let me see. I paid the rent,

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I paid the guests, I paid the electric bill. I'm

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all set for this month. We also have some different

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phrases when we talk about how to pay. You can

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pay by credit card, pay by check, or pay by

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wire transfer. But keep in mind when you use cash,

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you pay in cash, like I usually pay by credit

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card to build up miles at the coffee shop in

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my neighborhood. If you pay in cash, you get a

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three percent discount. And I just mentioned I think these

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days not many people pay by check. Next up are

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some phrasal verbs related to using money. Have you borrowed

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money from anyone? If so, you can pay someone back

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or pay back the money you owe. Someone like Sarah

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promised to pay back the fifty dollars she borrowed for

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me next week. She's gonna pay me back next week,

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she said. She would pay me back as soon as

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she can. And you can pay back the money you

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owe to the bank. After getting his bonus, Daniel paid

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back his student loans faster. Of course, it's not easy

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to pay back a big loan quickly. Most people just

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pay down their debt, which means to reduce the amount

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of money you owe on a debt over time. Like

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Paul and his wife are paying down their mortgage by

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making extra payments each month. Emily has been working extra

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hours to pay down her car loan sooner. And what

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happens when you totally pay down your debt You pay

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it off. Of course, like Alex finally paid off his

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student loans after five years, you should pay off your

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credit card before buying more stuff. And finally, does anyone

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owe you money but they are late in paying you,

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or maybe they're just avoiding paying you. In tough cases

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like this, you may just have to tell them to

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pay up, Hey, pay up. Pay up means to give

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someone the money you owe them, like come on, come on,

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you owe me twenty dollars. Time to pay up. We

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often use pay up when someone is late in paying,

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like the landlord told them to pay up or move out.

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And keep in mind, the best way to remember vocabulary

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like this and any other word or phrase in English

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is to take that word or phrase, write it in

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

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and then memorize your sentences and check this out. Do

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seven seventy two. Remember learning another language is not easy,

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