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Speaker 1: Hey, why don't you have yourself a cup of Joe,

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grab your notebook in settle in. Today we're going to

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talk about your old car that has had it and

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even that old container of leftovers in the fridge. Yeah,

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that has had it too. Let's dive in.

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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 eight twenty eight.

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Cool and casual uses of have. Hello and welcome, thanks

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for joining me for another episode of the Happy English Podcast.

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I'm your English teacher Michael, and I'm glad you're here

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because today we're going to talk about a very small

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word that's used in a lot of very cool ways

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in English, and that word is have. Now, I'm sure

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you know that have can be used for possession, like

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I have a car, or to talk about experience like

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I always have a great time helping you learn English,

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and of course for you grammar fans, we have have

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in perfect tenses like I have seen that movie. But

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today I want to go deeper. We're gonna look at

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some natural, everyday expressions with have, things native speakers say

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all all the time, and you'll sound great using them too.

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Let's start with a fun one. Sometimes we use have

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followed by a reflexive pronoun like have myself, have herself,

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or have ourselves. It sounds a little old fashioned or folksy,

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but people still use it in everyday speech, especially when

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they're treating themselves to something nice. Like when Mark got

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home from work, he had himself a glass of wine.

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We could just say he had a glass of wine,

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but saying he had himself a glass of wine makes

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it feel more relaxing, like a reward. And then Lucy

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had herself a steak dinner to celebrate her promotion. Nice, right,

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she earned it. And to be honest, I think I'll

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have myself a quiet evening with a good book. Tonight.

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Sounds cozy, doesn't it. Now here's another use of have

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that's more serious. When we use have followed by a

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past participle, like had his wallet stolen or had her

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suitcase damaged, we're usually talking about a bad experience that

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someone suffers from, like after binge drinking at the frat party,

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Leo had his stomach pumped. I hope he learned his

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lesson after that. And poor Frank he had his wallet

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stolen on the train. That's rough. My cousin Sam told

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me that she had her suitcase damaged by the airline. Man,

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don't you hate when that happens. In each of these cases,

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something bad happened to the person. They didn't do the action,

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they experienced it. All right, let's switch gears and talk

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about a phrase that's super common. Something has had it.

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If you say my old car has had it, it

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means it's totally worn out, it's done. Goodbye car, It's

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time for the junkyard. And then it seems that Jenny's

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Windows XP laptop has had it. I'm sure it's probably

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time for an upgrade. In the kitchen, that old toaster

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has had it. It doesn't even brown the bread anymore.

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So when an object has had it, it means it's

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broken or used up or no longer useful. And guess what,

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you can use this phrase to talk about people too.

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If a person has had it, it means they're tired,

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fed up, exhausted, like after working overtime all week, I've

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had it. Dennis said that after two days of long meetings.

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He has had it. Wilma wanted to go to the

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gym after work, but by the time she got home

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she realized she had had it. You can almost imagine

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Wilma dropping her bag on the floor, flopping on the

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couch and saying, nope, I've had it. No gym for

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me tonight. And just like people can have had it,

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so can food or plants, especially when they're in bad shape.

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Like it looks like that head of broccoli in the

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bridge has had it. What a waste, And like it's

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been so hot and we haven't had rain in weeks.

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It looks like my tomato plans have had it. And

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have you ever seen the hot dogs at the convenience

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store in the States, Yeah, they've definitely had it. So

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if something looks gross, or it's wilted or way past

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its best, it's had it. Next, here's a phrase I'm

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sure you've heard in movies or TV shows or arguments

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in the workplace. I've had it with This means you've

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reached your limit. You can't tolerate something or someone anymore.

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Like I've had it with my stupid boss. I'm gonna

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quit this job, or Henry said that he's with his

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noisy neighbors one more late night party and he's calling

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the police. Grandma said she's had it with the cold

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winters in New York. She's gonna move to Florida this year.

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I've had it. It has an emotional feel, right. It

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means you're totally done with something or someone. Next up,

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you can have it in for someone. If someone has

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it in for you, they really don't like you, and

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they seem to act mean on purpose. Like when I

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was in college, there was that one psychology teacher. I'm

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sure she had it in for me. She never listened

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to what I had to say or gave me a

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chance to give my opinion in class. She totally had

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it in for me. Nowadays, I think my new boss

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has it in for me. She always gives me the

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worst jobs. And then I had to confront the boss.

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I said, Hey, do you have it in for me

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or something? Why are you always criticizing my work? She

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had it in for me. This one is kind of intense,

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but useful, all right. That was a whole bag of

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expressions with the word have, from relaxing with a glass

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of wine to throwing out a gross hot dog to

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yelling at your boss. Have is doing a lot of

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work in English? Which one was your favorite today? By

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