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Speaker 1: I believe you like learning English, don't you? In this case,

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I believe has the same meaning as I think. I'm

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pretty sure you like English. Believe me. If that's true,

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I believe you're gonna love this English lesson.

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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 thirty seven.

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Do you Believe?

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Speaker 2: Hello?

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Speaker 1: And welcome thanks for joining me for another episode of

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the Happy English Podcast. I'm your English teacher, Michael, and

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I'm so glad you're here with me. Last week, one

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of my students asked me about the difference between believe,

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believe in, and trust. I thought that would be a

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great topic to go through here on the podcast. These

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little words come up all the time in conversations, and

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even though they seem pretty similar, each one has their

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own flavor, their own feeling. So let's break it down.

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Let's start with just believe. You can say something like

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I believe you. It means I think you're telling the truth.

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I don't think you're lying to me, I believe your story,

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your words, your version of what happened. Let me give

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you an example conversation. Hey, Jake's told me he saw

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a bit while hiking near his house. Really, yeah, it

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sounds crazy, but I believe him. He practically lives in

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the woods. I believe him. So here, you're not saying

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you trust Jake with your life or anything deep like that.

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You're just saying, I believe that what he's saying is true.

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Now what if we say I believe that story. It's

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the same idea. You're saying that you think the story

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is true, even if it sounds a little wild. Like

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I read this story about a guy who drove his

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cart into a lake and somehow survived. It sounded unbelievable,

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but I believe it. I believe it. You're accepting it

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as true, not because you saw it yourself, but because

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it just feels believable enough. Right now, let's go deeper

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with the word trust. This one is not just about truth.

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It's about character. It's about someone's actions and whether they'll

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do what they say they're going to do. So when

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you say I trust you, it's a little more serious

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than I believe you. When you say I believe you.

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Remember you're telling someone I believe that what you say

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is true. But when you tell someone I trust you,

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you're saying I know you'll do the right thing. I

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trust you means I'm sure you will do as you

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said or do as you promised. Let me show you

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an example with the difference. I believe you when you

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say you'll do your homework by tomorrow, and I trust

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you to do your homework by yourself. You see that

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one is about truth. The other is about faith in

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someone's behavior. And here's the thing. If someone lies to

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you or breaks a promise, it's really hard to trust

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them again. Trust takes time to build, but it can

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disappear fast. Okay, now here's a different version of belief

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that's really common and kind of poetic. Believe in. We

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use believe in when we're talking about faith, hope, or

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even things we can't prove. So if you say I

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believe in God, I believe in aliens, you're saying I

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believe they exist even if I've no ever seen them.

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Some people say I believe in ghosts. Others say I

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believe in karma. It's about your faith in things that

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are invisible, but they are real to you. I believe

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in that. And finally we have I believe in you. Yeah,

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I believe in you. That's a powerful thing to say.

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I believe in you means I have faith in your ability.

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I believe that you can do this. Like picture this

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little scene, the husband says, I've decided to quit my

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job and start a pizza shop, to which his wife says, oh,

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I believe in you, honey. She's not just saying I

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believe you. She's saying, I believe you can do this.

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You've got what it takes. It's such a kind, supportive phrase,

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and it can mean a lot to someone who's nervous

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or unsure. Okay, so let's recap what we talked about.

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I believe you means I'm sure you're telling the truth.

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I trust you means I know you'll follow through on

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your words or promises. I believe in something means I

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have faith in something I can't see. And I believe

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in you means I believe you can do this. I

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support you. All Right, that's it for today. I hope

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this helped clear up some of the small but important

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differences between believe, believe in, and trust If you liked

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this episode, tell a friend, leave a review, or say hey,

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I believe in you Michael, thanks for listening, and I'll

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catch you in the next episode. Keep in mind, the

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best way to remember English like this and any other

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word or phrase in English, is to take that word

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or phrase, write it in a sentence that's true for

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you or true in your world, and then memorize your sentences.

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Believe me, that's the best way to remember this kind

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of English. And hey, check this out. Do you want

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to have more practice using your English, then you should

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learning another language is not easy, but it's not impossible,

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