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Speaker 1: The other day, I got this ballpoint pen that's made

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of cedar wood. Wow, it really gives off a nice smell.

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And at the store they were giving away a free

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notebook with every pen you buy. Nice right. I won't

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give away the name of the shop though, because if

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they get too many customers, they may give up that promotion.

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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 seventeen. Phrasal

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Verbs with give, Hello and welcome thanks for joining me

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for another episode of the Happy English Podcast. I'm your

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English teacher Michael, and I'm so glad you've decided to

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tune in and check it out. I love helping you

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learn frasal verbs. And today we're gonna look at a

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bunch of frasal verbs that use the verb give. These

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are all pretty common in everyday English, so make sure

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you listen to the whole episode so you can catch

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them all. And let's start with a nice one give away.

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When you give something away, you give it to someone

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or a place for free, usually as a donation or

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as a gift, like we're giving away old clothes to

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the shelter this weekend, or the radio station is giving

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away free concert tickets. You might also hear something like

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I gave away my old phone to my nephew. So

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when you don't sell something but you give it to

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someone just because you're a nice, kind person, that's giveaway.

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But check this out. Give Away has another meaning too.

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It can also mean to reveal someone's secret, sometimes by accident,

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like I can't believe Greg gave away the ending of

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the movie I don't even want to watch it anymore,

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or like when you talk to the company's competition, be

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careful not to give away our company secrets. Or if

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you've got a surprise birthday planned, you need to make

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sure you don't give it away when you talk to

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the birthday girl. So, depending on the context, giveaway can

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show that someone is being generous or someone is being

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kind of a spoiler. Context is king, that's for sure,

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especially with phrasal verbs that have multiple meanings like this

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and now let's talk about give out, which also has

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two different meanings. In the first one, give out means

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to distribute something to a group of people, like the

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teacher gave out the homework sheets at the end of class,

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or they're giving out free samples at the New Bakery

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on Broadway. When my friend Nick ran a marathon, there

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were plenty of volunteers giving out water bottles to the runners.

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So at any time something is being handed out to people,

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that's give out. We also use give out when we

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talk about machines or electronic equipment that stops working. When

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something gives out, it means that it breaks down, like

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during the Zoom call last week, my old IBM laptop

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finally gave out, or even worse, the air conditioner gave

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out in the middle of a heat wave. That's rough, right.

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You can also use give out to talk about your body,

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like when we were hiking, my knees started to give out,

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So in this case, give out means something just quits

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on you. Another phrasal verb with two meanings is one

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you've probably heard a lot give up. First of all,

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give up means to stop trying, like I can't solve

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this pseudo goop puzzle, I give up. Or when you

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are at a race, you can cheer on your friend

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don't give up you're almost at the finish line. You

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can even use give up when you're talking about relationships

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or projects, because sometimes you've reached your limit. We gave

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up on the idea of launching an iPhone app after

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too many delays. The second meaning of give up is

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more about quitting a habit, like I gave up smoking

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when I was twenty five, or my sister is trying

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to give up sugar for a month. If you want

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to sleep better, you should give up scrolling social media

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before going to bed. So in this context, give up

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means to stop doing something, usually something that's not so

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good for you. Next up is give back, a nice

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phrasal verb that means to return something. When you give

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something back, it could be something you borrowed or rented,

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or maybe something that isn't yours anymore, like I have

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to remember to give back the library books by Friday,

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or something that I told one of my friends the

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other day, Hey, thanks for letting me use your charger,

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I'll give it back tomorrow. In addition to that, and

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even in a more community sense, people say things like

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I try to give back to my community by volunteering

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once a month, so whether it's things, time or energy,

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giving back is a good thing. Okay, let's move on

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to give in. Give in means to surrender or to

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stop fighting something, and it's not necessarily in a dramatic way.

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Give in is often just about finally agreeing or letting

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something happen. For example, if you're watching your weight but

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you couldn't resist that delicious cake, you could say I

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wasn't going to eat dessert, but I gave in and

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had a slice of cake. Or the kids kept begging

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and their mom finally gave in and said yes to pizza.

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You could also say Jack didn't want to come to

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Kada okay with us, but after some good old fashioned

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peer pressure, he gave in. So give in is about

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letting go and saying all right, fine. Now here's a

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slightly different one. Give off. Give off means to emit

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or put out something like a smell, heat, or light,

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like I got a candle that gives off a nice

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vanilla sent or at the campground the campfire was giving

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off a lot of smoke. We can even use give

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off when we talk about people. You could say that

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someone gives off a certain vibe, like the new sales

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guy in the office gives off a weird energy, don't

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you think. So the next time you smell something strong

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or notice a certain mood, think give off. Well, it

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looks like I gave away all of the give phrasal

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verbs that I had. Keep in mind, the best way

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phrase in English, is to take that word or phrase,

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write it in a sentence that's true for you or

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true in your world, and then memorize your sentences and

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