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Speaker 1: Have you ever let it slip or let it rip?

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Maybe you need to tell someone to let it go

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or just let it all hang out, And of course

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you can just let it be. 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 seven.

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Let me let you know about let. Hello and welcome,

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thanks for joining me for another episode of the Happy

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English Podcast. I'm your English teacher Michael, and I'm so

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glad you could join me here. Today we're going to

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dig into a group of phrases and phrasal verbs that

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all have one little word in common. Let. Now let

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might seem like a small, simple verb, but trust me,

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when you put it together with the right words, it

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opens up a whole lot of meaning and expression. So

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today we're going to talk about eight phrases and phrasal

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verbs with let that'll help you sound more natural, more confident,

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and more fluent. And don't worry. As always, I'll give

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you plenty of examples and we'll keep it light and casual.

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Let's get started, all right. First up, we have let

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it all hang out now. I like this one because

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it's got a fun kind of energy. When you let

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it all hang out, it means you're just being yourself,

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no pressure, no filters, you're not trying to impress anyone.

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Think about it. It's the weekend, your home in sweatpants,

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no makeup. Maybe your hair's a mess you didn't shave.

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That's letting it all hang out. Or maybe you're on

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vacation with friends, no work emails, no alarms. Yeah, that's

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the vibe. You're gonna let it all hang out pool side,

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and sometimes after a couple of drinks, people really start

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to let it all hang out, like on the dance

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floor at a wedding. The next one is let it be.

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That's right, let it be. And yeah, you might be

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hearing that Beatles song in your head right now. This

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phrase is all about step being back. Let it be

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means don't interfere, don't fix it, just leave the situation alone.

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Let's say your friend is upset and you're thinking of

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texting them, but you're not sure if it'll help. Sometimes

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it's better to just let it be, Or maybe one

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of your coworkers is being grumpy. You want to argue,

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but really it's not worth it. Just let it be.

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It's a calm phrase, it's peaceful. Let it be tells

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us that sometimes doing nothing is the right thing. The

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next situational phrase is let it rest. Let it rest

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is great for those situations where something's been talked about

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too much. Maybe there's been an argument, or someone just

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won't stop complaining. You might say, hey, we already talked

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about this, let it rest. Or maybe your coworker keeps

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bringing up that mistake you made last week. At some

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point you just want to say, come on, let it rest.

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Or every time you see that one friend, he's still

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complaining about his ex wife. It's the same complaint since

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they split up three years ago. Let it rest. It's

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a polite way of saying, can you stop talking about it,

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and can we talk about something else? Please let it rest,

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And since we're talking about talking, let's talk about let

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it slip. We use let it slip when someone accidentally

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says something they weren't supposed to say, or they accidentally

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tell someone something that was supposed to be a secret. Yeah,

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they let it slip. Like maybe your friend Tom is

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planning a surprise party for your other friend Debbie's birthday,

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and then you bump into Debbie at the store. Without thinking,

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you say, oh, yeah, you'll see everyone on Saturday. Whoops,

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you let it slip. The words slipped out of your mouth.

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Or someone says, hey, don't tell Katie about the promotion.

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But five minutes later you say something and realize, yep,

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it's too late. It just slipped out. Ye, it happens. Sometimes.

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I love the next one because it's full of energy.

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I'm talking about let it rip. Let it rip means

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go for it, do something at full speed, full power,

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no holding back. Picture someone about to give a speech

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or start a race, you might say, all right, let

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it rip. Or when a guitar it's like Eddie van

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Halen jumps into a guitar solo. You know that moment

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when they just go all in, full power. Yeah, they're

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letting it rip. Even at a traffic light the second

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it turned green, she let it rip. This one's bold,

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it's fun, and it's confident. Now here's a pair of

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related phrases, let it go and let something go. They

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sound the same, but the meaning changes. A bit depending

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on the situation. Let's start with the emotional one. When

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you let it go, you're choosing not to react. Maybe

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something annoyed you, but you decide it's not worth the argument.

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You just let it go. You find out from a

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friend that behind your back, your ex says something rude,

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Let it go. There's no point in getting upset. Your

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coworker made a weird comment, Just let it go. Or

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maybe your company made a change to the schedule not

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your favorite, but it's not the end of the world,

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so you let it go. Now, the more literal version,

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let something go is about physically releasing something. You're holding

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a rope, a dog, a balloon, and then you open

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your hand and let it go. Like when I was

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trying to fly a kite. It seemed like the wind

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was right, so I let it go. Or when I

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bring my dog to the backyard, open the fence, unhook

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the leash, and I let him go. It's a simple phrase,

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but very common. And finally, the last let phrase is

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a little more serious. Let someone go. This is a

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polite or formal way to say someone was laid off

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or fired from their job. You might hear something on

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the news like a spokesman for ABC company announced that

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they had to let ten percent of the staff go

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last week because of budget cuts, or the accounting manager

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was let go after the company found out he had

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another job on the side. It's a softer way of

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saying it, but the meaning is clear. They lost their job. Okay,

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