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Speaker 1: You know, English is funny. Sometimes We've got a ton

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of verbs that go with the infinitive, you know, the

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two verb like want to do, like to do, plan

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to do, and most of them just talk about an action, right,

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I want to go, I like to cook, I plan

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to travel. That's easy, no special meaning. But there are

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some verb followed by to do combinations that do have

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a special meaning, a nuance, a deeper idea behind them.

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And that's what we're going to look at today.

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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: Alright, thank you John, and thanks everyone. It's Michael here

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

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And this is Happy English Podcast, Episode nine to forty seven.

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Verb and to do patterns with special meanings. Hey, thanks

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for tuning in. Today we're gonna look at five verb

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and infinitive patterns in English that carry a special meaning,

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not just the action, but something extra. These patterns come

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up all the time in natural English. So let's get

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started with this one. Need to do this one's very

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similar to have to do. It shows necessity, like I

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need to finish this report by five o'clock. Yeah, you're

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not saying you want to do it. You're saying it's important,

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it's required. Maybe your boss is waiting. Okay, same idea here.

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Do you need to be at the airport early? That

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sounds stronger than do you want to be at the

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airport early? So need to do means yeah, this thing

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is necessary, it's not just a choice. Here's one more.

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I need to call my mom later today, not because

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I want to, well, I do, but because she expects

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me to check in. And honestly, when your mom says

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you haven't called in a while, you need to do

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something about that. Now. Here's one of my favorite expressions

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in English, get to do. When you get to do something,

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you have the opportunity to do something, or it's a

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special privilege. Like we got to leave work early today.

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That's not a complaint, that's good news. We got to

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leave early means the boss gave us permission. Or you

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can say something like when I was in LA I

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got to meet the actor who played Spider Man. Nice.

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You didn't plan it, but it was a cool opportunity.

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So when you get to do something, it means you're lucky.

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It was a special chance. And I remember when I

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was a kid, I never got to stay up late

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on school nights. But now if there's a good movie on,

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I get to stay up as late as I want.

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That's the best part of being an adult. You get

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to do things your own way. The next one is

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manage to do. When you manage to do something, you

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succeed in doing it, especially when it was difficult or

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you struggle to do it. Like I managed to connect

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my printer to the Wi Fi for wireless printing. That

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true story, and believe me, it was a struggle, but

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somehow I did it. Here's another one. Kim managed to

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fit her report before the deadline. There's this feeling like, Wow,

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she pulled it off. She made it happen. Here's one more.

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Yesterday I had so many errands. I thought there was

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no way I'd get everything done. But somehow I managed

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to pick up my dry cleaning, go grocery shopping, and

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still be home before dinner. I'm not saying I'm a superhero,

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but you know I managed to pull it off. And

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here's another common phrase, tend to do. When you tend

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to do something, you usually do it, or it happens

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in a regular or predictable way. We use tend to

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do when we talk about habits or things that usually happen.

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Like Josh tends to talk too much in meetings. That

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means he does it a lot. It's not always, but

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it happened often enough. Or people tend to drink more

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coffee in the winter. That doesn't mean everyone does it,

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just means it's a common pattern. Like my dog Backs

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tends to bark every time the doorbell rings. It's like

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clockwork ding dong well for woolf So yeah, tend to

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do is perfect for those things that just seem to

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happen again and again. Now let's wrap up with two

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expressions that tend to be confusing for a lot of

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English learners. Fail to do and forget to do. These

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are different. When you fail to do something, it means

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you tried but you didn't succeed, Like Yuchin failed to

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get that old laptop to work. He tried his best,

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but it didn't work. Something went wrong. And Jack failed

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to get a date with Jenny. He asked her a

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number of times to go out with him, but she's

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just not interested. On the other hand, when you forget

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to do something, it means you didn't even try because

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you didn't remember. Like I forgot to lock the door

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when I walk the dog. Oops. I was supposed to

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do that, but it slipped my mind. Or I forgot

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to pick up milk on my way home last night,

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so guess what, no corn flakes for me this morning.

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So again, when you failed to do something, you tried

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to do it, but you were unsuccessful. When you forget

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to do something, you just don't remember to do that.

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I think we need to recap when you need to

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do something it's required or important, like I need to

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think about the next podcast English lesson. When you get

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to do something, you're lucky. It's a chance or opportunity.

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I get to help you learn English. When you manage

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to do something, you succeeded even though it was hard.

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I managed to record this lesson without max barking. And

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when you tend to do something, this happens a lot.

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It's your usual pattern. I tend to enjoy teaching English.

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And then there's fail to do and forget to do something.

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Fail to do is about trying but not succeeding, and

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forget to do is about not remembering. These phrases are

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really natural in everyday English, and they show more than

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just action. They show feeling, tone, and attitude. So if

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you want to sound more like a native speaker, try

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using them. And keep in mind the best way to

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remember English like this and any other word or phrase

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

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

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in your world, and then memorize your sentences. That's how

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you build fluency. Hey, thanks for listening, and remember, learning

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

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I'm here to help you on your journey.

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