Speaker 1: These days, I don't go out as much on the
weekends as I did when I was in my twenties.
I remember that in those days, there were a lot
of fashion trends that came in and went out, and
basically the only reason we went out is to try
to find someone to go out with. Ah, the good
old days.
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New York City, and here's your English teacher, Michael.
Speaker 1: All right, thank you John, and thanks everyone. It's Michael
here from Happy English and I help people speak English better.
And this is Happy English Podcast, Episode seven eighty five.
Six ways to use go out. It's time to go out. Actually,
it's time to look at another versatile idiom in English,
go out. Let's dive right in and check out six
ways we use go out. A basic meaning of go
out is to leave your house, and usually go out
means to leave the house for some social event or entertainment.
Like when I was in my twenties, I used to
go out every weekend. But these days, well, let's just
say I don't go out much. And I was so
busy cleaning and cooking today I didn't go out at all.
My mom doesn't like the cold. So she doesn't go
out much these days either, And if you work from home,
I'm guessing you probably don't go out so much. The
next step on the go out train is romantic. When
two people go out, they go on a date, like
Jack and Jenny have so much in common. I wonder
why they've never gone out. Hey, I heard you went
out with Lisa last weekend. How did it go. We
also use go out when a couple is in a regular,
steady romantic relationship. Gus and Stephanie have been going out
for over ten years. I wonder if they'll get married.
By the way, when you want to go out with someone,
you can ask them out, like I asked Jessica out
and she said yes. Next, when a service like electric power,
or the internet or even the water supply stops working,
you can say that it goes out, like the power
goes out sometimes during a storm that stinks. And if
the internet goes out, I can always use my phone
as a Wi Fi hotspot. Don't you just love technology?
Is speaking of not working, Sometimes the employees of a
company decide to stop working, and when they do, we
say that they go out on strike, or just they
go out. My friend Steves works for one of the
big phone companies here in the States, and about five
years ago all of the technicians went out for several weeks.
And did you know that we have a law in
New York State that says that people who work in
in public service like bus drivers or train operators can't
go out. Are you a slave to fashion? Do you
like to wear the latest looks or trendy colors? If so,
you must do a lot of shopping. I say that
because when today's hot looks or trends are no longer fashionable,
we say that they go out. Like when I was
a college student, we were so happy that disco music
went out. And do you remember those wide shoulder pads
in big hairspray hairstyles in the eighties. I even had
a mullet for a while in those days. Boy, am
I glad that fashion style went out? And next, we
use go out when we talk about something being dish
contributed to the public or a particular group of people,
Like a friend of mine is getting married next spring,
but the wedding invitations haven't gone out yet, and the
town I live in usually sends an updated schedule for
garbage and recycling pickup for the new year, but I
didn't get one yet, and when I called the town
hall they told me that the schedules will go out
at the end of this week. Keep in mind, the
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