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Speaker 1: These days, I don't go out as much on the

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weekends as I did when I was in my twenties.

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I remember that in those days, there were a lot

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of fashion trends that came in and went out, and

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basically the only reason we went out is to try

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to find someone to go out with. Ah, the good

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old days.

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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 seven eighty five.

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Six ways to use go out. It's time to go out. Actually,

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it's time to look at another versatile idiom in English,

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go out. Let's dive right in and check out six

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ways we use go out. A basic meaning of go

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out is to leave your house, and usually go out

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means to leave the house for some social event or entertainment.

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Like when I was in my twenties, I used to

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go out every weekend. But these days, well, let's just

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say I don't go out much. And I was so

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busy cleaning and cooking today I didn't go out at all.

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My mom doesn't like the cold. So she doesn't go

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out much these days either, And if you work from home,

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I'm guessing you probably don't go out so much. The

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next step on the go out train is romantic. When

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two people go out, they go on a date, like

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Jack and Jenny have so much in common. I wonder

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why they've never gone out. Hey, I heard you went

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out with Lisa last weekend. How did it go. We

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also use go out when a couple is in a regular,

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steady romantic relationship. Gus and Stephanie have been going out

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for over ten years. I wonder if they'll get married.

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By the way, when you want to go out with someone,

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you can ask them out, like I asked Jessica out

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and she said yes. Next, when a service like electric power,

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or the internet or even the water supply stops working,

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you can say that it goes out, like the power

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goes out sometimes during a storm that stinks. And if

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the internet goes out, I can always use my phone

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as a Wi Fi hotspot. Don't you just love technology?

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Is speaking of not working, Sometimes the employees of a

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company decide to stop working, and when they do, we

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say that they go out on strike, or just they

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go out. My friend Steves works for one of the

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big phone companies here in the States, and about five

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years ago all of the technicians went out for several weeks.

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And did you know that we have a law in

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New York State that says that people who work in

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in public service like bus drivers or train operators can't

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go out. Are you a slave to fashion? Do you

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like to wear the latest looks or trendy colors? If so,

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you must do a lot of shopping. I say that

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because when today's hot looks or trends are no longer fashionable,

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we say that they go out. Like when I was

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a college student, we were so happy that disco music

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went out. And do you remember those wide shoulder pads

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in big hairspray hairstyles in the eighties. I even had

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a mullet for a while in those days. Boy, am

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I glad that fashion style went out? And next, we

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use go out when we talk about something being dish

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contributed to the public or a particular group of people,

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Like a friend of mine is getting married next spring,

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but the wedding invitations haven't gone out yet, and the

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town I live in usually sends an updated schedule for

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garbage and recycling pickup for the new year, but I

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didn't get one yet, and when I called the town

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hall they told me that the schedules will go out

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at the end of this week. Keep in mind, the

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best way to remember vocabulary 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. Hey,

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