MynameisAliciaandtodaywe'regonnatalkabout 10 phrase a llverbsforbusiness.
Solet's gostepupthefirstphraseoverbizStepup.
Stepupmeanstomoveuportowlevelup, usuallytosomekindofnew, challengingpositionorto a challengingproject.
So I wanttostepupanddomoreformycompanyor I wanttostepupandtakeonthisproject.
There's a nuanceof a challenge, a moveupward, a promotion, perhaps, andnewchallenges, newresponsibilities.
So, in a sentence, thenewCEOreallysteppeduponthisproject.
Great.
Stepdown.
Thenextwordistheopposite.
Stepdown.
Tostepdownoftenmeanstoresignortoquitone's job, especiallyatthehigherlevelsofbusiness, so a CEOmightstepdownfromhispositionorherpositionifthey'vemade a bigmistakeorifthecompanyhashadproblems.
EsoSometimesthiscanmeanresign.
Sometimesthismeansjust, ah, movingto a lowerpositioninthecompanyyoucan.
Expandintothenextexpressionisexpandintoexpandintosowecanuseexpandintotwomeanmovingmoreormovingtoanotherplaceortoanotherindustrywithyourbusinessoperations s sowecanuseperhaps a countryorregionafterthisexpression, orwecanuseanindustrynameafterthisexpression, soyoucansaywewanttoexpandintoChina.
Nottheverbformtosuspect, thoughwecanusethatsuspectandsuspecthaveslightlydifferentpronunciationsas a nounsuspectmeans a personwhomayormaynothavecommitted a crimemayormaynothavedonesomethingbadtosuspectsomeonemeanstobesuspicious, tothinktheymayormaynothavedonesomething.
But a judgeiskindofifyouifyou'vewatchedlikeuscrimeshowsorwhateveryoumighthaveseenthesepeople, they'remenandwomenwhowearlikethesebigblackrobesusuallyandtheysithi.
Incourtroomsoftheotherpeople, usuallywealsohaveinthe U.
Sopullinmeanstodriveforwardintosomethingbackinmeanstoslowlygobackwardintosomethingusually a parkingspaceor a garageorsomething.
Sobackinisgoingriverinreverse.
Pullenisgoingforwardasusual, Soin a sentencebackintotheparkingspace, thenextexpressionisrolleddown.
Rolldown.
Thismightbe a littlebitofanoutdatedexpressionatthispointintime, butpriortotheuseofautomaticwindows, usuallynow I thinkmostcarshave a buttonandthewindowwillautomaticallyrolldown.
Butweusedtohave a manual, a handcrankinguardstorolldownwindows.
Itwasn't reallygoingthatfast, butlike, somehowthingswentwrongand I felldown.
Ormaybe I trippedorsomethinglikethat.
When I wasrunning, I felldownandhejustHeranovermeinthegolfcart, like, ranovermyleg, justdroverightovermyleg, and I was, like, Waygotbigtrouble.
I wasfine.
Yeah, no, I died.
Ah, thenextwordispullover.
Sopullovermeansusuallyyou'redrivingthecarandyouwanttomake a stop.
Sousuallyweusethis, like, onthesideoftheroadorin a placewhereyouwouldn't usuallystoporinkindof a strange, notnecessarilystrange, butmaybenot a typicalplacetostop a car.
So, forexample, ifthere's like a beeinthecarandtoyou, like I needtogetthisbeoutofmycar.
Afteryou'vefinishedspeakingtothem, policewilluseitas a command.
Thenextphrase a verbispulledout.
Pullout.
So, forexample, whenyouarecomingoutof a parkingspace, forexample, youcansay, likepulloutofthisparkingspaceinturnleftitmeans, liketoexitsomething's slowly, sotopulloutof a parkingspaceortopulloutintotraffic.
So, likeCalifornia, I want a bigstatehighwayIsthenumberfivehighwaythefive.
Soyoucouldsay, likegetonthefiveatthenextexitorgetonthefiveatthestreet, forexample, Sotogetonmeansliketotojoinwithyourcarthat a majorroadand a sentencegetonthehighwayhere.
We'retalkingabouttherelationshipbetween a pastactionandsomeotherpastpoint.
So, forexample, I hadbeenstudyingforthreehourswhen I fellasleep.
Sointhatexamplesentence, weseethattherewasonepastcontinuingactionand a secondactionthathappenedclosertothepresentthatinterruptedtheactionwhen I fellasleepsowecanusepastperfecttensetoshowlikesequences.
Ifyou'retelling a storyandtherearetwopointsinyourstorythatwereinthepast, youcanusepastperfecttensetoexplainthethingthatcamefirst, thenusesimplepasttoexplainthethingthathappenednearertothepresent, as I didinthisstory.
As I alsomentionedinthisexample, sentenceIfyouwanttodescribe a pastactionthatwascontinuingandthatwastheninterrupted, youcanusethispatternthispastperfect, toosimple, pasttensepattern.
Soweuseitforthat.
Wealsouseittotalkaboutlifeexperienceagain.
Sogenerallifeexperienceornolifeexperience, butat a pastpointintime.
So, forexample, bymy 10thbirthday I hadsaved $100 forexample, Sobymy 10thbirthdayis a pointinthepast.
I'm obviouslynot 10 yearsoldnow, Sobymy 10thbirthday, I hadsavedthatmeansupuntilthatpointintime, I hadsaved $100.
Ofcourse, noteveryoneonYouTubepostsregularly, butthisistheideatofollow, however, likewithTwitterorwithFacebookorInstagramislikeyou'rejustwaitingforupdatesfromthatperson.
Maybeyou'renotexpectingtoreceivesomethingon a regularbasis.
Sheseemsniceinthesecondexamplesentencesheseemslike a nicepersonwereusinglikeandweneedtofollowthiswith a nounphrase.
So a nicepersonis a nounphrasewhenyou'reusing, likeinthisway, youneedtofollow, likewith a knownphrase.
Youcan't useanadjectivethereaswedidwithseams.
Sowefollowedthesamerule.
Whenwe'reusingliketomakecomparisons, forexample, heeatslike a pig.
Youlooklikemybrother.
Sowhenwe'remakingcomparisonslikethis, weneedtouse a nounphraseafterthewordlikealsowecanuseseemswithverbs.
Forexamplethisseemstobetherightanswer.
Heseemstolikehiking.
SoanotherquickpointaboutthewordseemsisthatweuseSeymourseemswhenwewanttomake a guessorshareanopinionaboutsomething, Butmaybewecan't quicklyconfirmsolikesheseemsniceislikeouropinionarequickopinionofthatperson, Butmaybewedon't knowyet.
Shemightnotbe a niceperson, wedon't know.
Butwhenyouwanttomake a quickguessaboutsomethingthatyoucan't actuallycheck, youcan't reallyconfirmyoucanuseSeemstodothatInthesecondoriginalexamplesentence I introduced, sheseemslike a nicepersonwerecombiningseemwithlikethey'resosheseemslikethatmeansit's likeyou'recomparingthisperson.
Sheto a niceperson.
That's kindoftheideahere.
Soshehastheappearance, or I guesssheseemsasthoughsheis a niceperson.
Sothisisanovercomplicatedexplanation.
Butthinkaboutusinglikewhenyouwanttocomparethings, thinkaboutusingseemwhenyouwanttomaybejustshare a simpleadjective.