Hi this is Ceema and I am back with a new lesson

on 'multiple meaning phrasal verbs'

well we all know what phrasal verbs are

right? phrasal verbs are verbs

used with a preposition to give you

the meaning of a certain word or

to explain something as an expression in English

right? So, Do you know some phrasal verbs

have multiple meanings. So you can have one phrasal verb

but it can mean a lot of different things depending on the way you use it

right? So, this lesson is going to really improve

the way you speak if you use your phrasal verbs

in the right way, Okay. So the first

very very common expression using the

phrasal verb 'take off' - the first meeting for that would be

when an airplane or a plane for that matter

goes off the ground into the air

this is probably the most common meaning of 'take off' that you may have come across

okay so you say that your plane

is going to take off at exactly two minutes past seven in the morning

that means your plane is going to go off

the runway, go off the ground into the air that's the first meaning

of 'take off' okay. What is the other meaning of take off? It could mean many

things

as we already agreed-upon right so take off

could also mean when something

increases

in popularity

okay so

something you know they get introduced

and immediately it picks up

in popularity it becomes very very popular so for example you could say

something like

Nicki Minaj her new video really took off

hidden just a few weeks time so in a few weeks time

maybe you know there were a lot of people buying her

her CDs, a lot of people watching her videos

so her video really took off meaning it really

increased in its popularity. The next

meaning of take off or another way you could use this phrasal verb

is when you are indicating that you want to remove

any part of your clothing

of a person's body. So, I can say

take off your jacket, okay, take off your shoes

take off your watch, take off your t-shirt

so take off is... you know an expression you will use when you want to tell

someone

or you wanna say that you want to remove clothing

from a person's body okay and

the next one is umm... to

Take a leave or to leave a place

that is to physically leave a place

so this is an informal way of saying it, okay

this is an informal way you will not use it

in....you know in a business meeting So, when you're at a friends house

when you want to leave your friends house you can say

okay, I'm gonna have a cup of tea

and just take off that's an informal way of putting it

but if you're in a meeting then you might not wanna say that you can't say

okay I'm gonna take off now you don't say that in a formal

setting okay this is an informal way to say that you are

leaving a particular place

okay, and another

meaning for take off could also be

that you are..... you know..... you're gonna stop

studying

or perhaps working for a period of time

just for a period of time. So,

maybe you've had a baby and you couldn't continue your studies right so you say

that

I took off up from studying for a while because I had a baby last summer

or I took off... from working

for a while because I got married last year

so when you stop a course of studies or you stopped

going to work because of a certain reason you have taken off

you have kind of stop doing it for a short

period of time. Okay, now I hope you're clear with

this expression okay I'm gonna deal with

the second phrasal verb which is very important as well

and which you are going to use every day. This one is -

'Pass out'... 'pass out' okay, well pass out has got

two meanings really, okay the first one is to

'Distribute' or you can call it 'to give away'

okay, so for example

you know you go to a mall and you see these people

who work in the marketing department they are

distributing flyers or distributing leaflets you now to promote their

products

so what are they doing they are passing out their products

or you can say something like "The teacher passed out

the question papers to her students five minutes before the examination

was about to begin", that's distributing or giving away something

okay that's what it means. The second

way you could use the word 'pass out' is when you are talking about someone who

is going to go unconscious

Or someone who is.. you know... almost going to faint

you can say that .... you can say that

she was so scared that 'she passed out

when she saw the man you know with

with an axe' you know.... so, you pass out when you are scared

when you are nervous or sometimes you may pass out because you have

a medical condition OR an unfit medical condition

so, that's the two ways you will use

this very common phrasal verb which is PASS OUT and

the next phrasal verb- very common is

'Bring up' okay, now 'bring up' also has

two main meanings okay, the first one is to- raise a child

so your parents bring you up now please be advised

that bring up is very different from grow up because

grow up means that you physically grow up as a person you become more

mature but bring up basically means to

educate a child, you care for the child

you nurture the child and you teach them

good or appropriate behavior. So, you teach them appropriate

behavior

that is why we say that

our parents have brought us up very well which means they have raised us very well

they have given us an education, they have cared for us, they have nurtured us

and they have taught us to behave appropriately. The other meaning

of bring up' would mean -

To introduce a topic into a discussion

or into any kind of conversation

So, your boss is talking to you about work

now you are a little scared about introducing the topic of your leaves

you gotta go for a vacation to say France

for 10 days, there is a lot of work but you want to bring up

or you know kind of sneakily introduce the topic of your leaves into that

conversation

so bringing up is nothing but just putting in another topic

while you were discussing something

totally different okay, and the next one

is to 'Take out', 'Take out' has a couple of meanings too

a very common phrasal verb-

the first meaning of take out could be - To remove something from a particular place

So, I can say -

Take out the garbage and put it in

you know in the bin so I'm removing something from a particular place

Or I can say - Takeout

the dishes from the table

you know also just remove it from there and put it in the cupboard

or put it in the cabinet for example okay that's what take out means

take how can also mean

To invite someone was on a social encounter

now this could be a romantic social encounter

or a non romantic social encounter so I can say that

I took out the kids to lunch on Sunday which means

it was the social... you know.... encounter we had to go out

we had to socialize me and my children so I

took them out for lunch on Sunday

if it is a romantic encounter you can say that - Timothy

took out Jane for the first time

last evening. That was supposed to be a social encounter now when you are doing

that taking out

you are the one who normally pays the bills for that

for the expense that you are going to incur while you are taking someone out

and last meaning of take out is basically - To borrow

so you can borrow essay books from the library

or you could borrow money from the bank so you take a loan out

okay, so I can say - I took out a loan

to buy a new mobile phone which I actually ended up doing

you won't believe it so, you take out or you borrow something

or you could say that please help me take out two books

so you are at the library and you wanna borrow two books

after reading you gonna give them back

taking out also means to borrow something, maybe books

or money

Well, that's it for me on this lesson on

multiple meaning phrasal verbs

I hope you found them interesting

and informative, I'll be back with some more lessons

until then, this is me saying Good bye...