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I'm Georgina from BBC Learning English.
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Have you ever thought about the difference between
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'lend' and 'borrow'?
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They are both verbs but they're used in different ways.
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'Lend' means 'to give something to someone'
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generally for a short time.
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For example:
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The bank lent me some money.
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If you want to say who you lent something to,
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you can use the preposition 'to'.
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I lent my mobile phone to James.
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Oh no! I forgot my pen. Can you lend me a pen?
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'Borrow' means 'to ask someone for something'.
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Oh no! I can't read this. Can I borrow your glasses?
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If you want to say who you borrowed something from,
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you can use the preposition 'from'.
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For example:
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I borrowed a book from the library.
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Oh, I'm late!
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I need to borrow a laptop from Sam for my meeting
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– got to go!
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