Learn the English Phrases "to pull out" and "to pull through"

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In this English lesson, I wanted to help
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you learn the English phrase to pull out.
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Now, this has a number of different meanings,
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but the meaning I wanted to focus on
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today means to withdraw from something.
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So let's say you signed up to play in a
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badminton tournament and the tournament is in two weeks, but
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at the last minute, you might decide to pull out.
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You might decide to withdraw your registration for that
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tournament, you might decide not to do it.
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So in that sense, to pull out can
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mean to decide not to do something.
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This also is used to describe things like
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when a country invades another country, eventually that
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country might decide to pull out.
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So if one country sends soldiers into another
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country, they might decide to withdraw, they might
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decide to pull out of that country.
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So it has a couple of different meanings, but
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that's the meaning I wanted to focus on today.
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To withdraw or to decide not to do something.
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The second phrase I wanted to teach
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you today is to pull through.
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Now, this is a very serious phrase.
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We use it to talk about when someone gets injured.
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And when we say they're going to pull
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through, it means that they're going to survive.
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So it's something you talk about after
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someone has a really bad car accident.
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You might say, oh, Joe had a really bad car accident.
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He's very badly injured, but he will pull through.
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That means that the doctors think that he
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will heal the, they'll probably do some surgeries
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or something to help him feel better.
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But when you say someone is going to pull through,
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it's used to describe a serious situation where someone was
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hurt and they're not going to die, they're going to
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get better, they're going to pull through.
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So to review, to pull out means to withdraw
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or decide, or to decide not to do something.
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And to pull through means that you were hurt very,
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very badly, but, but you're going to get better.
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So if you were in a car accident and someone
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said, oh, he was injured badly, but he's going to
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pull through, it means you're going to get better.
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But hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video.
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This comment is from know that. Hello, Bob.
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So do you have special clothes for working on
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your farm, like overalls or something like that?
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Or do you just use some of your old shirts and pants?
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By the way, that reminds me of something you mentioned once,
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that you don't like it when your dogs jump on you
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in the morning because you don't want your school clothes to
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get dirty and then you have to change again.
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Thanks for the new lesson. Bob. Have a great day.
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And my response? That is correct.
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I have different clothes for the farm.
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They are a collection of older
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clothes and specific farm clothes.
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Sometimes I wear older jeans that aren't good
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to wear in public anymore on the farm.
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So, yeah, that's a good question.
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I talk about school clothes and farm
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clothes, like, without really explaining it.
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I've just used those terms before.
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But yes, I do have different clothes.
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So on a day like this, when I come
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home, I just come outside in my school clothes.
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I call these my school clothes to
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make a quick video for you.
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But then I will change into my farm clothes later
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because I have to, I have to help Jen do
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a few things out here in the flower field.
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So, yes, my farm clothes, I have a few specific things.
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Like, I have really good work boots
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that I use on the farm.
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I have, most of my t shirts are just old
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t shirts that I don't wear out in public anymore.
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And most of my pants are just
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old jeans that I don't wear.
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Maybe they have a little hole in them or something.
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But Jen and I also have long sleeved
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sun shirts, special shirts that you can wear.
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They're a very thin material, but they're nice to wear
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out on the farm so that you don't get sunburnt.
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Because I sunburn fairly easily.
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But I'm not sure if you've seen the farm.
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So I'll give you a look.
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Let me spin you around so you can
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see things are quite green out here.
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Mostly the green is just from the grass, from the lawn.
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But we do have some things starting to grow.
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But we're still a few weeks away from going to market.
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We'll probably start going to market at the end of May.
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We'll have a few flowers and
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then the season will start again.
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Should be pretty exciting.
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I'm looking forward to it. Anyways, thanks for watching.
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I'll see you in a couple of
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days with another short English lesson. Bye.
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