Learn the English Phrases "to shake things up" and "to shake on it"

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In this English lesson, I wanted to help you
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learn the English phrase "to shake things up".
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When you shake things up, it
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means that you change things.
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Sorry, Walter just came running here.
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There he is.
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That scared me a little bit.
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I don't know if I jumped or not, but
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anyways, when you shake things up, it means you
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change things, hopefully so things get better.
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Here's a good example.
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I watch the Toronto Raptors and last year they decided
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that they were going to get a new head coach.
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They wanted to shake things up a bit.
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They also got rid of one or two
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players to shake things up a bit.
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So they changed things so that hopefully this
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year the team has a winning season.
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You might have this happen at work.
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Sometimes at work you might come in and
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they'll say, yep, Jim and Joe are gone.
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The boss fired them because the boss
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wants to shake things up a bit.
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I think I use a bit a lot when I use that phrase.
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They want to shake things up a bit.
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So it means to make a change.
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The other phrase I wanted to teach you
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today is the phrase "to shake on it".
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When you shake on something, it
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means you agree on something.
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It means you actually shake hands with someone.
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I have someone coming to look at a water
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pump tonight and hopefully they want to buy it.
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And hopefully we can shake on it
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when we agree on a price.
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So to review when you shake things
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up, it means you make changes to
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something, hopefully so that things go better.
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And when you.... To shake on it means that you
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shake hands with someone after you agree to do something.
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But hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video.
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I hope this guy doesn't show up
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while I'm making this English lesson.
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This is from Andres. Mr.
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Bob, does YouTube provide you with metrics about how
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many users watch 10 seconds of your videos and
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how many users watch the entire video?
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And my response yes, although I don't usually pay it
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much attention, I make the video to satisfy a need.
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It doesn't matter to me how long people watch it for,
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so I can't see how long specific people watch it for.
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I do know that people watch about 60% to 70% of my
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videos before they give up and decide to do something else.
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But what that actually means is that most
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people watch the whole video and some people
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only watch the first 40% or 50%.
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I don't know the details, but anyways, yes, I do
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see metrics, but I do not pay a lot of
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attention to them because I just like making the video.
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Hey, this is the pump.
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Do you think someone will buy it.
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We bought a different pump this year.
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We have two irrigation pumps.
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We bought an irrigation pump that has a pressure regulator
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on it so it turns on and off automatically.
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That pump just pumps water.
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It doesn't turn on and off.
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It just pumps water.
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As long as it's on, it's
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pumping water until you unplug it.
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But we like to use pumps where when it gets up
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to 50 psi pounds per square inch, the pump turns off.
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So I'm actually waiting right now.
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The guy said he would be here around 5:30.
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It's 5:25 right now.
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And I thought, well, I'll kill two birds with 1 stone.
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I'll go outside and make a video while
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I'm waiting for him to show up.
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And then when he arrives, we'll have a look at
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the pump, and hopefully he offers me a price that
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we agree on and we can shake on it.
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And then hopefully, he gives me some
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money and he takes the pump away.
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I always like to sell things that I'm not
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using anymore because there's really no point in keeping
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things that you don't need otherwise, they just sit
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in your shed or sit in your garage.
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and kind of waste away.
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So, anyways, thanks for watching
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this short English lesson.
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I'll see you in a few days with another one. Bye.
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