Meaning of MARK MY WORDS - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles #shorts

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So you don't often hear the phrase, "Mark my words!", in everyday English, but you do
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hear it a lot in English movies or on English television.
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And it's usually said just before the character predicts something that will happen in the
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future.
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So you might have someone say, "Mark my words!
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I will have my revenge someday!"
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So maybe you're watching a movie where the main character has had something done to them
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and by someone else and they're saying, "Mark my words!
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I will have my revenge!"
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So they're basically saying I'm going to predict that I am going to get revenge someday.
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You might also hear this when someone predicts something amazing that they think will happen.
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You could have someone say, "Mark my words!
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We will go to the moon again someday!"
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