Learn the English Phrases "to come up with" and "to come and go"

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In this English lesson I wanted to help you learn the English phrase to come up with.
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But before I talk about it, sorry, I know you've been enjoying the lessons
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in my local town.
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Today I'm just out here in the countryside.
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Or am I?
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What if I was to turn the camera?
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You would then see that I'm actually on the edge of town.
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I kind of tricked you a bit. But anyways, back to the lesson.
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We'll walk in a bit.
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To come up with means to think of something.
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When you're talking with someone, sometimes you have to come up with topics.
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You have to think of things to talk about.
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Sometimes in school, the teacher will ask students
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to come up with new ideas or to come up with the answer.
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So the phrase to come up with simply means to think of something.
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I have to regularly come up with ideas for these English lessons.
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I sit.
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Usually if I'm sitting somewhere and I'm bored, I spend the time
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just thinking so that I can come up with some new ideas.
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The second phrase I wanted to teach you today is the phrase to come and go.
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When you say that something is going to come and go,
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it means it's going to happen and then go away.
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Probably the best example I can give of this is pain.
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Sometimes when you have pain, it will come and go.
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I folded this up.
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I should show you.
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Sometimes when you have pain, it will come and go.
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Is that the right side? Yes, it is.
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I had this a lot
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a few years ago when I was having some medical problems.
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I had pain and it would just come and go.
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Sometimes I would have pain and then sometimes it would go away, and then it would come back.
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It would come and go.
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So anyways, to review, now that I've crumpled up my paper, when you say
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that you are going to come up with something it means you're going to think of something.
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Maybe you're going to try and come up with a funny thing to say in your next conversation.
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And when we use the phrase to come and go, we're talking
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about something that happens and then doesn't happen and then happens again.
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Pain's a good example.
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I'm trying to think of another one.
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You can use it for people as well.
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Like, Oh, he just kind of comes and goes as he pleases.
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That would be one.
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But hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video.
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This comment is from Judit.
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Thanks for the view of a Canadian town and my response?
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I'll try and find another good place to go today.
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I am enjoying finding places to go.
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It's really no worry and no bother.
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I am enjoying finding different places in my town
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to just pop pop out from work for a bit and make a little video.
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So today we're once again in another
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what we would call subdivision.
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By the way, this is the playground in the small park.
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And you can see here some of the houses.
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These are somewhat big, actually.
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I thought they were smaller.
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Maybe I drove too far.
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My plan was to show you some more modest size houses today.
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Some houses that are more
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the size that Jen and I would be able to afford
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if we decided to live in town, which will probably never happen by the way.
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We're too happy living out in the country.
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Oh, and here's a sign for you to read.
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I'm sure you can figure out what this means.
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It means if you drive down this road, there is no way
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to get out at the other end.
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You'll have to turn around.
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We would actually call this a cul-de-sac in English.
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So as you go to the end, there's just a circle.
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I'm not sure I'll get there fast enough to show you.
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But if you look at the end,
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there's just a few houses, and then you can kind of
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turn your vehicle around and come back out again.
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So technically, there is an exit.
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The exit is just the same, the same place where you came in.
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So the entrance and the exit are the same thing.
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Anyways, thanks for watching.
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Thanks for hanging out with me.
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Sorry, I tried to trick you at the beginning, but it's always fun to do things like that,
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for me.
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I'll see you in a couple of days with another short English lesson. Bye.
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