Learn the English Phrases PUT TWO AND TWO TOGETHER and GET TOGETHER

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In this English lesson,
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I wanted to help you learn the English phrase
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put two and two together.
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When you put two and two together,
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you don't just get the number four.
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Sorry, that was a bad joke.
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But in English,
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when we say that you put two and two together,
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it means you figure something out.
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Oftentimes, when the police are trying to solve a crime,
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they will find clues,
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and eventually they'll put two and two together,
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and they'll figure out who committed the crime.
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Another good example would be this.
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If I went in the house and all the cookies were gone
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and my son had cookie crumbs on his shirt,
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if I put two and two together,
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it's pretty obvious that my son
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is the one that ate all the cookies.
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So in English, when you put two and two together,
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it means you figure something out.
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The other phrase I wanted to teach you today
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is the English phrase get together.
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It is Thanksgiving weekend here in Canada.
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It is a holiday today.
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I know you're watching this on Tuesday,
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but I'm making this on Monday.
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And normally, my family would get together.
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We would all go to my sister's house
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and we would have Thanksgiving dinner.
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But because of COVID, we can't get together.
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I did want to point out, though, that we use this as a verb.
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We say that we want to get together,
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but we also use it as a noun,
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because usually my sister has a get together.
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So did you hear the difference there?
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Usually we get together at my sister's house
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because my sister has a get together.
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So to repeat, when you put two and two together,
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it means you solve something or you figure something out,
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and when you get together with someone,
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it means that you meet at the same place.
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I'm a little bit sad this year,
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because it's always nice to go to my sister's
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for Thanksgiving dinner.
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Oh, well. There's always next year.
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Hey, let's look at a comment from another video.
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This comment is from Mohamad,
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and he says, "The view behind you is picture perfect."
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It is, isn't it? This is from a video from last week.
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My reply is this. "Yes, very true.
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Soon, it will all be gone, though.
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One good rain and some wind
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and all the leaves will fall down."
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So you can kind of see behind me just a little bit,
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that that is starting to happen.
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We are starting to see some of the leaves fall off.
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We did have a little bit of rain last week.
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We did have a little bit of wind,
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and when that happens, the leaves start to fall off.
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So yes, Mohamad, the view behind me is picture perfect,
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but eventually it will all fall down,
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and then we'll just have bare trees.
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So anyways, thanks Mohamad again for that comment.
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Hey, just a few more things before I go.
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One is thank you so much for being patient with me
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as I took a small break.
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I know it was almost five or six days
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without a video on this channel,
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but I knew that you guys would understand,
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and it wouldn't be a big deal.
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And I do want to talk a little bit about Thanksgiving.
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So in Canada, it is Thanksgiving Day.
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Normally we would be having turkey.
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We would be having potatoes.
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We would be having gravy.
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We would be having different kinds of vegetables.
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But because there is a pandemic,
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and because we are under a Stage 2 lockdown again in Ontario
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we can't go to my sister's place
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and we can't enjoy Thanksgiving dinner together,
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so that is a little bit sad for me and for my kids.
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But we were able to go out yesterday
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and do a little bit of hiking.
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We were able to go out a couple of days ago
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and we visited my son.
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We sat outside in a little circle, socially distanced,
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and we were able to visit him.
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But it is a really nice time here,
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in spite of the fact that we can't get together,
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and we can't see each other.
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I really wish that we could,
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but you know, it's all for the best.
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It's better for us to stay apart now
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so that we can get past this COVID-19 pandemic
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as soon as possible.
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Anyways, cases in Ontario have leveled out.
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We are having about 600 to 700 cases a day,
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so we are in what's called a Stage 2 lockdown again.
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Not really a lockdown, sorry.
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We're in Stage 2 closures. That's a better word for it.
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So restaurants are starting to close again and other things,
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but I'm still in school for the time being.
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We'll see how long that lasts.
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