Learn the English Phrases "to give in" and "to give out"

In this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase to give in.

Now, this is kind of the opposite of the phrase to put your foot down.

Sometimes you need to give in when someone asks you if they can do something.

Sometimes when my kids ask for something, I put my foot down and I say no.

But sometimes I give in and I say yes.

This happened a few years ago when they wanted to buy a Nintendo Switch.

I put my foot down and said, No, it's too expensive.

But they said they would pay for part of it if I paid for part of it.

So eventually I was able to give in.

Eventually, I decided that it was okay and we went and bought a Nintendo Switch.

And by the way, that was a good decision.

It's a lot of fun to play games with them.

I like Mario Party and Mario Kart the best.

The second phrase I

wanted to teach you today is the phrase to give out.

This is a phrase we use to talk about something that's going to break or something

that's going to break down.

If I drive my van for another ten years, eventually it's going to give out.

Eventually the engine is going to give out.

Eventually the wheels are going to give out.

Eventually the whole van is going to give out.

It's going to stop working.

So to review, to give in means to finally say that someone's allowed to do something.

Sometimes my classes ask me if they can, I don't know, walk the town for a field trip

and eventually I give in and plan something like that instead of saying no.

And to give out means to simply break down.

Now, both of these phrases have other meanings.

Those are just two of the meanings that I wanted to teach today.

Hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video.

I think I have it here in my pocket.

Here we go.

The comment is from Pristine Horizon.

Dear teacher Bob, I wish I had wings to reach there to sit in the classroom there.

How beautifully it's designed. And my response?

I have to admit, the schools have been getting nicer here in Canada.

My favorite thing is that the newer parts of the building

have more windows to the outside and more natural light.

So that's actually thanks... for the comment for Pristine...

that's been a common trend. I don't...

Not just in Canada, I think in a lot of parts of the world,

buildings have more windows to let more natural light in.

Not this barn it’s quite old.

There aren't very many windows at all.

So in our school, the newer parts of the school

are really nice because they have floor to ceiling windows in some spots.

It's really, really cool.

Hey, you might be wondering, what am I doing standing here?

What am I doing wearing a T-shirt?

Well, it's spring break.

It's really windy, and I had to find a place where I could stand to make this video.

So I'm kind of hiding in this kind of gross corner by the barn.

I wanted to show you this, though, while I'm standing here.

This is the sign that my dad put up when we had animals.

It says Stop livestock at work, please obtain authorization before entering.

And then this is the name of a feed company.

Shur Gain.

Back when my parents were farming, it was just starting to become a concern

that you didn't want too many people visiting a farm.

There are more and more diseases

that spread between chicken farms and cow farms or cattle farms

and pig farms, and it's just more of a concern.

So I think back in that era, the feed companies decided they would start to give farmers

signs like that one to put up to tell people, please don't go in this building

without first asking if it's okay, without first asking the owner.

So anyways, yes, it's a little windy out here.

If I step out here, you'll probably hear the microphone

start to make funny wuffling sounds.

Is that the exact word? Wuffling sounds?

Anyways, spring break's almost over.

You'll be watching this on Friday, the last day of my spring break.

Obviously, I'm back at doing YouTube.

Thanks for giving me a week off.

I really, really appreciated it, but I'm pretty excited to get going full steam again.

Have a good week.

See you in a few days with another short English lesson. Bye!