Meaning of CALLING IT QUITS - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles
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So in English when we say someone is "calling
it quits" it means that they've decided to
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NOT do something anymore.
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It, it means that they've decided to quit.
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I'm not calling it quits, that's not what
this video is about.
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But imagine you have a favourite soccer player
and one day you open the newspaper up and
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it says that they're calling it quits.
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That would mean that they've decided not to
play soccer anymore and you'd probably be
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pretty sad.
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Or maybe you have friend whose brother fixes
cars and you say to your friend, "Hey.
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I need the brakes on my car fixed, can I call
you brother?"
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And he might say, "Oh no, he's calling it
quits.
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He's not doing that anymore."
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So calling it quits literally means to quit
doing something.
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