Meaning of MAKES SENSE- A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles

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So in English when we say something "makes sense" it means that it is the logical outcome
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or that it's easy to understand why something would happen.
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So here's an example: If I put bird feed in this bird feeder then birds will come and
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eat the bird feed.
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That "makes sense" doesn't it, because birds like to eat and this would be free food for
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the birds.
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So it makes sense that if you put food in a bird feeder birds come and eat it.
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Another thing would be if you pump air into a tire, the tire will fill up with air.
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It makes sense because there's no way for the air to get out of the tire.
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So when something "makes sense" it just, it's logically understandable that that thing would
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happen.
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We also have another phrase, things can "make perfect sense" and I think it makes perfect
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sense that you should watch my videos everyday!
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Maybe!
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