Meaning of HANDLE IT - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles
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So in English when we say that someone is
able to "handle it" when they're able to "handle
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something" it means that we believe that they
are capable of doing it.
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If I say, "I think he can handle it."
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It means that I think he is able to do the
thing that we're talking about.
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So let's think of an example.
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Maybe someone at work has been in charge of
one or two people and you want to put them
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in charge of ten people.
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You only want to do that if you think that
they can handle it, if you think that they
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are capable of doing it, if you think that
they are able to do it.
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So to handle it means that you are able to
do that thing.
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