Learn the English Phrases "up and around" and "to go around in circles"

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In this English lesson,
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I wanted to help you learn the English phrase up and around.
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This is a phrase that we use
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after someone has maybe been sick or in the hospital,
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maybe they've had surgery,
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and when they are starting to feel better,
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eventually, they will be up and around.
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So you might say to someone,
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"Oh, so Uncle Joe was in the hospital.
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How long before he'll be up and around?"
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It's similar to saying, "When will he be back on his feet?"
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That's another English phrase.
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So if you know someone who was in the hospital
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or someone who was just sick for a while,
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you could inquire and say,
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"When will they be up and around?"
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When will they be feeling better enough
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to walk around and start to do things?
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The other phrase I wanted to teach you today
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is the phrase to go around in circles.
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Now, there's many variations on this.
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You can run around in circles, you can go around in circles
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but it basically means that you're talking about something
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and you're never reaching a conclusion.
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You're just going around in circles.
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So maybe someone at work suggests
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that you do something a different way
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and someone else disagrees
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and everyone talks about it for an hour.
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Eventually you might say,
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"Hey, we need to stop going around in circles.
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We're not solving anything here.
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We need to come up with a solution as soon as possible."
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So to review, up and around means to be feeling better.
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It's similar to being back on your feet.
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If you're sick, then eventually,
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you will be up and around and feeling better.
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And to go around in circles
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means to discuss something meaninglessly for a long time
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and to get a little bit frustrated.
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But hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video.
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This comment is in my pocket.
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By the way, I'm using a different microphone
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so I can back way up here
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and you should be able to still hear me
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as easily as if I was standing right up here by my phone.
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We'll see when I go back in whether that worked.
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This comment is from Ünsal.
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"Hi, in one part of the video, you say,
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'Jen and I hope that our van lasts a long time.'
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What other verb or verbs can be used
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instead of the verb last in this sentence?
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Thank you so much. You're welcome."
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My reply, that's the only way I can think of saying it.
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Often when you buy something, you hope it lasts a long time.
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So yeah, I bought a new microphone.
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Part of it is here. The other part is stuck to my phone.
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I can't show you that part
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but I hope this microphone lasts a long time.
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Thanks Ünsal for the comment by the way.
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I hope that this microphone lasts a long time.
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I hope that my van lasts a long time.
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This is a 2008 Uplander, I think it is.
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I hope it lasts a long time, but we'll see.
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It's not on its last legs yet.
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It still seems to be working quite well.
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And then my red van over there, it's a 2012 Dodge Caravan.
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I hope it lasts a long time too. We'll see though.
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You can see I lost another hubcap.
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I'm a little annoyed by that, that I lost that hubcap.
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Sorry, I'm not sure where I was going there.
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Oh, I was going to walk this way.
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It rained last night. It rained a lot.
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So we've gotten, let's see, 10 centimeters of rain,
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four inches of rain over the last two days.
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That's a lot of rain. That's way too much rain.
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There's water everywhere
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but I wanted to show you the problem we have
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because of this guy.
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Walter decided
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that the rain gauge
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would be a great thing to chew on.
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So our rain gauge only goes up to 2.5 inches
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or six centimeters now.
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So we had to ask the neighbor how much rain they got
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so that we could know how much we got.
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And we're trying to make sure Walter...
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Hey, Walter. (whistles)
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We're trying to make sure Walter
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doesn't use the next rain gauge we buy as a toy.
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We hope the next one lasts longer than that one did.
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Anyways, thanks for watching.
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See you in a couple days with another short English lesson.
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Bye.
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