Meaning of UP TO SPEED and OUT OF THE LOOP - A Short English Lesson with Subtitles

In English, when you are up to speed,

it means that you know everything you need to know

about something that is happening.

I could get you up to speed

on what my life is like right now.

You haven't gotten an update from me for a few days,

so if I was to get you up to speed,

it would mean that I would tell you

what's happening in my life.

As you know, I'm working from home.

I've been in a lot of meetings on Zoom and Google Meet

the last couple of days.

And to just get you up to speed,

I'm going to be working and teaching from home

for the next couple of weeks, if not longer.

So again, when you are up to speed,

it means that you know everything you need to know

about a situation or about what is happening,

and when you get someone up to speed,

it means that you give them all the information

that they need to know to do the things they need to do

and so they have the information they need

to know what is going on in any kind of situation.

If you aren't up to speed,

there's a good chance that you're out of the loop.

I think I did this phrase earlier this year,

maybe last year, but when you are out of the loop,

you don't have all the information.

When you are out of the loop,

it usually means that other people are talking

about a situation and other people know everything

they need to know but you're out of the loop.

You actually don't know what you need to do

or don't know what you need to know

to function well in that situation.

So when you are up to speed,

you know what you need to know.

When you are out of the loop,

you don't know everything that you need to know,

and just to keep up to speed,

there will be a new video tomorrow on my bigger channel.

Have a look for that.

I'm going to about the difference between the word here

and the word there and phrases

that we use with here and there.

So now you're up to speed.

Now you know what you need to know.

Anyways, Bob the Canadian here.

Have a good day.

I'll see you tomorrow in the next video.