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

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In English, when you are up to speed,
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it means that you know everything you need to know
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about something that is happening.
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I could get you up to speed
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on what my life is like right now.
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You haven't gotten an update from me for a few days,
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so if I was to get you up to speed,
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it would mean that I would tell you
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what's happening in my life.
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As you know, I'm working from home.
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I've been in a lot of meetings on Zoom and Google Meet
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the last couple of days.
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And to just get you up to speed,
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I'm going to be working and teaching from home
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for the next couple of weeks, if not longer.
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So again, when you are up to speed,
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it means that you know everything you need to know
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about a situation or about what is happening,
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and when you get someone up to speed,
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it means that you give them all the information
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that they need to know to do the things they need to do
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and so they have the information they need
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to know what is going on in any kind of situation.
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If you aren't up to speed,
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there's a good chance that you're out of the loop.
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I think I did this phrase earlier this year,
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maybe last year, but when you are out of the loop,
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you don't have all the information.
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When you are out of the loop,
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it usually means that other people are talking
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about a situation and other people know everything
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they need to know but you're out of the loop.
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You actually don't know what you need to do
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or don't know what you need to know
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to function well in that situation.
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So when you are up to speed,
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you know what you need to know.
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When you are out of the loop,
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you don't know everything that you need to know,
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and just to keep up to speed,
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there will be a new video tomorrow on my bigger channel.
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Have a look for that.
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I'm going to about the difference between the word here
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and the word there and phrases
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that we use with here and there.
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So now you're up to speed.
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Now you know what you need to know.
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Anyways, Bob the Canadian here.
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Have a good day.
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I'll see you tomorrow in the next video.
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