Meaning of ALL CAUGHT UP - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles

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So in English, we have the phrase
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to be all caught up.
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When you are all caught up, it means
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that you are done all the work that you need to have done
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in that moment.
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Here's a good example.
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A lot of times during the school year,
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I collect students' work because I need
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to grade their work.
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So I have a pile of student work in front
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of me and I need to grade it.
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So when I have a pile of 100 things to grade, I am behind.
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I am definitely not all caught up.
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But as I go through the pile of grading,
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as I look at each piece of student work
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and give them a grade, I eventually get
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to the last one and then I am all caught up.
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So if you have a job where you have lots of work to do
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and where you have a whole pile
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of things that you have to work through,
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when you're done, you would say that you are all caught up.
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Actually, last week we had parent-teacher interviews
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and that meant that I had to have all
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of my student work graded and I needed
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to give them grades for this part of the school year.
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So last week I had to be all caught up with my grading
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because the students get a midterm report.
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So right now we just had a snow day.
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I didn't have to go to work today
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and because I have all my grading done,
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I am all caught up.
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So I had a really relaxing day.
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Anyways, I'm Bob the Canadian and you're learning
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English with me.
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