Give me a 'heads up' - What does this phrase mean? - It's time to Learn English
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Hello there.
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How lovely to see you here again.
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Although, I have to say,
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you are in a very unusual place.
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You are up there above my head.
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Talking of heads, there is an expression in English
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connected to this part of your body.
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We can give someone a heads up,
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heads up.
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If you have to warn someone about a thing
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that may or may not happen in the future.
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If you want to give another person
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some information that may be useful to them,
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you can give them a heads up.
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You are giving them a warning about
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something that might happen soon.
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You give them a heads up
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and that is today's expression.
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It is so nice to see you up there.
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I hope you will climb down from the tree safely
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and carefully.
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And of course, until the next time we meet here
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ta ta for now.
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