"To Break Down" | Learn English with English Conversation | Go Natural English

Hi I'm Gabby Wallace and this is gonaturalenglish

today I'd like to share

a phrase with you that can be used in 3 different ways

it's a very common phrasal verb

the verb is to break down

I though of this phase to share with you today

because one of my students has a problem with transportation this morning

she came to class and she said I'm so sorry I'm late the train broke down

so this is the first way that you can use the verb 'to break down'

the train or the bus or a car can break down

if you have complicated information

you want to break it down or to organize information in to smaller amounts that are more understandable to your audience

that is to break down information if you want to ask for clarification this is an excellence phrase to use

could you please break that down for me?

the third way that we can use the phase break down is for describing an emotional state

if a person breaks down, it means that they are not able to handle what is happening

they are nervous they are anxious and they are not able to cope with the situation

great so we have 3 ways to use this common phrase

with a car,bus,or train to describe some problem with transportation

with information to ask for clarification and to describe a person's emotional state

so as you can see, we can use this phrase in many different ways

so I hope that this helps with your english and please be sure to try out this phrase soon

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