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

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Hi I'm Gabby Wallace and this is gonaturalenglish
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today I'd like to share
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a phrase with you that can be used in 3 different ways
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it's a very common phrasal verb
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the verb is to break down
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I though of this phase to share with you today
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because one of my students has a problem with transportation this morning
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she came to class and she said I'm so sorry I'm late the train broke down
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so this is the first way that you can use the verb 'to break down'
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the train or the bus or a car can break down
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if you have complicated information
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you want to break it down or to organize information in to smaller amounts that are more understandable to your audience
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that is to break down information if you want to ask for clarification this is an excellence phrase to use
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could you please break that down for me?
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the third way that we can use the phase break down is for describing an emotional state
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if a person breaks down, it means that they are not able to handle what is happening
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they are nervous they are anxious and they are not able to cope with the situation
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great so we have 3 ways to use this common phrase
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with a car,bus,or train to describe some problem with transportation
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with information to ask for clarification and to describe a person's emotional state
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so as you can see, we can use this phrase in many different ways
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so I hope that this helps with your english and please be sure to try out this phrase soon
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thanks and keep watching
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