Jennifer's NEW Phrasal Verb Challenge 🕺🦕 Lesson 6: catch on, die out
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Hey there. This is Lesson 6 of Jennife'rs Phrasal Verb Challenge. We're at the halfway point.
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You've learned ten phrasal verbs already. Are you ready to learn two more?
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Some of you may know that I love
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1980s music. I remember
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Madonna and Michael Jackson at their prime. They did more than change the rock scene. They changed fashion.
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Things like sequined gloves and shirts falling off one shoulder caught on really fast.
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Madonna had girls tying their hair up in scarves and wearing ripped stockings.
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But like most trends, those fashions died out.
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"To catch on" means to become popular.
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Madonna's fashion style caught on really fast.
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Thousands, if not millions, of American girls dressed like her in the 1980s.
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Another meaning of "catch on" is to understand eventually.
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Sometimes it takes a bit of explaining until you fully understand
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what someone is saying. In other words, it takes some time until you catch on.
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You can catch on fast. You can catch on to something.
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With this meaning the phrasal verb "catch on" is intransitive,
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but we can also say "catch on to something."
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I caught on to her meaning.
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I caught on to what she was saying.
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"To die out" means to disappear, perhaps from popularity or from existence.
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"Die out" is intransitive. It doesn't have an object.
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Fashion trends can die out. Dinosaurs died out.
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Let me ask you about music or fashion.
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Was there a trend that caught on when you were a child? When did it die out?
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You can talk about disco or bell-bottom pants...anything you want. Are you catching on to the idea?
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For practice, post your answers in the comments. I'll offer corrections as time allows.
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I'll see you again soon. As always, thanks for watching and happy studies!
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