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The 1997 film Titanic is one of the most successful and iconic movies ever
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Produced it stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as members of different social classes
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Who fall in love aboard the ship during its ill-fated voyage
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It is absolutely full of vocabulary. You can use to sound more sophisticated and polite for this lesson
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We've chosen two scenes in the first one Jack joins the first-class passengers for dinner after having rescued Rose
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Having a completely different philosophy about life
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The lack of compatibility between him and the rest of the dinner guests becomes strikingly obvious and make for a very interesting
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And somewhat humorous conversation then in perhaps the most iconic scene from the film
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Jack and Rose share a moment on the front of the ship
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Unfortunately, we cannot include the full two scenes here on YouTube. You can enjoy the lesson without watching the original clips
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however
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I recommend that you watch them first by cleaning up at the top then come back here for the lesson if you're ready
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Then let's climb aboard the Titanic
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Tell us of the accommodations in steerage. Mr. Dawson, I hear they're quite good on this ship
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Jack here has been momentarily invited to share dinner in first-class
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Perhaps you could join us for dinner tomorrow evening
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He comes from the steerage which in a passenger ship is the part of a ship providing the cheapest
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Accommodation for passengers in the past. This is where immigrants would sleep when traveling to a faraway place
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When we say accommodations, we mean a place for someone to stay temporarily
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For example when you're in another city
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You might need to find accommodations to stay the night on the Titanic
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The passengers accommodations are the room where he or she stayed
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Example the price for the holiday includes flights and accommodations
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the university provides free accommodations for first-year students
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Then the woman says I hear they're quite good
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when we say I hear we're basically saying I know about something because someone has told me about it and
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We use it to introduce a subject that we want to talk about with someone
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So Barney, I hear you and Nora had a fun time at laser tag. I don't know what you heard that it was a disaster
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This is different from the common expression. I hear you, which means I understand what you're saying
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Like I said, we will love you back until late. I hear ya. Mrs. Dunphy you could trust me
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Jack answers the question about the state of the steerage in the following way the best I've seen man hardly any rats
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Ma'am is short for madam and is a word we use to address a woman in a polite and respectful way
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Go back and turn the heaters on in our rooms. I'd like a cup of tea when I return
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Hardly any rats means almost no rats or very few rats
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Example there is hardly any traffic
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This is a comical response which gives us an idea of what you could expect in the steerage area of a ship. For example
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Rats wouldn't be anything out of the ordinary
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It was of some assistance to my fiance
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We're going to analyze this utterance from a connected speech point of view try saying this utterance
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Did you say it like this he was of some assistance
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if you didn't you probably put stress on the words was and of
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Resulting in he was of some assistance
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These are structure words meaning you don't put stress on them another feature
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You might have missed is the linking between was and of was of some was of some assistance
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Another reminder is that the F in of is actually pronounced moon if you pronounce it as in
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You will say off
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Amy I was off by a factor of
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10,000 in the following two examples of is linked with the S consonant from the word before
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Months of my life glass of milk. I put 10 months of my life into this place a
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glass of milk or something to wash that down with
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It turns out that mr. Dawson is quite a fine artist. He was kind enough to show me some of his work today
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We used this phrase to be kind enough to do something to express our gratitude for an action
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Someone did we only say this in formal situations?
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Example he was kind enough to hold the door open for us in the following example
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We hear this phrase used together with other similar polite sophisticated vocabulary
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Like the words ma'am as we've seen and pardon me which equals to excuse me
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Two champagnes, please, sir
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Pardon me young man. Would you be kind enough to order me a whiskey sour yes, ma'am. I can miss
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Frozen I differ somewhat in a definition to find out
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Not to impugn your work, sir
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Somewhat means to some degree
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For example, you could say that the Titanic is a large ship and this is a small one
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Then this one would be a somewhat big ship meaning not as small as this one, but not as big as the Titanic you
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Seem somewhat familiar if I threatened you before
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I'll make a point of avoiding familiarity with pirates
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Not to impugn your work, sir
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Impugn means to criticize a person's character intentions, etc
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By suggesting that someone is not honest and should not be trusted
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This is not a very common word outside of formal settings nowadays
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Yoshiko free don't dare impugn me honor boy. I
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Agreed to go free but it was you to specify we're nowhere
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Where exactly do you live? Mr. Dorsen?
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Well right now my address is the RMS Titanic
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After that, I'm on God's good humour
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Here he means that he doesn't have anything planned after being on the ship
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This is not a fixed expression
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But rather a creative way, he uses to say that he's at peace with letting circumstances or her God direct where his life goes
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And how is it you have means to travel I work my way from place to place
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You know tramp steamers and such
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If you have the means to do something you have the financial resources to do something in other words
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You have the money for it example. I don't have the means to travel right now, but I'm going to start saving up a
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Tramp steamer is a type of ship
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He uses an interesting term when he says he's worked on tramp steamers and such
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Here and such means and similar things. It is also common nowadays to hear and whatnot
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I've gotta go back to work defending our nation against terrorists and whatnot
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somebody
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But I want my ticket on Titanic here at a lucky hand at poker a very lucky hand
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In the context of card games your hand is the group of cards that you've received or you get dealt
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Two deal cards means to distribute the cards among the players
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Later in the scene Jack uses this expression
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He never know what hand are gonna get dealt next in this case. He's speaking metaphorically to say that in life
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Sometimes you have luck and sometimes you don't
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He did win his ticket to the Titanic on a bet by playing poker. Sorry mama funk goolah
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'du you bet I'm sorry. You're not gonna see your mom again for a long time
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Cuz we're going to America
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Now say
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Did you say it like leo or the lucky hand at poker
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But I want my ticket on Titanic here at a lucky hand at poker at like all prepositions
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Most of the time is reduced to its weak form listen carefully
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I'll meet you tomorrow at 10:00 at the office in Leo's phrase at is followed by a which is another word
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Which you need to articulate with very little or no emphasis at all
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So you say it like this out of lucky hand?
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What are you doing at a high-school dance?
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This came at a bad time for George senior
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one day at a time penny
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One day at a time Oh life is a game of luck a real man makes his own luck
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To make one's own luck means to rely on one's skill ability and perseverance to capitalize on
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Opportunity rather than relying solely on luck itself
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Example she's a successful businesswoman who's made her own luck. And you find that sort of rootless existence
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appealing to you
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Literally roots are the part of a plant that grows underground
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Figuratively speaking. A person's roots are his home work relationships, etc
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We can use the phrase to put down roots, which means to do the things necessary for a stable life
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Getting married buying a house having children
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But Jack's life is different as he doesn't seem to have nor want a place to call home
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So that's why the woman says he has a rootless existence. Of course, she's being very rude here
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appealing means pleasing or
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Attractive having qualities that people like if you find something appealing or something is appealing to you
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It means that you like that thing
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Example her singing is very appealing to me. I find her singing very appealing
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Well, yes, ma'am, I do
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I mean, I've got everything I need right here with me. I've got air in my lungs and a few blank sheets of paper
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Jack is saying here. His needs to be happy are very simple. He just needs oxygen and paper to draw as he is an artist
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Jack I want you to draw me like one of your french girls
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Wearing this all right
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Wearing only this
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Mean I love waking up in the morning not knowing what's gonna happen or who I'm gonna meet
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Where I'm gonna wind up
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Wind up it means to arrive or end up in a specified state situation
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Or place without planning it the past form of this phrase a verb is wound up
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Psychologically speaking. It's perfectly normal to wind up with someone like your parents
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Next to my mom will probably wind up with someone who loves my brother more than me
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Can you think of an example where you could apply this phrasal verb to something that happened in your own life?
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For example, I didn't expect to move to Barcelona. I just wound up here after teaching English and Galicia Spain
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Just the other night
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I was sleeping under a bridge and now here I am on the grandest ship in the world having champagne with you fine people
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Rand is an adjective that means impressive especially because of size importance, etc
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This is perhaps why the famous Canyon in Arizona is named the Grand Canyon at?
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The time of his existence the Titanic was said to be the grandest ship in history. I
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Figured life's a gift and I don't intend on wasting it
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To intend on doing something is to plan or want to do something
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This is the verb form of the phrase to have the intention of doing something
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You can say intend on doing something or to do something
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And then I intend to return here tomorrow
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I intend to free my father. I hope you wanted to see it. I can't let you do that by them
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Hey, are you a Leonardo DiCaprio fan?
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Well, then I highly recommend you check out this new playlist that features all the lessons that we've made with him
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You can watch that after you finish this lesson by clicking up at the top or down in the description below
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You'll learn to take life as it comes at you boy you go count
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To make each day count
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If you take something as it comes you deal with it in the moment rather than planning for it
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This is again another way in which he expresses that he's happy to accept life as it is
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To make something count means to ensure that the maximum benefit is obtained
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Example you'll only have one opportunity to impress the interviewer
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So you better make a count if you make each day count you live each day to the fullest
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I changed my mind
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This is a very common expression that we use to say we have changed our decision plan or opinion about something
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Hey Mike. Yeah, I changed my mind. I don't want to do this
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Then as Jack instructs rose on what to do he says
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Keep your eyes closed
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To peek is to look at something briefly or to look at someone or something secretly especially from a hidden place
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Jack here. Simply doesn't want her to open her eyes just at that moment
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Did you fly in an airplane today?
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Yes, I did
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No peeking did we pot roast for dinner tonight?
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Yes
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Then although the phrases hold on to and hold on look similar
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They mean different things
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When you hold on to something you make your hold or grip tighter so that you do not drop it
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Or do not fall as there on the edge of the ship
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She needs to hold on to the railing. So she doesn't fall on the other hand
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Hold on by itself is simply a phrasal verb. That means wait
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Example, hold on. I will help you once I get off the phone
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Also, don't forget that you can test your English by watching the clip a final time without subtitles and answering some quiz questions by
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clicking the link in the description now, it's time to go beyond the classroom and
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Live your English. Oh, yeah
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