Do you EVEN understand EVEN?

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- This is our last tenner.
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- Yeah, you're right.
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What should we bet it on, odds or evens?
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- It doesn't even matter, the odds are even.
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- They're not, but if we bet on zero, we'll be rich.
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- Zero is a very odd thing to bet on.
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- Yeah, you're right.
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All right, we'll bet five on zero,
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and then the other five on double zero.
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- That's even more stupid.
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- Do you even have the smallest bit of faith in me?
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- Not even a little bit.
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You've even sold our wedding rings
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and then gambled that money.
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- What are you even talking about right now?
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I'm gonna win everything back and even more, just watch.
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- [Man] No more of that. - Even if you win,
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I'm breaking up with you.
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(ball rattling)
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I can't even look.
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(upbeat swing music)
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- [Man] Black six.
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- Shit. - Idiot.
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- There are so many ways that we can use the word even.
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I didn't realize how many
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until I started writing this video.
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So you might know a few of them,
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you probably don't know all of them,
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so any new information from today's video,
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make a note of them, write your own examples
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of that meaning of even in your notes
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or in the comments of this video, and then I can check.
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So very quickly, an even number,
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that's a number like two, four, six, eight, 10,
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blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
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The other numbers are odd numbers.
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One, three, five, seven, nine, da-da-da-da-da.
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Actually, odd is also interesting,
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because we have a few meanings for this word as well.
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Not just the numbers, but also, one is when
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you talk about the odds, that's a noun.
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This is talking about the chances of something.
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So for example, if I'm at hospital
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and I want to know, am I going to live or die?
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What are the chances?
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You might often hear this in TV shows or movies as well.
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What are my I odds, just be honest with me.
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I'm just asking, what are my chances,
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in this case, of survival?
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So my doctor might reply,
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well, you adjust a head,
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so the odds aren't good, I'm afraid.
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A side note, when we say I'm afraid,
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we're not really saying I'm ugh, I'm scared.
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It's a polite way of saying I'm sorry, or unfortunately.
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For example, if you have to cancel on plans,
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oh, I'm afraid I can't come to your thing, it's boring.
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Again, this is a noun, the odds, my odds,
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and it's always plural.
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It's never the odd, my odd, no, odds.
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What are the odds that you will come to London this year?
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Another meaning of odd could just mean, hmm, strange.
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Like if someone is acting odd, they're acting strange.
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If they look odd, they look strange.
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Really easy, right?
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An example.
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Huh, that guy doesn't have a head.
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That's odd.
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Strange.
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But back to even, the main use of even is as an adverb,
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so it changes the feeling of that verb,
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and the main feeling of it is surprise at something,
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or to emphasize something, or sometimes confusion.
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I'll show you later.
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Basic example, if you are feeling happy,
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but then you see someone that you like
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and they always make you feel happy,
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but you're already happy, so you could reply
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to, "Hey, how's your day," with
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"Even better now."
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Your day was really good,
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but then you saw your friend, and now it's better.
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We don't say more better, but we do say even better.
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So if you want to say more,
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more something, use even more something.
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And it's the same for less as well.
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We don't say less less, we say even less.
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For example, in my last job, I didn't earn much,
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but in my current job, I earn even less.
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Again, I'm emphasizing that comparison.
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It was bad before, but now it's more more bad.
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I earn even less, eh.
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Or maybe we're surprised
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because it's more than you expected.
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For example, if you have to work every day this week
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and you don't have any free time,
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ah, I have to work so much this week.
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I even have to work the whole weekend.
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So it's already a lot.
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I have to work so much, but there's more, more,
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again, we're emphasizing the amount.
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So in this case, it's more than she expected.
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I even have to work the whole weekend.
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This doesn't have to be a bad thing.
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It could be for a good thing.
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It could be, wow, I don't have to work this week,
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and I'm even getting paid, this is great.
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So it could be emphasizing a bad on top of a bad.
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It could be emphasizing a very good on top of a very good.
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How could we use that in an example?
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Tell me about a really good friend of yours,
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or your boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, wife,
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I don't care who they are,
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tell me why they're really good,
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tell me why they're really bad.
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For example, oh my God, I have the best girlfriend.
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She tells me I'm handsome and,
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I don't know why you would have this voice, but,
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she she even has a dog.
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So you could list why they're amazing, amazing, amazing,
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and even more amazing, or why they're just really rubbish.
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Let me know in the comments.
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Hmm, maybe you're surprised that
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the minimum amount of something didn't happen,
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or it doesn't exist, or it's not there.
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For example, you have a date with someone,
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you expect that the person, at least they smell nice.
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They don't smell like hot vomit.
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You know, that's the smallest bit of effort
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that someone can make on a date, so.
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You meet the date, and hi,
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their breath smells like a dead fish.
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Again, the minimum effort for a date is brush your teeth,
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and when the minimum amount of something didn't happen,
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then you can use even.
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Oh my God, he didn't even brush his teeth.
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Remember, in a negative, he didn't even brush his teeth.
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We're emphasizing that, come on,
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this is the minimum amount, at least.
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The very, very minimum, but it didn't happen.
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Have you ever had a date like this?
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Luckily I haven't, but if you have a story like this,
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I'd love to hear it.
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Remember, we're talking about minimum amounts,
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in this case an action, but it could be things.
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If you want to say the minimum amount
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of a thing doesn't exist, even.
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Ah, I'm so thirsty, can I have a drink?
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I'm sorry, I don't have any drinks.
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Ah, not even water?
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No, sorry.
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In that situation, we're surprised
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about a lack of something, again,
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the minimum amount of something.
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If you're noticing a pattern, then great,
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because it's kind of showing extremes,
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either a lot more than you expected,
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or a lot less than you expected.
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And thinking of this idea of extremes,
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we could use even in examples like this.
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He wants to date her, but she would never date him.
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It doesn't matter if he, something ridiculous and extreme,
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gave her a million pounds for one date.
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Nope, doesn't matter, no date.
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And when we say this, it doesn't matter.
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It means nothing.
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That is the key bit of information.
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We say even if.
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And two things, you're using it with a conditional sentence,
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because even if, in this case a second conditional,
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and it's really extreme.
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So it's not just something little, doesn't matter.
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We're taking an extreme example and saying,
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in this extreme example that I've imagined,
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that doesn't matter, because I still won't date you.
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So try to make your own even if sentence in the comments.
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If this is new, or if you didn't know
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how to use it before, make a sentence.
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Okay, now why doesn't she want to date him?
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Is it because of his looks?
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No, it's because he's really stupid.
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You should date him because he's so hot, look at him!
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But she's like, I don't care.
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Yes, he's hot, but he's still stupid.
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Nah, he's an idiot.
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She could just say this, but she'll say,
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nah, even so, he's an idiot.
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When we say even so, you're saying yes, I agree,
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yes, that's true, but this is more important.
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Like, eh, yeah, he's hot, but that doesn't matter.
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He's an idiot, is basically the feeling with this.
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Even though, this has the same feeling as even so,
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we just use it slightly different.
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For example.
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This guy, he just ate, but he wants to order pizza.
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Now, usually when you just finish eating,
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you don't want to eat again.
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I do actually, I always wanna eat again,
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but in this case he wants to say,
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yeah, I know I just ate,
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but that doesn't really affect this.
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This is maybe more important than this.
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Even though, even though I just ate, I wanna order pizza.
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The fact that I just ate doesn't really matter,
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because I still wanna order pizza.
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And also, this sentence and this sentence could switch,
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but always remember, put even though
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with the sentence which doesn't matter.
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I wanna order pizza even though I just ate.
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I'm still hungry.
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Try your own even though sentence in the comments.
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Also very common in casual conversation,
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not formal conversation, you might hear even
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used as an adverb to show confusion.
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Something like this, for example,
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you are sitting in a very advanced maths class
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and nothing makes sense.
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You're so confused.
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You're gonna emphasize that confusion with even.
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As a normal sentence, he could just say
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what is he talking about, I don't understand,
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but we'll use the adverb even
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to emphasize how confused I am.
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What is he even talking about?
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I don't understand anything.
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And finally, even has some basic meanings
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like equal or balanced.
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For example, if your friend is making drinks
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and she wants to make sure the amounts are equal,
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they're balanced, hmm, do they look even?
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Now, not only amounts of a physical thing,
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it could be something more abstract.
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(sharp slap)
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For example, if you punch your friend,
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well, that's not equal.
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To make things equal, your friend has to
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punch you back in return.
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This makes you equal.
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This makes things balanced.
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Now we're even.
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Now everything is equal and balanced.
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You have done to me the same
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that I have done to you, we're even.
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Ooh, okay, a great way to practice this one.
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Has someone ever done something bad to you,
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and you got revenge?
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How did you get even with that person?
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Let me know.
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So which of those meanings of even was new for you?
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Or odd as well?
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Make your own examples in your notes,
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in the comments, or on your Instagram Stories.
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Tag me at @papateachme, and I'll repost you,
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and I'll see you in the next class.
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(mellow music)
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