I Dumped Him! | Learn Spoken English Expressions

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Hi, everybody. I'm Esther.Ā 
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And in this video, we're going toĀ  talk about an important expression,Ā Ā 
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especially for those of youĀ  who are in relationships.Ā 
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For those of you who haveĀ  a boyfriend or girlfriend.Ā 
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And that expression is ā€˜to dump someoneā€™. ā€˜to dump someoneā€™Ā 
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Well, what do you think that means? Well, for those of you who are in a relationship,Ā Ā 
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maybe, you're not happy. HmmĀ 
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Maybe you don't love that person anymore, or maybeĀ  that person is just really horrible, really bad.Ā 
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So, what do you do? Well, you break up with them.Ā 
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Right, you say, ā€œI don'tĀ  want to be with you anymore.ā€Ā 
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And that's where the expressionĀ  comes in ā€˜to dump someoneā€™.Ā 
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So, when you tell your boyfriend or girlfriend, ā€œI don't want to be with you anymore,ā€ youĀ Ā 
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are dumping them. Okay, so let's look at these examples first.Ā 
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He dumped me. Hmm, he dumped me.Ā 
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This is a sad situation, right? Maybe my boyfriend didn't love me anymore,Ā Ā 
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or maybe I did something that made him angry. So he dumped me.Ā 
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He doesn't want to be with me any longer. Hmm, ā€˜I dumped himā€™.Ā 
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The next sentence, ā€˜I dumped himā€™. This one is not so bad.Ā 
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Maybe my boyfriend was reallyĀ  bad, or he lied too much.Ā 
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So I kicked him. I got rid of him.Ā 
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I dumped him. Okay.Ā 
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So, let's look at some moreĀ  example sentences together.Ā 
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ā€˜She dumped him because he lied to her.ā€™Ā 
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ā€˜She dumped him because he lied to her.ā€™
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ā€˜He dumped me I'm so sad.ā€™Ā 
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ā€˜He dumped me I'm so sad.ā€™Ā 
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Okay, so in this video we learnedĀ  the expression ā€˜to dump someoneā€™.Ā 
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Remember, you can dump a bad boyfriend orĀ  girlfriend, but they can also dump you.Ā 
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Now, I want to tell you aboutĀ  one of my ex-boyfriends.Ā 
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He never had time for me. He was always busy.Ā 
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And he couldn't talk or hang out. So, I had to dump him and it felt great.Ā 
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Okay, well see you guys next time. Bye
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