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Lesson 55 - Exercise 1 - Lesson Vocabulary

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Lesson 55 Vocabulary: Read, and Click to listen.

Part 1 - Carlos says "I'm gonna hold on" (I'm going to hold on).

Vocabulary Term   Definition and Audio

Basic definition
of "hold":

to have or keep in the hand.

verb



to have or keep in the hand:
fish
These kids are holding fish.

Hold

Phrasal verb variations:
hold on
(our example in
video # 1),
and also
hold back,
hold down,
hold off,
hold out,
hold up,

and more!
hold on
phrasal verb



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Carlos, interviewee # 1, uses this phrasal verb (hold on) to mean "continue". He says "I'm going to hold on".






 



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She's holding on to him.

Carlos says: "I'm going to hold on."



In this example, she is
1 - holding on
to him (she has a firm grip on him),

but hold on also means:

2 - to keep going, to continue, (Ex:Carlos is going to hold on to his next wife. He's not going to end the marriage.), and it also means
the opposite! :

3 - to stop or halt (Ex: Hold on! Stop walking!), and finally:

4 - to keep a telephone connection open.
hold on
phrasal verb		  


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The 4th meaning of "hold on": He's trying to keep several phone connections open!

 

Part 2 - Sid says his worst decision relates to prior relationships with women.
prior
adjective

preceding in time or order, earlier


Sid, interviewee # 2, has had problems in prior relationships.
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It is now 2009. In this example,
Sid's prior realtionship was with Jill.



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Part 3 - Steve says he should have married a certain girl 6 years ago. He says he regrets
not marrying her. The interviewer asks: "Is there any recovery from that bad decision?".

recovery
countable noun

the regaining of something lost or taken away

restoration or return to any former and better condition

Steve

Is there any recovery from that bad decision? What is Steve's answer?


















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