Speak Better English with Harry | Episode 361

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  Hi there.

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  This is Harry, and welcome back to my podcast, where I try to give you a better understanding of the english language to help you with your communication, to help you with your business.

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  English, phrasal, verbs, expressions, grammars, pronunciation, every aspect of English that you could possibly think of.

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  It's all here in one location.

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  And if you want to contact me, well, I'll give you my contact details at the end of this particular podcast.

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  And if you would like to pass on the details to friend or family who you feel might benefit from it, well, of course you can pass the details on to them.

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  So what are we going to talk to you about today?

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  Well, we're going to talk to you about some verbs, and in particular, we're going to talk to you about conflict, conflict verbs or verbs relating to conflict.

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  So, conflict is when people have disputes or problems or difficulties.

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  So I'll give you these particular verbs, and then I'll explain them to you one by one with some examples.

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  Okay, here we go.

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  To break out, to capture, to defeat, to loot, to overthrow, to declare, to execute, to retreat, to shell, and to surrender.

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  Lots of them have to do with conflict of war, because that's what a lot of conflicts are about, and they are acts or verbs used for particular acts relating to those types of conflict.

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  But as I said, I'll give you some examples, and hopefully you'll be able to understand them, practice them, or if you're reading books, historic books, you'll get an understanding as to what these verbs mean.

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  Okay, so to break out, well, we use this very specifically when there is a breakout of a virus, as we've had for the last few years, and unless you've been hiding under a rock somewhere, you might not be aware of it.

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  But if you're just living in the rest of the world with all of us, then you'll know about this particular pandemic and the epidemic.

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  So when something breaks out, it spreads very, very quickly.

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  So where did the virus first break out?

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  When did it break out?

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  Or if you go to the doctor, you're not feeling so well, and he notices a rash or some spots.

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