Speak Better English with Harry | Episode 194

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  Hi there.

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  This is Harry, and welcome back to my podcast, where I try to help.

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  You to get a better understanding of English through conversation, business English, and also.

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  Aspects where we look at grammar, phrasal, verbs and expressions to help you communicate in a much better way.

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  So what do I have for you in this particular podcast?

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  Well, in this particular podcast, we're going.

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  To take a look at some verbs, okay?

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  And in this situation, we're going to look at verbs related to consequences, okay?

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  So something happens, and then we have to use a verb to describe what has happened or what will happen, okay?

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  So as always, I'll give you the verb, I'll give you the meaning, and I'll give you an example.

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  So let's start.

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  Well, the first one is compound.

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  To compound something.

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  To compound something means to make it worse, okay?

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  You have compounded the problem by ringing the customer.

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  You have compounded it meaning you have made it worse, you have intensified the problem.

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  You have focused attention on it when we didn't want to focus attention on it.

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  So you have made matters worse.

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  You have, in some ways, added to the problem, you have complicated matters more.

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  So all of those words would or even magnify.

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