Speak Better English with Harry | Episode 146

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  Hi there.

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  This is Harry.

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  And welcome back to our podcast where I try to help you with your understanding of the english language and also help you to improve your written English and more importantly, your spoken English so you feel more comfortable and confident when you're speaking to native English, english speakers.

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  So what do I have for you today in our podcast?

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  Well, today we're going to look at some phrasal verbs, and these have a particular reference to political situations.

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  They're not exclusively used when we talk about politics, but they can be used in that situation.

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  So I'm going to give you five.

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  Okay?

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  And then we'll give you an example of how we use them.

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  Okay?

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  So number one, to bring in.

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  Well, this is what all governments do.

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  They bring in new laws, they bring in changes, they bring in restrictions, means they introduce changes.

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  So the new government elected into the UK brought in the past tense of bring, brought in the law, which finally meant that Britain was going to leave the european union, okay?

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  And that was to be scheduled for the 31 January 2020.

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  So to bring in new law, to bring in new rules.

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  Secondly, to go back on, when we say to go back on, it usually means that you break your word, or you, you go back on your word, meaning you promised something earlier, but for whatever reason, you're not able to fulfill that promise, you're not able to carry out that promise.

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  So you have to go back on your word.

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  And this is a very classic situation with lots of governments.

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  When they want to be elected, they publish what they call a manifesto, which sets out all their policies if they are brought to power.

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