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Welcome to this tutorial.

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Today we're going to talk about the freeze of verbs turn down and break up.

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Let's get started.

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Remember that a phrase a verb it's a verb that is made up of a main verb together with an adverb or

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a preposition or both.

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Now typically their meaning is not obvious from the meanings of the individual words themselves now

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to turn down has several meanings.

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Let's have a look at those meanings.

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A to turn down means to turn the switch on a machine.

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For example an orphan radio etc. so that it produces less heat sound etc. It's the exact opposite to

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to turn up.

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Have a look at the examples below.

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Turn down the TV.

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I'm trying to study produce less sound.

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I'll turn down the heater.

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It's too hot in the room.

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Produce less heat be to turn down means to refuse an offer request or invitation.

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Have a look at the example over here and offered Peter the job but he turned it down meaning that Peter

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refused the offer

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C to turn down means to refuse someone's offer of marriage.

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Have a look at the example over here.

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We were shocked to hear in the lily turned him down meaning that Lily refused its offer of marriage

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D.

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If the economy turns down it means that the level of activity falls.

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Companies become less profitable etc. Have a look at the example over here.

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After the crisis in 2008 the economy has turned down

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now to break up.

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Also has several meanings.

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Let's have a look at those meanings a to break up means to break into a lot of small pieces.

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Have a look at the example over here the vs just broke up in my hands.

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B to break up means to separate something into several smaller parts.

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For example I think that their intention is to break up our company into several smaller ones.

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C to break up means to stop a fight for example.

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Their mom was the one to break up fights to stop the fight.

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B to break up means to make people leave a place where they have been meeting or protesting for example

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police broke up the demonstration.

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E to break up with when speaking of marriage.

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Group of people or relationship indicates that the people in this relationship separate or do not live

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or work together anymore.

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Have a look at the examples over here.

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I was so sad to hear that my favorite band broke up separated James broke up with Kate last year separated.