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So, what have you been up to?

What have you been up to?

What have you been up to? That is today's expression. Many of you might know it, but did you hear what I said? Believe it or not, I said six words. Listen again, what have you been up to? Hey, what have you been up to? Oh, Shane, what have you been up to? What have you been up to? Six words. What are they? What have you been? B-E-E-E-N-up-U-P-2-T-O. What have you been? What have you been up to? And I'll explain the

pronunciation in a second. What have you been up to? Simply means what have you

been doing? But we use this expression, especially when we haven't seen the person in a long time.

Now, long time. What does that mean? Sometimes a long time means two hours. Sometimes it means two weeks. Sometimes it means two years. Okay? So, for example,

at the office, your co-worker says, I'll be back. And then they come back

two hours later. That's a long time. So you can say, what do you been up to? What have you been doing?

But it might be your neighbor. And you haven't seen your neighbor in a while, and finally you see him, hey, what have you been up to? What have you been doing? You haven't maybe seen him in two weeks. But it might be an old high school friend that you haven't seen in years. Oh, what are you been up to? What have you been

doing these past several years? But remember, we use this expression when we haven't seen the person

in a long time. But like I said, that definition of a long time is relative.

It could be two hours. It could be 20 minutes. I know there are many husbands out there.

If the wife doesn't see them after 20 minutes, they'll get suspicious.

What do you been up to?

But it might be two weeks.

It might be two years.

It might be 20 years.

But it's a great expression.

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