0481 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—to tear around/through

Daily Easy English Expression Podcast

Shane Peterson

Self-improvement, Language Learning, Education

4.7 • 812 Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2015

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Today’s expression and dialog: tear around/through What was that? The cat’s tearing around the house. He broke my lamp! But he’s so cute^^ What do pets and children have in common? Probably MANY things!!! But let's focus on PLAYTIME! They love to play^^ And when they start playing, they start to get excited...and then they often like to run! Chasing each other becomes GREAT FUN! But, that can cause moms and dads to go crazy~! And if they break something...oh boy~~ DANGER!!! Today's expression will teach you the perfect verb to use in this situation. Have a super and safe week! Coach Shane Please subscribe on iTunes and get this podcast EVERY DAY! Support Coach Shane by giving $1 a month! On PayPal: Send to parmyproductions@gmail.com Or you can go here: www.patreon.com/coachshane Our sponsors: www.letsmasterenglish.com Click on JOIN CLASSES and get ALL the information! www.audibletrial.com/lme (Get a free AUDIO BOOK!) Our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/DailyEasyEnglish Today's Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST is UP and READY for YOU!! #LME #LearnEnglish #ESL #Twinglish

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0:00.0	Hello everybody, my name is Coach Shane and welcome to easy English expressions.
0:11.0	You and me every day, come on, let's master English.
0:29.6	Hello everybody, welcome back to Daily Easy English expression.
0:33.4	Today's expression is a phrasal verb.
0:34.5	It's a good one.
0:37.1	T-E-A-R... Hmm, T-E-A-R as a noun, it's T-E-A-R.
0:38.4	Hmm.
0:44.0	T-E-A-R as a noun, it's tier, but as a verb, tear.
0:45.2	Yeah, I know.
0:47.1	T-E-A-R, tear.
0:50.4	Tear is our action verb.
0:53.1	And the preposition, there are two choices.
0:58.1	Tear around or tear through.
1:00.4	And they basically mean the same thing.
1:04.3	To tear around to tear through.
1:09.9	So let's look at the verb, the action verb tear, T-E-A-R, to tear. To tear something means like a piece of paper.
1:15.0	I have an old piece of paper here.
1:20.3	Yes, and that sound right there is me tearing paper, okay?
1:25.8	But the phrasal verb that we're studying today is not to tear. It is to tear
1:31.2	around or to tear through. And this is an expression we use to describe somebody who is running
1:41.1	very quickly and even in kind of a dangerous situation.
1:47.8	So the perfect example would be little children.
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