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Today, we have a great phrasal verb to chime in.

I would like to chime in. May I chime in? Chime in, if you want.

To chime in. It's a phrasal verb to chime, C-H-I-M-E, in. Now, to chime basically means to make a tone like ding, ding, like on a bell or even a piano, to chime in. It means to interrupt or to give your opinion or to say something. That's all it means. So I want you to chime in if you have an

idea. If you have an idea, tell me. I want you to chime in if you disagree. If your opinion is different from me, tell me. That's all it means.

It's a great phrasal verb. Let's check out the dialogue.

Oh, I completely disagreed with John. Really? Yes.

He was totally wrong.

Oh, why didn't you chime in?

You know, with politics, with different people and different ideas all over the world, I think it's very important that we chime in,

that we give our opinion.

We have to understand that we might not agree with the person next to us.

We might not agree with the country next to us. We might not agree with the country next to us. We might not agree with the

country overseas. But it's important to give our opinions. It's important to chime in and tell

other people what we think. But at the same time, we need to respect each other. And,

I don't know. That's just my opinion. If you have an idea or an opinion, or if you want to say

something that is important to you, do you chime in or do you stay quiet?

Yeah.

I guess sometimes we should stay quiet, but sometimes we need to chime in.

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