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Daily Easy English Expression Podcast

17 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST--to DO UP something

Daily Easy English Expression Podcast

Shane Peterson

Language Learning, Education, Self-improvement

4.7756 Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2014

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Today’s expression and dialog: Do up (something) Is it cold outside? Yes. Be sure to do up your jacket. Okay. Where’s my hat? In your pocket!   Please subscribe on iTunes and get this podcast EVERY DAY! Our sponsors: www.letsmasterenglish.com/tryddm www.letsmasterenglish.com/grammar Our YouTube channel:   www.youtube.com/DailyEasyEnglish

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0:00.0

Hello everybody, my name is Coach Shane and welcome to easy English expressions.

0:10.0

You and me every day, come on, let's master English.

0:26.5

Hi, everybody.

0:31.4

Thank you very much for downloading daily easy English expression.

0:36.0

Today's podcast is brought to you by D-DM.

0:45.0

And today's expression is to do up something. But wait a minute.

0:53.1

Yesterday we studied do something up. And today we're going to study do up something. Hmm.

0:55.7

What on earth?

0:57.3

How could it be different?

0:59.9

Well, to do up something means to zip up your coat or to button up your shirt or your jacket.

1:15.3

So if your mother tells you, do up your jacket, do up your jacket.

1:22.3

That means you should zip your zipper all the way up because maybe outside it is very cold.

1:32.9

Now, we can also say do up your hair.

1:38.4

To do up your hair means to if you have long hair, it means to put your hair on top of your head to make it look

1:48.7

nice do up your hair it can also mean to decorate your hair so do your hair up do up your hair

1:56.8

is similar to yesterday however do, do up your jacket, do up your shirt, do up your pants. That means to zip your

2:11.5

zipper all the way up. All right? Let's check out a dialogue.

2:18.8

Is it cold outside? Yes. Be sure to do up your jacket. Okay. Where's my hat? In your pocket.

2:27.5

What a good boy asking his father if it's cold outside. Yes, be sure to do up your jacket. So once again, in this case,

2:37.6

it means to zip up your jacket or it might mean to button up your jacket. Now, these days,

2:47.4

it's getting warm where I live. Actually, today was over 40 degrees Celsius. So that's like

2:58.0

really, really, really, really hot. It was 105 degrees Fahrenheit. So believe me, I will not be

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