English in a Minute: 4 ways to use 'cause'
Learning English Vocabulary
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🗓️ 17 July 2024
⏱️ 1 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | We're listening to BBC learning English.com. |
| 0:07.0 | Let's learn cause. As a verb, it can mean make something happen and it's usually something bad. |
| 0:15.7 | I didn't cause the accident, it was him. The flooding was caused by heavy rainfall. In a similar way, as a noun, |
| 0:24.2 | it can mean the reason something happened. The cause of the fire was being investigated. |
| 0:30.5 | Bad posture is the cause of your back pain. It can also mean the reason that you feel in a |
| 0:36.2 | particular way. Your low grades in maths are a cause for concern. |
| 0:40.3 | Passing that exam is a real cause for celebration. |
| 0:44.3 | If we want to say that we're doing something for a good reason, we can say it's for a good cause. |
| 0:50.3 | Raising money for charity is hard work, but it's for a good cause. So, cause is all about |
| 0:57.6 | the reason that something happens or why we feel in a certain way. We can help make sure that |
| 1:03.1 | English doesn't cause you any problems. BBC Learning English. |
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