Get A Grip!

Effortless English Podcast | Learn English with AJ Hoge

AJ Hoge

Language Learning, Education

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2007

⏱️ 8 minutes

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0:00.0	Welcome to Effortless English, The Podcast. This is A.J. Hooke in San Francisco, California.
0:08.0	Let's get started. Today we've got a slang phrase. phrase is get a grip get a grip gee t get a grip, get a grip.
0:29.4	Get a grip means get control of your emotions. It means control your feelings. Control your
0:39.2	feelings. Get a grip. Get a grip. So we usually say it to somebody when they are upset.
0:47.0	When somebody is very emotional, maybe they're angry, maybe they're really, really sad and upset and crying.
0:56.0	Maybe they're yelling.
0:58.0	We say, hey, get a grip.
1:01.0	Get a grip.
1:02.0	It means calm down be calm control your feelings control your emotions and it's
1:11.6	pronounced get a get, get an a, are pronounced like one word, get a grip.
1:18.0	Get a, get a, get a, get a, get a, get a grip
1:27.6	get a grip
1:27.6	get a grip
1:30.4	get a grip
1:36.0	get a grip. Get a grip. Get a grip. Get a grip.
1:37.0	Okay, very good. So you can hear it's pronounced almost like one word.
1:42.0	Those words are pushed together and they're said very quickly.
1:45.6	Geta is especially one word, get a grip. Get a grip.
1:49.6	Okay so let's do a little mini story using this phrase.
1:55.0	Bob goes to the bank.
2:00.0	At the bank, the employee tells him, I'm sorry, you have no more money.
2:07.0	Bob gets very angry. He starts yelling, what do you mean? I know I have money.
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