Hi. Welcome back to www.engvid.com. I'm Adam.
Today's lesson is phrasal verbs. Surprise, surprise. Today, we're looking at the
phrasal verbs used with "pass". Okay? So once again, what is a phrasal verb? It's a verb and a
preposition that together can have the literal meaning of the two words, like what the two
words actually mean, plus other meanings that are a little bit unexpected. We're going to look at "pass up". Sometimes it's
"pass up on" something. "Pass on", "pass over", "pass through", "pass by", "pass down", "pass away", "pass out",
"pass off", "pass around". Notice how when I have prepositions that
begin with vowels, like A, O, O, etc., it sounds like one word. "Pass away", "pass out".
Just make sure you understand it's a verb and a preposition. So, let's start. "Pass up". When you pass
up on something, for example, or you pass up an opportunity, it means you let it go.
You don't grab it, you don't catch it. An opportunity comes, and you pass up on it.
It means you don't really necessarily want to take part of it. For example, in a job.
The company has an opening for a manager, and my friends or my colleagues say to me: "You should apply for this position." And I... I'm not really in the mood right now,
I want to do other things, so I pass up on that opportunity. Okay? So let it go. And
of course, there's the literal meaning. You are standing on a ladder, you are painting the
ceiling, and you need a... Another paintbrush, so I grab one and I pass
it up to you. Okay. "Pass on" has a few meanings. One
is a soft way to say die. So: -"Oh, how's your grandfather?" -"Oh, I'm afraid he passed
on a few weeks ago." Pass on: died. "Pass on" also means pass information, or move, or give, or transfer information.
So I... I say to you... You're... You're my staff, I say: "Okay. Here's the new rules for this situation.
Pass it on to everybody in the office." It means give it, pass it to everybody.
Okay? "Pass on" is also a little bit similar to "pass up", but it's more
with specific things. Okay? So for example, you invite me to dinner, and you make a nice roast
pig, or something like that. Very delicious. But, I'm a vegetarian. I don't eat meat. So I
pass up on the... On the roast, but I will have the salad, I will have the vegetables. Oh
sorry, I will pass on the roast. Not "pass up". I will pass on the roast, thank you, I
will take something else. Pass up on an opportunity, pass on something.
Say: "No thank you." Okay. "Pass over" means I could just pass over. So,
before I passed up, now I'm passing over. More like sideways. We call it laterally. Okay?
I can also pass over, it means have a quick look at something. Here's your document,
I'll just pass over it. I have a very quick, not detailed look. Okay? Now, we can also use
"pass over" to skip something or someone. So, I have some people, and I'm trying to
build a basketball team. And I'm thinking: "Hm. Who...? Who are the best players?" So I'll take you, I'll
take you, I'll pass over you, and I'll take you, and I'll take you.
So this person is passed over. It means I go over them, and I go to the next one.
I skip them. "Pass through". If you're just passing through
town, it means you're not stopping for very long. You're coming, you're saying hi, you're going.
Now, "pass through" also literally means to go through something. So if I'm wearing
a very thin shirt, the wind will pass right through it, and basically chill my skin.
Chill my bones. "Pass by" also means, like, staying for a very short time.
So if I come up to my friend's house, he is not expecting me or she is not expecting me,
and I ring the doorbell. They open the door, and I say: "Hi. I was just passing by.
I was in the neighborhood." It means I just came for a short visit unexpectedly.
Okay? If something passes you by, it's [whizzing noise]. The car, I was driving my car, the...
Another car passed by, and just kept going. So to move without stopping. And you can also
talk about more general things, like time. Time doesn't wait for anybody. Time just passes
by, regardless of what you do. If you're waiting for something, wait. Time just keeps passing.
It passes by. Okay. "Pass down". So again, I passed up something, I
passed over something, now I'm passing down. I'm in a high place, you're in a low place,
I'm passing it down. But we can also talk about giving something from one generation to another.
So, my five-year-old child is too big for his clothes now. So I take his
clothes, and I pass them down to my nephew who's only two years old, and can still use them.
So, we also call them "pass-me-downs". So if you ever hear or see this expression,
these are clothes that came from somebody older, usually in the family. Okay? "Pass away". Very similar to "pass on", means to die.
It's a euphemism, means it's a soft expression. Because again, people
don't like the word "die." So: -"How's your grandfather?" -"Oh, I'm afraid he passed
away a few weeks ago." Okay, you can use "pass on". "Pass away" is more common than "pass on". Okay. "Pass out". So two meanings. One: distribute.
Similar to "hand out", which we've studied before. If you have a group of people assembled,
I will pass out the papers. I will pass out the candy to everybody.
But "pass out" also means [exhales] become unconscious suddenly, unexpectedly. This is especially true if
you like to drink, and drink, and drink. If you drink too much alcohol-of course we're talking
about not Coca-Cola, although that might happen too -too much alcohol and you'll probably pass out.
You think you went to sleep, but you didn't. You were... Fell on the floor, and
your friends took their marker and painted things all over your face,
because you were passed out. "Pass off". What this means is try to convince
people, or convince somebody that something is what it isn't. Now, sounds a little bit confusing.
So, I'm in a group of doctors, and I think: "Oh, wow. Everybody here is really smart,
so I need to be smart. So, I'm not smart, but I will try to pass myself off as smart."
So basically means pretend to be something. Or I go to a store and I see a bag, and it
says Gucci on the bag, and the... And the shop owner or the store owner says: "Oh, it's only $3,000." And I'm like: "Really?
It looks like a fake." He goes: "No, no, no. It's real." So he is trying to pass
this bag off as real, even though I know it's not. Okay? And "pass around". So if you're passing it
around, I give you a... Like a plate of candy, and I say: "Take one and
then pass it around." So take it, take a candy, pass. Take it,
candy, pass, pass. Pass around to everybody. It's like distribute,
except that the people are doing it one to the next, one
to the next, one to the next. So these are your phrasal verbs with "pass".
These are very commonly heard phrasal verbs. If you have any questions about them,
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