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Hey guys. I'm Alex. Thanks for clicking, and welcome to this lesson on: "Dress up" or:
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"Get dressed?" So these are two very common expressions that we use regularly in English
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to talk about putting on clothes. However, there is a slight difference in the usage,
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and we're going to look at that today. So let's look at the top three sentences on the
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board, and see if you can tell me which expression I should use to complete them.
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So the first one says: "It's your mom's 50th birthday! You should
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__________." The second one says:
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"The bus leaves in 5 minutes! __________!" "Do you __________ for Halloween?"
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Okay, if you're screaming and saying: "Wait, this one should be: 'get dressed' and this
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one should be: 'dress up'", ask yourself: why are you saying that? So first, before
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we actually do the answers, let's do the definitions. So when you "dress up" for something - over
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here, we'll put it in the middle -, you basically dress formally. So if you're going to a wedding
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you have to dress up, if you go to a nice restaurant you have to dress up or you can
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put on a costume of some kind. So those of you who maybe are comic book readers and if
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you have been to a comic book convention, people dress up at comic book conventions.
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Now, the other one: "get dressed" is much more general. It just means to put on clothes
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in a general way. So every morning, you know, you get dressed. If you're going out somewhere,
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you have to get dressed; just put on clothes. Okay? So now that we know this, let's look
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at the top three sentences and do them one more time.
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So: "It's your mom's 50th birthday! You should
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get dressed" or: "dress up", what do you think? Well, your mom's 50th birthday is a special
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occasion, so I'm giving you the advice that you should probably dress up. Okay? Wear nicer
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clothes. It's her 50th, you're going to a nice restaurant. Okay?
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The second one: "The bus leaves in 5 minutes!"
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So you're going to school or you're going to work and you just woke up, and you're still
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not ready; you're in your pajamas so you have to get dressed. So this could be a mom yelling
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at her son or daughter, or a dad I suppose as well.
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And finally: "Do you __________ for Halloween?"
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Again, Halloween is a holiday where you... Well, not really a holiday; people have to
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work. But it's a fun day in October where people wear costumes. So: "Do you dress up
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for Halloween?" Okay? Now, again, we wouldn't say: "Do you get dressed for Halloween?" That
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just means like: do you wear clothes at all or do you go naked for Halloween? So two very
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different meanings. Right? Okay, so now that we... I think we have the
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basic meaning of these two expressions, let's look at three more to perfect it.
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First: "There's a dress code."
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So imagine, you're going to a restaurant and some restaurants have dress codes; you're
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not allowed to just go in jeans and a t-shirt. You have to wear either a suit or nice pants
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or a belt. So: "There's a dress code. You have to dress up." Okay.
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Today zombies are very popular, at least at the time of this video. Maybe 10 years from
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now when you're looking at this maybe - I don't know, what could be popular? - police
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officers? I have no idea. So imagine there is a costume party and it's a zombie-themed
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party; the theme is zombies. So: "Everyone is", everyone is doing what? "Everyone
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is dressing up." Everyone is going to dress up. So you can say: "Everyone is going to
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dress up." Or: "Everyone is dressing up for the party." They're putting on zombie costumes,
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zombie makeup. Finally:
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"In the morning, I __________ after I brush my teeth."
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So after you brush your teeth, generally you put on clothes in the morning. Right? So you
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get dressed. That's it. So I hope I have cleared up this...
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These two very common expressions for you guys. So one more time: "get dressed", very
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general, put on your clothes. Usually we're talking about when you get up in the morning
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or before you leave the house, you have to get dressed. "Dress up", if it's a formal
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occasion, if you're putting on a costume of some kind for a party or a special occasion.
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So if you'd like to test your understanding of these two expressions, make sure you have
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them perfectly, you can check out the quiz on www.engvid.com. And don't forget to subscribe
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to my YouTube channel. See ya guys.