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Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Verb Phrase 116. The verb phrase today is
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to keep at something. All right. Let's take a look here. We actually have two
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meanings. Here's the first one. If someone keeps at something, he or she continues
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to do something, even though it is difficult or hard work. Or the second one
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it's more like somebody else forcing you. Here if we say to keep somebody at it. So to
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make or force someone to work hard and not allow them to stop. So you're looking
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at it from two different perspectives. All right. Anyway, let's look at the first
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example here. If you want to be fluent in that language,
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you must keep at it. So you must continue to do it. You must continue to put in
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this hard work and keep trying this continuous effort. It takes a lot of
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continuous effort to improve that's what we mean. Or number two if you don't keep
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at it you will never improve. That's just the way that we say it about if. This
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could be about anything. Or number three how much longer will you keep at that
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project ? Sometimes, yeah you could say it in this way just mean how much longer
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you going to be doing it ? Or how much longer are you going to be continuing with this ?
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Yes. I need you to start this new project as soon as you get the chance. Okay, good.
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And the last one is probably more likely to make or force someone to do something. I
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told her that she cannot quit. If she doesn't keep at her lessons. All right.
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Now this may be school but this might be something else like piano lessons or
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something the mother is paying for she wants maybe she already put a lot of
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money into this she doesn't want it to just quit and give up. I will cut her
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allowance. So you're trying to kind of push her or force her to stay with this.
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So you're trying to make somebody keep at it. You know to continue with it. So
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continue to put in a lot of effort for it.
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Okay. Anyway, I hope you got it . I hope it's clear. Thank you for your time.
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Bye-bye.