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Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Verb Phrase 164. The verb phrase today is "fire
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up. " Okay. Let's look at the note here. Well, actually we have four meanings of
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fire up today and we're going to give the meanings and the uses, the exact uses. Some
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example sentences for each one of them. So here's the first one.
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One of the first meanings would be to light something. You know to actually put
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a fire to it. To make it start to burn. So we can use fire up that way. So let's
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look at the first example here. It's a cold day. Let's fire up the fireplace.
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Meaning let's you know, let's put a fire on. Let's ... let's sit in front of the
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fireplace and be warm. Let's fire it up. Okay. Or number two. Sherlock Holmes
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was known for firing up his pipe. Yeah you could use it with things like for
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smoking. So he could fire up a cigarette. Fire up a pipe and so on. Okay. And
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this is probably how we got the second meaning here. The second meaning is kind of a
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slang term to mean to smoke marijuana . Okay. So let's look at this one. In his free
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time, he likes to fire up and mellow out. Yeah. A lot of people say that's why they
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smoke marijuana because it makes them feel mellow. You know, as opposed to cocaine
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which makes them feel more excited. He is a real pothead. All right. Sometimes we ... This
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isn't really a nice name. This is, this is what you might call someone that you
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think is a regular marijuana smoker. You might say he's a pothead. Also because we
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have a lot of slang terms for marijuana and pot is another one. So we... a person
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who smokes a lot of pot could be a pothead or a marijuana smoker. Okay. Let's
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look at number three here. To feel passionate or excited about something.
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All right. We say here. Tina volunteered to work on his campaign. Yeah. Maybe she's
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very excited about a particular politician. She is all fired up to get
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him elected. Yeah. So maybe she's willing to volunteer and work for nothing. She just
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wants to get this candidate elected. All right. And
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we have a second example here. The manager tried to fire up his team by
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giving them a pep talk. Yeah. We often see this in the movies. Maybe before the game
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begins. The manager will call the players around. He gives them a little talk you
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know, hopefully he will fill them up with a lot of enthusiasm or excitement. We call
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that a pep talk. So you might try to fire them up with a pep talk. Okay, And the
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last one here means to start up an engine or a machine. We could also use
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fire up in that way. It's freezing out I'll go fire up the engine. So of course
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this engine is the engine of a car. And if you've ever lived in you know, the
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northern hemisphere or America or even Europe in the countries where it's very
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very cold during the wintertime and it's a really cold morning you understand
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what they may need to do this. You got to warm up the car. So you fire up the engine. So
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let's read it again. It's freezing out I'll go fire up the
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engine. So the car can warm up before we go out. Otherwise it's freezing as soon as
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it takes a while for the car to feel like it's running smoothly too. Okay. Anyway,
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I hope you got it. I hope it is clear. I hope it was informative. Thank you for your time.
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Bye-bye.