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Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is lesson 269. Today the title of the lesson is difference between resolve and solve. Yeah.
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Sometimes I will get students ask me what's the difference between these two words ? So, let's look at the note here.
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If you resolve a problem , issue, etc. , you have dealt with it and have worked something out and
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brings the matter or the question to an
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end. However, this does not necessarily mean that
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everyone involved in the final decision
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or conclusion is happy. Yes.
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So when you resolve something you probably have two different sides, and probably some people will
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have to give in.
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And you know, give up something in order
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to compromise, in order to to make
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something come to an end. So then we say
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that we resolve that. We finally worked it out.
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Now it's definitely over. But you
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had to resolve how to work it out especially between two different sides Let's continue.
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When you solve something, you have found a solution. You found an answer to something.
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You have dealt
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with it successfully and have found a
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logical and complete answer. Let's continue here. We are more likely to use solve with a math problem
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Yeah. We would never say that we resolved the math problem.
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We didn't work with two different sides
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of two different groups and negotiate an answer ,
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or negotiate a conclusion. We have found
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the answer. That's it. It's clear .
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A puzzle the same thing. You found the answer
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to the puzzle. No, no negotiation no compromise. no nothing like that. Riddle , the same thing.
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A mystery you finally found the answer to
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the answer to the mystery.
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You have a conclusion. You have an answer
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that tells you definitely why something
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happened. I think like a few years back
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they finally figured out the mystery of
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the aurora borealis. Remember those
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beautiful lights that used to appear in
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the sky. For many, many years they didn't
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know why it happened. Now they finally
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scientifically came up with an answer
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that they know how it happened. So they
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they solved the mystery. A murder case
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Yes. A detective solved a murder case, he
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figured out who was the murderer. Who
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killed someone. Again you wouldn't say
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you resolved the murder case. Again
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there's no negotiation here. You're not
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trying to negotiate with somebody to
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come to an answer. You solved it. You
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figured it out. You figure out the
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definite answer. He is the murderer and
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hopefully they're right. Let's go on. We
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are more likely to use resolved with a
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dispute. Again here, clearly you have two
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different sides and probably each side
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is probably going to have to compromise. So
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in the end. You may come to a conclusion.
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You may put it to an end, but maybe not
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everybody got what they wanted. So maybe
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not everybody's completely happy.
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The same thing with conflict . You know , conflict in a
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war. Again you may have to work with two
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different groups, two different sides. You
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have to work something out.
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Disagreement definitely, negotiation. So.
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Yeah, so usually when we say resolve, it often implies one or more of these things
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were happening. There was a dispute, conflict and disagreement , negotiations.
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Two sides had to work something out to
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come to a final end. So that the situation or the matter is now over. Completely.
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Okay. so let's look at some examples . Example
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number one I finally solved that puzzle. Yeah. You found the answer to that puzzle. You know how to do it.
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Maybe like, you know like a Rubik's cube or something. you wouldn't say you resolved a Rubik's cube. That would be really weird. Number two he was the only
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one who was able to solve
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that math problem. You know, math problems
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definitely are solved. We don't resolve it. There's no negotiations, where you're not
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trying to work out some dispute on both sides. You, you solve a math problem.
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All right. Number three. That detective solved
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this murder case. So you know maybe he
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found enough evidence of proof to say
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you know with most certainty that , that's
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probably the murderer. Good. Number four,
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the mediator resolved the dispute.
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Again, it's dispute two different sides arguing.
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Between management and the union. Yeah. So
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a particular union and the management .
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You know maybe it was a possibly of a strike or
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maybe they were on strike already.
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You had to work with both sides had to work
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out some, some, some agreements between
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them. So you resolved the agreement. You
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resolved the dispute. You brought it to an end. All right.
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Number five. Keep your fingers crossed.
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Remember we always say that. You know
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especially for luck. I hope this
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administration has resolved the North
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Korean conflict. Yeah. You know what's presently
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happening in North Korea, at the moment it does
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seem like North Korea is really denuclearizing.
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There's a lot of evidence that
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they're taking them apart and possibly in the
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future, maybe the two Koreas will
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reunite. Let's hope that the conflict between them has finally resolved.
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Okay. I hope
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it's clear. I hope you got it. I hope it was informative Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.