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A listener wrote to me recently and asked me to do an episode about this, and you gotta give the people what they want. Plus, it's just a really good topic because we use phrasal verbs with put every day. I also have examples from movies or TV shows for each phrasal verb because I figured for a lot of people, movies and TV shows are the biggest portion of their exposure to English, so I thought it would be kind of fun. Anyway, let's start the show.
You are listening to the 36th episode of season two of English with Dane. Hit it. I've got five for you today, no more, no less, so here's the first one. To put off, off with a double F, by the way. To put off means to postpone or leave until a later time. Here's an example. If you put off going to the dentist, you'll regret it later. And here's another example, courtesy of Bilbo Baggins. Let's see if you can hear him use the phrasal verb. I put this off far too low. So you get it.
In Spanish we say aplazar, posponer, dejar para más tarde, etc. We usually use put off more informally. When a big event has to be put off, we usually say postpone. When it's something smaller, a day-to-day thing, we say put off. Next one. To put up with. This one means to tolerate. Okay, I want that. When something is really annoying or inconvenient or problematic, but you can't change it, you have to put up with it. Thing, person, whatever.
For example, I don't know how you put up with him, he's so annoying. Here's a cooler example from the movie The Departed, infiltrados in Spanish. Listen for the phrasal verb. You accuse me once. I put up with it. You accuse me twice.
I quit.
Alright, next one. To put away. To put away means to put something in its usual place. For example, please put the markers away when you've finished. Or please put them away when you've finished. Guardar in Spanish. This is the most common way to say the volver algo as su sitio. And I think we use it every day, so it's a really good one to learn. Here's a clip from Guardians of the Galaxy, where Quill uses this phrasal verb when talking to Groot.
Alright, guardians, don't forget this might be dangerous, so let's put on our mean faces.
If you're watching a movie about detectives and criminals and investigations, you might hear this phrasal verb used in a different context, and I just wanted to explain it really quickly in case you hear it and get confused. You might hear someone say, they put him away, but you can't guard una persona, so what does it mean? It means to send someone to prison or a mental institution, like in this next example from the movie American Beauty.
He was just like, gone. And then Connie Cardul told me that his parents had to put him in a mental institution. Why? What did he do? What do you mean? Well, they can't put you away just for saying weird things.
I'm talking about put down. Put down means dejar or bajar, essentially. Like the other four phrasal verbs, it also has other meanings depending on context. But for now, let's just work with this one. If you're carrying something heavy, you want to put it down, dejar. When Brian from the Fast and Furious shouts, Don, put the gun down now! It means bajar. That's the classic one you'll hear, by the way. Put your gun down or put down your gun. It's in every cop movie or gun-related scene.
Miss Reba, put the gun down.
Ma'am, just please put the gun down. No effing way. Everybody just calm down. Counter three. We're all gonna put down our guns. I have crossbows.
Alright, a quick recap before we go. To put off, to postpone, or leave until a later time. I put this up far too low. To put up with, to tolerate. You accused me once. I put up with it. To put away, to put something in its usual place. What that?
Group, put that thing away now. I don't want to tell you again.
Also to put away, to send someone to prison or mental institution, etc.
They can't put you away just for saying weird things.
To put down, to stop carrying or holding something or to lower something, dejar or bajar.
We're all gonna put down our guns. I have crossbows.
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