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hi everybody my name is Alisha welcome
back to know your verbs in this episode
we're going to talk about the verb open
let's go
let's look at the basic definition for
this verb the basic definition is to
move something so that it is not in a
closed position to open something to
open something so examples open the door
it's hot in here
you should open a window okay let's look
at the conjugations for this verb
present open opens past opened past
participle opened progressive opening
now let's talk about some additional
meanings for this verb first one the
first additional meaning is to remove
from a container part of a container
like to reveal something so some
examples of this open your birthday
presents this box is really hard to open
so in both of these we're talking about
revealing something from inside a
package or inside a container in the
first one the first example sentence I
said open your birthday presents meaning
like reveal your birthday presents
they're in a bag or in a box or
something so open the box open the
container to reveal what's inside
in a second one this box is really hard
to open means this container this box in
this case is difficult to like remove
the top from or difficult to get to the
inside it's difficult to open this box
okay the second addition no meaning is
to be ready as in to be ready for
business or to be ready for service some
examples I think the department store is
opening right now the cafe opens at 9:00
a.m. so this use of open refers to the
time that a business or a service starts
so in the first example sentence I said
I think the department store is opening
right now in that case I'm using the
progressive or the continuous tense the
department store is opening right now we
would use opening only in like very
specific situations where for example we
are standing in front of the department
store and we
can see the staffs unlocking the door or
maybe opening the doors so we can see
the staff actually opening the shop to
customer so that process of unlocking
doors or maybe pulling up the blinds the
the curtains that process is called
opening the store so in that case if
we're seeing that process happen we can
say I think the department store is
opening right now so and that's maybe
one of the only cases where we would use
the progressive tents of this verb in
the second sentence the cafe opens at
9:00 a.m. it means the cafes starts its
business at 9:00 a.m.
we use opens to do that instead let's go
to the third meaning meaning three four
this room is to make something on the
computer ready
so the second meaning was to make
something ready like a business or a
service we can also use this for
computers things on computers examples I
couldn't open the file you sent can you
open the slide show please so both of
these mean opening something preparing
something on a computer so a file we
could use it for software if you want as
well you could use it for email like
open your email whatever any time you
need to prepare something on a computer
and like start that thing or you need to
look at like a new document you need to
look at a webpage or whatever you can
use the word open to describe that open
your browser open a web page open a file
all of these we can use the word open to
do so the fourth additional meaning for
this lesson is to begin an activity to
begin an activity so this typically
refers to activities where people gather
for something let's look at some
examples
she opened the conference with an
inspiring speech I'd like to open
today's meeting by thanking you all for
attending
so in these sentences we're using open
to mean start or I'd like to begin
something by the first example sentence
was she opened the conference with an
inspiring speech meaning she began the
conference so that means she as the
first item of business I suppose
in the conference the first thing she
did was give an inspiring speech that
was the start of the conference the
beginning of the activity that is the
conference she opened the conference
with an inspiring speech same thing in
the second sentence I'd like to open
today's meeting by thanking you all for
attending so I'd like to I would like to
open meaning I would like to begin
today's meeting or the first thing I
would like to do in today's meeting is
say thank you so open means like
starting the activity by doing something
let's go along to a couple of variations
of this verb now the first variation is
to open someone's eyes to open someone's
eyes this does not literally mean like
to walk over to someone and like
physically open their eyes I suppose you
could do that like open your brother's
eyes that's sort of weird like that's
not really an expression that we have
this expression to open someone's eyes
though means to make someone realize
something something they didn't realize
before so it was kind of like shocking
or surprising something like that
examples you really opened my eyes to
how delicious Thai food is I think the
experience of planning a big event
really opened his eyes to how difficult
it is so in both of these examples
sentences the speaker or someone
involved in the sentence was caused to
realize something and we use the
expression open your eyes or to open
someone's eyes meaning to cause them to
realize something special
so the second variation I want to talk
about is - open up - open up - open up
means to share your feelings or to share
your emotions to talk about yourself to
open up to people that's often what we
say like ah I wish he would open up to
me about sort of thing examples of this
I wish you would open up and tell me
about yourself it's really hard for her
to open up before she trusts people so
open up - open up means to share
yourself like to be relaxed and be able
to easily talk about yourself and talk
about your emotions so we don't have
actually we do have the opposite closed
down like oh no she closed down like she
stopped sharing about herself so open up
would mean to share openly the opposite
would be to close down so opening up
typically at least in Western culture is
regarded as quite a positive thing to be
able to share about yourself and to have
kind of enough trust established with
another person that you can be open to
use it as an adjective those are a few
variations and a few different meanings
of the verb open I hope that you learned
a few new things and maybe you can use
these in your everyday life - of course
if you have any questions if you know a
different way to use the verb open
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bye Mike
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