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Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases SLIP OUT and SLIP UP
In this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase slip out. So this actually has three meanings. The first meaning means to leave somewhere maybe secretly. So if I'm at a party and I say to my friend, "Hey, I'm gonna slip out, don't let anyone else know. I need to go home. I need to go to bed early because I have to work tomorrow." So you can say I need to slip out. That means to leave somewhere somewhat secretly. The second meaning slip out can mean that you're going to take off an article of clothing. You can say to someone, "I'm just gonna run upstairs and slip out of my work clothes and put on some jeans and a T-shirt." So you can use slip out to mean that you're taking off your clothes. The third meaning of slip out can mean that you say something by accident. Maybe you have a secret you're supposed to keep and you might let it slip out while you're talking. So you accidentally say what you're not supposed to say.
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The second phrase I wanted to teach you today is the phrase slip up. When you slip up, it means you make a mistake. And I think I did a little lesson on this a year or two ago. I did the phrase goof up and slip up. When you slip up, it means you make a mistake. Sometimes at work, I slip up and I forget to do something that I'm supposed to do. I think everyone has that every once in a while where they slip up at work, or they slip up at home, or they slip up in a relationship. If I forgot to say happy anniversary to Jen on our anniversary, I would say, "Oh, I slipped up." It kinda means I forgot. It means I made a mistake.So to review, to slip out means to, if you are somewhere and you leave, you could say that you are slipping out. I'm going to slip out and grab something. I'll be back in a sec. If you are taking off your clothes, you can say that you are slipping out of your clothes. I'm going to go slip out of my work clothes and put on some jeans and a T-shirt. Or maybe you accidentally say something. You could say, "The other day I was talking to my mom and I let slip out that we were having a party without her." That would be mean, wouldn't it? To have a party without your mom? You should always invite your mom, shouldn't you? And then a slip up, or to slip up means to make a mistake. By the way, this is a verb and a noun. I can say that's a real slip up, or I can say, "Wow, he is going to slip up." So you can use it both ways.Hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video. There's snow coming off the roof behind me. If you're wondering why I, every once in a while, close my eyes. Let's get this lesson done though. This comment is from Javier. Javier says, "Pull up your socks, Bob." I think this might be more British, it's not, I don't think. I think we all use it, but anyways, "You'd better step up your game, because the quality of your videos are definitely going south. Obviously I was totally kidding. Your short lessons are still out of this world and we're really lucky to take advantage of them. Thanks a bunch, buddy. Take care." And my response was, "Ha ha. There's always room for improvement. I know you were kidding though. Joking aside, I'm glad my lessons are helpful and that was a wonderful use of a lot of English phrases in your comment, good work."
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