Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
This is an All Ears English podcast, episode 2548. Absorb these English phrasal verbs.
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Chapter 2: What English phrasal verbs can help you absorb moments?
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Hey there, Aubrey.
How's it going? I'm great. How are you, Lindsay?
Yeah, really good. We're actually recording this in December. Aubrey, have you had any experiences lately where you just paused to soak it in? You know, you just absorbed?
Yes. I feel like those moments do happen around the holidays. And the other day I had wrapped some presents and the twins, I have a son and a daughter who are both 11, they're twins. And they were kind of organizing the presents and categorizing everyone, seeing who had how many.
But then I was watching them and they just stopped and they both were kind of just staring at the tree, the Christmas tree with the ornaments and the lights.
It's so sweet. Yes.
I'm trying to, I think one of them kind of put their arm around the other one and that doesn't happen that much anymore. So I did, I just kind of paused to soak in that feeling. I'm like, oh, it's not going to last forever.
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Chapter 3: How can you improve your English fluency level?
So the audience sat quietly to soak in every word of the inspiring speech.
Or we stood on the beach at sunset just soaking it in. So something is impactful, is meaningful or wonderful and you want to take that time to absorb it.
Yeah. And of course, this is totally different from the meaning of sitting in a bathtub and soaking, right?
Because we also have soak in the phrasal verb, like you soak in a tub. Soak in a tub, but different, right?
Because we're just soaking somewhere. Where are we soaking? Soaking in the tub, soaking in the hot tub, the bubble bath, right? Exactly.
And so this is idiomatic. It's important you use it word for word. We say soak it in. I need to soak. We can just say soak in. The context would be important. Like I just need to sit here and soak in this joy or this beauty. Because we'll often say that about like a view. If you're at the top of a mountain, I just want to soak in this view.
Yeah, it's really common for views, sunsets, nature, right? I don't know, a walk in the forest. You soak in that feeling of the freshness of the trees, right?
Exactly. So then I guess it's just context because, yeah, we do have this other meaning of that phrasal verb, to soak in a tub. You're literally getting wet. Or to soak a sponge in water, right? But this is idiomatic meaning to absorb the meaningfulness, the impact of something.
Exactly. And a more descriptive or let's say a more straightforward way of saying it would just be to say absorb it. So he took a deep breath to absorb it all before responding. And this could be, I guess this could be negative too. Like someone said something rude to you and you had to absorb it and then respond, right?
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Chapter 4: What does it mean to 'soak it in'?
And you're like, look at the sunset. Soak it in. Moments like this don't happen a lot. I'm envisioning, have you ever been to the Gorge in, is it Oregon? It's this beautiful outdoor venue where the backdrop are these cliffs. Okay. I saw fish there. Nice. It's just amazing. It's the most breathtaking background. So like the music's amazing and the view is stunning. That's awesome.
This is where you're like, got to soak it in.
Yeah.
Yeah. I mean, yeah. Sometimes there's just no replacement for natural beauty, you know, like natural scenery is incredible. So that makes sense there.
And then you said, I'm going to take a minute to drink it in, right? Maybe I sat down my phone. I'm like, you're right. I need to take a minute to drink it in. So I'm, this is definitely implying that there's a lot here that you could find awe inspiring that you could be emotional about and you need that time to drink it in to process those emotions.
And just keep in mind, you can't say eat it in, right? Good point.
These are definitely idiomatic.
Yeah.
We have to learn these as idioms, not as any kind of words that apply in other ways.
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