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hi everybody welcome back to know your

verbs my name is Alicia and in this

lesson we’re going to talk about the

verb pass let’s get started

okay the basic definition of the verb

pass is to move beyond someone or

something examples let’s pass this car I

passed you on campus earlier so let’s

talk about the conjugations of this verb

present Pass passes past past past

participle past progressive passing

okay so now let’s talk about some

additional meanings for this verb the

first additional meaning is to decline

something so for example let’s imagine a

conversation between two people a want

some cake

B I’ll pass second example I’m gonna

pass on drinks tonight

okay so in both of these examples

situations we see someone declining they

use the expression I’ll pass or I’m

going to pass so to pass means like to

refuse or to decline something it’s kind

of gentle but it’s just quick also so

it’s very clear but rather gentle to

like do you want to go for drinks hmm

I’ll pass or I’m gonna pass on that for

tonight something like that it’s very

quick and easy to understand but also a

casual no in other words

okay let’s go to the second meaning for

this verb the second meaning is to go

beyond an amount or to go beyond a

specific day some examples of this our

channal passed 1 million subscribers

this year don’t eat that

I think the expiration date is passed so

in both of these examples sentences we

see that some amount or some date has

been moved beyond so in the first

example sentence our channal passed 1

million subscribers this year it means

our channel went beyond 1 million

subscribers so there was some goal or

some point 1 million in this case and we

went above that or beyond that in the

second example sentence it’s a date

specifically the expiration date for a

product or you might know like the best

by date it’s sometimes it’s different

but the expiration date is like the last

day that the product can be eaten or the

last safe day to consume the product so

the expiration date has passed means

that the product is beyond that date so

in both of these examples we’re seeing

some amount or some specific day and

then we’re talking about going beyond

that so this is another meaning of the

verb passed the third meaning is to be 6

as in a test or an application something

like that

examples of this I passed the test if

the House passes inspection we can move

in next week so both of these are

referring to successfully completing

something or like successfully

it’s like achieving something so in the

first example I passed the test it means

I finished the test and I had an

acceptable score but we use pass it’s

much easier to explain with pass in the

second example sentence about a house

inspection the situation is if we pass

the inspection so meaning if the house

is inspected and it’s considered

acceptable we can move in next week

so this means like there’s some kind of

check some kind of like grading or

inspection or examination and if that’s

okay great like we’re successful so this

is another meaning of pass the fourth

meaning is to give something this is

usually within like the range of our

bodies so some examples of this can you

pass me the salt

she passed him $100 so in both of these

examples were kind of imagining

situations where people are pretty close

to each other

so can you pass me the salt is a request

like maybe you’re sitting at the same

table with someone and you can reach

them with your arm or you can reach

pretty close to them anyway in the

second example sentence she passed him

$100 it’s like they must be pretty close

they’re probably pretty close there’s

some object they could pass so they

could give to the other person within

arm’s reach within distance of their

arms so passed can just mean to give

something like this motion usually it’s

like passing something it’s kind of this

image so those are a few additional

meanings of the verb passed let’s go on

to some variations

the first one is to pass something off

as something else so this expression

means to make something seem like

something else or to pretend that

something is something else

this sounds like quite a long expression

but let’s look at some examples of how

it’s used he tried to pass off his dog

as a wolf the criminal was trying to

pass off $1 bills as $100 bills so in

both of these examples we see someone is

pretending object a is object B in the

first example sentence there’s a guy

who’s trying to pretend his dog a is a

wolf so it’s not really a wolf he’s

pretending it’s just a dog in the second

example sentence a criminal is trying to

pass off is pretending that $1 bills

aren’t $100 bills

so trying to pass off means like maybe

they’re making some kind of effort to

persuade people that Oh object a really

is object B but in many cases it’s

pretty easy to see it’s not really

object B so to pass something off as

something else okay let’s go on to the

second variation for this verb the

second variation is the expression to

pass out to pass out this expression

means to fall asleep but it means to

fall asleep because you’re extremely

tired you’re sick or you’re drunk

usually so there’s it’s not quite a

usual it’s not like it’s not like the

typical

fall asleep kind of gently comb Li pass

out it’s like you’re just so tired or

it’s like you have no control or it’s

just oh it’s it’s like a strong kind of

rough version of falling asleep it’s

passing out so examples of this I almost

passed out on the bus

one of my co-workers passed out at her

desk today yeah so as we talked about

these are both examples of situations

where it’s kind of like a rough way to

fall asleep like almost pass out on the

bus like the image is I was so tired I

was sitting on the bus and I just almost

completely fell asleep I didn’t plan to

really in the second example a co-worker

passed out at their desk it’s like

someone was so tired they’re sleeping at

their desk so it’s kind of a rough image

of falling asleep the third variation

for this verb is to pass up to pass up

this means to not take advantage of a

chance or an opportunity so it means

like to let something go to let an

opportunity go examples you passed up a

raise

why for some reason he passed up a full

scholarship okay so both of these are

examples of situations that seem to

present a big chance or a big

opportunity but we’re using the

expression passed up in the first

example we saw pass up a raise you

passed up a raise why like why would you

not take the raise so why would you let

go the chance for a raise so you have

the chance to earn more money a raise

means more money you have the chance to

earn more money why would you let it go

that’s the speaker’s question here you

said no you declined or refused why in

the second example sentence he passed up

a full scholarship the expression full

scholarship means your college or your

university tuition the money you pay to

take classes at university a full

scholarship means everything is paid for

you get free university education

essentially so in the sentence he passed

up a full scholarship the speaker is

probably confused why would he decline

such an opportunity that’s a huge

opportunity free education free money

essentially why would you do that so to

pass up is to let an opportunity go so

those are a few hopefully new ways that

you can use the verb pass of course

there are other ways to use this verb if

you know about them if you have any

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present pass passes passed passed huh

okay sir again I guess not asked I’ll

just start this whole thing again

because I interrupted myself with my

weird that was raishin okay you’ve seen

lower other rings I have not Gandalf’s

very famous line the you shall not pass

when he’s like protecting the group from

the Balrog Oh No I’ve only seen them all

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