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hi everybody welcome back to know your

verbs my name is Alicia and in this

episode we’re going to talk about the

verb place let’s get started

the basic definition of this verb is to

put something in a specified location

examples I placed my cup on the desk

she placed her earrings next to the bed

let’s look at the conjugations for this

verb present place places past placed

past participle placed progressive

placing

now let’s talk about some additional

meetings for this verb so let’s look at

the first additional meaning of this

it’s to make to make this is commonly

used as to make an order or to make a

bet let’s look at some examples of this

place your bets she placed an order for

50 plates of fried rice so here we see

place being used to mean make the first

example sentence place your bets that’s

an example of a sentence you’ll hear at

a casino

so dealer’s card dealers inside casinos

will often begin a card game by saying

place your bets to the people who are

playing which means make your bet or

decide on an amount of money you want to

play for this game they use the verb

place place your bets maybe you’ll hear

make your bet but I think place your bet

it’s probably the most common expression

used in the second example we see placed

an order she placed an order

you can substitute make here you can say

she made an order for but to place in

order this is just a different way to

say it to me place an order sounds a

little more polite than making order

like you could use both on the phone I

suppose like I’d like to make an order

for I’d like to place an order for both

would be okay to me place sounds maybe a

little bit more polite but it means to

make something to make an order or in

the first example to make a bit

the second additional meaning is to

recognize to recognize this meaning as

you’ll see in the example sentences is

often in the negative form let’s look at

some examples I feel like I’ve seen that

guy somewhere before

but I just can’t place him

I can’t place this quote who said it so

here we see place being used to mean

like recognize or we can’t quite

understand the origin of that person or

that thing in the first example sentence

we see I just can’t place him we’re

talking about someone’s face so if you

know someone’s face but maybe you can’t

remember the name or in this case you

don’t remember where you met that person

or your connection to that person you

can say I just can’t place him meaning I

don’t know why I know this person but I

recognize his face so here we see the

negative this is commonly used in the

negative I can’t place him in the second

example sentence I can’t place this

quote means I don’t know where this

quote originated from or I don’t know

where this quote came from so maybe it’s

a famous person who said the quote but I

just can’t remember who that is I can’t

like recognize I can’t recall where this

information came from I can’t place this

quote so this means to recognize in

these cases okay

the third additional meaning is to put

in a certain condition or state examples

the court placed him under arrest she

was placed on a strict contract so in

both of these examples sentences we see

some condition being set in the first

example we see placed under arrest

placed under arrest means the person

involved was put in the condition of

arrest placed under arrest in the second

example sentence she was placed on a

strict contract it means she was put

into a condition of a strict contract so

we use placed to refer to that so to

place can mean to put someone or

something into a state or into a

condition the fourth additional meaning

is to find someone a location to live or

work examples we haven’t placed the

young man yet

they’re placing the family next week so

in these examples sentences someone is

looking for a spot to live or a spot to

work for another person there are two

groups or two parties involved here in

the first example sentence we haven’t

placed the young man yet it means the

speaker or the group involved with the

speaker is looking for a location for

the young man in the situation to live

or work so what is this situation this

does seem kind of strange perhaps but in

some countries maybe it’s similar in

your country there may be kind of like

protection services especially for

children and for families who have had

like legal trouble or trouble with like

dangerous people in their lives and they

need to be relocated to a new city or to

a new workplace so there are services

for families like that for individuals

like them that’s a situation where we

might use this word we also might see

this in like schools for example if you

are looking for a location looking for a

classroom looking for a dorm or

something for a student so one person is

responsible for finding a place for

finding a location for another person we

can use place to talk about that in the

second example sentence they’re placing

the family next week it means they’re

completing the placing process so that

means they have found a place they have

found a location for a family and are

going to take the family to that

location next week so two place is to

find a location for somewhere

let’s move on to some variations for

this verb the first variation is to find

one’s place to find one’s place this

means to determine how to fit in

socially ok examples of this I think I

finally found my place she’s having

trouble finding her place at school so

here we’re seeing examples that involve

someone finding their social position so

to find one’s place means to find a nice

position a position that’s appropriate

for them in their society or within

their life in the first example I think

I finally found my place we see past

tense found my place which means I’ve

discovered this position is best for me

in the second example sentence she’s

having trouble finding her place at

school it means she’s having trouble

positioning herself within the society

that is her school like she has her

school life and she hasn’t quite

discovered yet the best location for her

the best way to fit in with the people

around her so this refers to your

societal position in your small or big

society the next variation is to know

one’s place to know one’s place this

refers to understanding your status in

society and it’s typically used to refer

to people who are below others as well

like we typically don’t use this to talk

about people who are above us we might

use it to talk about ourselves in

reference to being below someone or

someone from a higher position might

talk about the people below them

oftentimes with the kind of disrespect

let’s look at some examples he made sure

his workers always knew their place

I know my place that restaurant is way

too nice for me to visit so here we see

examples of people behaving or being

expected to behave in accordance with

their social status in the first one he

made sure his workers always knew their

place the nuance here is that he is like

some kind of boss or like authority

figure and the others the workers which

we see workers indicates there below him

they know their place so in other words

they know that their role they know that

their status in society is lower and he

wants to make sure they know that so

this has a bit of an air of disrespect

about it in the second example sentence

it’s a person talking about himself or

herself I know my place that restaurant

is too nice for me meaning I know that I

am societally of a level below the level

required to visit that restaurant so in

other words I shouldn’t go there it’s

too nice it’s too expensive it’s too

fancy for me I know my place is below

that restaurant so interesting very

interesting so I hope that that was

helpful for you and I hope you got a new

way to use the word place of course if

you have any questions comments example

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