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verbs my name is alicia and in this

episode we’re going to talk about the

verb

roll let’s get started

the basic definition of the verb roll is

to move

something by making it turn over

on itself in this motion to roll

examples roll that ball over here

the kids are rolling down the hill at

the park

let’s look at the conjugations for this

verb present

roll rolls past rolled

past participle rolled progressive

rolling

now let’s talk about some additional

meanings for this verb

the first additional meaning is to wrap

something

around itself usually in like a ball

formation or it can be in this formation

examples i rolled the dough into a ball

she rolls her hair up in the mornings

we use it in this way to mean putting

something

onto itself and kind of wrapping it so

if you imagine like a piece of paper

like a tissue or something we wrap it

onto itself but we use

roll when we want to form like a tube

sort of thing yeah like a tube or

a ball as well so we can we can roll

something into a ball

too but it’s this motion to roll

something or this

like i just did with this tissue to roll

something into

a tube or to roll a tissue to roll a

newspaper to roll a magazine to hit

a fly on the wall in the second example

sentence she rolls her hair up in the

mornings

it sounds like she’s actually wrapping

or rolling the hair

around itself and putting it up so we

use

roll to talk about this it’s usually

some kind of

circular or like a tube shape that’s

formed

okay let’s go to the second additional

meaning

the second additional meaning is to move

something

on wheels so that means wheels are

attached to the object like a chair

or a table and we move it we use the

verb

roll to talk about that movement

examples

he rolled across the office in his chair

the medical team rolled the patient into

the operating room

so in these example sentences we’re

talking about movement

with some kind of furniture item like a

bed or a chair

that has wheels attached in the first

example sentence

his chair has wheels attached he rolled

across his

office in the chair so sitting in the

chair he rolled

he moved across the office because of

the wheels on his

chair in the second example sentence

it’s a patient probably on a hospital

bed

with wheels attached to the bed so the

patient

was rolled into the operating room so

that means the patient was

moved via this bed with wheels

the third additional meaning for this

verb is to make something

even or to make something smooth using a

roller

examples they rolled paint onto the

walls

let’s roll the dough out flat so these

sentences are quite specific

to a kind of tool that we call a

roller a roller so i’ve used it to talk

about paint

and dough for baking so it’s a kind of

circular object

for paint it’s usually attached to a

handle

and the roller part is where the paint

collects

so we dip it into paint pick it up and

use this motion

to roll paint onto wall so the roller

rolls it moves in this sort of motion

and the paint is smoothly distributed so

the paint

goes on to the wall because of the

rolling motion

it becomes smooth because we roll it in

the second example sentence

it’s about a baking tool called a roller

so it’s like a wooden maybe plastic

tool that’s like a cylinder a long tube

sort of thing and we use it in this

motion again this sort of rolling motion

back and forth to make smooth dough

let’s go to the fourth additional

meaning for this verb it is

to make a trilling sound to make a

trilling sound

examples the drum rolls alone in the

hall

she rolls her r’s when she speaks so the

first one

might be difficult to imagine but we

have this expression called a drum roll

so it’s like before there’s a big

announcement there’s like this

sound that comes from a drum so that’s a

drum roll so the drum

rolled alone in the hall refers to a

drum

or a drummer making that sound on a drum

in the second example sentence we talk

about the r

sound so this is common among i know

like spanish speakers for example

to roll your r’s is to make that same

sound when you pronounce your r

that sound is called rolling your

r’s sound is called rolling your r’s or

a rolled

r that’s the word we use to talk about

that trill

so it’s called a trill we can use it as

a noun trill

but we also use the expression rolled r

to talk about that sound

let’s go on to some variations of this

verb

the first variation is the expression to

roll up your sleeves to roll up your

sleeves

to roll up your sleeves means to prepare

for work

the image here is that you’re wearing

long sleeves

however if you’re going to do hard work

you might sweat

or you might get dirty so by rolling up

your sleeves

your long sleeves you are better

prepared or you are more

prepared to do hard work so this is sort

of the image like oh i’m getting ready

to do some hard work examples let’s roll

up our sleeves and get started

she rolled up her sleeves and began her

work so in both of these it’s about

preparing to begin something to prepare

like to start your work

to roll up your sleeves the second

variation is actually a

pair i put these two together it is to

roll up

and to roll down so to roll up and to

roll down

refer to moving something or causing

something to move

up or down by turning

a lever or a crank of some kind so it’s

usually like a crank

so i know lots of young people might not

remember this but or might not have

experienced it even

but a great example of this is in cars

so cars before

buttons were used there was an actual

crank

to roll down and to roll up the window

in cars

so examples roll down your window

we roll down the curtains every day so

roll down

just means that something comes down as

a result of this motion

and roll up means something goes up as a

result of the same motion that’s all so

we can use it anytime

we have to use a lever or something else

to roll

another object let’s go to the last

bonus one

which is the expression roll out to roll

out i didn’t include any example

sentences here

because it’s not used in a sentence it’s

used as like an

like an exclamation it means to leave

roll out

it’s like super casual it’s used usually

among young

people like maybe college age people i

suppose

roll out means leave like let’s go let’s

leave roll out

so it has kind of like a rough image i

suppose

i don’t know if it’s used that much

anymore but i don’t really use it but

now you know if you see it in a movie

roll out means leave or let’s go

great so i hope that you found a new way

of using the verb role of course if you

know a different way of using the verb

role or if you have any questions or

comments or if you want to practice

making an example sentence with this

verb

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let’s get rolling like this is how i

roll

that’s how i roll like this

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