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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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