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This is number one thousand twenty eight.
Today's expression is great.
It is.
Something, something gave up the ghost to give up the ghost.
We got a phrasal verb there to give up or gave up past tense, G-I-V-E-U-P, the
THG ghost, G-H-O-S-T.
You know what a ghost is, right?
Do you like ghosts?
Do you believe in ghosts?
Me?
Do I believe in ghosts?
Do.
I do.
Yeah, I think ghosts, something's out there, something's out there, you know.
But anyway, it to give up the ghost means to give up the spirit and that spirit means
the power, the ability, the ability to function, the ability to operate.
So you could say, you know, a John gave up the ghost and that could have two meanings.
One meaning would be he died, you know, rest his soul and the other meaning would be he
simply gave up.
He was doing something and he quit.
So that's possible.
Okay, so John gave up the ghost.
Either he died or he stopped doing something.
But more typically we use this expression with a machine.
So for example, my computer gave up the ghost and that simply means my computer died.
It no longer works.
Now maybe I can fix it, but many times when we say something has given up the ghost,
it's done.
You have to buy a new one.
Okay, does that make sense?
So it's a really, really good expression.
Well, let's go ahead and check out the dialogue.
Oh, new fishing reel.
Yep.
The old one finally gave up the ghost.
How much did this one cost?
$15 cheap, but it works.
So I like fishing.
I haven't been fishing this year, this year being 2021 too busy, but I do love fishing.
And if you enjoy fishing, well, the equipment can be very cheap or very expensive, right?
So you have the fishing pole.
That's the long part.
And then you have the fishing reel.
That's the part that you turn so that you can, you know, so the line goes in there.
So the reel.
Okay, that's the fishing reel.
And that's what this dialogue is talking about.
New fishing reel.
Did you get a new fishing reel?
Are EEL real?
One word they're fishing real.
Fishing is one word and real is another word two words.
Did you get a new fishing reel?
And the guy says, yep, the old one finally gave up the ghost.
The other fishing reel died.
It's not working.
It's broken.
It's done.
So I got rid of it.
I threw it away.
It's in the dump.
It's garbage.
Oh, how much did this one cost?
$15.
$15.
$15.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen.
That's cheap.
And he says cheap.
It is cheap, but it works.
It's functional.
Yeah.
So in my case, I have, I have three fishing reels.
And one of them is actually kind of expensive.
And I hate it.
The other two are very cheap, about $15 each.
And I love them because they work perfectly.
So when it comes to fishing, cheap is good enough for me.
That's for sure.
My expensive one has not given up the ghost, but anyway, I don't like it.
Do you want it?
And let me know if you want it and I'll give it to you.
All right.
So to give up the ghost, anything you have has
it given up the ghost these days?
I'm looking around my desk right now.
I think everything I have is working pretty well.
Oh, yeah.
My car gave up the ghost for a while.
I did get my car fixed.
$900.
Oh my God, it's just terrible.
But yeah, so I had a steering issue, not steering, transmission issue.
That's how the car where it changes the gears.
That was the problem there.
But I got that fixed.
Anything else?
I have some glasses that are close to giving up the ghost.
Yep.
The frame is a bit weak.
And the prescription is not very good.
So I'll have to probably for sure get a new lens prescription.
But I might have to get new frames too.
Maybe I'll try and fix them.
But yeah, they're about to give up the ghost.
Everything else I think I hope is in pretty good shape.
What about you?
Anything recently?
Give up the ghost?
Yep.
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Oh, new fishing reel.
Yep.
The old one finally gave up the ghost.
How much did this one cost?
$15.
Cheap, but it works.
Oh, new fishing reel.
Yep.
The old one finally gave up the ghost.
How much did this one cost?
$15.
Cheap, but it works.
