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Today's expression...
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It's a phrasal verb to sell someone out.
To sell Shane out. To sell Eric out.
What does it mean to sell someone out?
Do you think it is a good meaning?
It has a good meaning?
Or maybe a negative meaning?
Yes, it has a negative meaning.
Selling someone out is not good.
It means to betray the person.
Oh, that's terrible.
B E T R A Y. So, that means it's basically giving somebody up.
Now, to sell someone, we tell about that person some secret and by telling that secret, you, the person selling out the other person, you get the gain.
So, for example, if Eric sells Shane out, that means Eric tells somebody my secret, Shane's secret, and in exchange for that secret, Eric gets some maybe some money or maybe another secret or maybe a promotion at the company.
He gains something.
He gets something. So, that's why we say sell because if you sell something, you receive money.
If you sell someone out, you might receive money.
You might receive a better job.
You might get some extra secret information, but the point is selling someone out is bad.
You are betraying that person and that's never a good thing.
So, let's check out a dialogue.
I can't believe you sold me out to mom.
You're always selling me out.
Okay, let's make a truce.
Okay, from now on, we lie for each other to mom.
I heard that. Okay, so that actually was a funny example.
Many times brothers and sisters will sell each other out.
They'll go to their mom or their dad and my sister's name is Christie and I will say to my mom, mom, Christie ate the cookies and my mom will be very happy that I was so honest and maybe my mom will let me watch TV, but she will be very angry at my sister for eating the cookies.
Yeah, if you have a brother or a sister, don't sell them out.
Christie, if you're listening to this, I'm sorry if I ever sold you out.
I'm sure you sold me out too.
Yeah, well we don't sell each other out anymore.
Christie's secrets are safe with me and hopefully my secrets are safe with Christie.
I don't think I have any secrets.
I think my mom knows all my secrets.
Nobody can sell me out.
So, have you ever been sold out?
Has one of your friends maybe told your secret to someone else and they gained something and you lost something, you lost your privacy or something worse?
I hope not to sell someone out.
It's a great expression.
Let's listen two more times.
I can't believe you sold me out to mom.
You're always selling me out.
Okay, let's make a truce.
Okay, from now on we lie for each other to mom.
I heard that. I can't believe you sold me out to mom.
You're always selling me out.
Okay, let's make a truce.
Okay, from now on we lie for each other to mom.
I heard that. Thanks so much for listening.
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