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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 congregations of this firm.

Present pass passes past past past participle past progressive passing.

Okay, so now let's talk about some additional meetings 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, huh?

I'll pass seconds.

Example.

I'm gonna pass on drinks tonight.

Okay, so in both of these examples situations, we see someone declining.

They used 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.

Ah, do you want to go for drinks and 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 these second meaning for this firm.

The second meaning is to go beyond an amount or to go beyond a specific day.

Some examples of this our channel passed one million subscribers this year.

Don't eat that.

I think the expiration date is passed.

So in both of these example sentences, we see that some amount or some date has been moved beyond so in the first example sentence.

Our channel passed one million subscribers this year.

It means our channel went beyond one million subscribers.

So ah, there was some goal or some 0.1 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.

That'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 past means that the product is beyond that date.

So in both of these examples were seeing some amount or some specific day on.

And then we're talking about going beyond that.

So this is another meaning of the verb past.

The third meeting is to be successful, 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 most of these are referring to successfully completing something or like successfully, 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 past is much easier to explain with Pass in the second example sentence about a house inspection, uh, thes 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 in $100.

So when 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 is some object they could pass so they could give to the other person.

Ah, within arm's reach, within distance of their arms.

So past could just mean to give something like this motion usually like passing something.

It's kind of this image, so there are a few additional meanings of the verb past.

Let's go on to some variations Now.

The 1st 1 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.

Be 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 owe object a really is object B.

But in many cases, it's pretty easy to see.

It's not really object to be so to pass something off as something else.

Okay, let's go on to the second variation For this, for 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, calmly pass out is like You're just so tired or it's like you have no control.

It's just it's It's like a strong kind of rough version of falling asleep passing out.

So examples of this I almost passed out on the bus.

One of my co workers passed out in her desk today.

Yes, so as we talked about these air, both examples of situations where it's kind of like a rough way to fall asleep, like, almost passed out on the bus like the images, 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 coworker 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 means like toe.

Let something go toe, 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 race?

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 to refuse.

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 Ah, 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 ah, 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.

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