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Hi, everybody.

My name is Alicia.

Welcome back to know your verbs in this episode, we're going to talk about the verb beat.

Let's get started.

Let's start with the basic definition.

The basic definition of the verb beat is to hit repeatedly to hit something repeatedly.

Examples.

He was beaten until he was unconscious.

I have to beat the dust out of this blanket.

Yeah, let's talk about the congregations of this verb Now Present beet beets past beat past participle, beaten, progressive beating.

Let's talk about some additional meanings for this Ferb.

The first additional meaning is to defeat.

To defeat some examples, I think Spider Man could beat Batman in a fight.

Our team has never been beaten.

So in both of these example, sentences we see beat meaning defeat In the first example sentence.

I think Spiderman could beat Batman.

It means Spider Man could beat that man in a fight.

That's kind of the implied the suggested meaning of this sentence.

Spider Man could beat Batman equals Spiderman could defeat Batman Spiderman would be better than Batman.

Spiderman would win in a fight against Batman.

Spider Man would beat that man in the second example.

Sentence.

Our team has never been beaten.

It means our team has never been defeated.

Our team has never lost.

Our team has won every match every game we have ever played.

Our team has never been beaten.

So no defeats pretty great.

So this is one meeting to defeat something.

Okay, let's go on to these second additional meaning for this Ferb.

The second additional meaning for this verb is to act before something else happens.

Examples.

Let's beat the crowds and get tickets for the afternoon movie.

I left the house early to beat rush hour traffic.

Okay, so both of these examples show one action happening before some other like negative thing we want to avoid in the first example sentence.

It's about avoiding like big crowds of people at a movie theater.

So let's beat the crowds is the expression that's used there.

So beat the crowds doesn't mean like hit the crowds of people.

It means take action to do something before the crowd of people arrives, and that action will be to see the afternoon movie.

So let's beat the crowds means let's do something before this crowd of people in the second example sentence.

It's.

I left the house early, too.

Beat the rush hour traffic.

We see rush hour traffic is the thing to beat.

So again, it doesn't mean hitting rush hour traffic.

It means doing something, in this case, leaving the house early to beat in order to avoid rush hour traffic.

So we're doing something before this other negative thing happened.

So in these examples, it's a large crowd of people and rush hour traffic.

So we do something to avoid that thing.

To do something before that thing happen.

Okay, let's go on to the third meaning for this firm.

The third meaning for this verb is to be more enjoyable than something else to be more enjoyable than something else.

Examples.

Enjoying some sun on the beach sure beats working in an office relaxing at home beats spending the day shopping.

So both of these example sentences present to ideas, one of which is betterthan the other in the first example sentence.

Enjoying the sun on the beach beats or is better than is more enjoyable than working in an office.

In the second example, sentence relaxing at home beats or is more enjoyable than spending the day shopping.

So we're comparing two things and the thing that is better.

We use beats just after that.

So when you want to use this pattern, you can just say a beats be where a is better than be A is more enjoyable than be.

The fourth meaning here is to have a regular movement like to have a rhythmic movement that is regular in some way.

Examples.

My heart was beating fast after my run.

The bird's wings beat the air in the first example sentence.

My heart was beating fast after my run.

It means the rhythm of my heart.

The steady regular rhythm of my heart was fast after my run, so the rhythm was constant, but it was quick.

So in the second example sentence about the bird's wings, it's this motion.

The bird's wings beat the air, so there's a rhythmic, a steady motion happening.

Ah, the bird's wings beat the air, meaning it's always It's like going regularly here so we can see this use of beat as well to refer to a regular kind of rhythmic motion.

Let's move on to some variations and how we can use this than the first variation is to beat someone to something to beat someone to.

Something means to do something before someone else.

So it kind of has that meaning of defeat that we talked about before.

Examples.

I was gonna book tickets for the show, but you beat me to it.

All my coworkers beat me to the office this morning.

So in these expressions beat me to something.

Means someone did something before me in the first example Sentence.

I was going to book tickets for the show.

We see the past tense.

I was gonna I was going to book tickets for the show, but you beat me to it.

So this is quite common.

You beat me to.

It means you did that thing I just talked about before me.

So I planned to do it.

But you did it before me.

You beat me to it.

This is quite a common expression to use in the second example sentence.

All my coworkers beat me to the office this morning.

It means all my co workers got to the office before me this morning.

So when you want to talk about someone doing something before you, you can say they beat me to the office.

Keep in mind, though, that this kind of has the nuance, a little bit of competition, like there's something that you want to do before someone else like.

There's a little bit of a competitive field with this expression.

Okay, let's go on to these second variation here.

The next variation is Beat yourself up to beat yourself up.

This means to be very negative or critical about yourself, often for no reason or not for a big reason.

Examples.

Don't beat yourself up.

It was just a small mistake.

I think he's really beating himself up for declining that job offer.

Okay, in the first example sentence.

Don't beat yourself up.

This is a very common expression.

It means don't be so negative about yourself.

In this case, we follow this expression with It was just a small mistake.

So in other words, it's not a big problem.

Don't beat yourself up.

Don't be so negative to yourself for such a small mistake.

In the second example sentence.

I think He's really beating himself up for declining that job offer.

It means he's thinking really, really negatively about his decision.

He's thinking about himself critically like, Oh, it wasn't a good idea.

I shouldn't have done that.

He's really down, Maybe disappointed in himself for declining the job offer, though.

Maybe it's not a big deal.

It's not an important situation, so he doesn't need to beat himself up or he is beating himself up about it in this case.

So he's upset, in other words, but maybe he doesn't need to be okay, so those are a few different ways that you can use the verb beat.

I hope that you found something new.

Of course, if you have any questions, comments, or if you'd like to try out a different way of using the word beat, please feel free to do so in the comment section.

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