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Hello, and welcome to English for Everyone, where we practice real-life American English.
Today, we're going to learn a great expression, so let's get started.
Today, we're learning this expression, shed some light.
Pronunciation, shed.
Use the short eh sound like bed in red.
Shed.
Shed some light.
And what does it mean?
It means to help to explain by giving information to make something clear.
Shed some light.
Let's hear some examples.
So I can say shed some light, or I can say shed some light on something.
We use the preposition on.
Example, shed some light on the situation.
Shed some light on the subject.
Again, to help explain by giving information to make something clear.
Let's hear some examples.
Example, he's a scientist, and he's doing research to find the cause of a disease.
So, hopefully his research will shed some light on the cause of the disease.
It will explain it.
It will make it clear.
Again, hopefully his research will shed some light on the cause of the disease.
Let's practice.
Will his research shed some light on the cause of the disease?
That's right.
Hopefully his research will shed some light on the cause of the disease.
It will explain it.
It will give information to make it clear.
That's what it means to shed some light on something.
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