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  • Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Idioms 259. The idiom today is rest

  • assured. Okay. Let's take a look at the note here. We can also sometimes say rest

  • easy to mean the same thing. So rest is really you know, be relaxed. Don't worry.

  • Rest. Assured. Well you could be assured like you could have confidence in

  • something. So rest assured. Rest easy. Don't worry about something you know, we,

  • we got it. We're under control. All right. So let's continue with the note

  • here. So if one tells someone to be rest assured, he or she is telling another

  • person that they can be certain or confident that something will be done.

  • Yes. You are letting someone know that they don't need to worry. You are in

  • control. All right. Don't worry we got this we're in control.

  • Rest assured. It'll be taken care of. It is usually used as an imperative. Kind

  • of like an order. You tell them you rest assured. Nobody says I rest assure.

  • or I was rest assured and it's kind of weird. Usually somebody's telling

  • somebody else rest assured. Like don't worry about it.

  • So they're doing it. It's like an order or command. All right. So let's look at some

  • examples here. Example number one. Rest assured. We will make sure your package

  • arrives on time. Yeah. This is a common one. People are trying to send something,

  • especially if they were sending it late and they weren't sure it was going to

  • arrive on time. Maybe they want it to arrive for somebody's birthday or maybe

  • it's important that you know it's due to get in. Maybe you might get in trouble if

  • something's not on time. So they're telling you don't worry. We got this.

  • It'll be there. It'll arrive on time don't worry.

  • Rest assured. We got this or number two you could be rest assured. We will do

  • everything to help you. Well you know, this is trying to give somebody

  • confidence like don't worry we won't forget about you we will be trying our

  • best to help you. All right. Let's look at number three. Rest assured. We will

  • provide your grandmother with the best of care. It sounds like maybe Grandma.

  • They're putting Grandma in an old-age home or retirement home or nursing home.

  • possibly. And you know people are feeling a little guilty about it or that they're

  • still worried that maybe they won't really you know, pay much attention to

  • her. So they're telling them rest assured. We

  • will provide her with the best of care. We'll take care of it. Were in ... we're

  • in control. You can take it easy. Okay. Anyway I hope you got it. I hope it is clear.

  • Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.

Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Idioms 259. The idiom today is rest

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