I have a runny nose.
My nose is runny.
I have a stuffy nose.
My nose is stuffed up.
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1) I'll handle it.
2) I'll deal with it.
3) I'll take care of it.
All 3 expressions here
basically mean the same
thing.
BUT "deal with st" is
used to deal with
conditions and situations.
For example:
He is dealing with his disease.
a disease=病気
You can only "deal with st"
that cannot be improved or
helped.
You can only "take care of"
something that you can
help or improve or protect.
You can't protect a disease.
Lastly, which one of
these 3 expressions
can be used to say:
"I'll treat you."
"It's on me."
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X I backed to home.
I went home. / I went back home.
Today let's talk
about the word
VERB + "back"
to be back
What time will you be back tomorrow?
What time will you get back tomorrow?
Remember that
"back" is not
usually a verb.
"back" is usually
the second word
in a phrasal
verb. A phrasal
verb is a 2 or 3
word verb.
So what "back"
verbs do you know?
to back sb=
to support sb
Edward Kennedy backed Obama during the campaign.
Back off! = Get back!
Step back.=Take a step back.
to send something back
to give something back
to talk back to someone
to look back at someone
to think back
(to my teenage years)
to write back
I wrote her, but she never wrote back.
She got marrried TO another guy.
She marrried another guy.
X She got married with another man.
Call me back later.
I'll call you back.
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