Monday, June 16, 2014

Lesson 215--Work Out and Workout



The phrase "work out" has more than one meaning.  Both of them are useful, and both of them are worth learning.

She's working out
work out = exercise

Brian worked out for three hours yesterday.
Martha works out every day before work.

It can be used as a noun (workout)

Amanda's workout wasn't so hard.
Preparing for the triathlon was a very hard workout.




Can you work this one out?
work out = figure out/solve

Matthew couldn't work out the solution to the problem.
Tracy and Peter were fighting, but everyone knew they would work things out.
There is no noun in this usage.

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