To Straighten Out
Hello! Guys! Welcome to today's Daily Easy English!
Sometimes, in our relationships, we have a miss understanding. Sometimes, we get angry with each other. And the reason is not good, so we need to solve the problem. We need to resolve the argument. We need to take care of the problem. And in this situation, we have this phrasal verb.
To Straighten Out
To straighten out, to straighten something out or to straighten out something, and instead of something, we can say someone. To straighten someone out or to straighten out someone.
Once again, it means to take care of that there is a problem and you want to make it straight. So, you can think of your telephone which has a long line. And sometimes the line is all curled up and then you need to straighten the line out, so there is no problem.
That's the idea to this verb: to straighten out. To resolve, to take care fo something.
Listen to the dialogue!
A: Professor Dick was so rude to me.
B: He probably didn't know you were a teacher.
A: I'm really mad.
B: I'll talk to him and straighten this out. Don't worry.
A: I won't be happy unless he apologizes.
Once more time...
In this situation, Professor Dick didn't realize that the other guy was a teacher, so he was rude. This miss understanding needs to straighten out.
Be careful the Pronunciation.
"Straighten Out", most people say like this "Straighten out", which no "T" sound.
Is there something you need to straighten out today? Some miss understanding, some problem that you can solve, you need to straighten out. Then get going.
Ok! That's all for today. Bye!