AEE 2530: Give In Versus Give Up in English

Summary

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Podcast Summary: All Ears English, Episode 2530

"Give In Versus Give Up in English"

Hosts: Lindsay McMahon & Michelle Kaplan
Air Date: December 15, 2025

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Episode Overview

In this episode, Lindsay and Michelle break down the differences between the common phrasal verbs "give up" and "give in." Drawing on listener questions, real-life examples, and playful banter, they help English learners understand and use these expressions naturally in various contexts. The episode also features practical grammar tips, illustrative role plays, and memorable cultural references.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Listener Question: What's the Difference?

• [04:02] Lindsay introduces a question from listener Nasseral Sibe:
  "What's the difference between give up and give in? Sometimes it's confusing and feels the same to me."

2. Exploring "Give Up"

• Primary Meaning:
  To quit, stop trying, surrender, or let go of something (physically, emotionally, or as a habit).

• Examples & Contexts:

  • Trivia context:
    • [03:00] Michelle: "I said give up, right? Because you weren't... you didn't even know where to start."
    • [03:20] Lindsay: "And then I might just say, I give up. Just tell me. Right."
  • Habit or behavior:
    • [06:29] Lindsay: "You can't give up on your 5K. You're doing so well."
    • [10:34] Michelle: "I gave up meat after watching that documentary."
    • [10:58] Lindsay: "I gave up soda in like 1999 when I heard how bad it is for you."
  • Surrendering a possession or space:
    • [08:04] Michelle: "She gave up her computer when the computer lab got too crowded."

• Notable Explanation:

  • [05:54] Michelle:
    "So it basically means to, like, give up can mean to surrender. Right? Or just... something. Right. Either because of its difficulty or you don't know, or even pertaining to a habit."

3. "Give Up" - Subtleties & Usage

• Sub-meanings Identified:

  • Surrendering due to not knowing
  • Stopping an activity or habit
  • Physically relinquishing something
  • Examples pertain to both knowledge ("I give up — tell me the answer") and habits ("I gave up cheese").

• Cultural Reference:

  • [07:26] Lindsay references the concept of the "plateau" in self-improvement, relating it to language learning and motivation.

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4. Transition to "Give In"

• [13:00] Lindsay sets the stage:
  "Okay, we have conquered give up. Now let's talk about one that might be a little less common for our listeners to hear, but really important to know the difference – give in, Michelle."

5. Exploring "Give In"

• Primary Meaning:
  To stop resisting pressure and finally agree to something, often after repeated persuasion.

• Examples & Contexts:

  • Giving in to someone's request:
    • [13:41] Michelle: "She asked her mother for a piece of chocolate over and over until she finally gave in."
    • [14:01] Lindsay: "I told him I wasn't going to the gym, but I gave in when he said he would buy me lunch after work."
  • Holding firm with "not giving in":
    • [14:13] Michelle: "I am not going to spend $300 on a concert. I'm not giving in."

• Distinctive Features:

  • Involves external pressure or persuasion
  • Requires a "force" on the other side, as Lindsay notes:
    • [14:18] "That's important, people. Someone has to be trying to convince you to do that. Right. Otherwise, like, it would be a little strange to say, like you just see the price and online and you say, I'm not giving in. That's not quite right. Because someone needs to be pushing you, to do it. To give in."

• Summing up the Difference:

  • [15:18] Lindsay: "Giving up again, guys, is quitting, not trying anymore. Maybe being defeated, surrendering... Giving in is when you agree to something after you've been saying no for a while. Right. So you're gonna stop resisting. And usually someone or something... is pressuring you to do the thing."

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6. Grammar Tips for "Give Up" & "Give In"

• [15:56] Michelle:
  • "Give up" is followed by a noun or gerund ("I give up cheese") or simply said alone ("I give up").
  • "Give up on" is another variant, to be covered in future episodes.
• [16:17] Lindsay:

  • "Give in" is usually followed by "to" + noun or gerund ("give in to her," "gave in to watching TV"), but not an infinitive.

  • [16:40] Michelle warns:
    "That's tricky, guys. Watch out with all those prepositions there."

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7. Interactive Quiz & Usage Practice

• Michelle quizzes Lindsay (and listeners) with fill-in-the-blank examples:

  • [17:22]
    • Ex: "I ___ gluten when I realized it bothered my stomach."
      • Lindsay: "I gave up gluten."
  • [17:56]
    • Ex: "I asked my mom to switch her appointment, but she wouldn't ___."
      • Lindsay: "She wouldn't give in."
  • [18:14]
    • Ex: "I will not ___ to peer pressure on this. I don't want the cookie."
      • Lindsay: "I will not give in to peer pressure."
  • [18:46]
    • Ex: "Don't ___ on me. I can change."
      • Lindsay: "Don't give up on me."

• Memorable aside:

  • [18:53] Michelle: "Yeah, I'm sure it's in tons of songs. Yeah. Don't give up on me. It's like basically saying, still believe in me."

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8. Role Play Demonstration

• [19:15] Michelle and Lindsay act out a scenario at a happy hour to demonstrate both phrasal verbs in context.

• Key Lines:

  • [19:34]
    • Michelle: "Oh, man. Look at those goat cheese balls. Want one?"
    • Lindsay: "I'm trying to give up cheese because it hurts my stomach."
    • Michelle: "You sure?"
    • Lindsay: "Okay, I give in. One won't hurt."
  • [19:52]
    • Michelle: "I give up. $70 a person."
  • [19:57]
    • Michelle: "Yeah, that's where Lauren wanted it. But I'm not giving in to her. That's way out of my budget."

• Commentary:

  • [20:18] Lindsay: "Let's just clarify that for a minute. So we've said, I give in. And that's because my own sense, my taste buds are like, I'm salivating. Right. And you're also pressuring me. So that's... I give in. I surrender. But also, I give up would mean if I switched and I say, I — okay, I give up. You're saying, essentially, I'm gonna stop resisting... So that's why both work there. It doesn't happen in every scenario, but in this scenario it does."

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9. Final Tips and Takeaways

• [23:03] Lindsay:
  "It's these little differences — give in, give up — that we want to start to look at at the C1, B2, C1 level, guys, to level up into being near native with our language."
• [23:35] Lindsay:
  "If you're making mistakes here, remember, it's all about connection. So come back to connection with the person in front of you. That is the ultimate goal."
• [23:47] Michelle:
  "Thanks Lindsay, for talking about this with me today. And thank you to our listener for that question."

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• [06:29] Lindsay on learning plateaus:
  "Anytime we're preparing for a big race or any competition, we might hit a plateau in our training or hit a dip... and we might want to give up at that point."
• [13:41] Michelle sums up "give in":
  "So after some time you surrender. So here's an example. She asked her mother for a piece of chocolate over and over until she finally gave in."
• [15:18] Lindsay's comparison: "Giving up again, guys, is quitting, not trying anymore. ... Giving in is when you agree to something after you've been saying no for a while."
• [18:53] Michelle on "don't give up on me":
  "Yeah, I'm sure it's in tons of songs. Don't give up on me. It's like basically saying, still believe in me."

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 04:02 – Listener question on “give up vs. give in”
• 05:47 – First thorough explanation of “give up”
• 06:29 – Discussion of sub-meanings
• 10:34 – "Give up" for habits
• 13:00 – Transition to “give in”
• 13:41 – First examples of “give in”
• 14:18 – Explanation on "pressure" with "give in"
• 15:56 – Grammar breakdown
• 17:14 – Quiz segment (Interactive practice)
• 19:15 – Role play
• 23:03 – Takeaways and final advice

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Takeaway

This episode provides a clear, lively, and highly practical explanation of the differences between “give up” (to quit or stop trying) and “give in” (to stop resisting after pressure). The hosts encourage advanced learners to notice the nuances, pay attention to context and grammar, and most importantly—focus on building real-life connections rather than worrying about perfection.

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Transcript

[Michelle Kaplan]

This is an All Ears English podcast. Episode 25:30 give in versus give up in English.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Welcome to the All Ears English podcast, downloaded more than 200 million times. Are you feeling stuck with your English? We'll show you how to become fearless and fluent by focusing on connection, not perfection, with your American hosts, Lindsay McMahon, the English adventurer, and Michelle Kaplan, the New York radio girl, coming to you from Colorado and New York City, usa. And to get your transcripts delivered by email every week, go to allearsenglish.com subscribe do you ever hear native speakers say the phrase give up?

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[Lindsay McMahon]

Hey there, Michelle. How's it going?

[Michelle Kaplan]

Hey, Lindsay. Gotta got a trivia question for you.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Oh, trivia. I'm ready. I'm ready.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Okay. How many teeth does a snail have?

[Lindsay McMahon]

I guess I never even knew that snails had teeth. I don't even know. Michelle, that's a great question.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Give up.

[Lindsay McMahon]

I give up. I give up.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Between 1000 and 25000 teeth.

[Lindsay McMahon]

What? That is so weird. 25,000 teeth even fit in their. In their mouth.

[Michelle Kaplan]

I don't know. They're very tiny.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Te.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Can you believe that? That's crazy.

[Lindsay McMahon]

So I really can't.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah, well, today. Yeah. Well, I did ask you if you. If you. I said give up, right? Because you weren't. You didn't even know where to start, right? Do you ever have that where. Where somebody's like, oh, do you. How many something something do you think is this? And you're like, I don't know. Why are you asking me?

[Lindsay McMahon]

Right? And then I might just say, I give up. Just tell me. Right.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Exactly. Exactly. So we're Talking. Because we have a really good listener question from a listener on you, you, you. YouTube. This is from Nasseral Sibe 4740. And guys, if you didn't know, we have our channel over on YouTube. If you prefer to watch the podcast on YouTube, we are over there right now and you can ask your questions in the comments there as well. So make sure to go over there and also hit the subscribe button.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yes, Michelle, I'll go ahead and read the question from Nasseral. Are you ready?

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yes.

[Lindsay McMahon]

All right. So Nasseral says, hey, Michelle and Lindsay, I've been listening to your podcast for almost four years now. Wow. Oh, my gosh, Michelle, that is amazing. Thank you. Thank you. Big fan of your show. I know you like straightforward questions. That is true. We do. So here's mine and hope it will be answered. What's the difference between give up and give in? Sometimes it's confusing and feels the same to me. Thanks. Love you guys. Michelle, I love this question.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah, and you're right, Nasseral. You know, we do love the straightforward forward questions. And this is a perfect example of a great question. Give up and give in. There we go. Exact question. And thank you so much for listening to our show for almost four years and for enjoying it. So we're happy to have you.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah. Yes. And before we move any further in the show, I want to say a huge thank you to those who have reviewed us on Apple Podcast or Spotify, wherever you've left a review. Thank you to Fred Lieb from China. Thank you to QCC from China VA on October 19th. And again, Janice Winkler, who reviewed us in Apple Podcast. Huge thank you to our reviewers. And guys, if you want to get your name read out loud on the show, go ahead and leave your review for all ears English.

[Michelle Kaplan]

All right?

[Lindsay McMahon]

Wherever you listen, whether it's on the Android app, the iOS app, or Apple podcasts or Google, just leave a review and we'll try our best to read your name out loud. All right.

[Michelle Kaplan]

That's right. All right. Thank you so much. So much. All right, so let's get into the question. So let's start with give up, because we were already kind of on that road already. So I asked you a question at the beginning of the episode, a trivia question, and then I said, give up. So what did I mean by that?

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah, you're basically asking me, is it too hard? Do you want me to just tell you what you're saying?

[Michelle Kaplan]

Right, right. Yeah, exactly. So. So it basically means to, like, give up can mean to surrender. Right? Or just something. Right. Either because of its difficulty or you don't know, or even pertaining to a habit. Now, I know that I just threw a lot at you, but we're gonna, we're gonna go over some examples here. So. Yeah, here, let's see. Okay. What number are you thinking of? I've give up. I have no idea. So I surrender. Right. It's too hard. I, I'm not gonna ask any, I'm not gonna make any more guesses. Right?

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah. And I think there are kind of two sub meetings of give up here. There's this ice I surrender in terms like I don't know, I don't know the answer. And then there's also, I'm gonna stop doing something. Yeah, right. I surrender. So there's two ways of surrendering. You're saying you don't know or you're saying you can't do something anymore. Right. So this is the second meaning here, this example. You can't give up on your 5K. You're doing so well. Right. So I think anytime we're preparing for a big race or any competition, we might hit a plateau in our training or hit a dip. I think authors have talked about the dip where we feel like we're just not getting anywhere and we might want to give up at that point.

[Michelle Kaplan]

I mean, I'm sure our listeners can relate to this with English, Right. Like, you know, I know that we've talked to listeners about that plateau feeling. And yeah, you know, this feeling of, oh, well, I wanna, I wanna speak like a native speaker, but I'm, I, I, I'm stuck at this area. Right. And we might say, well, you can't give up, right?

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yep. Yeah. There was a funny commercial I saw on tv. It was related to a medication. But who is that Australian actress? She's blonde. I think her name is Reese something or Rain or. No, I can't think of her name. Anyway, she's really funny. She does a lot of comedies and it was all about plateaus. And they had her up on the top plateau in a chair and she's like, I'm at the best plateau and then someone else is at a lower plateau and you had to move to the next plateau. But like, we experience this dip in anything we're trying to do. Losing weight, getting fit, preparing for a.

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[Lindsay McMahon]

And so we can't give up, right? Yes, yes.

[Michelle Kaplan]

And here, so, and then we're going to give a couple different examples that are, don't quite fit this. So she gave up her computer when the computer lab got too crowded. So again, here it's. It's still like to surrender it, right? You're surrendering it. Surrendering it to someone else, right?

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah, yeah. Yep. So you're basically. You're giving it. You're giving it to someone, or you're. You're returning it or throwing it away or something. I don't know what you're doing with it.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Oh, okay.

[Lindsay McMahon]

I get. I didn't understand what was going on in this. Actually, it means that she left the room, right? Is that what we're saying?

[Michelle Kaplan]

Well, yeah. Imagine like a big computer lab at school. Okay. That's. You know, maybe it might not be. Well, I guess now it would be. Everybody has a laptop, but let's say there are desktops and, you know, she's at one of the computer lab desktops, but it's too crowded and people are waiting. And so she's just like, oh, I'm gonna. I'm giving up my computer. It's too crowded anyway. Right.

[Lindsay McMahon]

You'll go, yeah. So you are kind of surrendering and you're leaving that space open for someone else. But we also. We can give something up when we actually just get rid of it too. Right. Like possession. Giving it to someone else. Right. If you don't have space for something in your home.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Right. Well, it also. I. I mean, I'm also thinking of. I think I wrote about this for an example in a future episode, but I'll talk about it now, too. I was at. Lindsay, have you ever been to Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia?

[Lindsay McMahon]

Probably, but I don't remember. It's like a huge food. But.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah, a food market. I mean, like, where it's so many places to eat. It's incredible. But it is very hot because it is so crowded. It is so crowded. But it's kind of one of those things where it's an experience, so you just do it. So we were there this weekend, and it makes me think of when you're waiting for a seat, right? And so there's. There's not that many seat. Well, there are a lot of seats, but there are more people. And so you're just kind of standing there waiting for someone to give up their seat, Right?

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah.

[Lindsay McMahon]

I think we talked about finish on the podcast once before the whole lurking thing lurk. Yeah.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Oh, yeah. Exactly.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah.

[Michelle Kaplan]

So. Yeah. And then also there's this way. I gave up meat after watching that documentary. So this is almost more the one about pertaining to a habit. Right. I. I gave up cheese when I found out I was lactose intolerant. Right, Right.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Or you gave up soda. I gave up drinking soda in like 1999 when I heard how bad. How bad it is for you. Yeah. Y. Yeah. So we all, over our lifetimes, we probably give up certain things. Food, drinks, habits, giving up smoking. Right. That's a good one. So. Yeah. So. So giving up, Stop doing something, stop using something. What else, Michelle?

[Michelle Kaplan]

Give something over surrender. You know, there, there are. Or also the. I don't know. Right. Oh, I give up. I don't know. What's the answer? Right. So there's a lot of meanings here, but in general, it. It's this umbrella idea of, of ending something, ending an effort and stopping doing something. Right. There's. There's a lot of like I would say that's the overarching theme.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yep.

[Michelle Kaplan]

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[Lindsay McMahon]

Okay, we have conquered. Give up. Now let's talk about one that might be a little less common for our listeners to hear, but really important to know the difference. Give in, Michelle. Well, is this the same thing? I mean, what, what, what do we need to know?

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah, I mean, it's similar in the way that you stop doing something, but it is different. Right. So yes, you hear, you surrender or you stop doing something after you resisted it. Right. So there was a time when you were resisting doing. When you resisted doing something and now you are gonna do it. So after some time you surrender. So here's an example. She asked her mother for a piece of chocolate over and over until she finally gave in.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah. And it's, it has a sense of also compromising to someone. Like someone is pushing you to do something. And yes, you resisted it at first and then finally you're gonna give in. You're going to compromise and you're going to allow something, Right?

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yep. To allow something. Yeah. What's another example?

[Lindsay McMahon]

I told him I wasn't going to the gym, but I gave in when he said he would buy me lunch after work. Work, working, outer. Yep. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. Else.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Or I am not going to spend 300 on a concert. I'm not giving in.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah. That means a lot of people are probably pushing you and that's important, people. Someone has to be trying to convince you to do that. Right. Otherwise, like, it would be a little strange to say, like you just see the price and online and you say, I'm not giving in. That's not quite right. Because someone needs to be pushing you to, to do it. To give in.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Exactly. Right. So there has to be something on the other side, right? Yeah. You don't generally say, I'm not giving in to no one. Unless, I mean, it could be kind of a conflict to yourself. With yourself, I suppose, but yeah, I.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Mean, or it could be just with, with society's rising prices. Right. Like you, you, you know, you see these prices going up. Maybe you say you're going to change your grocery shopping habits, like, or you're not going to write something like that. So that. But there has to be some force on the other side that's pressuring you.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah.

[Lindsay McMahon]

To pay that money.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yes, exactly. So, so again, I mean, how, how are these different? Lindsay, just to review.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah, let's look at it. So giving up again, guys, is quitting, not trying anymore. Maybe being defeated, surrendering. As we said before, giving in is when you agree to something after you've been saying no for a while. Right. So you're gonna stop resisting. And usually someone or something, whether that's inflation or whether that's your friends, is pressuring you to do the thing. Right?

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yes, exactly. So then let's just talk about the grammar piece for a moment. So when you say give up, it's followed by a noun or gerund.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Right?

[Michelle Kaplan]

To give up something. Yes, I suppose you could. Or you could just say, I give up, right? Yeah, yeah. And then at a later date, we could talk about, like, to give up on something. Right. When you add on.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah, we can add that in another episode.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yes, exactly. And what about with give in?

[Lindsay McMahon]

So given is usually used with a noun. So you would give in to something, so that's important. So I give in to her every time. Like, my. My kid is always asking me for a treat when we go to the grocery store, and I try to resist, but I give in to her every time. Give in to her. That's tricky, guys. Watch out with all those prepositions there. Right?

[Michelle Kaplan]

Exactly. Or you can use a gerund, but not an infinitive. So you would say. You could say, I gave in to watching my brother's dog for the week if it means. But if it means surrender, an object isn't necessary. So I gave in after he begged so much and let him. Let him win. So you don't need to say I gave in to him, Right?

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah.

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[Lindsay McMahon]

This is where it could get. It could get a little complicated around the grammar. Yeah. So let's do some examples, Michelle, shall we?

[Michelle Kaplan]

So I'm gonna. I'm gonna quiz you, Lindsay.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Okay, I'm ready.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Okay. And let's see if you get it right. Okay.

[Lindsay McMahon]

So.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah.

[Michelle Kaplan]

I blank gluten when I realized it bothered my stomach.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah. So, guys, as you're listening today, see if you can quiz yourself and see what belongs in there. So I'm gonna give it three seconds. Three, two, one. I'm gonna say gave up. I gave up gluten. I gave up. And a lot of people use it in this context. I gave up some kind of food again. Soda, sugar, salt, or smoking. Something like that.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Here's another one. Good job, Lindsay. Another one is I asked my mom to switch her appointment, but she wouldn't blank.

[Lindsay McMahon]

She wouldn't. So think about it, listeners, for a minute. And I think the answer is she wouldn't give in. Is that right, Michelle? Yeah. So this is again, you are the force pressuring your mom to switch that appointment, and she resisted it, and she continued to resist it so she wouldn't give in.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah, you didn't get what you want. Wanted. Yeah. Here's another one. I will not blank to peer pressure on this. I don't want the cookie.

[Lindsay McMahon]

I do want the cookie.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah, yeah, I know. Sorry, Lindsay, in this one, you don't out.

[Lindsay McMahon]

All right, hopefully our listeners have had a second to think about it. The answer here, I. I will not give in to peer pressure.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Right.

[Lindsay McMahon]

I will not give in.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Okay, let's do one more. Don't blank on me. I can change.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Good one. All right, so here I'm gonna say, don't give up on me. Don't give up on me. Feels like it belongs in a song or something. Yes.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah, I'm sure it's in tons of songs. Yeah. Don't give up on me. It's like basically saying, still believe in me.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Don't stop. Don't surrender.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Don't drop face.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Don't drop. Yeah, exactly. So, yeah, you can see in. In many different ways how these are used. Lindsay, should we do a role play before we go?

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah, let's do a role play just to really solidify this for our listeners. Here we go. So we're at a happy hour. Yay. Fun. And there are past hors d' oeuvres at this happy hour, so that's fun. So it's a fancy happy hour. Nice.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yes, exactly. All right, here we go. Oh, man. Look at those goat cheese balls. Want one?

[Lindsay McMahon]

I'm trying to give up cheese because it hurts my stomach.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Oh, no, I'm sorry. You sure?

[Lindsay McMahon]

Okay, I give in. One won't hurt.

[Michelle Kaplan]

You'll be fine. Do you know how much this place costs for a bridal shower? I asked.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Oh, I don't know. Okay.

[Michelle Kaplan]

I give up $70 a person.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Whoa.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah, that's where Lauren wanted it. But I'm not giving in to her. That's way out of my budget.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Same. Nice. Nice. Yeah. All right, let's go through. So how sad if you're giving up cheese. I don't think I could give up cheese. I just. I decided I eat. The idea just makes me sad.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Or ice cream, for that matter. Yeah, yeah.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Oh, yeah.

[Lindsay McMahon]

So, all right. So you said, look at those goat cheese balls. Do you want one? And I said, I'm trying to give up cheese. Right. And again, this is very common with any kind of food. We've given numerous examples in this episode. Guys, any kind of food that you're trying to no longer eat, you give it up. You're giving it up. Or sometimes you see, like, for Lent. People give up certain kinds of food for lent, Right?

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah.

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Or.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Or not. Not food habits or something. I don't know exactly how it works, but I've heard that before.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah, right.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Good. So what else, Michelle?

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah, yeah. Then I said, oh, you sure? And you said, okay, I give in. One won't hurt. Right. So you're into, I would say, the force of the cheese.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Or I guess you, too. You're kind of pressuring me a little bit. Yeah.

[Michelle Kaplan]

You could have said, okay, I give up.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Right?

[Michelle Kaplan]

You could have.

[Lindsay McMahon]

You could have.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah.

[Lindsay McMahon]

That's interesting. This is a place where it would be interchangeable, Michelle.

[Michelle Kaplan]

So it. That can happen. And then what?

[Lindsay McMahon]

Let's just clarify that for a minute. So we've said, I give in. And that's because my. My own. Like, my own sense. My taste buds are like, I'm salivating. Right. And you're also pressuring me. So that's. I give in. I surrender. But also, I give up would mean if I switched and I say, I. Okay, I give up. You're saying essentially, I'm gonna stop resisting. Like, Right, right. It's. So that's why both work there. It doesn't happen in every scenario, but in this scenario it does.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Right?

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Interesting. So then I said, do you know how much this place costs for a brid? And you said.

[Lindsay McMahon]

I said. So I'm thinking, I don't know. Okay, I give up. And again, that's like, what we did, the very top of the show. I didn't know how many teeth a snail has. Right. So I. I want you to tell me.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yes, exactly. And then I told you. And then I said, that's where Lauren wanted it. But I'm not giving into her. So maybe I'm the maid of honor and her wedding and I'm planning it, or she's my sister, sister, and she wants, you know, I'm not giving in to her. So I am not, you know, giving into her. Yeah, I'm resisting it.

[Lindsay McMahon]

You're resisting. Someone is pressuring you, and you're resisting that. So you're pushing back. So you're not giving in. All right, really good. We had a lot of examples here, because this was a fantastic question. Oh, yeah. And I think probably a common stumbling block for our listeners, Michelle.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah, so hopefully we cleared it up for you today. We gave you a lot of different examples, guys, for another episode to check out. This was really fun. It was always English. Make your English the chef's kiss. So check that one out.

[Lindsay McMahon]

And for a takeaway today, I mean, it's these little differences. Give in, give up. That we want to start to look at. At the C1, B2, C1 level, guys, to level up into being near native with our. With our language. Right, Michelle? Yeah.

[Michelle Kaplan]

So, yeah, give these a try. Listen out for them. Try one at a time if that would be helpful for you. But these are. You'll hear this all the time. I mean, many different contacts, so you'll be able to get a lot of different examples just from the real world.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Exactly. And if you're making mistakes here, remember, it's all about connection. So come back to connection with the person in front of you. That is the ultimate goal. And eventually we'll get this right. Okay, good.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Perfect. All right, well, thanks, Lindsay, for talking about this with me today. And thank you to our listener for that question.

[Lindsay McMahon]

All right, Michelle, talk soon. Bye.

[Michelle Kaplan]

All right, bye.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Thanks for listening. To all ears. English Would you like to know your English level? Take our two minute quiz. Go to allearsenglish.com forward/fluency score. And if you believe in connection, not perfection, then hit subscribe now to make sure you don't miss anything. See you next time.

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