{"id":71476,"date":"2023-09-26T15:52:44","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T15:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/?p=71476"},"modified":"2023-10-01T02:52:47","modified_gmt":"2023-10-01T02:52:47","slug":"what-do-you-want-to-brush-up-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/what-do-you-want-to-brush-up-on\/","title":{"rendered":"AEE 2067: What Do You Want to Brush Up On?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It\u2019s so exciting when you learn a new skill!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These can vary, from something like learning Arabic to writing songs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But what happens when you forget what you\u2019ve learned?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can always brush up!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today you&#8217;ll learn what this phrasal verb means and more ways to talk about getting back into something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube 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id=\"h-brush-up\"><strong>Brush up<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018Brush up\u2019 means learning more about something you already know how to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michelle clarifies that \u2018brush up\u2019 can&#8217;t be used for learning something new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s only used to refer to relearning a skill you already have or used to know how to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can brush up on something you\u2019ve done in the past that you either paused or stopped doing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It can be a language you used to speak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It can be a skill you want to get better at.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-brushing-up-on-knowledge\"><strong>Brushing up on knowledge<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, you might want to brush up on your knowledge of history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also brush up on something you learned in school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;ve let 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serve.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They share other similar or related expressions you can also use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-1-to-get-rust-y\">#<strong>1: To get rust<\/strong>y<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This means that you used to know how to do a particular thing but you\u2019ve stopped doing it for so long that now you have to relearn it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I\u2019m getting rusty on my guitar-picking technique, so I need to take some time to brush up.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-2-a-refresher\">#<strong>2: A refresher<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This refers to a reminder you need to look back on so you can remember how you used to do 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