{"id":332,"date":"2013-04-26T12:54:35","date_gmt":"2013-04-26T12:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.teacherdiane.com\/?p=332"},"modified":"2013-04-26T12:54:35","modified_gmt":"2013-04-26T12:54:35","slug":"phrasal-verb-sort-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.teacherdiane.com\/?p=332","title":{"rendered":"Phrasal verb: sort out"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. <\/b>sort<\/strong> something <\/i>out
    \n<\/strong>Transitive, Separable
    \n<\/em>Meaning:<\/strong> to organize, resolve a problem
    \nExample:<\/strong> We need to sort everything out<\/strong> before we can move forward.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Do you think that men or women are better at sorting things out<\/strong>?<\/p>\n

    Why Men Should Not Write Advice Columns\u2014something funny I found on the Internet (http:\/\/www.bspcn.com\/2009\/12\/11\/why-men-should-not-write-advice-columns\/)<\/i><\/p>\n

    Dear Mr. Helpful,<\/p>\n

    I hope you can help me. The other day I left for work leaving my husband in the house watching TV as usual. \u00a0I hadn’t gone more than a mile down the road when my car stopped moving. \u00a0I walked back home to get my husband’s help. When I got home I couldn’t believe my eyes. He was in the bedroom with the neighbor making love to her. \u00a0My husband and I have been married for twelve years. When I confronted him, he admitted that he’d been having an affair for the past six months. \u00a0I told him to stop or I would leave him. \u00a0I love him very much, but since I said this he has become distant. I don’t feel like I can talk to him anymore.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n

    Can you please help?<\/p>\n

    Sincerely,
    \nConcerned wife<\/p>\n

    —<\/p>\n

    Dear Concerned wife,<\/p>\n

    A car stopping after being driven a short distance could have been caused by a problem with the engine. \u00a0You should<\/b> have called a mechanic! \u00a0Next time this happens, you should<\/b> start by checking that nothing is caught inside the fuel line. \u00a0If it is clear, you should <\/b>check under the hood of the car. \u00a0If this does not solve the problem, it could <\/b>be that the fuel pump is broken. I hope this helps!<\/p>\n

    Good luck,
    \nMr. Helpful<\/p>\n

    \u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    sort something out Transitive, Separable Meaning: to organize, resolve a problem Example: We need to sort everything out before we can move forward. Do you think that men or women are better at sorting things out? Why Men Should Not … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-phrasal-verbs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.teacherdiane.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.teacherdiane.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.teacherdiane.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.teacherdiane.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.teacherdiane.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=332"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/blog.teacherdiane.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":333,"href":"http:\/\/blog.teacherdiane.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332\/revisions\/333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.teacherdiane.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.teacherdiane.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.teacherdiane.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}