Mark's Email Mistake: 3: That's Weird!

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hat's weird…I'm sure I sent it to you… hang on a minute while I check..."
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Hang on – hung on – hung on
Meaning: If you hang on, you wait for a short time.

Grammar: This phrasal verb doesn't usually take an object. If you want to say how long someone waited, or what they were waiting for, you can use the preposition 'for'.

I'm hanging on
We hung on for 20 minutes but the bus didn't come
We can't leave yet – we have to hang on for Peter

Example sentence: Mohammed can't talk right now – he's on the other phone. Would you like to hang on?

Synonyms: wait, stick around

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Episode 3: That's Weird!

Mark wrote a bad email about his colleague Peter and sent
it to his other colleague, Ali. But Ali says he hasn't
received the email…

Mark: That's weird…I'm sure I sent it to you… hang on a
minute while I check…

That is weird. What on earth has happened to the email?
Find out in episode 4 of Mark's Email Mistake.
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Hang on – hung on – hung on
Meaning: If you hang on, you wait for a short time.
Grammar: This phrasal verb doesn't usually take an object. If you want to say how long someone
waited, or what they were waiting for, you can use the preposition 'for'.
I'm hanging on
We hung on for 20 minutes but the bus didn't come
We can't leave yet – we have to hang on for Peter

Example sentence: Mohammed can't talk right now – he's on the other phone. Would you like to
hang on?
Synonyms: wait, stick around