{"id":8146,"date":"2021-09-30T08:42:52","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T12:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/?p=8146"},"modified":"2021-09-06T13:44:12","modified_gmt":"2021-09-06T17:44:12","slug":"learning-english-pays-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/learning-english-pays-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning English pays off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What\u2019s up, guys?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As I was working on our previous post about <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/money-talks\/\">money problems<\/a>, it came to mind how the phrase to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pay off<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> has another possible use, not money-related, but which is also equally relevant. Then I was reading on Olympic mascots later this week and the article mentions how those lovely creatures <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pay tribute to<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> their cultures. And then it didn\u2019t take me long from that to take the leap and come up with the idea to write about <\/span><b>phrases with pay<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8149\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8149\" class=\" wp-image-8149\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2021\/08\/pexels-min-an-771317.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2021\/08\/pexels-min-an-771317.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2021\/08\/pexels-min-an-771317-350x207.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8149\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My efforts paid off! (Photo by Min An from Pexels)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I found them to be particularly interesting because the other languages I speak have somewhat similar phrases with the same meaning, but they don\u2019t use the word <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pay<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as the main verb. So time to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pay attention<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><b>pay off<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">to have good results<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mitchell worked hard on his essay and it <strong>paid off<\/strong>. He got an A+!<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Organizing teambuilding trips sounds complicated, but it really <strong>pays off<\/strong> when you see how much it brings everyone together.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><b>pay a compliment<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">to express your appreciation for something or someone<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">John is always <strong>paying you a compliment<\/strong> and saying how pretty you look. I think he\u2019s into you!<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The manager rarely <strong>pays<\/strong> anyone<strong> a compliment<\/strong>, so you must have done a good job on the project.<\/span><\/span>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_8147\" style=\"width: 324px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8147\" class=\" wp-image-8147\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2021\/08\/pexels-monstera-7114090.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"314\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2021\/08\/pexels-monstera-7114090.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2021\/08\/pexels-monstera-7114090-350x233.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 314px) 100vw, 314px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8147\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pay attention to this word! (Photo by Monstera from Pexels)<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><b>pay attention (to something)<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">to be a alert or aware of a certain situation<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I just told you not to push that button. Weren\u2019t you <strong>paying attention<\/strong>?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Pay attention<\/strong>, everyone! This will be on your next week\u2019s exam so you don\u2019t want to miss it.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><b>pay a visit, pay a call<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">to visit someone either at home or a place they are staying<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We should <strong>pay<\/strong> grandma<strong> a call<\/strong>. She\u2019s been in the hospital for two weeks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hey, Greg! Sorry to drop by unannounced, but I\u2019m in town just for today and I thought I\u2019d <strong>pay<\/strong> you <strong>a visit<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><b>pay one\u2019s respects<\/b><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_8148\" style=\"width: 389px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8148\" class=\" wp-image-8148\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2021\/08\/pexels-cottonbro-3171154.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"379\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2021\/08\/pexels-cottonbro-3171154.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2021\/08\/pexels-cottonbro-3171154-350x234.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 379px) 100vw, 379px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8148\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Let&#8217;s pay grandma a visit (Photo by cottonbro from Pexels)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">to formally express your greetings or your condolences after someone\u2019s death<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our new neighbors just moved in. How about we bake some cookies and head over there to <strong>pay our respects<\/strong>?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you run into Mr. Kipps, please <strong>pay my respects<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thousands of people came from all over the world to <strong>pay their respect<\/strong>s to Princess Diana at her funeral.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I hope reading this text pays off! Can you think of any other phrases with pay? Are there equivalents in your language to the ones we covered today? let us know in the comment section below. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"207\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2021\/08\/pexels-min-an-771317-350x207.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2021\/08\/pexels-min-an-771317-350x207.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2021\/08\/pexels-min-an-771317.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>What\u2019s up, guys?\u00a0 As I was working on our previous post about money problems, it came to mind how the phrase to pay off has another possible use, not money-related, but which is also equally relevant. 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