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Welcome to English in a Minute!
This is a pan. We use it to cook. Maybe Anna and Jonathan are planning a dinner party.
To Pan Out
Speaker A: Jonathan, do you have plans for the spring break yet?
Speaker B: I’m supposed to visit friends in Europe. But with the travel restrictions and all, I’ll have to see how things pan out.
Speaker A: Well, if Europe doesn’t pan out, come to my aunt’s house. She’s super mean, but she has a tons of chickens.
Speaker B: Thanks, Anna.
To “pan out” means to happen or develop. Some things pan out the way you hope but other things don’t.
This phrase comes from the gold mining. People use special pans to search for the gold in flowing water.
And that’s English in a Minute!
*This article has been edited and reprinted from VOA Learning English with permission from Voice of America (VOA) for use in English language materials.
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