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The ozone layer is repairing itself | Learn phrasal verb 'thin out'

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How to Thin Out Your Hair

The English expression we'll talk about today is thin out. This is a phrasal verb and it's hard to explain, but I'm going to try my best. The easiest way to think about this is in forestry. To thin out the forest means you go into the forest and you cut down some trees evenly so that the forest covers the same area,. There are not as many trees, but the forest covering the same area. That's thin out. Did I manage to offend anyone? I hope not. Now to the ozone layer. When they keep their hair on their whole head, but it just gets thinner and thinner over the years. For them, their hair is thinning

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