English lesson 101 - Onus. Vocabulary & Grammar lessons to speak fluent

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hello English learners welcome to daily
video vocabulary episode 101 in today's
episode I have a new word for you on
this let's find out what it means and
how you can use it in your daily
conversation Onis you always take charge
of doing something either at work
college or even at home the word onus
basically means to perform one's duty or
responsibility when you have to perform
a task that is a part of your duty it is
your onus to complete it you may have to
do something that is really difficult or
even unpleasant but because it is an
obligation you are responsible to do it
so you take the onus for it taking the
onus to do something means you are
completely in charge of doing it and it
is your responsibility to fulfill it on
time it also means to blame someone or
to take the blame for something that has
gone wrong for example if you are unwell
and unable to go to work it is your onus
to call and inform your office for your
absenteeism it means it is your duty or
responsibility to inform them okay now
that you know what onus means let's take
a look at some example sentences to see
how you can use it in your daily
conversation example 1 while their
parents were away on a business trip the
onus of taking care of her brother was
on Marya example 2 it is the onus of the
pharmacist to check the expiry date of
the medicines when he is selling to the
customers
example three Erik regretted the bad
business decisions he had made and took
full onus of the same example for
Samantha is upset with her colleague
James as he always passes the onus of
all his mistakes onto Samantha
example five the swimming coach took
full onus to ensure that all the
children were safe while they were being
trained by him example six the doctor
has to take the onus of clearly
disclosing all the risks involved during
a surgery example seven due to their
continuous arguments Maria's and Peter's
relationship went sour and none of them
took the onus to work on their
relationship
example 8 Michelle never attended her
lectures though she was upset she had no
choice but to take the onus for her name
appearing on the college black list
example nine even after the cricket
match fixing scandal came into light
none of the sports administrators took
the onus and only blame the players
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you ever taken the onus of something
that you didn't do or for not being at
fault
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