{"id":460,"date":"2020-02-25T04:26:09","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T10:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/?p=460"},"modified":"2022-11-18T10:33:47","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T16:33:47","slug":"what-were-u-led-to-believe-led-to-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/what-were-u-led-to-believe-led-to-this\/","title":{"rendered":"what were u led to believe led to this?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>the phrasal verb <em><strong>lead to<\/strong><\/em> (irregular past tense <em>led to<\/em>)comes up in classes all the time as a good way to refer to <em>a chain of events\u00a0<\/em>or<em> a cause and effect relationship.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<h6><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-589\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/710columbus-300x197.png\" alt=\"christopher columbus looking at america\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" \/><\/h6>\n<h6><em>columbus was looking for india<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>for example,<\/p>\n<h4>christopher columbus&#8217; search for commercial routes to india eventually <em>led to<\/em> the european colonization\u00a0of america.<\/h4>\n<p> is the irregular past tense of <em>lead<\/em>. famous 80s pop-rock tracks contain similar examples<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>the\u00a0heat of the moment<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0by\u00a0<strong>asia\u00a0<\/strong>says at :40<\/p>\n<h4><strong>, we were young<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Asia - Heat Of The Moment (Video)\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2-RUsMCvIsQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>and\u00a0<strong>the fixx<\/strong>\u00a0utilizes\u00a0the same\u00a0expression\u00a0in the\u00a0song title\u00a0<strong><em>one thing\u00a0leads to another<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Fixx - One Thing Leads To Another (Official Video)\" width=\"758\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JHYIGy1dyd8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>and jedi master\u00a0<span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong>yoda<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0uses it three times in this scene from <strong>the phantom menace<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Yoda fears the dark side\" width=\"758\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xHa3D-musUw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>leads to<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0can also be used to say\u00a0<em>arrives<\/em>\u00a0or\u00a0<em>takes me<\/em>\u00a0as in the opening line to\u00a0<strong>the beatles<\/strong>&#8216;\u00a0<strong><em>the long and winding road<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>the long and winding road that\u00a0<em>leads to<\/em>\u00a0your door,<br \/>\nwill never disappear, i&#8217;ve seen that road before,<br \/>\nit always leads me here, <em>lead me to<\/em> your door<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Long And Winding Road (Remastered 2009)\" width=\"758\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fR4HjTH_fTM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>and the expression means <em>indirectly informed<\/em> or <em>manipulated<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_592\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-592\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Colin-Powell-UN-618x478.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-592 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Colin-Powell-UN-618x478-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"Colin-Powell-UN-618x478\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Colin-Powell-UN-618x478-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Colin-Powell-UN-618x478.jpg 618w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-592\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">u.s. secretary of state colin powell&#8217;s feb 2003 speech <em>led\u00a0the un security council to believe<\/em> that iraq was hiding weapons of mass destruction.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>e.g.<\/p>\n<h4>in 2003, the world was <em>led to believe<\/em> (by the bush administration) that iraqi president saddam hussein was hiding weapons of mass destruction. the united states used this as a justification to <a title=\"more english practice based on the iraqi invasion\" href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/was-wrecking-ball-inspired-by-actual-wreckin-balls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">invade iraq<\/a>.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">30e;<\/h4>\n<p>can u give an example of\u00a0an action or event\u00a0that <em>led to<\/em> something else? or a time when u were <em>led to believe<\/em> something that wasn&#8217;t actually true? post under <strong>leave a reply<\/strong><\/p>\n<form name=\"s2form\" method=\"post\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"ip\" value=\"216.73.216.105\" \/><span style=\"display:none !important\"><label for=\"firstname\">Leave This Blank:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"firstname\" name=\"firstname\" \/><label for=\"lastname\">Leave This Blank Too:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"lastname\" name=\"lastname\" \/><label for=\"uri\">Do Not Change This:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"uri\" name=\"uri\" value=\"http:\/\/\" \/><\/span><p><label for=\"s2email\">Your email:<\/label><br><input type=\"email\" name=\"email\" id=\"s2email\" value=\"Enter email address...\" size=\"20\" onfocus=\"if (this.value === 'Enter email address...') {this.value = '';}\" onblur=\"if (this.value === '') {this.value = 'Enter email address...';}\" \/><\/p><p><input type=\"submit\" name=\"subscribe\" value=\"Subscribe\" \/>&nbsp;<input type=\"submit\" name=\"unsubscribe\" value=\"Unsubscribe\" \/><\/p><\/form>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the phrasal verb lead to (irregular past tense led to)comes up in classes all the time as a good way to refer to a chain&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4041,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":""},"categories":[47,30,4,56,19],"tags":[266,3256,8,9,11,10,3252,2775,3760,265,4215,4705,4090,3253,3488,3255],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/yoda-unlearn.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13273,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460\/revisions\/13273"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}