A simple cut in the timeline means cutting one section in the middle of the clip off. Whe you cut the other clips in the timeline it makes the video shorter. A ripple edit is when you are able to get a little section of the clip and cut it off. You do this by right clicking the mouse in the section that you want to get rid of, then click ripple delete. When you ripple delete, the other clips to the right of the deleted clip move over with the other ones already there. Lifting and extrqacting are two ways to cut a section of the clip from the timeline at one time. To do this, you have to go and follow the procedures the right way. Lifting is when you are able to pick sections up from the clips, while extracting is like deleted things from the clip, in terms of what happens to the other clips in the timeline. This is an example of inserting editting. I decided to use those two clips because i think that they best suit together with it all.