All Survival Phrases You Need in English Learn English in 40 Minutes

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do you like american food the first

question is do you like american food

you will probably be asked this question

do you like american food you can either

say

yes or no or you can give a specific

example someone says

do you like american food yes i love

philly cheesesteaks i would recommend

saying yes or a little

or or or you can just say i don’t know

what do you recommend

have you been to the united states the

next question is have you been to the

united states have you been to the

united states so someone asks you have

you been to the united states

you should reply with either yes i have

or no

i haven’t or maybe no i haven’t yet

but i want to when you want to ask

someone this question you can say have

you been to japan have you been to

egypt have you been to china whatever

you can use your own country when you

ask this question

how are you how are you when someone

asks how are you

don’t say i’m fine thank you and you

please don’t say that

please say something more natural like

good

great i’m good how are you something

like that is

much better than i’m point thank you and

you be a little more genuine in your

also when you ask this question maybe

one point to help you sound a little

more natural when you ask someone else

don’t like try to say how are you how

are you instead of how are you

or uh and make make sure your intonation

is correct i’ve had a few people ask me

uh how are you like a little too

yeah with this question or like how are

you but

how are you should be the intonation

with this how are you

how are you is a little bit more natural

how long have you been studying english

great question to know the answer to

your answer should be i have been

studying english for

blah blah blah years or blah blah blah

months or more weeks

but if that’s too much for you you can

just use the time

how long have you been studying english

six years how long have you been

studying english

two months so just pick the time uh if

the whole sentence is quite long for you

how old are you we don’t really go

around asking people how old they are

like just the first time you meet them

necessarily especially

if they’re older much older than you

like uh in particular

it’s sometimes considered rude to ask

especially women

uh how old they are so just be careful

with this question but if you’re about

the same age group um you know maybe

you’re at an event or

a party or something and you just want

to check how old the other person is you

can use this phrase

when you reply to this just say uh i’m

plus the number to make a really simple

response so how old are you i’m 15. how

old are you

i’m 42. whatever the answer is just

stick i’m

in front of it not i but i’m i am but

use the contracted form to sound more

natural i’m

number if you want to make a full

sentence you can say i’m number

years old don’t forget that s in years

i’m

a million years old what did you say

what did you say if you couldn’t quite

hear something that someone else said

you can use this question to confirm

sorry what did you say

it’s a little nicer than just saying

what what did you say

or what did you just say sorry what did

you say

i couldn’t hear you what’s this what’s

this

when you don’t know what something is

what’s this when you’re out for

dinner you’re out for lunch or something

and you find a new food

or you just you’re curious just say

what’s this to reply to this question

just say

it’s blah blah blah what’s your name

what’s your name of course

you should know how to ask this question

and how to answer this question

what’s your name is a little more

natural than what is your name

again contracted form will help you

sound much more natural so what’s your

name someone asks you

you can just give your name alicia

that’s fine you can say

alicia you can say i’m alicia that’s

fine too

you can say my name is or my name’s

alicia either any of those are fine

in a more formal situation a business

situation i would i would use

my name is blah blah blah while i shake

hands or something

what’s your phone number the next one is

what’s your phone number

i would not ask this question right away

like maybe you’ve met the person a few

times but you’d like to contact them

whether it’s

because you’re romantically interested

in them or because you want to be better

friends with them

but just if you meet someone for the

first time and you’re like

what’s your phone number it’s like a

little

it’s a little too much so use this

question after you’ve met the person a

few times and you know you want to

become better friends

when you want to give your phone number

just say it’s and the number that’s fine

just it’s

blah blah blah or my phone number is

blah blah blah with the number

555-100526

when is your birthday so maybe you want

to plan a birthday party for example or

it’s just another fun question the first

time you meet someone when is your

birthday

so when you want to tell someone your

birthday just give the month

and the date january 15th august

42nd that’s a real day if you want to

make a full sentence you can say my

birthday is

month date where are you from the next

word the next question

is where are you from this can refer to

your country or your city

but i feel like probably more stuff and

it refers to your country so where are

you from

your answer should be i’m from place i’m

from china i’m from japan i’m from

vietnam i’m from america

whatever i’m from where did you learn

english

the next question is where did you learn

english where did you learn english

if you’re speaking great english you can

say i learned english at

englishclass101.com

because you did because you’re watching

now

anyway where did you learn english in

this case in the case of like these

videos i learned english online

or i learned english from and then the

school name or the program name so i

learned english

from englishclass101.com for example if

you studied english at university you

can say i learned english at university

or i learned english from my friends

perhaps

where do you live where do you live

depending on the situation where you’re

asked this this can mean

your country like i live in america i

live

in china sometimes it’s about the place

in the city where

you live sometimes it’s about the

country where you live so you can kind

of feel i think which question which

type of question is being asked

where do you work where do you work is

talking about your job

you can use the pattern i work

at company name or i work

for company name either is fine i work

abc company i work for abc company

either is okay

but you know if if you have answered

with the wrong information the other

person will just ask you like oh i mean

where is your office or oh i mean which

company do you work for

use the force for this one where is the

bathroom

where is the bathroom very important

question where is the bathroom in

american english where is the bathroom

or where is the restroom is more common

than where is the toilet

using the word toilet is a little bit

too direct in american english so i

recommend bathroom or

restroom you win you win

if you hear the phrase you win it means

you have won

something you are probably going to

receive something for free

that’s a very happy thing right you want

to get free things

congratulations you win a car yay

here are the keys to your new car great

thank you

i brought you something special this is

exciting to hear because it means

this little something special is like oh

i thought only a view so i brought you

this

i brought you something special really

thank you

i miss you i miss you i miss you it’s

nice you can use this with your friends

your family members

your partner whoever i miss you shows

that

you want to meet the other person

probably you haven’t you haven’t seen

them as much as you would like to so you

can say i miss you

i miss you call your husband or wife or

boyfriend girlfriend whoever on the

phone maybe you haven’t seen them for a

long time you can say

i miss you i miss you too

take a break i’ll do the cleaning today

this means someone else is going to

clean up your house for you or clean up

something for you

i would be very happy to hear this

phrase right now because my apartment is

a disaster because i’m only there to

sleep

so maybe you’ve had a long day at work

or a long day doing

something you come home and somebody

else has offered to do this for you so

take a break i’ll do the cleaning today

and you can reply

really thank you so much i’m gonna relax

the budget is unlimited the next phrase

that you always want to hear is the

budget is

unlimited the budget is unlimited this

could be a work this could be

a budget a personal budget maybe but it

just means there’s no limit to the

budget you can spend as

much money as you want very exciting

so let’s see in a business context

perhaps you have this new client who’s

going to give you a lot of money to

build a new house or something maybe

you’re building houses that’s your

project

your boss comes to you the budget for

this project is unlimited

really let’s go crazy there’ll be a

bonus at the end of the month

yeah this is a phrase that you probably

are very excited to hear it means you

are going to receive

extra money from your job at the end of

the month woohoo very exciting extra

money

maybe you’ll hear this from your boss or

your manager or maybe your co-worker

at work or maybe you see it in an email

there’ll be a bonus at the end of the

month

really i’m gonna use mine to buy a new

car really

i’m going to use mine to go out on a

date really

i’m going to use mine to get a new

fish you did a great job you did a great

job you did a great job of something um

you’ll probably hear from well i don’t

know you could hear this from pretty

much anybody anytime you’ve done a good

job someone will

congratulate you or tell you their

opinion with this phrase you did a great

job

you finished a project at work and your

boss says you did a great job nice

thank you so much it was really fun or

thank you

just just say thank you you look great

today

you look great today the other person

thinks that your physical appearance is

nice

today don’t think about the today part

you know

just just just take the compliment oh

really thank you so much

you look great today oh thank you so

much i got a new haircut

thank you so much i i got enough sleep

yeah you were right you were right

this means that um something that you

said in the past was correct

and everybody likes to be correct i

think i saw that movie that you

recommended you were right it was really

good

oh good i’m glad you enjoyed it don’t be

like i know

or yeah i knew i was right don’t do that

just say oh good i’m glad

you’re an excellent cook you’re an

excellent cook this is a nice compliment

especially for someone who enjoys

cooking

if you say you’re an excellent cook it

means you enjoyed their food

so let’s see at a dinner party for

example you’re an excellent cook this

food is delicious

oh thank you so much i’m really glad you

enjoyed it do you have any

recommendations

the first phrase is do you have any

recommendations this is great to use

when you get to a restaurant where you

don’t know what the food is you don’t

know anything about the local cuisine

or you’re just feeling a little bit

adventurous you can ask the wait staff

do you have any recommendations how much

is this

how much is this this is useful when

you’re out shopping or when you’re in a

restaurant and the price is not clearly

marked or something is not clear to you

so you can ask how much is this usually

when you point to something i would

recommend

like pointing to the menu or pointing to

an item how much is this

i’d like this you can point to something

and say i’d like this

if you want to say i’d like one for

example

i don’t know you’re getting beer i’d

like one of these

if however you’re in a situation where

you can’t point you can say

i’d like 10 of the blah blah blah i’d

10 of the blue t-shirts please can i try

this on

is useful when you’re shopping for

clothes so you find something that you’d

like to try

just ask the staff can i try this on you

can just say

i want to try this on if you like do you

speak

english you might get asked this phrase

so you should say

if you’re watching this video you should

probably say yes or you can say yes a

little

if you’re not feeling very confident if

you’re watching this video and you’re

understanding this part and you say

no then things that’s a little strange

i have a reservation usually the staff

will greet you and you can say

i have a reservation hello i have a

reservation it’s at seven o’clock

the name is alicia usually we say the

name

is or it’s under meaning the reservation

under my name or um it’s for

name or it’s in name

water please depending on which country

you’re from water may or may not

automatically be brought to your table

when you’re at a restaurant

if you would like more water however you

can say water

please to make it a little more polite i

would

like wave at the wait staff and say

could i please have some more water

do you take credit cards do you take

credit cards in case you’re not sure if

the shop that you’re in

will accept credit cards or debit cards

you can ask them

do you take credit cards so it doesn’t

mean do you take

meaning are you going to take my card

but this take

means do you accept credit cards this

isn’t what i ordered

so if you’re at a restaurant you order

steak and you get lobster instead you

can look at it and go ah

this isn’t what i ordered be careful

though

say this politely if you look at the

wait staff and you say

this isn’t what i ordered they’re gonna

be like

i don’t know just be a nice customer

excuse me but i don’t think this is what

i ordered or this isn’t what i ordered

can you please check could we have the

menu please if for some reason you don’t

receive a menu when you come to the

table

you can again just wave at a member of

the staff and say

could we have the menu please could you

give me a discount

could you give me a discount means i

would like a cheaper price

essentially it depends on which country

you’re in if haggling or

bargaining meaning uh talking to the

seller to try to reduce the price

my family didn’t bargain we didn’t

haggle so i don’t haggle it depends on

you and your culture but uh

just yeah just be be aware of the

culture that you’re in

and the place that you’re in before you

ask this question do you have any

vegetarian dishes ah this is useful

some people have specific eating

requirements or eating needs maybe food

allergies for example you can replace

vegetarian with the specific

dietary requirement that you have do you

have any vegan dishes do you have any

gluten free dishes do you have any low

fat dishes do you have any low carb

dishes do you have any

fish free dishes do you have any

could you take a picture of me please if

you are in a location where you would

like to take a picture

but you don’t want to do a selfie or you

don’t have a selfie stick

or whatever you want someone else to

take a picture of you a stranger

that you don’t know you can ask them

could you take a picture of me please

or excuse me would you mind taking a

picture

of me please i’m allergic to blah blah

if you have a food allergy or even an

allergy to a medicine

this is the phrase you can use to

explain that i’m allergic to

wheat or i can’t eat wheat for example

is the wi-fi free meaning can i use the

wi-fi

free of charge keep in mind some places

have a password that you have to ask the

staff for

so you can say is the wi-fi free if they

say yes

you can then follow that up with can i

have the password

i’d like to have a non-smoking seat

please so when you go to a restaurant

you have an

option between smoking and non-smoking

sections the staff will say smoking or

non-smoking you can say i’d like to have

a non-smoking seat

please quite honestly though the most

natural response is just to say

non-smoking could i get a map maybe it’s

a map of the subway system

for the city that you’re in or maybe

it’s a map of the

area around your hotel you could say

could i have a map as well

could i have the check you’re finished

at your cafe you’re finished at the

restaurant and it’s time to leave it’s

time to pay so

you say to the wait staff excuse me

could i have the check

another more common expression perhaps

is excuse me

check please you might also hear bill

excuse me can i have the bill

where is the bathroom very important

question if you’re traveling in america

we don’t really use the word toilet or

washroom very much we use bathroom or

restroom to talk about

toilet facilities excuse me can you tell

me where the bathroom is

or excuse me i’m looking for the

bathroom or i’m looking for the restroom

is this the train for blah blah blah or

is this the train that goes

to blah blah blah to confirm with

someone

that i’m indeed on the correct train

line if i say is this the train

bound for san francisco you can use that

to check if you’re correct

would you like to go out to dinner with

me okay the first phrase is would you

like to go out to dinner with me

this is a pretty typical invitation i

think you can use would you go out for

lunch with me is okay too or would you

like to get a coffee with me as well

if you invite someone out for breakfast

it’s a little weird

i feel like i don’t think i would say to

someone like i’m like at a bomb

would you like to go out for breakfast

sometime it’s just not really something

you would say

you know would you like to go out to

dinner with me sure sounds great

are you free this weekend are you free

this weekend

are you free free means are your is your

schedule free

do you have an open schedule this

weekend very nice very casual as well

so are you free this weekend yeah i’ve

got some time

what’s up would you like to hang out

with me

the next phrase is would you like to

hang out with me that sounds a little

too formal to me

if it were me i would just say do you

want to hang out do you want to get

together

that’s a little bit more natural so do

you want to hang out this weekend

yeah sure let’s catch a movie you’re so

cute

i’m going to preface this by saying i

don’t say this okay the next phrase is

you’re so cute i never say this maybe

i’m just

cold it’s typically said with downward

intonation

people say you’re so cute you’re so cute

kind of

going down like that you can also use

this as a compliment

um people like parents will say this or

grandparents will say this to

uh children in the family so um you’re

so cute

thank you i suppose is what you say

you look great ah next one is a much

better compliment i think much more

sincere

uh it is you look great you look great

maybe you’re going out for dinner

something nice your partner looks really

nice you can say

you look great oh thank you i had a

great time

uh the next one is i had a great time i

had a great time so this is a one this

is an expression you use

after your date you go out for dinner

you spend some time together

and you have fun you can say i had a

great time

so the interaction might be uh thanks so

much for tonight i had a great time

me too let’s get together again soon

i’ll call you

next expression is i’ll call you i’ll

call you so again

probably used after the date to show how

you want to keep in touch

later so one person might say i’ll call

you

sounds good i’ll drive you home

uh the next one again used at the end of

the date after the date has finished

i’ll drive you home so maybe you live

someplace where cars are

normal or you drive for your dates

so you can say i’ll drive you home

meaning i’ll take you home in my car

um so in the situation maybe i’ll drive

you home

okay thanks very much i don’t know why i

keep looking at my

my date is my date is very tall like

super tall like

eight feet okay can i see you again

okay the next expression again after the

date or maybe even like the day or two

after the day you can say can i see you

again

uh or i want to see you again or let’s

get together again meaning

you had a nice time you want to see that

person again

so you can say can i see you again sure

that would be great

shall we go somewhere else the next one

okay so maybe you’ve gone for

dinner for example with them with

someone and

you want to suggest a different location

like let’s go for a drink after dinner

you can say should we go somewhere else

this says shall we go somewhere else i

would say do you want to go

somewhere else in this situation i say

shall we go somewhere else

i don’t think so i’m kind of tired

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call the police please if you are

telling someone to call the police

it means you are telling someone to dial

9-1-1

to call the police or maybe there’s

police nearby

and you tell someone hey call the police

the police are there to help you in

any situation that you might need them

maybe you’re lost

maybe you lost your purse or your wallet

maybe you’ve been in a car accident the

police will help you

so if you tell someone call the police

please

it means you need them to get the police

for you

do you have a fever do you

have a fever if you are asking someone

if they have a fever

you are asking them if their temperature

is higher than is normal or

safe if someone has a fever

that may mean they have an underlying

condition

that needs medical attention a fever

may be a symptom of something much more

serious

it’s something you should always take

seriously so if someone has

a fever you may want to take that person

to the hospital

i lost my passport i

lost my passport if you have lost your

passport

it means you have lost the official

document

with all of your information that

enables you to travel

between countries if you are in a

foreign country

and you lose your passport that’s a very

serious thing because you may be stuck

in that country

if you’re not able to present a passport

at the airport

you may not be able to go back home or

go to another country

so if you lose your passport you may

need to call your

embassy to get a replacement what i like

to do when i travel

is i take photocopies of my passport

so instead of carrying around my

physical passport

instead i just carry around copies of it

so that my passport can stay at the

hotel in some

safe place i think i ate something bad

i think i ate something bad if you think

you ate something bad

it may mean that you feel sick after

eating it

you may have some form of food poisoning

if you think you ate something bad

you’re going to want to watch your

symptoms because if they last for a few

days

you’re going to want to go to the

hospital i think i ate something

bad i need a doctor

i need a doctor if you say

i need a doctor it means you need

medical assistance

medical attention you may be very sick

you may have eaten something bad you may

just feel sick in general you may have a

fever

if you say i need a doctor it means

you want to be taken to a hospital or

you want a doctor

called to you because you’re really sick

or not feeling well

i can’t find the way back to my hotel

if you tell someone i can’t find the way

back to my hotel

it means you’re lost it means you want

to go back to your hotel

but you don’t remember the streets you

took you don’t remember where it is

this is a common thing that happens in

other countries in other

cities if you have the address you can

ask

just about anyone how do i get back to

my hotel

could you please give me the directions

to get back to where i need to go

is there a pharmacy nearby is there a

pharmacy nearby a pharmacy is a place

that has

medicine over-the-counter and

prescription drugs

if you’re in another city it’s always

smart to know where the

pharmacies are in case you might need

anything

asking is there a pharmacy nearby you

are asking

where the nearest pharmacy is in case

you need to go and buy

medicine shampoo conditioner

toothpaste vitamins allergy pills

doesn’t matter a pharmacy will probably

have it

can you help me can you help me

can you help me is a very very useful

phrase

knowing how to ask for help is extremely

important

if you ask can you help me it lets

other people know that you are in need

of assistance

of whatever kind asking for help is the

first question

can you help me and another person will

say sure

what do you need and from there that’s

when you explain the problem you’re

experiencing

i am lost i am lost

if you say i am lost it means you don’t

know where you are

you can’t find your way you don’t

recognize anything around you

you don’t know how to get back to

wherever you need to be

to say i am lost lets people know that

they need to give you directions

that they can open up a map for you and

show you where you are

i am lost is a very useful phrase

especially for people like me

i get lost all the time i have a

terrible sense of direction

so to tell someone i am lost it welcomes

their help

in getting you back to safety to

wherever you need to be

i need an ambulance i need

an ambulance an ambulance is an

emergency vehicle

and its purpose is to get to a sick

person

and take them to the hospital to say i

need an ambulance

means it’s a medical emergency and you

need that emergency vehicle to come and

get you

be careful the first phrase is be

careful

be careful anytime your parent sees you

doing something

slightly dangerous they will say be

careful

my dad still tells me when he sees me

using a kitchen knife

be careful don’t cut yourself be quiet

the next phrase is be quiet so kids are

notoriously

noisy notorious means um are known for

kids are very noisy so parents often

tell children to

be quiet my mother would often tell my

brother and i to be quiet

when we were playing behave the next

expression

is behave behave so

to behave means to be good to be correct

to be proper

so but behave this is the command form

of the verb

so this means that you or whoever is on

the receiving

end of this expression is not behaving

properly

so parents will say behave if you’re

being too noisy at a dinner party

my mother told me to behave because i

was running around

at the formal dinner do your homework

the next expression is do your homework

oh i still need someone to say this to

me periodically

please mom do your homework again the

command form of something

your child the child in question is not

doing his or her homework so

mother or father will say do your

homework it’s time you need to it’s your

responsibility

so let’s see when i had been playing

video games for too

long in my childhood my grandmother

would come in the door

would open the door and say to me alicia

do your homework

that is true go to bed the next

expression is

go to bed go to bed your the kid is up

too late

there in my case i was always up late

reading books i would be like under the

covers reading books

my parents would find me and go to bed

and my defense was always i’m in bed

i was a turkey look i’m in man i’m

reading the child is supposed to be

sleeping he or she is not sleeping the

parent says

go to bed i’m going to count to three

this is a classic the expression i’m

going to count to three

this is like a this is a terror inducing

mechanism this is a way to make kids

feel afraid

of something that’s going to happen but

rarely does i feel

when when a child is doing something bad

the parent will say i’m going to count

to three

and they’ll just slowly say 1 2

and usually they don’t get to 3 because

they tell the child

like they have three seconds to stop

whatever bad behavior he or she is doing

so usually the parent only has to say

one

in that tone of voice and maybe two

and then the child will stop what

happens at three is up to the parent

really i think in most cases the parent

just like takes the toy or the parent

will like stop the car

do something to like strike fear

into the misbehaving child i was being

too noisy at home

and my mother told me she was going to

count to three

stop the next word is stop stop you can

use this

anytime someone is doing a thing that

you do not want them to do

stop uh so children being noisy

misbehaving being kids

you can just say stop and depending on

your tone of voice this can be a strong

word or a not so strong word so

experiment you can say stop or stop that

it sounds kind of soft

but if you just say like stop and

get really like angry like you might

make a child cry so be careful

you can make this word very strong

in a sentence i told my brother to stop

poking me in the car in the back seat

what’s up james what did you say what

did you say

oh this is a good one so when the child

has said something bad to the parent the

parent can go

what did you say like it’s like a dare

say it again i dare you to say it again

it’s a challenge from the parent

and the kid knows he or she is in

trouble it’s a good one so if you say

like um

dad says your new haircut is stupid

sorry dad i i know you wouldn’t i i’m

now i’m speaking to my dad hi dad

hi mom i’ve said hi to everybody in my

family today

i hate you mom that’s probably a more

common one so i hate you mom i hate you

dad

and then the parent says what did you

say what did i just say

what did i just say so the parent gives

a command the parent says

do something do your homework clean your

room something like that

the child doesn’t do it the parent with

a stronger voice this time will say

what did i just say so that’s an

expression that means

were you listening to me and if you were

listening to me

why aren’t you doing the thing that i

told you to do

so a bit of a scary one did you brush

your teeth

did you brush your teeth did you brush

your teeth a check-in phrase from the

parents maybe in the morning maybe at

night

to ask their child did you brush your

teeth just an important part of your

hygiene for the day

did you brush your teeth i did i brushed

my teeth today i’m a functioning adult

a table for three please a table for

three please you tell them the number of

people that you are

total so that the host can bring you to

an appropriate table

a table for two please a table for five

please

could i please see a menu could i please

see a menu usually menus are given to

you as soon as you sit down at your

table

but if that’s not the case and you need

to ask this is a polite way to do it

could i please see a menu i’d like to

try this dish

i’d like to try this dish when looking

at a menu hopefully you’ll find

something you want to eat

i’d like to try this dish could you

leave out the onions

could you leave out the onions if

there’s an ingredient in the dish that

you’re ordering that you don’t want

you can always ask the waiter if it

could be prepared

without that ingredient so for example i

might say

could i get the burger but with no

cheese could you pass the salt

could you pass the salt when you’re at a

restaurant especially if you’re at a big

table with a lot of people

you might not always be able to reach

things

so you would ask could you pass me the

salt

could you pass me the ketchup could you

pass me another napkin

waiter waiter a waiter is someone who

takes your order

and brings you food in america and in

many other western countries

it’s more polite to call a waiter to

your table by simply saying

excuse me or if you see another waiter

walking by but it’s not your waiter

you can always say excuse me if you see

our waiter could you please let them

know to come to our table

is there any dairy in this dish is there

any dairy in this dish

this is something you would say if you

have a dairy allergy

a dairy intolerance or you just don’t

like dairy

you’re asking the waiter about the

ingredients in a particular dish

i do this all the time is there any

cheese in this

no okay and if there is an ingredient

that you don’t want

for example onions you could say are

there any onions in this

and the waiter might say yes and if you

don’t want it you could always request

could you leave out the onions could you

prepare it without the onions please

can we get separate chex can we get

separate checks

this is actually something that’s very

common especially in america

if you might go out with a group of

friends or even if you’re on a date

sometimes you might want to get separate

checks pay for your own things

that way you can all pay separately just

for what you yourself ordered

and you won’t have to worry about owing

each other money or

calculating off a big huge bill are

there any specials today

are there any specials today a special

at a restaurant

is a dish that isn’t usually on the menu

it’s something that’s

special but it’s a special that the chef

is offering

that day or that week or that month

so sometimes if you don’t see what the

specials are you’d ask your waiter

excuse me are there any specials today

could we have the bill please

could we have the bill please this is

how you request

that the check or the bill comes to your

table can we get the check

please could we get the bill please

you’re asking this to your waiter who

will then

bring you the check and you can pay if

you want to learn a language but don’t

have a lot of time to dedicate to the

endeavor

you need to study as efficiently as

possible

you probably aren’t a language learning

expert or a world traveler

you might have school or a job or too so

in this video we’ll give you three ways

to help you learn language more

efficiently so that you get the most out

of your time and effort

number one use your time when you have

the most valuable resource you have as a

language learner is time

while you may not have to spend money to

learn a language you will have to spend

time

hours and minutes are a currency that

you trade on a weekly basis to grow in

your language learning

language learning is probably a priority

for you it might not be the number one

priority like keeping your job or taking

care of your family

but it does have to be important enough

for you to invest significant amounts of

time into your learning

there’s just no way around it that being

said use your time

wisely because of previous commitments

you can quickly fall into the trap of

putting your language learning off

thinking

oh i’ll do it next week or saturday i’ll

do it saturday

needless to say a few weeks can go by

and you haven’t really learned or

practiced anything

if you find that happening then take

some time and re-evaluate your approach

it’s probably a long shot for you to be

able to spend hours every day learning a

new foreign language

but you can use your time to spend an

hour or even just 10 minutes a day

every day studying or practicing if

you’re on a busy schedule

an hour a day can sound like reaching

for the stars so start slowly with just

a five minute lesson

over time as you learn more and it

becomes more routine you’ll want to

spend more time studying

and your studying doesn’t even need to

be all at once

make use of the little gaps of time you

have in the day listen to a podcast

while driving to and from work

review new words while on lunch break or

right before bed

even a quick review while in line at the

store or waiting for the bus

together these moments add up this way

your little study session will add up to

around 60 minutes of practice every day

you’ll quickly be able to see

significant improvement in your language

abilities

number two don’t method jump when you’re

new to language learning there’s a

temptation to try out the newest

course app or method there are more

language learning tools and courses than

i can list

but jumping around from podcast to

podcast or from textbook to textbook

can really hinder your learning process

it’s important to find the best method

for you but when you do

stick with it don’t get distracted by

the newest app

or if you suddenly find something faster

cheaper claiming it can teach you a

language with no work on your part

stick with your learning course or tool

consistent practice over a period

of time is what is essential for

language learning

if you hit a bump or plateau you might

be tempted to think

maybe there’s a faster or better way to

learn so you search around and buy the

next best language learning tool

only to use it for a couple weeks and

realize it wasn’t really any better than

the last course you tried

and the same difficulties you had are

still there if you’re learning your

first new language and you pick a

specific method or course

we suggest you stick with it for at

least three to four months

you actually hurt yourself in the long

run if you constantly switch between

resources because you never give

yourself the opportunity to progress

number three focus on one thing at a

time

when you decide to learn a new language

you’re going to be really excited you

have all your resources lined up

a plan in place and you’re ready to go

you think you’ll spend three to four

hours a day practicing and that you’ll

be fluent in no time

but that’s only for about three days

then you probably will get a little bit

discouraged and avoid it for another

three days

and this process might repeat three or

four times before you realize that you

might be approaching things the wrong

way

you can’t devour a whole new language in

a very short time

you’ll burn out immediately it’s better

to focus on one small part of the

language at a time

either a specific grammar point or

specific vocabulary topic

in the beginning these should be based

on the parts of the language you’ll use

right away

even in the business world research

shows that replacing less important

tasks with ones that add value

and help you reach your goals is the

best way to get the most out of your

time

as you advance through the language and

your level increases

try to pinpoint the harder aspects of

the language and work on them one at a

time

learning a foreign language isn’t easy

it takes time and work but it is

possible

if you stick to your learning plans and

stay focused you will see improvement in

your skills and find satisfaction in

using the language

remember that learning a language is

really more like a journey it doesn’t

have to feel like school or work

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