90 English Words Youll Hear in Conversations

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to cook I’m going to cook dinner tonight

to cook is to prepare a meal using heat

tonight I’m going to cook chicken

marsala I’m going to cook beef stew to

fry two fry I don’t want to fry the

chicken because it’s too unhealthy to

fry something is to cook something in

hot fat or oil french fries are fried

and fried things are unhealthy so when

you eat fried foods you want to eat in

moderation I don’t because fried stuff

is delicious but you should to add to

add before you eat you should taste the

food and add salt if necessary to add in

this context means to add something else

onto a dish to put more of something

onto a dish so you might add salt to a

dish or add some paprika to the chicken

to cut to cut could you please cut up

that beef to cut is to use a knife to

cut food to make it into smaller pieces

usually so you can bite it or so you can

mix it more easily I cut my steak so I

can eat it you make food smaller into

more bite-sized pieces by cutting to mix

to mix mix all of the spices in a bowl

before putting them in your dish to mix

is to combine so you might combine or

mix all of your ingredients together

before cooking or doing something else

with them you might mix ingredients

together to create a dish breast feed

alright the first word is breastfeed

breastfeed means feeding a baby

using the milk from the mother so

there’s like baby formula which you can

give to babies or there’s just natural

milk the mother’s milk which is breast

milk or what the verb that we use is to

breastfeed a baby so in a sentence many

mothers choose to breastfeed their

children in this sentence you’re not

supposed to drink alcohol while

breastfeeding change a diaper the next

expression is change a diaper change a

diaper so diapers are the pieces of

cloth or like the disposable things that

babies wear because babies of course

don’t have the ability to use the

bathroom like a grown human or like even

like children can so babies need diapers

so to change a diaper means to take off

a used diaper and put a new clean diaper

on a baby in a sentence I had hoped that

I’d never have to change a diaper in my

life put on a bib the next expression is

to put on a bib so a bib is any is like

a protective cloth that goes right here

so and actually it’s some restaurants

even for adults like where there’s a

like a lot of oil or even like rib

restaurants I think sometimes they’ll

give you like customers a bib but for

babies who are very messy eaters you can

put a bib on the baby to protect the

baby’s clothes while they eat so in a

sentence put on his bib and give him

some mashed carrots change clothes the

next expression is change clothes again

of course you can use this for yourself

or for adults this is not an a baby only

phrase this is not a baby only phrase so

to change clothes if the baby’s clothes

are dirty or it’s just time to I don’t

know you just need to change the baby’s

clothes you can say let’s see like let’s

change the baby’s clothes so in a

sentence after her accident she had to

change her clothes

that’s a weird out of context sentence

sing a lullaby

the next expression is singing a lullaby

sing a lullaby lullaby is a song that is

especially to help a child go to sleep

so they’re usually really like

quiet soft songs they have like a nice

like soothing sound to them so singing a

lullaby is like a classic way to calm an

upset child down so for example let’s

see when I was little my mother used to

sing me a lullaby before going to sleep

that’s true she’s saying the Edelweiss

from The Sound of Music my mom used to

sing me lullabies that she’d made up on

the spot that’s that if I ever become a

mom that’s gonna be me like I’m just

making up a little bio maybe like go to

sleep I’m really tired I hope you go to

sleep now I think you should the first

expression is I think you should bla bla

bla I think you should is a very neutral

not so strong not so weak way to give

advice I think you should get a

different haircut I think you should

find a new job I think you should give

me all your money

can’t hurt I think you should is a very

typical way to give advice or just I

think it’s okay or you should is okay

too in this sentence I think you should

find a new apartment why don’t you the

second expression is why don’t you bla

bla bla so it uses the negative why

don’t you so that means it’s a bit

softer it’s a bit more of a weak way to

give advice so why don’t you take a day

off or why don’t you help me with my

homework that’s sort of a sneaky way to

give advice and ask for help at the same

time why don’t you

I don’t know find a new hobby for

example so these are kind of weak ways

to give advice in this sentence why

don’t you get a bit have you thought

about have you thought about blah blah

blah so have you thought about it sounds

it’s you’re giving your advice but this

is a question for the listener so have

you thought about blah blah blah it’s at

your you’re sharing your opinion but

you’re kind of making it sound like

maybe it was the listeners idea or maybe

the listener has thought of this thing

before so this is also a fairly soft way

to give advice so like have you thought

about going to a different city have you

thought about moving in with your

friends something like that so these

these are probably going to be questions

that are a little bit more serious like

I don’t feel like we would use this for

really casual or really light questions

but maybe for something a little more

serious and a softer way to give advice

in the sentence have you thought about

looking for a new job I don’t know if is

a good idea so this is kind of a

negative way to give advice or to share

your opinion it’s I don’t know if while

blah blah is a good idea so you’re

you’re giving someone advice not to do

something so for example I don’t know if

getting a pet is a good idea or I don’t

know if starting a new project is a good

idea these are different ways that you

can say you don’t think or you think

that the other person should not do

something but this is a soft way to

express it in this sentence I don’t know

if taking a year off work is a good idea

maybe you should try the next one is a

suggestion to try something so this is a

soft but kind of encouraging expression

maybe you should try blah blah blah

maybe you should try Bova so you are

encouraging someone to attempt something

to try something maybe not forever but

just for a short period

of time so maybe you should try

volleyball maybe you should try playing

sports maybe you should try

spicy food maybe you should try

something so it’s encouragement to do

something new this is kind of positive

but it’s a fairly soft way to give your

advice here maybe you should try

studying a new skill 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

did 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 can 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 cuz

you pass me another napkin sing along to

a favorite song alright so the first tip

for improving your pronunciation is to

sing along to a favorite song

so if you I should add though this

favourite song should be in your target

language so if you’re studying English

pick a favorite English song and sing

along to that song or try to sing to the

song just from memory too so singing

along to your favorite song can help you

with pronunciation can help you with the

rhythm sometimes of the language you’re

trying to learn so it can be really fun

and it can be a good way to practice

your pronunciation in a sentence I like

singing along to my favorite songs read

out loud

the next tip for your pronunciation is

to read out loud so reading out loud you

can choose something that’s interesting

for you and your in English if english

is the language you’re studying so pick

something maybe it’s a news article or

maybe it’s a book you’re interested in

maybe there’s an author you’re

interested in find something in your

target language in English and try

reading it out loud so don’t just read

in your mind but read the words out loud

speak them so that you can get

comfortable pronouncing those words and

you can try reading the same passage or

the same sentence multiple times to make

it smoother so this can be a really good

tip for and I think it also improves

your natural ability to pick up grammar

too because if you’re reading something

like in a book for example you can kind

of pick up the natural rhythm of grammar

and you also slowly get a feeling for

the correct ways that words should

connect together so this I think is a

really good tip in a sentence I

sometimes read out loud to practice

pronunciation that’s true

repeat lines you hear in TV shows the

next tip is to repeat lines you hear or

the words you hear in TV shows or movies

things like that so this means not only

words don’t only repeat single

vocabulary words yes maybe you find a

vocabulary word that is really

interesting or it sounds funny or

something like that but by repeating a

full sentence or a full line in a TV

show or in a movie you’re putting the

words together so not just one word but

making a whole sentence so feeling kind

of the flow of your language that you’re

studying so this can be a better way to

actually practice making sentences and

repeating sentences instead of just

words so you can repeat after characters

and TV shows I sometimes do this when

I’m like watching Japanese TV oh and

then I try and spit it back out it’s

hard to do sometimes when it’s like the

first time you’ve heard a word or the

first time you’ve heard a grammar point

but you can still understand that

it’s interesting so try to say it and

it’s kind of fun actually in a sentence

try repeating lines from TV shows to

practice practice speaking in phrases

not single vocabulary words the next tip

this is very similar to my TV show tip

is to practice speaking in phrases not

in vocabulary words not just single

vocabulary words even if you’re not

repeating lines from TV shows when you

practice speaking don’t just speak in

noun so sometimes for example I’ll hear

people just use noun like they’ll use a

noun and maybe a verb like I tomorrow

Beach something like that and yes we can

probably guess based on that how like

the the meaning the speaker’s meaning

but you need to practice making a whole

sentence so yes you know those words I

tomorrow in beach and the listener can

probably guess what you mean but you

need to practice all those little words

in the middle like like I’m going to the

beach tomorrow

so make a full sentence practice making

full sentences don’t only practice

single vocabulary words make the whole

line it’s really good sometimes I think

my students get irritated like they’ll

like I force them to practice full

sentences like so I’ll say like hmm have

you ever been to Germany and they’ll say

yes I’m like okay for the purposes of

practice can you make a full sentence

and they’ll say I have been to Germany

like that’s an extreme example but like

I try to push that you know making the

full sentence it’s it’s silly sometimes

but just trying to do that okay so in a

sentence speaking in entire phrases is

helpful for practicing the rhythm of a

new language speak a lot with your

teacher and ask them to be strict with

you on words okay so the next tip is to

speak a lot with your teacher and ask

them to be strict with you so this is

kind of two tips in 1 1 speak with your

teacher so if you have a teacher make

sure you’re speaking in their class if

you

if wherever possible sometimes I’ll have

students join my class and maybe they

feel shy or whatever and they don’t

speak very much but please speak with

your teacher so that your teacher can

correct you your teacher can give you at

least if they’re a native speaker or

maybe even if they aren’t a native

speaker

your teacher can give you corrections

and if you don’t speak your teacher

cannot help you in most cases so please

speak with your teacher and if you like

you can tell them please be strict about

my pronunciation so sometimes people

will say please help me with my

pronunciation specifically and then I

can stop them every time they make a

mistake and we practice that sound

especially 80h sounds like that like

using using your mouth a little bit

differently can be really uncomfortable

for some people but if you’re a teacher

can point out those things like th

sounds the this that these those those

th sounds ending ER sound practicing

those with your teacher can be a really

good way to work on your pronunciation

hmm so in a sentence speak a lot with

your teacher they can correct you and

help you improve concert the first word

for talking about music is concert

concert is a live show concert is yeah

the performance is happening in front of

your eyes so concerts are really popular

worldwide I think depending on where you

live you might hear them called live

shows but usually in American English we

just say concert a concert so in a

sentence I’m going to a concert this

weekend to see in concert the next

expression is the verb we use for a live

show so the next expression is to see in

a concert or to see in concert so we use

the artists name along with this phrase

so for example I’m going to see Coldplay

in concert I’m going to see Adele in

concert so you use I’m going to see

artist name in concert or

in a concert where’s the in concert or

in a concert both are okay so in a

different sentence I’m going to see my

favorite band in concert meaning live

who do I want to see in concert I want

to see Michael Jackson in concert yeah I

would have loved to see him in concert

he’s my favorite to listen to music to

listen to artists the next word or the

next phrase is to listen to Plus music

or to listen to an artist so you can use

this verb with the type of music or with

a specific artist or band or group that

you like so I like to listen to rock

music I like to listen to pop music

whatever another sentence is I like

listening to Beyonce

I like yes so you can use to listen to

or listening to both are fine here I

like listening to funk it’s fine I like

listening to funky artists is fine I

like listening to Queens of the Stone

Age it’s fine all of these are great who

do you listen to I listen to to write a

song to write music the next expression

is to write a song or to write music so

if you want to make music yourself you

can say write a song which just means

one song maybe three or four minutes

usually in popular music or to write

music in general so you can use both of

these expressions song is more specific

music is more general so in a sentence

my friends started writing songs

recently or in a different sentence

writing music is really fun track the

next expression is track track so we can

use song yes but for example when you

look at an album like on iTunes or maybe

like a CD for example each each song is

assigned a number that’s the track

number so we can say I like track number

3 or track 3 we use track to talk about

a song so you can say this is a good

song or this is a good track both

are okay to use song and track are both

fine so in a sentence I really like that

track from his album happy the first

word is happy as you might have guessed

happy happy is a happy word when you

feel good when you feel positive when

you are excited you can say I’m happy I

was so happy to see my friend the other

day what makes me happy food I’m happy

right now

energetic energetic when you feel happy

perhaps you also feel energetic you have

that sort of like uplifting feeling this

chair is squeaking every time I don’t

really describe my friends or people as

energetic I might say a dog or a cat is

energetic like wow your dog is so

energetic what is she doing she’s

running everywhere is she okay maybe I

would say about myself I’m very

energetic today if I’ve had a lot of

coffee lonely the next word is lonely

lonely I don’t want to talk about this

word it’s maybe you’ve been spending a

lot of time alone or there’s someone

that you really want to see or you want

to see your family members or maybe

you’re working too much I don’t know

whatever it is maybe your you just you

feel like you want to talk to people or

you want to see people be around people

but you can’t you can use the word

lonely to describe that feeling I I’ve

only been working for the last few

months I haven’t had a chance to spend

much time with my friends I’m feeling

kind of lonely nervous the next word is

nervous nervous is used for any tension

any anxiety excited but in a bad way

about something when I was a child

before my piano performances I would get

so nervous I would be so nervous my

hands would start to shake and then I

couldn’t play the piece I’d been

practicing for months that’s why this is

great because you’re not here upset

upset is a really really useful word any

time you feel sad angry depressed

disappointed unhappy in general you can

say I’m upset or he or she is upset it’s

just a general

happy word but it doesn’t mean unhappy

it just means something is wrong there’s

a way a person usually behaves but I’m

upset means something’s not right in his

sentence I might say I’m really upset

about my performance last year I was too

nervous and my parents are disappointed

in me I’m sad now Wow yeah okay equation

the next math word is equation equation

so up until now we’ve been talking about

a part of an equation but the whole math

problem everything there is called the

equation so the process that you need to

do in order to solve an equation an

equation is something that you do to

solve a problem this this part is the

equation this part is the solution the

the ending the result is the is the

solution the problem is called the

equation the process the math process

you do to find a solution percent

percent this is very a very useful word

you can use of course when doing math or

math problems but you can also use this

when shopping for example so a sale is

five percent off ten percent off it

represents a discount you can also use

percent to describe effort levels for

for example a sports team a coach might

tell his team I need you to work at a

hundred percent today so it it’s used to

express the level of something but it

can also be used in sales and in math

related terms NPC NPC means non playable

character there are other characters

within the game that moved the story

forward but that you cannot play as you

cannot become that character but you

interact with them I have to talk to an

NPC in order to move this quest forward

next is camper a camper is someone who

is waiting for a creature to spawn so a

person who’s waiting for the monster to

appear is called a camper you can use

camping as a verb to to talk about that

like I’m camping this monster really

people camp other players

I suppose so depending on the kind of

game you’re playing MMO is

massively multiplayer online game means

you can play online with a lot of

different people essentially the next

word is sister a female sibling is your

sister you can also use sister for a

female person that you feel very very

close with so I might call my female

friend who’s I’m very close to my sister

my brother likes to shorten it to sis

you might also hear sista as well if you

are silly sister Whoopi Goldberg was in

a famous movie called sister act the

next word is brother brother is a male

sibling you can also use brother to

refer to a close male friend common

variations of brother are brother bro

bra Rosie broski depending on what kind

of person you are you can choose to use

any number of those like I might

sarcastically say to my friend cool

story bro look if he’s told me a story

that’s not very exciting in mario for

example the name of the mario game is

actually super mario brothers but

brothers is abbreviated as BRS super

mario bros yeah just be careful about

your use of bro because it sounds a

little bit like a college-age boy that’s

kind of the kind of the feeling of the

word bro oh brother where art thou

sandcastle the next word is sand castles

sand castles are usually kids make them

they use like buckets so kids will like

put sand in a bucket or like they move

sand into piles and design castles or

these really complicated mazes or

something they make things make

buildings out of sand we call those sand

castles so in a sentence my brother and

I used to make sand castles on the beach

when we were kids that’s true in this

sentence

get the buckets and we’ll make a sand

castle cooler so cooler is a noun in

this case cooler is the place you keep

your drinks and your food it’s a it

looks like a suitcase but it has a

special lining inside that keeps cold

things cold so you can put ice inside

and it will keep your food and drinks

cold while you are at the beach in the

hot weather so in a sentence

did you put a bunch of beers in the

cooler I forgot ice for the cooler the

next word is small small small

our smallest small and little are

extremely similar I would pretty much

use them in the same way however we

don’t say when I was a small kid we say

when I was a little kid or you could say

when I was small the next word is large

large and big are very much the same I

will say though that large is used on

clothing sizes big is not when we talked

about big we talked about how big can be

used to refer to something that’s very

popular large is not used to refer to

something that’s that’s popular large is

used on for for sizing I feel only so

like a house can be large but it’s used

to Richard like the physical size of

something large and in charge large

larger largest this is the largest

bottom is in the zoo daughter daughter a

daughter is a female child I wonder if I

will ever have a daughter brother-in-law

brother-in-law so we use in law to mean

our married partners family members not

my brother but my partner’s

brother-in-law is used after any family

members position or family members title

to show they belong to my partner’s

family originally but now they’re part

of my extended family as well I’m going

out for drinks with my brother-in-law

tomorrow night father-in-law

father-in-law so we have in law here

meaning my partner’s father

so my father-in-law is very kind the

next word is work be careful about using

work as a noun and work as a verb your

work refers to your job your

responsibilities your tasks at your

office or your workplace you can use it

in a phrase like I have a lot of work to

do or please help me with my work I like

to go to work it can be used to just

refer to anything artistic in general so

it can mean it can be a painting it can

be a building it can be a sculpture it

can be I don’t know whatever anything

artsy can be referred to as work as in I

really like that new work by that artist

or did you see so-and-so’s new work

twerk the next word is weak weak refers

to the seven-day period that we have

decided is one week here in the modern

world calm

we used in expressions relating to your

activities as in I go to the gym once a

week or I see my friends twice a week or

I have to work every day of the week

Monday through Friday is referred to as

weekdays Saturday and Sunday weekend

next word is month month is there are 12

months in a year my favorite month

depending on which country I’m in I

generally like autumn months like

October I think I usually like the month

of October September October is good

because it’s not too hot not too cold

halloween is coming and that’s my

favorite holiday Hannah Montana try oh

my gosh try is the next word oh I’m

trying my best

I try every day to work very hard have

you ever tried ramen

I tried ramen yesterday and it was

really good do you try to exercise every

day

I’m trying to sleep go away the next

verb is leave leave leave me alone

leaves your doors and locks

don’t leave your doors unlocked I have

never left a hot air balloon without

first taking a picture the next verb is

called call it the next friend give me a

call please call me later call me maybe

call your mom on her birthday every year

she’ll be happy Cole Cole you’re a

seagull have you ever called the wrong

number have you ever called a dog by

another dog’s name clothing clothing

cloud cloud

beard

beard

beautiful beautiful

bed bed

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out the next phrase is cut it out now

this is usually what a parent would say

to a child when they want them to stop

doing something stop it in other words

cut it out

really it’s any situation that you want

to have stopped now let’s say my friend

likes to click her pen all the time and

I’m getting really annoyed I would turn

to her and say cut it out Michelle I’m

upset the next phrase is I’m upset upset

here means not happy angry frustrated

I’m upset you can say this in many

different ways the intonation is

important if you’re trying to remain

calm what’s wrong Becky I’m upset I mean

I’m really upset but I’m not going to

show you or you can really just yell

this like I’m upset with you I’m upset

who do you think you are who do you

think you are so you say this to someone

when you feel that they’re being way too

proud maybe way too selfish they think

they’re number one they’ve done

something and you can’t believe they

were so bold as to do that like who do

you think you are Superman you can’t run

that marathon tomorrow with no training

who do you think you are who do you

think you are the President of the

Universe watch your mouth watch your

mouth we say this when someone is using

bad language or language we think is too

strong for the situation a lot of

parents will say this to their kids or a

lot of you know people fighting in a

relationship might say that to each

other so I’m not going to use the

language here but if I said something

very strong very rude my mom or my

friend might say hey hey watch your

mouth

be careful about what you say you’re not

listening to me

the next phrase is you’re not listening

to me pretty clear right yeah you’re not

listening to me let me say it again I

don’t want to go or something like that

you’re not listening to me is used when

we’re getting angry because we really

don’t think that person is listening to

us so we say hey you’re not listening to

me I’ve been saying it many times but

you’re not listening to me let me say it

again I want a raise

let’s stay together loving you whether

times are good or bad happy or sad Al

Green from let’s stay together our first

amazing love quote is from Al Green from

his song let’s stay together now first

I’m going to say it for you then I’m

gonna sing it okay let’s stay together

loving you weather times are good or bad

happy or sad now for Al Green it’s very

important that you get very what we call

groovy

you gotta get me feel feel the groove

and this chorus this it comes from the

chorus let’s let’s stay together loving

you weather times are good or bad happy

you’re sad Thank You Al Green that was

beautiful Al Green love it every time

nice slow song playing on a Friday night

with your girlfriend or boyfriend so

this quote I love it because it means

that Al Green or whoever is singing it

to you is going to love you no matter if

it’s good times or bad times if you’re

happy or if you’re sad and it kind of

reminds me of the classic American

wedding vows that we say we say I will

love you this is AG not exact but we say

I will love you in sickness or in health

till death do we part I like this song a

lot

we should love each other in good times

and bad right it’s not your love if

you’re just loving in good times right I

want you there in the bad times to Bette

Midler from wind beneath my wings our

second amazing love quote is you are the

wind beneath my wings we first heard

this from Bette Midler in her song wind

beneath my wings now this is a very

beautiful song about it comes from a

movie called beaches that was about to

basically best friends so she’s singing

this to her best girlfriend and she’s

saying you are the wind beneath my wings

in fact you are the person who gives me

this feeling that I can fly and you

support me so that I feel like I can fly

so you’re the wind kind of beneath my

wings and it’s this line is in the

chorus repeated many times in the song

and it goes like this do you ever know

that you’re my hero you’re everything I

would like to be I can fly higher than

an eagle for you a little wind beneath

my wings something like that I love that

maybe will make you cry by the way girls

get the tissues ready oh and then the

spell was cast and here we are in heaven

for you are mine at last

Eddie James from at last okay our third

amazing love quote is Etta James this is

from her song at last oh and then the

spell was cast and here we are in heaven

for you are mine at last now let me talk

for a minute about the phrase the spell

was cast it’s kind of like a witch that

can cast a spell on you and so if you

have a spell cast

on you it’s like you are under this like

this command from someone else and you

are acting different because they made

you do something but it’s like you’re so

in love with this person that it’s like

you’ll do anything for them you’re under

a spell you know we might say and so

it’s like we’re in heaven together it

feels like we’re in heaven I’ve been

waiting so long to be with you here we

are you are mine at last

now this may not surprise you but this

is a popular wedding song Etta James

sang this I want to say back in the

1960s I might have that wrong but it

also became popular from the Beyonce

movie a few years ago where she played

Etta James and Beyonce sang this song as

well this quote is right in the middle

of the song so don’t be don’t be

surprised when I start very strong here

here we go oh and then the spell was

cast and here we are in heaven for you

there’s a lot of quaver in the voice in

that song actually it does come at the

end of the song sorry not the not the

middle but beautiful song recommend that

song at last

check it out by Etta James I keep the

ends out for the tie that binds because

you’re mine I walk the line Johnny Cash

from I walk the line our next amazing

love quote is from Johnny Cash one of my

favorites the quote is a little

difficult I think so listen closely I

keep the ends out for the tie that binds

because you’re mine I walk the line the

tie that binds means a like a tie or a

connection to someone you’re bound to

that person and Johnny actually wrote

this song for his first wife Vivian as

kind of a promise to her that he would

cheat on her on the road so buy this

lyric he’s saying I keep my eye out in

case anyone I keep the ends out here he

says there’s like his eye I keep the eye

my ends out for any potential connection

I don’t want to be connected to anyone

else

because you’re mine I walk the line now

walking the line means like to follow a

strict line or path and not go out or

away from that line to follow the rules

basically because you’re mine I’m

following the rules I am keeping my eye

out in case I make any connections that

I’m not hoping or wanting to make I keep

the ends out for the time that binds

because you’re mine I walk the line

sorry Johnny had to go high on that one

Johnny did not follow those rules in

fact when he met his second wife June

Carter Cash who turned out to be the

love of his life and on the day he met

her he said you’re the woman I’m gonna

marry someday my baby don’t care for

shows my baby don’t care for clothes my

baby just cares for me Nina Simone from

my baby just cares for me oh my god I

love this song oh my god oh my god I

love this song the next amazing love

quote is I’m gonna say it’s my favorite

I just love this song that’s by one of

my favorite singers of all time Nina

Simone absolute legend wonderful pianist

okay here’s the quote my baby don’t care

for shows my baby don’t care for clothes

my baby just cares for me

now maybe by the end there you realize

my baby is not her actual baby like baby

no no this is her lover her love

interest so she’s saying my baby don’t

care for shows my baby doesn’t care

about going to plays or maybe movies my

baby don’t care for clothes my baby

doesn’t my lover doesn’t care about

buying the latest fashion trends

my baby just cares for me my lover just

cares about me so we don’t need anything

fancy we don’t have to do anything

special

we just need to care and be with each

other and so it’s a it’s a great it’s a

great quote also notice here the grammar

is completely wrong my baby don’t you

should say my baby doesn’t but this is

for a stylistic flair if you will so

here is part of this amazing song here

we go my baby don’t care for shoes my

baby don’t care for clothes my baby just

cares for me oh where is my piano backup

that song is gorgeous please check out

the whole song phrase number one I get

to check this off my bucket list

in English we have this phrase to kick

the bucket which means to die so to make

a bucket list is to make a list of

things to do before you die now for me

one of mine was to go in a hot air

balloon I had tried to do it for the

first time in 2009 but the morning I

went the trip was canceled so here I am

again more than 6 years later and I’m

trying again and this time it was

successful so I get to check it off my

bucket list I get to do this thing

before I die and I did it English class

101 listeners it was so exciting so you

should make a list of things to do

before you die your own bucket list

phrase number two will you marry me

so today is actually Valentine’s Day and

it’s very popular on Valentine’s Day and

anytime you’re planning to propose to

your special someone to go to a special

place and I can’t think of a more

special place than in a hot-air balloon

there’s enough space trust me in the

basket to kneel down at least from my

country the USA it’s customary to get

down on one knee it doesn’t really

matter which knee at least I’ve never

thought so and you get down you kneel on

one knee and you say will you marry me

now unfortunately listeners I did not

see any marriage proposals on my balloon

yesterday but I bet you today there are

over 30 balloons that go off here in

begum am

I bet you someone proposed oh it would

have been such a beautiful moment will

you marry me that is phrase number two

phrase number three this is a first for

me

so going in a hot-air balloon as I said

I had never done it before so it is a

first for me a first being the first

time I have done something I’m sure

there are many firsts that you can think

of in your life that you’ve had and

maybe many more first that you’d like to

have so this was a first for me

or this is a first for me phrase number

three may be a first for you could be

the first time that you’ve ever had

sushi or the first time that you’ve ever

climbed a mountain I mean there are so

many firsts that you can have this is a

first for me getting at a hot air

balloon phrase number four the view is

incredible from up here now this is

something that we use in English to say

whatever we’ve gone to the top of an

observation tower the top of a mountain

the top of a temple like I went to this

morning or really any high place that

you go to to take a great photo or to

get an incredible view we say the view

is incredible from up here phrase number

five what a ride champagne time so at

the end of my balloon ride yesterday as

soon as we dropped into the field below

we had a beautiful picnic basket

unfurled on the field in front of us and

we got to enjoy a glass of champagne to

celebrate and when we finished something

some incredible rides some maybe could

be in a car on a bus it could be from a

bad experience or a good but we say what

a ride what a ride and when we’re about

to drink champagne we say champagne time

this expression from after riding in a

hot-air balloon

originally came from the pilots of these

balloons wanting to make sure the

farmers in the fields where they landed

didn’t get too upset so they would offer

the farmers some champagne along with

any guests they may have in their

balloons and that’s where the tradition

first came from so what a ride

paying time phrase number five how much

is it - how much is it - how much is it

• the airport

you might ask this question to find out

how much it costs to take a train or a

bus or a taxi to where you need to go if

you get into a taxi for example and you

ask how much is it to the airport the

taxi driver will tell you 30 dollars

he’ll tell you the price you need to pay

to get to the airport if you’re taking a

train

you might ask the ticket seller how much

is it to the airport and the ticket

seller will tell you the train to the

airport costs 10 dollars for example

that way you know how much it costs to

go to where you need to be does this bus

go - does this bus go - does this bus go

to the suburbs does this bus go to is a

way of asking whether or not the bus

that you’re looking at has the

destination that you need so you might

get on the bus and ask the bus driver

does this bus go to the suburbs whatever

destination and the bus driver will

answer and tell you yes get on or no you

want a different bus what time is the

next bus what time is the next bus what

time will the next bus arrive by asking

what time is the next bus you’re asking

when the bus is going to come to the bus

stop or whatever station the bus will

stop at this way you know what time you

need to be at that bus stop the train is

running late the train is running late

the train is running late again this is

something I say all the time in New York

City the train is running late if the

train is running late that means you

will probably be running late when you

get off the train

where are the ticket machines where are

the ticket machines where are the ticket

machines in this station

a ticket machine is a machine that you

go to to purchase your tickets you might

see this in any station whether it’s a

subway station or a regular train

station or sometimes even a bus station

there will be kiosks that you can go to

to enter the information and purchase

your ticket by watching English movies

and TV shows and enjoying the feeling

when you can understand a word or a

sentence yeah I do this too when you

enjoy something when you find

entertainment value in something like

music movies TV and you there’s that

moment when you pick up or when you

understand what your favorite character

said or you understand like a key point

in the story it’s a really really good

feeling it makes you want to continue

watching I think so that’s a really

really nice feeling I think and you can

do that by enjoying media so it’s a fun

way to learn and it’s a fun feeling to

experience okay

the next way to motivate yourself is by

reading English news articles blogs and

magazines to get a feel for formal and

casual language so the style that we use

here like an English class 101 and this

on the videos on this channel is quite

casual most of the time or at least in

these videos it’s very casual but the

way that I speak in the way a newspaper

is written the way a magazine is written

the way a a newscaster presents the

information these are all different ways

of communicating we’re using the same

language yes but there are different

styles so it’s important to try to

understand those differences and to

become familiar with them so try to find

a few different things that you can

enjoy the next way to motivate yourself

is after dinner you write about your day

in a journal in English okay this is an

interesting idea so just take a few

minutes after dinner or before you go to

bed to write something in English about

what you did that day or maybe so you

have a chance to talk about future tense

or to use the future tense you can use

you can talk about your upcoming plans

or the things you’re going to do the

next day so you can talk about past

10:00

what you did that day maybe

present-tense how you’re feeling as

you’re writing your journal for the day

and future tense to talk about your

upcoming plan so journaling can be a

really effective exercise for motivating

you okay the next way to motivate

yourself is by practicing with

flashcards of useful words and phrases

for 15 minutes every day on the train I

actually do do this I use but I use an

application to study in Japanese to

study kanji and 15 minutes every day

adds up over the course of a week you

can learn a lot of information in a

short period of time and if you live in

the country where your target language

is spoken then you might even find the

word you studied on the train you see it

like after you leave the train you might

see that word later on in your day so

you can immediately feel like an extra

sense of motivation by knowing that this

thing you’re studying is applicable it’s

something you can use right away it’s a

really cool feeling so this is a tip I

honestly I use this last I make sure to

thank anyone and everyone who corrects

my English yeah I think this is really

important because people are really nice

they don’t want to correct you when you

make a mistake but sometimes people do

they’re really polite about it and they

tell you the more tell you a more

natural way or they give you a

suggestion for how to improve your

English make sure you say thank you like

repeat after them and then say thank you

so that you know it’s motivation for

them to tell you again in the future to

help you again in the future so make

sure to say thank you to anyone who

helps you with your English personally I

think that or I would just use I think

that personally makes it sound a little

bit more polite I think you can use this

to introduce an opinion for example

personally I think that pizza is amazing

personally I think that dinosaurs would

have been delicious personally I think

that cars should be made to enjoy with

friends personally I think that you

shouldn’t worry about it yes it’s

probably much more useful sentence than

dinosaurs would be the next expression

is what does blah blah blah mean so

we’re here is the word you don’t know so

for example what does pasta mean what

does Stegosaurus mean so a word like

Stegosaurus is a really strange word

that you probably don’t know Stegosaurus

is a type of dinosaur we’re gonna marry

dinosaurs I don’t know

Jurassic we’re on a Jurassic adventure

at the moment so this is a pattern you

use when you don’t know when you don’t

know the meaning of the word and you

would like someone to explain it to you

so if you say what does Stegosaurus mean

then someone can say oh it’s a dinosaur

it’s kind of like it’s a sort of short

guy it has a bunch of spikes on its back

and it has a long tail and it gets into

a fight with a Tyrannosaurus Rex if you

saw the movie Fantasia by Disney okay in

this sentence what does complication

mean it means problem okay

the next pattern you can use is can you

tell me more about bla bla bla so on a

topic that you would like more

information about you can say can you

tell me more about the soccer game last

week can you tell me more about the plan

for the party next week so something you

would like more information about you

can say can you tell me more about this

thing okay so in a sentence can you tell

me more about your sandwich options that

is a useful sentence that is a useful

sentence okay in this sentence here we

don’t have that back home can you tell

me more about it

mmm this is used to the reverse pattern

okay the next expression is if it were

up to me if it were up to me I had two

teachers in a class couple weeks ago

actually if it were up to me means if I

could make the decision if this was my

if this were my decision

bla bla bla so meaning if I could make

the choice this is what I would do but

one point here is the

nuance is it is not my decision this is

not my decision

but if it were my decision I would do

blah blah blah so for example if it were

up to me every day would be Saturday

whoo but it’s not right so that’s that’s

always the underlying that’s always the

kind of basic nuance of this phrase some

this decision is not mine

okay here the example is if it were up

to me I would take my boss to dinner

oh my things just got scandalous the

next pattern is I feel like bla bla bla

you can use I feel like when you

introduce a suggestion or something that

you would like to do especially for food

drinks or activities so for example I

feel like coffee

I feel like Italian food I feel like an

action movie there’s some activity or

something you would like to do at the

end of this pattern

I feel like bowling this afternoon

something needs to go here some sort of

activity of course you can use this

expression to talk about your feelings I

feel like something but this something

must be a noun it must be a noun like if

you feel really great I feel like a

million bucks for example if you feel

really bad I feel like garbage that’s a

nice expression that somehow it just

came out of my head anyway you can use

this in two ways but this must be

completed with a noun phrase at the end

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