How To Use 50 Natural English Expressions

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expressing stress and anxiety so in

English there are times when you need to

express frustration or even when you

feel busy in those moments the first

expression you can use is I’m losing my

mind one more time I’m losing my mind

now we use this expression because when

you have a lot to do and you feel

frustrated in your brain you feel like

everything is going crazy so we say I’m

losing my mind

now another expression that means the

exact same thing is my head is about to

explode again my head is about to

explode now this term explode I want you

to think about a bomb so you have a bomb

right here now before the bomb explodes

everything is inside but then if the

bomb explodes everything bursts outside

of it and the bomb can cause problems

okay so you go from contained to an

explosion so the same thing happens when

you are busy or frustrated or you feel

like you have a lot of work you feel

like your head is about to explode okay

all right great now the third one is

this is driving me crazy again this is

driving me crazy

now this means the same thing as the

previous two expressions but the way

that you could think about this

expression is at first you feel normal

but then you get frustrated and

everything makes you feel like you are

going to go crazy everything around you

is messing up so we say this is driving

me crazy

or making me feel like I’ll go from a

normal

person to a crazy person okay alright

the next one is this is driving me

insane okay now these two are very very

similar the only difference is insane

and crazy well the term insane just

means very crazy okay very crazy so the

emphasis is put more on this one okay so

this is driving me insane

alright and finally to express this

frustration you can say I’m going nuts

now the term nuts is also a term in

English that means crazy so someone can

say hey you’re crazy or hey you’re nuts

well we’re saying I’m going nuts

whatever is happening is making me feel

crazy so again these are five

expressions to express stress and

anxiety okay let’s keep going

the next one expressing that you don’t

understand now there are going to be

situations you’re in where you want to

say that you don’t understand there are

five different ways to do that the first

one is I don’t follow you okay again I

don’t follow you so this is very useful

because normally when you’re in a

conversation and someone is talking to

you basically you are looking at them

and you’re following what they’re saying

okay I understand that point and I

understand that point when you don’t

understand this does not happen so in

English we say follow you which just

means understand so you can say I don’t

follow you there’s a question mark in my

mind about what you’re saying okay all

right another way of saying that is I

don’t exactly understand what you mean

now I want to put emphasis on this right

here exactly

this is a way to express and emphasize

that you really are trying to understand

but you don’t know the details of what

the person is trying

to explain to you so I think I

understand a little bit but I don’t

exactly understand what you’re trying to

say this is a very useful expression now

the next one is I’m not sure I follow so

again we see this follow right here that

we saw in this one but right here we see

I’m not sure again this is another way

of saying kindly I really want to

understand you but I don’t think I’m

understanding what you’re saying ok very

useful I’m not sure I follow all right

the next one is I don’t get it okay I

don’t get it now the easiest way to

understand this term get it is I want

you to imagine that you are standing and

someone is talking to you okay they’re

giving you some information now as you

are listening to this person talk to you

inside of your brain this information

has to go inside so as they’re talking

if you catch the information or if you

get the information

it means you understand however there

are times where you don’t catch or you

don’t get the information which means

you don’t understand what they are

saying and in English in this situation

you will say I don’t get it okay a lot

of times students use this in America

when they’re speaking to their teachers

teacher I don’t get it can you explain

it one more time so this is very useful

through ever in an English class use it

and the teacher will be impressed

because you sound very natural now

finally we have I’m not sure I know what

you mean okay so now we’re seeing this

again not sure remember we saw that

right here not sure a polite way of

expressing that you really don’t

understand the details and then know

what you mean so what you mean is just

another way of saying know what you are

trying to convey or Express okay so

again I’m not sure I know what

you mean okay alright now the next group

is expressions for praising someone

giving someone a compliment

now I use these a lot when I speak to my

students so the first one is keep up the

good work now the part that I want you

to look at is keep up okay good work you

probably already understand but keep up

just means keep doing something okay

keep doing something alright so if I’m

in my class and my students are

practicing a lot are studying hard and

doing well I will say hey keep up the

good work

it makes me feel good to praise them

okay alright the next one is very simple

amazing I use this a lot as well it just

means wow that’s great

you are amazing okay now you noticed my

tone of voice is also different I can

say Oh amazing

or I can say amazing it has more

emphasis okay alright the next one is

good work now very simple praising

someone but it has a good meaning or you

can say great job now good and great

okay they have a similar meaning but

great is stronger okay great is stronger

than good okay so this one has more

emphasis great alright and finally you

can say nice work

this is something again that is used at

offices when bosses speak to their

employees or you can even use it to

anyone you speak to that you want to

give encouragement or praise to alright

okay our next group is also very useful

fast food restaurant expressions number

one now when you come to America or an

english-speaking country you’re probably

going to go to a fast food restaurant

and when you walk up to them they’re

gonna ask you to take your order there

are many different ways they say this I

want to give you guys five ways so that

you can feel comfortable now the first

way they will do this is what will it be

now I’m gonna say it fast

what’ll it be this just actually means

what will you order okay what will you

order this

what’ll is a combination of what will

okay what will you order so don’t get

confused it’s only being said very

quickly so it seems difficult alright

alright another thing they will say is

can I take your order now this is one

you guys are probably familiar with

because you may see it on movies or you

may see it in other things and have

heard it before

okay the next one is may I take your

order now may I take your order and can

I take your order have the exact same

meaning just like the other ones we’re

gonna look at but when we say may I in

English it is extremely polite okay so

this is extremely polite when this

person is speaking to you they’re trying

to be very polite right and next what

would you like okay again they’re just

asking you just like in the previous

example we looked at right here what

would you like to eat okay what would

you like to eat and finally may I help

you

so we see may I right here and like I

said extremely polite may I help you

they’re asking you Oh what would you

like to order and can I help you order

it okay so these are five things that

you will hear when you go to a fast-food

restaurant when they’re asking you what

you want to eat now our next group is

fast food restaurants expressions too

because now that you have to complete

your order they’re gonna ask you a

question regarding where you want to eat

your food okay all right so the first

way they will ask you is will this be

for here or to go

now this is gonna be asked every time

you go to a restaurant specifically a

fast-food restaurant okay so they’re

saying this so this actually refers to

whatever food you ordered whatever food

you told them that you wanted they’re

gonna fix it for you but they want to

know ah this food that you ordered are

you gonna eat

here at our restaurant or are you gonna

take it away in a bag okay so they want

to know what you want to do so they say

will this be for here at our restaurant

or are you taking it out leaving with

the food okay all right another way they

will say it is is that for here or to go

so you’re seeing a pattern for here or

to go okay

or they will say just simply for here or

to go very simple way

now again sometimes students will get

confused because they’re wondering well

I’m already here what do you mean

they’re just asking you whether you want

to eat the food there or outside of

their restaurant okay another way they

can say it is do you want that to go

okay so the food that you ordered are

you going to take it out if you say no

it automatically means that it’s for

here okay

all right and the last way they’ll say

it is are you going to eat it here all

right so if I say yes to this it means

I’m not going anywhere but if I say no

that means I’m taking it to go okay so

once you learn these expressions you’ll

be very confident and comfortable when

you go to a fast-food restaurant

all right now the next group admitting

you made a mistake these are also very

useful sometimes you get into

disagreement or you make a mistake at

work or with a friend and you want to

know how to express your apologies in

English the first way you can do this is

by saying I didn’t mean it that way okay

that way so it means maybe you and your

friend were having a conversation and

during that conversation you said

something to your friend but the way

your friend heard it actually made them

feel bad but you didn’t intend to make

them feel bad so you say ah I didn’t

intend it that way

okay now the next thing you say is my

mistake it means I did it I am sorry it

wasn’t your fault okay it was not your

fault

I am the one to blame okay was not your

fault

this is also used very often okay my

mistake alright next I honestly didn’t

mean it

now when you use this word honestly

you’re actually emphasizing that you are

sincerely apologetic okay emphasizing

that you’re very sorry for what you did

all right

next you can say I didn’t intend it that

way this is a new vocabulary word for

some of you but I didn’t intend just

means I didn’t mean it that way okay

that wasn’t my purpose okay

it wasn’t my purpose when I did that my

purpose was not to hurt you or to make a

mistake and you can also say I shouldn’t

have said or done that I shouldn’t have

said or done that

this shows regret and that if you could

do it over again you wouldn’t have done

that okay so we say I shouldn’t have

said or done that alright now our next

group is expressions for forgiving

someone these are also very useful so

let’s say you have a group of friends

and you guys are all together but

something happens and one of you makes a

mistake

but you want to forgive them a very

common expression is all is forgiven

this term right here all it means

everything that happened before whatever

it was that made everyone angry and

everyone’s arguing about all of that is

gone and now we are happy together

everything is forgiven

okay all right you can also say no

worries it’s all in the past what ever

happened before we are not thinking

about that now but I want to put

emphasis on this no worries usually when

someone does something wrong and they

apologize they are concerned that maybe

the person will keep thinking about it

and it bothers them but they’re saying

hey no worries

is forgiven this is something that I use

all of the time with my friends if

something happens and they ask me

forgiveness I said hey no worries it’s

all good it’s all in the past so I use

this one very frequently okay all right

another way is that’s alright again this

is a very easy way of saying I forgive

you hey that’s alright it’s okay

don’t worry that’s alright everything is

right now nothing is wrong okay next you

can say I forgive you this is the

easiest one that you guys have probably

heard I forgive you finally don’t worry

about it remember up here I mentioned

that the person can worry after they’ve

made a mistake but you’re telling them

don’t worry about it i forgiving you

everything is okay so these are very

useful expressions all right our next

group is encouraging someone to relax

sometimes you have a friend that may

feel very stressed about something and

you want to tell them don’t worry

everything will work out so what you can

do is you can say calm down everyone

knows the word calm calm just means

everything is at peace everything is

very level okay your feeling inside

everything is very level so we say hey

calm down

don’t be too excited about things okay

or you can say stay calm

remember the term stay just means to

remain okay remain this is used a lot of

times by policemen or people that are

firemen when they’re coming to a scene

and it’s very frantic people are very

frantic alright then we’re down for you

guys

frantic means to be very excited okay

very excited or concerned in a situation

they will come and say hey stay calm

it’s an emergency but I need you to stay

calm and relaxed okay you can also say

take it easy okay take it easy again the

same meaning

stay calm or calm down don’t worry then

you can say take a deep breath and I’ll

show you what that is

usually when you do that you take a deep

breath it calms you down okay or you can

say relax now that’s a word you already

know these are five ways to tell someone

to relax simply say relax or take it

easy or calm down take a deep breath or

stay calm very useful English

expressions now our next group is

letting someone in front of you in line

so you’re gonna be in many situations

where people are lined up and maybe the

person behind you that is in a rush and

wants to get in front of you so how can

you tell them it’s okay for them to get

in front of you well one way you can do

this is by saying after you so let’s say

for example this person right here he

looks very relaxed he’s not in a rush

but this guy right here

walked up after him and he says hey I’m

in a rush so this guy says sure you go

ahead of me I will go after you so you

can say oh after you it means go in

front of me and I will go after you next

you can say ladies first now in American

culture

normally the men allow the women to go

in front of them if we’re going inside

of a room of a go inside of a building

the man will hold the door so he will

say ladies first so this is a good

expression to know when you come to

America because that’s part of our

culture all right or you can say you

first it means oh I’ll go second you go

first but you see how simple these

expressions are there are really only

two words so you can memorize them but

it’s good to know the meaning because

it’s easy for you to say all right next

you can say go right ahead

it means hey go in front of me go ahead

of me

it’s okay I’m okay with that or you can

say be my guest

okay now this expression just really

kind of shows a kinder side of this

expression because you’re telling

someone to go in front of you but this

is saying hey I would love for you to go

in front of me I am happy to let you go

in front of me be my guest

okay all right now the next group is

returning thanks someone says thank you

and you want to say you’re welcome well

there are other ways of saying you’re

welcome

the first one is it was my pleasure now

I use this almost every single day

whenever I’m talking to someone and they

thank me for doing something I say oh my

pleasure and you guys have probably seen

that in some of my comments on my

YouTube videos

my pleasure it means it made me happy to

do whatever it is I did for you so it

was not difficult for me at all it made

me happy to do that for you okay all

right you’re welcome

again this is when you already know

number three don’t mention it now this

is a way of saying hey it’s okay you

didn’t have to thank me I was happy to

do it for you

you don’t have to continue to thank me

because I’m already happy that I did it

okay

don’t mention it all right my pleasure

once again right here and the pleasure

was truly all mine this is something I

also use a lot because hey it makes me

happy to help you don’t even worry about

it okay so these are five ways to say

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