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learning to carry a conversation is

vital to mastery of any language

even beginners can quickly learn

conversational language well enough to

carry on real conversations with native

speakers

of course beginners won’t be able to

carry a conversation the same way they

could in their native language

but just knowing a few tips like which

questions to ask to keep a conversation

going

are all you need to speak and interact

with real native speakers

before we get to specific suggestions

let’s first take a closer look at how

having real conversations in your target

language

is so vital to your mastery of the

language communicating with other people

is the very point of language and

conversation comes easily in our native

tongue

for beginners or anyone learning a new

language conversations aren’t easy at

all

and even simple greetings can be

intimidating and awkward

nothing kills a conversation faster than

long periods of awkward silence

so you need practice and specific

strategies to avoid them

when you know what to say to keep a

conversation going communication becomes

much easier

and you make a better impression on your

listener nothing will help you learn to

speak a language faster and truly master

the language than having real

conversations with native speakers

conversations quickly expose you to

slang cultural expressions and

vocabulary that force you to absorb and

assimilate information

faster than any educational setting and

that’s a great thing

but how can you possibly have real

conversations with real people if

you’re just starting out here are three

proven methods that even beginners can

quickly use to learn conversational

language

to make a great impression and avoid

awkward silences

first ask questions to keep a

conversation going

for beginners and even more advanced

speakers the key is to ask questions to

keep a conversation going

of course they can’t be just random

questions or else you may confuse the

listener

but by memorizing a few key questions

and the appropriate time to use them

you can easily carry a conversation with

minimal vocabulary or experience

and remember the more conversations you

have the quicker you will learn and

master the language

second learn core vocabulary terms as

quickly as possible

you don’t need to memorize thousands of

words to learn conversational language

in fact with just a couple hundred words

you could have a very basic conversation

and by learning maybe 1 000 to 2 000

words

you could carry a conversation with a

native speaker about current events

order in restaurants and even get

directions

to help you get started with this check

out our 2000 common words

also known as our core list these 2000

words are all you need to learn to speak

fluently

and carry a conversation with a native

speaker

third study video or audio lessons that

you can play

and replay again and again if you want

to know how to carry on a conversation

then you need exposure to native

speakers and the more the better

studying video or audio lessons is ideal

because they provide contextualized

learning in your native language

and you can play them again and again

until you achieve mastery

our instructors have created more than 2

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and which questions to ask to keep a

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i’ll see you next time bye ten lines you

need for introducing yourself so let’s

go

hello it’s nice to meet you hello it’s

nice to meet you

you can only use this the first time

that you meet someone if you say this to

somebody after you have met them already

you’re going to seem either a

like you’ve completely forgotten meeting

them or be like you are a very strange

person

for saying it’s nice to meet you again

so

when you use this the first time you can

shake hands with someone and say hello

it’s nice to meet you my name is

the next phrase is my name is blah blah

in my case my name is

alicia you can use this again when

you’re introducing yourself

or if you need to re-introduce yourself

you can use this pattern when you meet

somebody at a party for example you can

say my name is

blah blah my name is barbara my name is

stevens you can shorten this you can say

my names

my name’s blah blah i’m from

after you’ve said your name after you’ve

shaken hands you can say i’m from

the u.s i’m from japan i’m from turkey

i’m from your mom’s house i’m from

i’m from a cave in southern

europe i’m from your country or i’m from

your city i’m from the future wow

wow i have to go

i live in i live in blah blah blah

you can use your city you can use your

country you can use even maybe if you

live near a certain station

you can use the name of the station

where you live so for example i live in

america it’s fine i live in los angeles

it’s fine i live in new york is fine

so your neighborhood is fine if someone

says where do you live

and you say i live in an apartment it’s

like

what uh so please use your the region or

the location where you live not the type

of place where you live

ima if you hear the question what do you

do

it’s asking about your job in english

people don’t say what is your job

that’s not the question that we ask

instead the question is what do you do

and the correct response to that is i’m

a or i’m

and blah blah blah followed by your job

title so if someone says

what do you do you can say i’m a teacher

what do you do

i’m an engineer what do you do i’m

a donut shop tester

i’m years old when someone asks how old

are you you can say

i’m blah blah blah years old don’t

forget the

s at the end of this if you like you can

shorten this phrase to just

i’m plus your age so i’m

65. i’m

66. whatever i’m this many sometimes

children will say that how old are you

they’ll say i’m this many it’s kind of

cute first time you meet someone you

might not ask how old are you

if it’s in a friendly case like a party

after you’ve spoken to the person a

little bit

it’s okay but just try to be sensitive

to the context try to be sensitive to

the people around you and if you sense

that maybe there’s a very large

age gap between you it might be better

just not to ask the question at all

i enjoy many of my students say what is

your hobby

but that’s not something that native

speakers will say no native speakers say

what is your hobby

instead we ask what do you like to do or

what do you do in your free time this is

a much more natural question than what’s

your hobby

the answer to this then is i enjoy or i

like

plus a noun phrase so for example what

do you like to do

i like listening to music or i enjoy

listening to music

what do you do in your free time i like

watching movies

what do you do in your free time i like

baking cakes

what do you do in your free time i enjoy

tap dancing what do you do in your free

time i enjoy

making new friends oh

one of my hobbies is one of my hobbies

is blah blah blah with this one it’s

probably better to use a short

easily or easy to understand hobby

if you’re explaining a hobby people are

going to expect that it’s going to be

something that they know about

like photography or cooking or dancing

or swimming or whatever

so try to pick something that will allow

you to to continue the conversation

that’s why movies or cooking or

books or you know sports are a good

thing to share

one of my hobbies is snowboarding i’ve

been learning english for

if you are learning english if you’re

studying english you can use this

expression if someone asks you

how long have you been studying english

you can say

i’ve been studying english for amount of

time

or i’ve been learning english or i’ve

been practicing english or i’ve been

speaking english for

a certain amount of time i’ve been

studying english since

elementary school is also okay to use

i’ve been studying english since

i was in college just be careful four is

used for a length of time and since

is used for a specific point in time at

which you started something so

you can try and mix it up and use a few

different expressions there so

i’ve been learning english for a long

time

i’m still learning english you should do

that too

okay i’m learning english at

englishclass101.com

this probably could be used in response

to where did you learn english or where

are you studying english or

how are you studying english you can

respond with i’m learning english at

englishclass101.com

or i’m learning english at my school i’m

learning english at

my private teacher’s house for example

so a little bit of grammar in this

sentence

why do we use the progressive tense i’m

learning english

if you say i’m learning it sounds like

you’re still continuing your studies

if you say i learned english and english

class englishclass101.com it sounds like

you’re finished

like you’re finished studying there’s

nothing else for you to study so you’re

done

so it’s it’s much much more natural to

actually use the progressive

i’m learning or i’m studying when you’re

talking about your studies when you’re

talking about your hobbies

than it is to say i learned or i studied

10

ways to say hello in english

good morning good morning is the first

thing you say to someone when you see

them in the morning

good morning sir would you like a cup of

coffee

good morning could i please get some

orange juice

good morning i’m still tired from the

night before

hello hello is the most common greeting

you’ll hear

that and hi hello is a polite

nice way to greet someone when you see

them hello

everyone says it you cannot go wrong

saying hello

hello can be used at any time of the day

no matter whether it’s

morning or at night or at 4 00 am

when you see someone you can say hello

and it will still be appropriate long

time no c

long time no c it’s not necessarily

grammatically correct but it’s a saying

that we have

hey long time no c what it means is that

you haven’t seen that person

in a long time so it literally means

long time no see long time no

see is something you say to someone when

you haven’t seen them

in a while hey john

long time no see how are the wife and

kids

how have you been hey how have you been

i haven’t seen you in a long time how

have you been

is asking someone how they’re doing and

how they’ve been

for the past however long if you haven’t

seen them in a while

you might say hey long time no see

how have you been how have you been

that’s past tense it implies that you

haven’t seen them in a while and you

want to hear about how they are

and how they’ve been for all of that

time that you haven’t

seen them hey long time no see

how have you been how are you

how are you means how are you doing how

are you feeling

how is everything it’s a standard thing

that you might say to anyone

even if you’ve seen them the day before

you might see them today and say

hey how are you how’s it going

hey how’s it going how is it going

is a more informal way to say how

are you so how are you and how’s it

going

they mean the same thing it’s asking

how you’re doing how you are feeling is

everything okay with you

what’s up what’s up is another way of

saying

hey how’s it going but this one is even

more

informal so you might say this to

friends hey what’s up

and they’ll say nothing just living my

life you know

day in and day out hey what’s up

hey what’s up good afternoon

good afternoon how are you would you

like some

lunch good afternoon is a polite way to

greet someone

in the afternoon so if you run into your

boss

you might say good afternoon it’s very

nice it’s polite

not a lot of people say it to their

friends but it’s

it’s a polite way to greet someone good

evening

good evening is a nice way to greet

someone in the evening time

you can only use this phrase in the

evening

because it’s wishing someone a good

evening it’s saying

hello at a certain time of day good

evening

would you like some dinner good evening

have you eaten yet

all of my examples involve food it seems

it’s nice to meet you it’s nice to meet

you

this is something that’s very common to

say

the first time that you meet someone you

might shake their hand and say

hi it’s nice to meet you my name is

bridget

my name is it’s telling that person

that you are happy to be meeting them

it’s a pleasure

to meet them hi it’s nice to meet you

in this lesson you’re going to learn how

to ask what someone’s hobbies are

without using the word

hobbies you’ve probably seen the

question

do you have any hobbies or

what are your hobbies in an english

textbook before

however native english speakers almost

never use the word hobbies when asking

about them

a much more natural way to ask the same

question

is what do you do for fun

let’s practice this question what do you

do for fun

what do you do for fun

you can also ask what do you do in your

free time

what do you do in your free time

so how would you answer this question

let’s look at how native speakers would

do it

the easiest way is to say i like to

or just i like followed by

what you like to do for example

if you like watching movies you could

say

i like to watch movies or i like

watching movies

i like to watch movies or

i like watching movies and if you like

golf

you could say i like to play golf or

i like playing golf i like to play golf

or i like playing golf you can emphasize

how much you like your hobby by adding a

word like

really in front of like for example

i really like watching movies on the

other hand

if you want to play down how much you

like something

you can say kind of for example

i kind of like playing tennis

now it’s time for alicia’s advice if you

don’t have any special hobbies

or don’t want to be specific a good way

to reply

is i like hanging out with my friends

and stuff like that i like hanging out

with my friends

and stuff like that just use

i like and add hanging out with my

friends

and then add and stuff like that

in this lesson you’re going to learn new

more common ways to ask and answer the

question

how are you in english you’ve probably

learned

how are you and i’m fine in textbooks

before

but in the united states people will

usually ask this question

and answer it in a different way

first let’s review if someone says

how are you you can say i’m fine

i’m fine here are some other ways to

answer

pretty good this means about the same

thing as

i’m fine pretty good

we also have not bad

you can use this if you are feeling just

okay

or so-so not bad

let’s look at our question again how are

you

this is the most well-known way of

asking how someone is

you could use it when you want to be

polite but now

let’s look at some different ways to ask

how someone is

these ways are more casual and much more

common first hey how’s it going

hey how’s it going you can answer this

in many ways if you’re feeling good you

can say

good good

pretty good pretty good

not bad not bad

once more good pretty good

not bad here’s a tip even though

these answers mean the same thing as i’m

fine

you can’t answer how’s it going with i’m

fine

it will sound a bit strange if you’re

not

feeling good you can say not so good

not so good not great

not great or not so well

not so well be careful

if you say one of these the other person

will usually ask

why what’s wrong to be polite

then you will have to explain

another casual but very common version

of

how are you is what’s up

what’s up to reply use a cheerful voice

as you say

not much not much or

nothing much nothing much

this means you’re free and able to chat

since what’s up is just another way of

saying hello

you can also reply with hey or

hi now it’s time for alicia’s advice

a lot of the time when we ask questions

that mean

how are you in english we’re not

actually asking about the other person’s

health

we’re only asking to be polite you

should think of these questions

as another way of saying hello a way for

the conversation to get started

instead of actual literal questions

in fact when someone asks you what’s up

you don’t even have to answer just say

what’s up

in reply in this lesson you’re going to

learn how to ask what someone’s job is

in natural english of course you can

just say

what is your job this is correct english

but it sounds too direct and awkward

native english speakers almost

never say this in a social situation

instead

they use a different question but before

we master that

we need to compare it to a very similar

question

what are you doing i’m presenting a

video about

english what do you do

i’m an english teacher do you see the

difference

these two questions what are you doing

and what do you do sounds similar

but mean different things the first one

is asking what you are doing right now

this minute

you answer it using an ing verb

what are you doing i’m reading i’m

watching tv

while the second is actually a shortened

version

of what do you do for a living this is

how we asked

what is your job in natural english

let’s practice this question

what do you do what do you do

when native speakers of english ask this

question

it can come out very fast and sound more

like what do you do

in order to tell it apart from what are

you doing

just listen for the ing sound on the end

of the question

if it’s not there then you’re being

asked what your job is

so how would you answer this question

just think of it

as if the other person is asking you

what is your job

you could answer with i am plus your job

i’m a teacher i’m a teacher

or i’m an engineer if you want to learn

more job names

go to englishclass101.com and check out

the core

word lists these cover job vocabulary

and more

and include a picture and audio to help

you perfect your pronunciation

you can also mention the place that you

work at

starting with i work at

i work at a hospital i work

at a hospital i work at a law firm

i work at a law firm if you work for a

big company that is well known

you can say i work for and then the name

i work for microsoft i work

for microsoft i work for the new york

times

i work for the new york times

now it’s time for alicia’s advice when

you ask the question

what do you do and the other person

tells you their job

it’s polite to make some kind of

positive comment about his or her job

for example how interesting or

that must be exciting or even oh

really remember to sound sincere

10 different phrases that you can use to

respond to the question

how are you so let’s go i’m great

the first phrase is i’m great if someone

says how are you

you can say i’m great try to say i’m

great with a kind of

an upbeat voice um so something like

how are you i’m great i’m feeling bad

i’m feeling bad if you say i’m feeling

bad the other person is probably if

they’re a friend of yours or a co-worker

going to ask you why what happened so if

you want to use i’m feeling bad

make sure you have an explanation ready

anyway somebody says how are you and you

go i’m feeling bad

maybe i went out for drinks last night

with my co-workers oops

i’m okay i’m okay i feel like this is

one of those intonation practice ones

i’m okay

with that ah i’m okay it’s like sort of

upward intonation you’re like

cool but if if someone says how are you

and you’re like i’m okay

they’re like oh no what happened

so you can use your intonation with i’m

okay to make it

a good thing or another good thing but

either way it’s not like a very super

serious response thank you for asking

yeah i imagine this would be in a more

formal situation

like if my friend said to me how are you

and

i was like thank you for asking they’d

be like

what i would say i’m fine or i’m doing

well

i’m doing great plus thank you for

asking so

how are you i’m doing very well thank

you

oh that’s how i would use it and you the

next one is

and you like the least natural response

to

how are you is i’m fine thank you and

you like just

get out of put it just take it out of

your head nobody says that

i always say how about you that’s a much

more natural thing

how are you how are you how are you can

be a response

again after you have given your answer

to the question

how are you i’m great how are you how

are you i’m good how are you

i’m great how are you i’m okay how are

you how have you been recently

how have you been recently this is only

useful if you haven’t

seen the other person for a while i’m

not bad

i’m not bad i’m not bad how are you i’m

not bad

i’m not bad things could be worse

i would probably do this

i’m sleepy the next expression is i’m

sleepy

it’s like so specific if someone said

how are you i would probably say

i’m okay but i’m a little sleepy

i don’t know that i would just say i’m

sleepy unless it’s a really good friend

of mine

it’s a person close to you you can say

i’m so tired i’m

i would say i’m super tired or i’m

really tired

and i feel like that’s a little bit more

natural than just i’m sleepy

i’m good one that i use a lot if someone

says how are you

i say i’m good uh that’s just probably

my go-to response yeah i’m good i’m good

maybe i’ll repeat it while smiling i’m

good i’m good yeah thanks for asking

great

how are you first you’ll see an image

and hear a question

next comes a short dialogue listen

carefully and see if you can answer

correctly

we’ll show you the answer at the end

a man and a woman are talking how old is

the man now

[Music]

your birthday is really soon isn’t it

yep

it’s the day after tomorrow how old are

you going to be

i’m turning 60. congratulations

we should celebrate thank you very much

it’s kind of you to say

how old is the man now

a man and a woman are talking how old is

the man now

your birthday is really soon isn’t it

yep

it’s the day after tomorrow how old are

you going to be

i’m turning 60. congratulations

we should celebrate thank you very much

it’s kind of you to say

first you’ll see an image and hear a

question

next comes a short dialogue listen

carefully

and see if you can answer correctly

we’ll show you the answer at the end

a man and a woman are talking

who lives with the man

[Music]

i’d like to introduce you to my family

is there some time

soon you could come over wow this is a

big step

could you tell me a bit more about your

family before i meet them

sure my father works in computers and

his hobby is fishing

my mother runs a restaurant and she’s

good at cooking

they live nearby do you have any

brothers and sisters

yes i have an older sister and a younger

brother

my sister is married and is living

abroad my brother

is in law school over on the east coast

it sounds like you have a nice family

i’d love to meet them

who lives with the man

a man and a woman are talking

who lives with the man i’d like to

introduce you to my family

is there some time soon you could come

over

wow this is a big step could you tell me

a bit more about your family before i

meet them

sure my father works in computers and

his hobby is fishing

my mother runs a restaurant and she’s

good at cooking

they live nearby do you have any

brothers and sisters

yes i have an older sister and a younger

brother

my sister is married and is living

abroad my brother

is in law school over on the east coast

it sounds like you have a nice family

i’d love to meet them

hi everybody my name is alicia and

welcome back to top words today’s topic

is

10 lines you need for introducing

yourself so let’s go

hello it’s nice to meet you hello it’s

nice to meet you

you can only use this the first time

that you meet someone if you say this to

somebody after you have met them already

you’re going to seem either a like

you’ve completely forgotten meeting them

or be like you are a very strange person

for saying it’s nice to meet you again

so when you use this the first time you

can shake hands with someone and say

hello it’s nice to meet you

my name is the next phrase is my name is

blah blah in my case my name is alicia

you can use this again when you’re

introducing yourself or if you need to

re-introduce yourself you can use this

pattern

when you meet somebody at a party for

example you can say my name is

blah blah blah my name is barbara my

name is

stevens you can shorten this you can say

my names

my name’s blah blah i’m from

after you’ve said your name after you’ve

shaken hands you can say i’m from

the u.s i’m from japan i’m from turkey

i’m from

your mom’s house i’m from i’m from a

cave in southern europe

i’m from your country or i’m from your

city

i’m from the future wow

wow i have to go

i live in i live in blah blah blah

you can use your city you can use your

country you can use even maybe if you

live near a certain station

you can use the name of the station

where you live so for example i live in

america it’s fine i live in los angeles

it’s fine i live in new york is fine

so your neighborhood is fine if someone

says where do you live

and you say i live in an apartment it’s

like

what so please use your the region or

the location where you live

not the type of place where you live ima

if you hear the question what do you do

it’s asking about your job

in english people don’t say what is your

job that’s not the question that we ask

instead the question is what do you do

and the correct response to that is

i’m a or i’m and blah blah blah followed

by your job

title so if someone says what do you do

you can say

i’m a teacher what do you do i’m an

engineer

what do you do i’m a donut

shop tester i’m

years old when someone asks how old are

you you can say

i’m blah blah blah years old don’t

forget the

s at the end of this if you like you can

shorten this phrase to just

i’m plus your age so i’m

65. i’m

66. whatever i’m this many sometimes

children will say that how old are you

they’ll say i’m this many it’s kind of

cute first time you meet someone you

might not ask how old are you

if it’s in a friendly case like a party

after you’ve spoken to the person a

little bit

it’s okay but just try to be sensitive

to the context try to be sensitive to

the people around you and if you sense

that maybe there’s a very large age gap

between you it might be better just not

to ask the question at all

i enjoy many of my students say what is

your hobby

but that’s not something that native

speakers will say no native speakers say

what is your hobby

instead we ask what do you like to do or

what do you do in your free

time this is a much more natural

question then what’s your hobby

the answer to this then is i enjoy or i

like

plus a noun phrase so for example what

do you like to do

i like listening to music or i enjoy

listening to music

what do you do in your free time i like

watching movies

what do you do in your free time i like

baking cakes what do you do in your free

time

i enjoy tap dancing

what do you do in your free time i enjoy

making new friends oh

one of my hobbies is one of my hobbies

is blah blah blah with this one it’s

probably better to use a short

easily or easy to understand hobby

if you’re explaining a hobby people are

going to expect that it’s going to be

something that they know about

like photography or cooking or dancing

or swimming or whatever

so try to pick something that will allow

you to to continue the conversation

that’s why movies or cooking or books or

you know

sports are a good thing to share one of

my hobbies is

snowboarding i’ve been learning english

for if you are learning english if

you’re studying english you can use this

expression if someone asks you

how long have you been studying english

you can say

i’ve been studying english for amount of

time

or i’ve been learning english or i’ve

been practicing english or i’ve been

speaking english for

a certain amount of time i’ve been

studying english since elementary school

is also okay to use i’ve been studying

english since

i was in college just be careful four is

used for a length of time and since

is used for a specific point in time at

which you started something so you can

try and mix it up and use a few

different

expressions there so i’ve been learning

english for

a long time i’m still learning english

you should do that

too okay i’m learning english at

englishclass101.com

this probably could be used in response

to where did you learn

english or where are you studying

english or how are you studying english

you can respond with i’m learning

english at englishclass101.com or i’m

learning english at

my school i’m learning english at my

private teacher’s house for example

so a little bit of grammar in this

sentence why do we use the progressive

tense i’m learning english

if you say i’m learning it sounds like

you’re still continuing your studies

if you say i learned english at

englishclass101.com it sounds like

you’re finished

like you’re finished studying there’s

nothing else for you to study so you’re

done

so it’s it’s much much more natural to

actually use the progressive i’m

learning or i’m studying uh when you’re

talking about your studies when you’re

talking about your hobbies

than it is to say i learned or i studied

end

and and and so those were 10 lines that

you need to introduce yourself

and to help give the other person a

little bit of information and carry the

conversation forward so please try them

please

go crazy with them make them your own

thanks very much for joining us for this

episode of top words and we’ll see you

again soon

bye i’m from your neighbors

dog house fish club club

oh yes i like to go spelunking in north

africa every summer

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welcome to englishclass101.com english

in three minutes

the fastest easiest and most fun way to

learn english

hey everyone i’m alicia in this series

we’re going to learn some easy ways to

ask and

answer common questions in english it’s

really useful

and it only takes three minutes in this

lesson

you’re going to learn how to ask a

really basic question

in a polite but natural way how old are

you

in your english textbook one of the

first lessons may have been how to ask

someone’s age

by saying just how old are you however

in many english language cultures asking

an adult’s age directly

particularly a woman’s age is not polite

if you suddenly ask how old are you to

someone you’ve just met

they’ll understand you but they might

not be too happy about answering such a

blunt and direct question

so how do you find out someone’s age

without offending them

you just add a magic phrase to the

beginning of the question

this phrase is do you mind me asking

this is an incredibly useful phrase that

you should definitely memorize

it comes in handy whenever you want to

ask a question that may be a little

personal

or come across as a little too direct

native speakers of english use it all

the time

so the full question would be do you

mind me asking how old you are

be sure to pay attention to the word

order of this sentence

rather than do you mind me asking how

old are you

it’s do you mind me asking how old you

are

the answer to this can be simple i’m 25

years old

or just i’m 25 or it can be a little

more detailed

if you’ve just had a birthday you can

say i’ve just turned 25

or if you’re about to have a birthday

you can say

i’ll turn 25 this month or i’ll turn

25 in july it’s more natural here

not to give your exact birthday like

july the 9th

but just the month so again to turn this

question back on the asker

and find out his or her age all you have

to do is use that other magic phrase we

introduced in previous lessons

how about you here it’s okay not to

worry about being polite

since the other person asked you the

question first

now it’s time for alicia’s advice we

mentioned that asking someone’s age

might not be polite

but if you do decide to ask this

question here’s another tip

some people like to reply with another

question how old do you think i

am be careful if you say an age that’s

older than the person’s true age they

might be very offended

so it’s always safer to say a number

lower than what you actually think

so if you think the person looks 40 say

35 and see how happy they look see you

next time

hi everybody welcome back to english

topics my name is alicia and i’m joined

by

davey hi davey so today our topic is

going to be

how to start a conversation in english

so both of us have tried to prepare a

few

tips uh that might help you as you try

to start conversations

in your english language studies so

let’s begin

i’m gonna start first again i’ll start

i’ll start

okay okay go first we’re giving tips on

how to start a conversation i will start

today

my first tip very important trying to

follow myself right now

don’t be shy very important tip uh this

isn’t really so much a language learning

tip well it doesn’t seem like a language

learning tip but i think it really is

because whenever you communicate

in a second language or a foreign

language it can be really

nerve-racking it can make you very

nervous and very anxious to try and do

that

especially if you’re talking to someone

for the first time

and so the first thing is just to remind

yourself that it’s

not a big deal and to not be shy and be

confident

and if you can maintain that attitude as

you begin to talk to

talk to someone it will be much easier i

think i agree i agree

or even like you say even if you are shy

just pretend that you’re not shy that’s

a good tip

you know it’s like even if you can just

pretend just for a few minutes just to

start the conversation or to continue a

conversation a little bit

it can be good even if you feel shy i

agree and you might find too oftentimes

people who

would say that they are shy when they

talk to someone in another language

they can have a different personality

it’s a chance to have

a different personality in a different

language so if you tell yourself that

too

when you speak english when you speak

another language you’re more confident

than you are when you speak

your own language yeah that’s true i’ve

heard that before actually people who

say that they feel like they’re more

outgoing when they speak english if

that’s the case maybe that’s good for

you

also just in general another point about

maybe not only starting conversations

but continuing them

um we’re comfortable english language

speakers are with interruptions

to some point like you shouldn’t always

interrupt the other

they are pretty comfortable with it see

he just did it so

we’re we’re kind of we’re very

comfortable with it so you don’t need to

wait for an

invitation to speak in a conversation

you can just join in

or maybe agree with the person who’s

speaking or disagree with the person

who’s speaking as a way to

join a conversation that’s already in

progress yeah

nice one that’s a good one okay i will

share

a tip mine are a little bit

i don’t know they’re very dependent on

maybe who you’re talking to

maybe what your relationship is so let’s

say for this one

you are in a place where like a

i don’t know a restaurant or a bar or

something and you don’t know the person

you’d like to speak to

but maybe i don’t know there’s someone

attractive you’d like to speak to

or maybe you want to speak with the

bartender or something so

um maybe okay maybe this is better if

you’re trying to speak to a fellow

customer so

i have it’s sort of small make a simple

comment about something happening in the

surroundings

so this should be uh one a a simple

comment

at two something that the other person

can clearly see

and three something that you can agree

on easily

so for example if somebody uh has just

walked by the restaurant

wearing like a crazy hat i don’t know

you could say like oh did you see that

guy

something like that something that it’s

easy to agree on to initiate the

conversation or maybe

i don’t know there’s a tv in the bar

like whoa did you see that play

or something that maybe you can identify

that you

maybe shared with the other person

during the time you’ve been in that

space together

so this should be a very simple comment

don’t make a weird comment here make it

make it very very relaxed

create a relaxed environment that the

other person feels they can join in

easily that’s a very good tip i don’t

know

i’m trying to think of maybe a time that

i used this

or maybe i wanted to make a comment like

and there was another person that

happened to be there and we had a moment

where we agreed on something right but

then the conversation didn’t really

continue

yes so it’s kind of a good way to test

and see

if that other person wants to speak to

you too yes yeah

that’s a good point and it makes me

think this isn’t one of my tips this is

an ex

a free tip you’re getting a free freebie

tip now is i think uh

everywhere they’re they’re flying around

to be be patient wait for your opening

too because you might want to talk to

this person next to you but if you just

butt in

with a question out of nowhere it might

seem very strange but if you wait

and have have a moment wait for that guy

with the funny hat to walk

yeah and then you have your opening then

you have an a natural point

that you can enter the a conversation

with someone

yeah and i think so be patient totally

and going back to your point about not

being shy like

don’t be so focused on waiting for that

moment that you just pick something

really strange like if i like walked up

to

you i don’t know me in a bar and i was

like did you hear that noise

like that’s a really strange question

maybe he did hear that noise but that’s

a really strange question

um to introduce yourself yeah it’s true

this is actually all this

this kind of relates to my second tip

which is very similar to to

your tip about making an a kind of

comment

was ask an indirect question and i

noticed a lot of the comments

your your tip was to make a comment but

a lot of your comments the examples you

gave were questions

right and importantly i think that those

questions should be kind of indirect

questions

for example if i’m standing at the bus

stop and i want to

start a conversation with someone else

standing at the bus stop

let’s say it’s very very hot but if i

turn to that person and say

do you think it’s hot that’s very

strange

but if i say something like oh it’s

pretty hot today right

you know that’s a little bit more casual

a little bit more informal yeah

um you don’t want to scare people with

these very direct questions

that’s true that’s true and even even a

question that’s a great example do you

think it’s hot is a really weird

question very strange question

but but again keeping or giving people

that opportunity to agree with you

you’re throwing a little opinion out

there it’s hot right

oh yeah it’s hot that’s true that’s a

really really good one

i totally agree or and i but i think for

that exact same reason i’ve had some

people come up to me and

they tried to begin a conversation with

how are you and i’m like

yeah that’s good yeah that’s a that’s a

that’s an introduction that you use for

people that you already know yes

um so don’t try to start a conversation

with

how are you it sounds too familiar and

it’s a little confusing to the person

strangers don’t always want to tell you

how they are

that’s true what if i’m bad i don’t want

to tell you what if i feel bad that day

yeah so don’t use how are you to

introduce yourself

nice one okay what do you have next um

actually okay maybe this is somewhat

related to the one you just um

mentioned okay um i’ve got okay this is

maybe in

a like a party or a social event

situation i have energetically

introduced yourself and

ask a question about where you are

so this might be a little specific but

if you go to a social event where you’re

there to meet people and to speak to

people

if you go up to someone and you just

introduce yourself with a big

smile and say hi my name is alicia have

you ever been to one of these events

before

something like that can get the

conversation started

but again this is i feel like it’s a tip

that’s good in a place where

maybe everyone is there for a similar

purpose if you do that like

on to use your example at the bus

station it’s a little bit weird or if

you’re

if you’re just in public you pass

someone on the street it’s a little

strange to just

walk up and introduce someone

energetically but if you’re in a

location where

you have this chance there are a couple

of nice little introductory questions

you could use

for events like i don’t that’s one that

i would i’ve used like hi

is this your first time here or um who

do you know at this party

yeah how did you find out about this

event that sort of thing

also similar kind of question in those

situations is asking

someone for help or for information

because it lets that

other person know that you’re not

a scary or threatening person in that

situation either if you’re asking for

help you know can you can you tell me

where the kitchen is i need to put this

in the refrigerator something like that

and then that shows the other person

that you’re not you’re not an expert on

this you’re asking for their help

and that kind of gives people uh an easy

thing to engage you on an easy thing to

talk about

yeah absolutely for help can be a nice

way too yeah that’s a good point i think

asking for help it also kind of

puts you in a slightly vulnerable

position it makes you seem a little bit

like i need help so you know please take

care of me

it’s a little bit interesting so that’s

a good tip too i think okay

uh i think we’re on to number three for

you we are my last one

is a very important one this comes at

the end though

is uh don’t take it personally

if the person doesn’t want to talk

a lot of times if you try and start a

conversation with a stranger

they don’t always want to talk to you

people try and talk stranger tries to

talk to me

i might be very busy i might have had a

bad day i may not want to talk to them

that doesn’t mean that they’re a bad

person

or they can’t speak english or anything

like that so if you have that experience

you know my first tip was don’t be shy

you might be very nervous about starting

a conversation with someone and then you

work up the courage you go and you ask

them a question

and they don’t want to talk to you

that’s okay

don’t take it personally it has nothing

to do with you

um you know you can find someone else to

talk to that’s true that’s true and i

think that’s

especially important because especially

depending on the culture that you’re

from

you might have heard like oh english

speakers particularly americans are so

friendly or so outgoing but but you know

if a stranger

tries to speak to me or to you maybe

we’re gonna ignore you on the street

because we don’t know who that person is

or

you know maybe like you say we’ve had a

bad day or

whatever it is there are so many reasons

not to want to talk to a person that you

don’t know so

don’t be offended don’t be sad don’t be

discouraged

don’t don’t think that oh my my english

is so bad this person didn’t want to

talk to me don’t think that that it

could be any

any other reason why someone doesn’t

want to talk to you that’s true that’s

true

nice tip that’s really important okay

and we will move on maybe to my last one

uh okay so for my last one this is maybe

among people that you have some

acquaintance with so maybe

you’re not super close to them but

you’ve seen them before

or maybe it’s co-workers you’re not

super close to but anyway you’d like to

make your relationship with those people

deeper you can share a story about

something you did recently

something interesting a small short

story don’t tell a long

10 minute story about i don’t know going

shopping for milk on the weekend that’s

boring but something interesting that

you did relatively recently

that maybe they can find something of

interest or something of value

in so maybe you found a new restaurant

that was good

maybe you went to a concert and that was

exciting maybe you met someone

interesting so if there’s something that

you can share about yourself

that the other person might find

valuable that’s a good way

um to initiate conversation yeah

so on that point if i can add another

another free tip oh my gosh

on on that note it made me think you

spoke earlier about being vulnerable

asking uh asking for help can show that

you’re vulnerable tell an embarrassing

story

that’s good too don’t don’t brag don’t

talk about this great new car that you

bought

no one wants to hear that talk about how

you you lost your car keys

immediately after you bought your new

car tell an embarrassing story tell

something that will make

the person laugh and will make you um be

vulnerable and

and look like a normal person that’s

true that’s true like

telling actually that’s a good strategy

it’s called self-deprecation

so making it means to make yourself look

bad or to put yourself in a lower status

a lower position and it can be very

effective for making friends and like

making people laugh

uh i totally do this it’s actually a lot

of fun when you think about it like

a story about something bad happening is

oftentimes more interesting than a story

about something good happening that’s

true um so all the best comedies are

about

terrible terrible happening yeah so if

you have something like a little

yeah like you lost your car keys or you

had some kind of funny episode

where maybe you don’t look like the hero

of the story that’s a really good one to

share

have you had anything happen to you

recently oh my gosh

i probably have i lost my bag i just

came back from

traveling in europe and my bag got lost

between dubai airport and tokyo airport

and so my bag didn’t uh arrive

so i had to go two days without any of

my clothes or anything

um and then when i finally got my bag i

was like yay i got it from the i got it

from the delivery guy i was so happy i

opened it up

and like my sunscreen had exploded

inside my bag i was like

at least i have my objects i have my

clothes and things

and they won’t get sunburned exactly now

i won’t sunburn any of my clothes

so yeah so i mean it’s like a small

relatable

oh that moped it’s a small relatable

story

that maybe someone else can identify

like oh that happened to me one

time and then the conversation rolls

from there so

nice tip nice tip okay are you out of

are you out of free tips

are those all your free tips that’s all

for today our conversation started

today we can’t continue this

conversation

that’s a different subject all right

well we’ll finish there for today

thanks very much for joining us for this

episode of english topics davey thanks

very much for joining us thank you for

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bye bye hi everybody my name is alicia

and today we’re going to be talking

about the top 25

english phrases so let’s get started the

first phrase is

hello hello of course is used as a

greeting you can greet your friends you

can greet your co-workers your family

with this phrase just by saying

hello hey hi what’s up hello sup

yo pretty much any time of day you can

use hello

hello the next phrase is good morning

good morning is used as a greeting

in the morning you can kind of feel when

morning ends for you

good morning is nice and polite or even

just morning

with your close friends or close

co-workers the next phrase is good night

good night is fine we don’t use this to

greet other people we use it when we’re

saying goodbye to other people at night

family members particularly mothers and

fathers to say good night to their

children before they put them to bed

you can say it to your friend in a text

message or in an email if you’ve been

talking for a while good night

so the next word to talk about is

goodbye uh use it when you say goodbye

to your friends when you leave your

friends goodbye

bye of course take care have a nice day

peace out that’s another way to say

goodbye okay the next phrase is

i’m plus your name of course this is a

way to introduce yourself you can use

i’m in my case alicia i’m alicia to

introduce yourself in any situation

new friend i’m alicia okay the next

phrase is what’s your name what’s your

name is used to ask someone

else what their name is so what is your

name sounds a bit

tried to use what’s your name if you

forget someone’s name you can say sorry

what’s your name

or sorry what’s your name again next

phrase is nice to meet you nice to meet

you

anytime you meet someone new nice to

meet you is fine

good to meet you is a little more casual

great to meet you sounds very excited

pleasure to meet you sounds like maybe a

formal situation or a business context

okay the next phrase is how are you how

are you

is it’s just a friendly way to check in

with the other person you can use it

with friends your family

your co-workers maybe even your boss to

a certain degree

uh how are you how are you doing the

next phrase is i’m fine thanks and you

uh if you saw english in three minutes

we talked a lot about this phrase

uh instead of i’m fine thank you and you

say i’m good thanks

how are you just shorten it make it a

little bit more natural

how are you good how are you great how

are you

not so good how are you okay and so on

so when someone says how are you offer i

usually say

i’m good this week i blah blah blah give

some information about what you’ve been

up to maybe a hobby

something that you did recently an event

something interesting you saw

whatever people want to make that

connection with you and it’s a good

chance for you to continue speaking

the next word is please please is a

polite phrase used when you want

something from someone else

you can use this as a response when

someone offers you something like in a

restaurant for example would you like

more water would you like something to

drink oh

please the next phrase is thank you

thank you is used to express your

appreciation you can use thank you with

everybody the next phrase is you’re

welcome you’re welcome when someone says

thank you you can say you’re welcome ah

no biggie

i use no biggie as in no biggie is short

for no big problem the next word is yes

yes of course yes means is any

positive expression someone asks you a

question and the answer is a positive

answer you say

yes yep uh-huh yeah

no next i’m guessing i know it yep the

next word is

no no is a negative response to

something when you have to give a

negative answer so as you can probably

guess

um the long form of no is negative

i like to use nope it’s very very casual

not gonna happen

my parents would use that with me to

soften that a little bit

if you want to show a negative response

to something like let’s go for dinner

tonight

what do you want to do like do you want

to go out not

really no i don’t think so

to soften it the next word is okay okay

this word comes from copy editors okay

when they had to check a manuscript um

they had to label the manuscript

all clear ac but because they were copy

editors and they have a very very sick

sense of humor

they thought they would mark it okay for

all clear to make a joke because

o and k do not start all and clear but

it caught on

among everybody in the world anyway

okay uh is used to agree with somebody

else

well it can be used actually to express

a positive or kind of a slight negative

i feel

transitioning in your conversation you

can say okay now we’re going to talk

about

blah blah blah okay the next phrase is

excuse me

excuse me it’s used to get someone’s

attention in english

when you don’t know the other person for

example in a store

a supermarket maybe a stranger on the

street you need to ask directions you

can use

excuse me you can use excuse me in the

supermarket excuse

me can you tell me where the hot sauce

is if you’ve done something rude in

public

you can use excuse me i personally do

not do rude things in public ever

i’m sorry is the next word we’re gonna

talk about i’m sorry is used to

apologize when you have made a mistake

or

someone you know has made a mistake and

you’re connected to it or you just feel

bad you can use i’m sorry

you made a mistake at work i’m sorry you

forgot to feed your cat i’m sorry sorry

about that

you bump someone next to you oh sorry

what time is it is the next phrase

when you need to check what time it is

what time is it

when you ask someone else what time it

is maybe you say this to yourself too

check your watch check your phone check

a clock pretty straightforward phrase

there aren’t really any

short versions so that’s an easy one

where is that plus a location so you can

use this for

a building or a store we don’t we’re not

going to use this where is the

for a place a city name or a state name

or a country name

to do that you would need to remove the

but where is the bank where is the post

office you can use this to ask

directions to ask for help

in your house or at work where is the

copy machine

where is the file i need where is the

blah blah blah

where is the bathroom is perhaps a very

important question to know

the next one is may i use the restroom

may i use the restroom as a polite

and soft expression that you can use if

you need to use the toilet you need to

use the washroom

when you’re at someone’s house for the

very first time when you’re in a place

that you’re that is new to you you can

ask may i use the restroom

more casually can i go to the bathroom

to be very polite you can say may i go

to the bathroom

the next phrase is i would like to order

something

you can use this at a restaurant

probably or in any situation where you

need to place an

order i’d like a pizza i’d like

a beer can i get the check please this

will be used at a restaurant when you’ve

finished your meal and it’s time to go

can i get the check please

in a very very casual situation you can

just say check please

that’s fine the next phrase is see you

soon see you soon is used with friends

and family members perhaps

when you expect to see them again soon

after saying goodbye to them this is

used at the end of the conversation

you’re going separate directions

see you soon see ya is also good or just

see you

to make it a little more formal you can

say i’ll see you again soon make a full

sentence out of it that way

the next phrases see you later see you

later it’s very similar to see you soon

but the point is

with cu later is that you’re probably

going to meet that person again later on

in the same day

the last phrase is really really is a

very useful word because you can use it

to show you’re interested in a

conversation with upward intonation

really really tell me more or to show

that you’re not so interested in the

conversation with

downward intonation really so there are

many other words that you can use

similar to

really in this way like seriously or oh

oh and so on so it’s a really good

practice for your intonation uh so those

are

25 very common words uh and phrases in

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really oh interesting uh-huh okay i see

great fantastic unbelievable gratitude

subjects what are we having for dinner

tonight pizza affirmative

a riff on that i am chris hardwick a man

is reporting about his company’s sales

performance at a meeting

which two charts is he using for his

presentation

[Music]

please look at the handout the left

chart shows our company’s sales over the

past three years

and the sales forecast for the current

year and the right chart shows the

monthly breakdown in sales up to october

of this year

now please have a look at the left chart

it shows that sales have been steadily

increasing

over the past three years and if we can

keep increasing our sales

the total sales for this year will show

an increase over last year

next please look at the right chart the

red chart shows that the campaigns we

ran in april and august were fairly

effective

i see but the sales decreased in may and

september following the campaigns

yes but this kind of decrease is

unavoidable i expect the annual sales

for this year will show an increase over

last year

if we can keep increasing our sales

which two charts is he using for his

presentation

a man is reporting about his company’s

sales performance at a meeting

which two charts is he using for his

presentation

please look at the handout the left

chart shows our company’s sales over the

past three years

and the sales forecast for the current

year and the right chart shows the

monthly breakdown in sales up to october

of this year

now please have a look at the left chart

it shows that sales have been steadily

increasing over the past three years

and if we can keep increasing our sales

the total sales for this year will show

an

increase over last year next

please look at the right chart the right

chart shows that the campaigns we ran in

april and august were fairly effective

i see but the sales decreased in may and

september following the campaigns

yes but this kind of decrease is

unavoidable i expect the annual sales

for this year will show an increase over

last year if we can keep increasing our

sales

a man is joining a sports club and

getting information on its policies

what type of membership will he choose

let me start by explaining our club’s

different membership options as

described in this brochure

regular members can use the gym in the

pool at any time on any day of the week

but we also offer early morning

memberships where people can use the

facilities only

in the early morning and night

memberships for people who only want to

come in the evening

what are the hours for early morning

members early morning members can use

the facilities from 6am to 10 am

and night members can use them from 6

p.m to 11 p.m

i see so early morning members can stop

by and use the facilities on their way

to work

exactly the early morning type is

popular among people with nine to five

jobs

and we also offer memberships just for

the gym or just for the pool

if you only want to use one of those i

want to use both the gym and the pool

i think i’ll use the gym in the early

morning before going to work on weekdays

and then use the pool on the weekend do

you have a membership that covers

something like early mornings for the

weekdays but all day on the weekend

we’re sorry but we don’t offer a

membership like that sir

okay i don’t think i can get up that

early on the weekend so i’ll choose this

membership option

what type of membership will he choose

a man is joining a sports club and

getting information on its policies

what type of membership will he choose

let me start by explaining our club’s

different membership options as

described in this brochure

regular members can use the gym in the

pool at any time on any day of the week

but we also offer early morning

memberships where people can use the

facilities only in the early morning

and night memberships for people who

only want to come in the evening

what are the hours for early morning

members early morning members can use

the facilities from 6 a.m to 10 a.m

and night members can use them from 6

p.m to 11 p.m

i see so early morning members can stop

by and use the facilities on their way

to work

exactly the early morning type is

popular among people with nine to five

jobs

and we also offer memberships just for

the gym or just for the pool

if you only want to use one of those i

want to use both

the gym and the pool i think i’ll use

the gym in the early morning before

going to work on weekdays

and then use the pool on the weekend do

you have a membership that covers

something like early mornings for the

weekdays but all day on the weekend

we’re sorry but we don’t offer a

membership like that sir

okay i don’t think i can get up that

early on the weekend so

i’ll choose this membership option

a woman is talking with a man who works

for an outsourced printing company

about a brochure for a new product

when is the deadline for the first

design draft for the brochure

we decided to launch the new product on

october 15th

and we’d like to offer you the contract

to make the brochure

thank you so much we’re definitely

excited about helping you with this

project

so could you tell us a bit about the

schedule when will you need everything

by

well considering the time needed for

printing we’d like to get the brochures

to the printing stage by the end of

september

so would it be possible for you to get

us the first design draft by the middle

of august

well we’d like to give you three design

options for the initial draft

and then have you choose the one which

best fits your concept

then we’ll make the final design based

on your choice so it’ll be very helpful

if you could give us two more weeks to

prepare for this stage

hmm okay maybe one month will be enough

time to choose one of the designs you’ve

made

and then decide on the final design

alright we’ll be counting on you

you’re in good hands our design team is

the best thank you so much

when is the deadline for the first

design draft for the brochure

a woman is talking with a man who works

for an outsourced printing company about

a brochure for a new product

when is the deadline for the first

design draft for the brochure

we decided to launch the new product on

october 15th

and we’d like to offer you the contract

to make the brochure

thank you so much we’re definitely

excited about helping you with this

project

so could you tell us a bit about the

schedule when will you need everything

by

well considering the time needed for

printing we’d like to get the brochures

to the printing stage by the end of

september

so would it be possible for you to get

us the first design draft by the middle

of august

well we’d like to give you three design

options for the initial draft

and then have you choose the one which

best fits your concept

then we’ll make the final design based

on your choice so it’ll be very helpful

if you could give us two more weeks to

prepare for this stage

hmm okay maybe one month will be enough

time to choose one of the designs you’ve

made

and then decide on the final design

alright we’ll be counting on you

you’re in good hands our design team is

the best thank you so much

a woman is calling on the phone to

reserve tickets for a play

which two seats did she get

[Music]

hello this is black friars playhouse can

i help you

i’d like to get two tickets for king

lear at 5 30 this evening

do you still have any tickets available

we do have a few seats left

but i’m sorry to say we don’t have any

next to each other

if you don’t mind though we can get you

two seats separately

okay we don’t mind do you have any

particular requests

well do you have any aisle seats yes we

have an aisle seat at the left side of

the center section

and to the right of it three seats over

we have another free seat

to the side okay then please book that

aisle seat

certainly how about the other one do you

have any seats near the center

the only center seats we have left are

from the first row to the third row

i’m not too crazy about having actors

spit on me so

this room is relatively small and i

think you could enjoy the play even at

the end of the row on the side

is that so then i’ll take the one you

mentioned before on the left side

which two seats did she get

a woman is calling on the phone to

reserve tickets for a play

which two seats did she get hello

this is blackfriar’s playhouse can i

help you

i’d like to get two tickets for king

lear at 5 30 this evening

do you still have any tickets available

we do have a few seats left

but i’m sorry to say we don’t have any

next to each other

if you don’t mind though we can get you

two seeds separately

okay we don’t mind do you have any

particular requests

well do you have any aisle seats yes we

have an aisle seat at the left side of

the center section

and to the right of it three seats over

we have another free seat

to the side okay then please book that

aisle seat

certainly how about the other one do you

have any seats near the center

the only center seats we have left are

from the first row to the third row

i’m not too crazy about having actors

spit on me so

this room is relatively small and i

think you could enjoy the play

even at the end of the row on the side

is that so

then i’ll take the one you mentioned

before on the left side

a man and a woman are talking about

preparations for a presentation they’ll

be making tomorrow at their office

what will the woman check after the

conversation ends

okay i think we’re almost ready for the

presentation tomorrow

just a few more things the meeting will

start at nine

sharp so could you double check the

meeting room today yep

i’ve already checked the room okay great

did you make sure the projector’s

working okay

oh i was going to check the projector

tomorrow morning when i have my laptop

no we’ve got to get that checked today

we won’t have time to deal with it in

the morning if there’s a problem

so make sure to check that projector

today that’s the most important thing

okay

will do and did you get the copies of

those handouts

ms tanaka is making them now let’s see

what else oh did you check the

whiteboard

yes i did sometimes the pens don’t have

enough ink left in them

did you get a chance to check them not

yet but i’ll make sure to do that later

yes please make sure to do that today

what will the woman check after the

conversation ends

a man and a woman are talking about

preparations for a presentation they’ll

be making tomorrow at their office

what will the woman check after the

conversation ends

okay i think we’re almost ready for the

presentation tomorrow

just a few more things the meeting will

start at nine

sharp so could you double check the

meeting room today yep i’ve already

checked the room

okay great did you make sure the

projector’s working okay

oh i was gonna check the projector

tomorrow morning when i have my laptop

no we’ve got to get that checked today

we won’t have time to deal with it in

the morning if there’s a problem

so make sure to check that projector

today that’s the most important thing

okay

will do and did you get the copies of

those handouts

ms tanaka is making them now let’s see

what else oh did you check the

whiteboard

yes i did sometimes the pens don’t have

enough ink left in them

did you get a chance to check them not

yet but i’ll make sure to do that later

yes please make sure to do that today

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englishclass101.com hi everybody my name

is alicia and today we’re going to be

talking about 10

of the hardest words to pronounce

according to you guys so we collected

some information from you on facebook

thanks very much for sending in your

ideas and these were the top 10

most difficult words for you to

pronounce so let’s get started

absolutely absolutely absolutely might

be tough to pronounce

absolutely means 100 absolutely is uh

an agreement phrase are you going to

that music event next week

absolutely yes 100 definitely absolutely

loot like a loot l-u-t-e

be grime the grime apparently means

dirty i’ve never heard

nor used this word before but perhaps

it’s

difficult to pronounce big grime the

door to my apartment was begrimed in the

storm last week breakfast

the next word is breakfast breakfast is

hard to pronounce

but that is the meaning of breakfast

you’re breaking the fast so a fast is a

period of time without eating

and to break means to just well in this

case breaking something it doesn’t refer

to like

crushing a thing but um stopping

something to break the fast

of the night in other words so you’re

fasting during the night you’re not

eating so you wake up in the morning you

break the fast but we don’t say

breakfast we say breakfast

in a sentence this morning for breakfast

i ate

a bowl of cereal with grapes and i had a

coffee too

colleague colleague yes colleague many

of my students struggle with this they

say

colleague or they say call you or

something because the spelling of this

word is really really strange there’s

that g-u-e

at the end or more commonly i feel it’s

just co-worker

colleague sounds slightly more formal to

me than co-worker somebody who you work

with or somebody who you have

a business relationship with in some

sense could be a person from another

company could be somebody from your own

company

anyone who you do business dealings with

is your colleague can be your colleague

in a sentence i’m going to a networking

event with my

colleagues next week miscellaneous

that misc miscellaneous it’s just

the spelling i think maybe is confusing

for this word miscellaneous

miscellaneous just means other stuff or

just

other uncategorized stuff i keep a lot

of miscellaneous items in a drawer in my

house

maybe they don’t they don’t really fit

into one category like

it’s not kitchen things it’s not

clothing it’s just sort of a mixture

of of things miscellaneous things

negotiation

the next word is negotiation negotiation

yeah there are two

t’s in this but neither t is a hard t

they’re both very soft that

sound because they’re followed by the i

and another vowel that she

a negotiation negotiation refers to

a compromise uh between two people

you’re trying to make a decision and

you negotiate in this case it’s a noun

form negotiation

business negotiations continued for more

than a month with this

important deal realm realm i see why

this one’s hard it’s that

rome part little realm it’s a weird word

isn’t it it’s used to talk about just

like

the kind of a fantasy world as sort of

the nuance of this phrase the realm

uh in a sentence let us go to the realm

where

the elves live and eat their bread

unfortunately the next word is

unfortunately

unfortunately unfortunately it just

means too bad uh you can use this to

to start bad news for example like

unfortunately i can’t come to work today

because i’m sick

or unfortunately i broke my arm at the

basketball game last week

or unfortunately my haircut is

bad vocabulary vocabulary vocabulary

vocab vocabulary vocabulary

vocabulary vocabulary just refers to

the uh words in a language my vocabulary

in my second language is really really

low

i need a bigger vocabulary so that i can

express myself more clearly

world world ah i see why this one’s hard

world world hard to pronounce that rld

i think together is tough plus that w at

the beginning as well it’s such a short

word but you have to say

so many weird things at the same time

whirled

your tongue is going like this in a

sentence

i have traveled all over the world and

the best food

is in

[Music]

my stomach that’s the end so those were

10 hard to pronounce words

give them a try slowly at first and just

kind of try to work up to

saying it at a more natural speed if you

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you don’t need new

shoes you need new feet a man and a

woman

are choosing a hotel which hotel are

they going to choose

[Music]

we have to decide on the hotel for our

trip next month

okay let’s check the internet the ocean

hotel is near the beach

it says 120 dollars a night per person

and you get a buffet breakfast how about

the pine hotel

it’s 80 a night i don’t want to waste

too much on accommodations

hmm but the pine hotel is far from the

beach and from downtown

and it says you have to pay for wi-fi

what about the sunrise hotel

it usually costs 140 a night but now

they’re running a promotion

and we can stay one night for ninety

dollars it’s between the beach and

downtown

plus it has free wi-fi sounds good

oh wait it says the deal is for next

week only

oh i didn’t see that so how about this

place

the royal hotel it’s located in the

middle of downtown and it costs 100

a night the room doesn’t look so nice

but they have free wi-fi

okay let’s book this hotel oh it’s

already fully booked

shoot then i think the first one is best

is it full no it’s not great

which hotel are they going to choose

a man and a woman are choosing a hotel

which hotel are they going to choose we

have to decide on the hotel for our trip

next month

okay let’s check the internet the ocean

hotel is near the beach

it says 120 a night per person and you

get a buffet breakfast

how about the pine hotel it’s 80 a night

i don’t want to waste too much on

accommodations hmm

but the pine hotel is far from the beach

and from downtown

and it says you have to pay for wi-fi

what about the sunrise hotel

it usually costs 140 dollars a night but

now they’re running a promotion and we

can stay one night for ninety dollars

it’s between the beach and downtown plus

it has free wi-fi

sounds good oh wait it says the deal is

for next week only

oh i didn’t see that so how about this

place the royal hotel

it’s located in the middle of downtown

and it costs 100

a night the room doesn’t look so nice

but they have free wi-fi

okay let’s book this hotel oh it’s

already fully booked shoot then i think

the first one is best

is it full no it’s not great

a man and a woman are talking about the

layout of a meeting room

how are they going to arrange the tables

[Music]

let’s move the tables for tomorrow’s

meeting all right

shall we put all the tables in the

center of the room so that everyone

faces each other

well there’s going to be a group session

first so let’s separate the tables into

four sections

four people will be seated in each group

okay and i’ll put some pens and pads of

paper on each table

thank you and we’ll have a short

presentation at the beginning of the

session

so we need a projector here all right

also

we’re going to use a whiteboard aren’t

we is it okay if i put the whiteboard

next to the screen

well how about putting the white board

at the other end of the room

that makes sense after the meeting we

need to put everything back where it was

in four rows of two tables per row

how are they going to arrange the tables

a man and a woman are talking about the

layout of a meeting room

how are they going to arrange the tables

let’s move the tables for tomorrow’s

meeting

all right shall we put all the tables in

the center of the room so that everyone

faces each other

well there’s going to be a group session

first so let’s separate the tables into

four sections

four people will be seated in each group

okay

and i’ll put some pens and pads of paper

on each table

thank you and we’ll have a short

presentation at the beginning of the

session

so we need a projector here all right

also

we’re going to use a whiteboard aren’t

we is it okay if i put the whiteboard

next to the screen well how about

putting the whiteboard at the other end

of the room

that makes sense after the meeting we

need to put everything back where it was

in four rows of two tables per row

man and a woman are talking about office

supplies

what will the man order

[Music]

every month you need to check our office

supplies and order any items that are

running low

this time let’s take a look at them

together here’s the checklist

okay that sounds good well starting with

the paper

it looks like there’s only one box left

we use lots of paper every day

so let’s order two more boxes okay the

printer is out of color ink

should we order that we don’t really

print documents in color so we don’t

need to worry about that

okay looks like these whiteboard markers

are running out of ink

right those need to be replaced we get a

discount if we order them in sets of

five so let’s do that

okay and while we’re at it can we order

a mouse

sometimes it works but sometimes it

doesn’t that’s probably because it’s

running out of batteries

let’s check the stock of batteries and

order more if we don’t have many left

sure well we have three batteries here

you can take two of these for your mouse

but buy a six pack of batteries to

replace them

what will the man order

a man and a woman are talking about

office supplies

what will the man order every month you

need to check our office supplies and

order any items that are running low

this time let’s take a look at them

together here’s the checklist

okay that sounds good well starting with

the paper

it looks like there’s only one box left

we use lots of paper every day so let’s

order two more boxes

okay the printer is out of color ink

should we order that

we don’t really print documents in color

so we don’t need to worry about that

okay looks like these white board

markers are running out of ink

right those need to be replaced we get a

discount if we order them in sets of

five so let’s do that

okay and while we’re at it can we order

a mouse

sometimes it works but sometimes it

doesn’t that’s probably because it’s

running out of batteries

let’s check the stock of batteries and

order more if we don’t have many left

sure well we have three batteries here

you can take two of these for your mouse

but buy a six pack of batteries to

replace

them a woman is asking for directions to

the airport at an information center

how is she going to get to the airport

[Music]

excuse me i need to go to the airport

would you tell me how to get there

sure there are a few ways if you take

bus number one

it takes about one and a half hours to

the airport it’s the least expensive way

bus number two is a non-stop bus it’s

more expensive and leaves once every

hour but

it only takes 50 minutes i see

what about taxis there’s a taxi stand in

front of the building

and they take about an hour but they use

the expressway and charge

extra for a lot of luggage so it’s going

to be a lot more expensive than the bus

i guess that makes sense and i’d like to

avoid paying too much

you didn’t by chance buy anything at

shopping world while you were here

they offer complimentary shuttle service

to the airport for customers who make a

purchase there

wow i didn’t know that i haven’t bought

anything yet but i was going to stop by

and get some souvenirs there anyway

then you can use that

how is she going to get to the airport

a woman is asking for directions to the

airport at an information center

how is she going to get to the airport

excuse me

i need to go to the airport would you

tell me how to get there

sure there are a few ways if you take

bus number one

it takes about one and a half hours to

the airport it’s the least expensive way

bus number two is a non-stop bus it’s

more expensive and leaves once every

hour but it only takes 50 minutes

i see what about taxis there’s a taxi

stand in front of the building

and they take about an hour but they use

the expressway and charge

extra for a lot of luggage so it’s going

to be a lot more expensive than the bus

i guess that makes sense and i’d like to

avoid paying too much

you didn’t by chance buy anything at

shopping world while you were here

they offer complimentary shuttle service

to the airport for customers who make a

purchase there

wow i didn’t know that i haven’t bought

anything yet but i was going to stop by

and get some souvenirs there anyway

then you can use that

a woman and a supplier are talking on

the phone

what is the woman going to get for the

sale

[Music]

i need you to deliver some more sweaters

in time for the sale next month

okay what do you need we need a thousand

of the small red sweaters

and 400 of the medium red sweaters

and we also need 600 of the small green

sweaters

and 200 of the medium green sweaters by

the end

of this month red and green sweaters

actually we’re running low on green

sweaters and we’re waiting on some green

yarn from our supplier

we’ll get you started with the red

sweaters though no no no

we need the red and green sweaters

together

so please just get as many green

sweaters ready as you can

okay i think we can get 200 of the green

sweaters to you on time

which size has higher priority the small

ones take priority

sorry for such short notice but we

really need your help

all right we’ll do our best we’ll get

those green sweaters to you along with

all the red sweaters you ordered

what is the woman going to get for the

sale

a woman and a supplier are talking on

the phone

what is the woman going to get for the

sale

i need you to deliver some more sweaters

in time for the sale next month

okay what do you need we need a thousand

of the small red sweaters and 400 of the

medium red sweaters

and we also need 600 of the small green

sweaters

and 200 of the medium green sweaters by

the end of this month

red and green sweaters actually we’re

running low on green sweaters and we’re

waiting on some green yarn from our

supplier

we’ll get you started with the red

sweaters though no no no

we need the red and green sweaters

together

so please just get as many green

sweaters ready as you can

okay i think we can get 200 of the green

sweaters to you on time

which size has higher priority the small

ones take priority

sorry for such short notice but we

really need your help

all right we’ll do our best we’ll get

those green sweaters to you along with

all the red sweaters you ordered

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hi everybody my name is alicia and today

we’re going to be talking about 10

phrases that you always want to hear so

let’s begin

you win the first phrase is 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 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 woohoo 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 attention 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 will be a bonus at the end of the

month really i’m going to 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 at 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 and that’s the end

so those are things that you want to

hear

so keep in mind it’s nice for you to

hear these things but other people also

want to hear them too

so compliment other people tell them

that they are awesome if they are

awesome

tell them that they have good skills in

whatever it is that they like to do

people like to be complimented people

want to be liked so

write them a message or say something

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i guess i don’t really need to do that

i’m so sorry amped

all the time japanese bug battle

a husband and a wife are looking at some

floor plans

which room are they going to see

[Music]

how about this one it’s got a nice large

living room

hmm i like a big living room but i want

the parking space

let’s see how about this one yeah that’s

nice

should we go see this one wait a second

isn’t the closet

a bit too small good point

hmm there doesn’t seem to be one that’s

perfect

wait how about this one it’s got

everything we need doesn’t it

and the closet is pretty large too let’s

go see this one

okay

which room are they going to see

a husband and a wife are looking at some

floor plans

which room are they going to see how

about this one

it’s got a nice large living room hmm

i like a big living room but i want the

parking space

let’s see how about this one yeah that’s

nice

should we go see this one wait a second

isn’t the closet

a bit too small good point

hmm there doesn’t seem to be one that’s

perfect

wait how about this one it’s got

everything we need doesn’t it and the

closet is pretty large too

let’s go see this one okay

a man is making a reservation at a hotel

which room is he going to stay in

[Music]

seaside hotel how may i help you hi

i’d like to stay for one night on

september 22nd

certainly one night from september 22nd

how many people two would you like a

smoking or a non-smoking room sir

non-smoking the only non-smoking room

available

on that day is a mountain view room is

that okay

well i was hoping for an ocean view room

i’m sorry but the only ocean view room

available on that day is a smoking room

i see is there a non-smoking ocean view

room available on september 23rd

yes there is okay we’ll stay on

september 23rd

which room is he going to stay in

a man is making a reservation at a hotel

which room is he going to stay in

seaside hotel how may i help you hi

i’d like to stay for one night on

september 22nd

certainly one night from september 22nd

how many people two would you like a

smoking or a non-smoking room sir

non-smoking the only non-smoking room

available on that day

is a mountain view room is that okay

well

i was hoping for an ocean view room

i’m sorry but the only ocean view room

available on that day is a smoking room

i see is there a non-smoking ocean view

room available on september 23rd

yes there is okay we’ll stay on

september 23rd

a woman is talking to her hair stylist

how would she like to change her hair

[Music]

hi may i help you hi i’ve got a three

o’clock reservation for richie

ah yes welcome miss richie please come

this way

what can i do for you today i’d like to

change my hairstyle a little bit

okay what length would you like about

shoulder length

alright and what about your bangs keep

the bangs

straight down or parted on the side to

the side a bit

which side maybe a little left from the

middle

got it we’ll start with the shampoo so

please come this way

would she like to change her hair

a woman is talking to her hair stylist

how would she like to change her hair hi

may i help you hi i’ve got a three

o’clock reservation for richie

ah yes welcome miss richie please come

this way

what can i do for you today i’d like to

change my hairstyle a little bit

okay what length would you like about

shoulder length

all right and what about your bangs keep

the bangs

straight down or part it on the side to

the side a bit

which side maybe a little left from the

middle

got it we’ll start with the shampoo so

please come this way

a male and female student are looking at

job advertisements

which job is the female student going to

apply for

[Music]

hey what do you think about this job the

hourly pay is pretty high

sure the pay looks great but could you

really do a newspaper delivery route

of course i’m good at riding bikes but

i’m worried about waking up early

what about this one the pay isn’t as

high but you can work two or three days

a week and start working from the

evening

oh this one a supermarket cashier huh

well it would be good to work after

school

this one for a coffee shop might be good

too oh yeah

i love that place and it’s on my way to

school

not bad huh hmm which one should i apply

to

which too is it between the coffee shop

and the newspaper delivery route

yeah the pay for the newspaper route is

really nice

okay my mind’s made up i guess i’ll just

have to get up early

which job is the female student going to

apply for

a male and female student are looking at

job advertisements

which job is the female student going to

apply for

hey what do you think about this job the

hourly pay is pretty high

sure the pay looks great but could you

really do a newspaper delivery route

of course i’m good at riding bikes but

i’m worried about waking up early

what about this one the pay isn’t as

high but you can work two or three days

a week

and start working from the evening oh

this one

a supermarket cashier huh well it would

be good to work after school

this one for a coffee shop might be good

too oh yeah i love that place

and it’s on my way to school not bad huh

hmm

which one should i apply to which too is

it between

the coffee shop and the newspaper

delivery route yeah the pay for the

newspaper route is really nice

okay my mind’s made up i guess i’ll just

have to get up early

a woman is trying on a dress and talking

to a shop clerk

which dress is she going to buy

[Music]

it looks very nice on you and it fits

perfectly

yeah it fits but i usually wear plain

colors

i’m not used to this kind of a pattern

well i think you look great

yeah still it would take some courage

for me to actually wear this

what about this dress then the pattern

is much more reserved so it won’t feel

as flashy

you’re right let me try that one on go

right ahead

what do you think ma’am this one suits

me much more than the last

do you have a long-sleeved version with

this design

yes we do thanks i’ll buy that

which dress is she going to buy

a woman is trying on a dress and talking

to a shop clerk

which dress is she going to buy it looks

very nice on you and it fits perfectly

yeah it fits but i usually wear plain

colors

i’m not used to this kind of a pattern

well i think you look great

yeah still it would take some courage

for me to actually wear this

what about this dress then the pattern

is much more reserved so it won’t feel

as flashy

you’re right let me try that one on go

right ahead

what do you think ma’am this one suits

me much more than the last

do you have a long-sleeved version with

this design

yes we do thanks i’ll buy that

a woman is ordering a birthday cake

which cake is she going to order

[Music]

excuse me i’d like to order a birthday

cake for my daughter

great could you tell me what kind of

cake you’re looking for

my daughter likes chocolate so i think a

chocolate cream cake would be good

and can you put strawberries on it

absolutely

we have round and square cakes which one

would you prefer

hmm a round one please okay

how old is your daughter going to be

she’ll be 12.

okay then we’ll get 12 candles ready do

you want to write a message

yes please write happy birthday

all right do you want that written in

pink if so

we’ll put it on a white plate otherwise

we can write it in white

and put it on a pink plate please write

it in pink

and put it on a white plate

which cake is she going to order

a woman is ordering a birthday cake

which cake is she going to order excuse

me

i’d like to order a birthday cake for my

daughter great

could you tell me what kind of cake

you’re looking for

my daughter likes chocolate so i think a

chocolate cream cake would be good

and can you put strawberries on it

absolutely

we have round and square cakes which one

would you prefer

hmm a round one please okay

how old is your daughter going to be

she’ll be 12.

okay then we’ll get 12 candles ready do

you want to write a message

yes please write happy birthday

all right do you want that written in

pink if so

we’ll put it on a white plate otherwise

we can write it in white

and put it on a pink plate please write

it in pink

and put it on a white plate

a man and a woman are discussing plans

for their upcoming move

when are they going to move

i think we should decide on the moving

date and call a moving company

sounds good i was just looking at some

moving companies

i don’t want to pay a lot of money

definitely

this company here will give us a

discount of 10

if we book at least one month before the

moving day

one month before then we have to move

after december 15th in order to get the

discount

yep and there’s an additional discount

if we book on a weekday

a weekday well i have a meeting that

monday morning

and the exhibition is on tuesday and

wednesday so

friday would be good because we could

then organize the new place over the

weekend

yeah but wait a second they say

fifteen percent off monday to thursday

and five percent off on friday

well what do you want to do let’s go for

the biggest discount

i’ll be done with the exhibition by then

anyway

when are they going to move

a man and a woman are discussing plans

for their upcoming move

when are they going to move i think we

should decide on the moving date and

call a moving company

sounds good i was just looking at some

moving companies

i don’t want to pay a lot of money

definitely

this company here will give us a

discount of 10 percent if we book at

least one month before the moving day

one month before then we have to move

after december 15th in order to get the

discount

yep and there’s an additional discount

if we book on a weekday

a weekday well i have a meeting that

monday morning

and the exhibition is on tuesday and

wednesday so

friday would be good because we could

then organize the new place over the

weekend

yeah but wait a second they say

fifteen percent off monday to thursday

and five percent off on friday

well what do you want to do let’s go for

the biggest discount

i’ll be done with the exhibition by then

anyway

hi everybody and welcome back to top

words my name is alicia

and today we’re going to talk about 10

words for talking about

sleep let’s go to wake up

the first word is to wake up to wake up

is to open your eyes probably in your

bed or the place where you are sleeping

to wake up

is to uh to become

conscious to become awake every day you

wake

up uh presumably hopefully in a sentence

i woke up three times last night

to get up to get out of bed all right

the next word is to get up

or to get out of bed so that means to

physically move your body from your bed

out of bed to stand up from your bed to

get

out of your bed we say to get up or to

get

out of bed in a sentence i got up at

eight o’clock this morning

to snooze the next word is to snooze

so we have to snooze and alarm and also

to snooze so to snooze means to take a

short

sleep to have a short sleeping time or

to snooze an alarm is when your alarm

goes off in the morning

you have a button most alarm clocks have

some button

you can press so the alarm will turn on

again in like

five or ten minutes or something so to

snooze an alarm is to

like to ask your alarm to wake you up

again

a few minutes later that’s uh to snooze

so we have to snooze an alarm

and two snooze meaning like a short

light sleep

in a sentence i always snooze my alarm

at least once

that is usually true to over

sleep the next word is to over

sleep to over sleep means to sleep too

much or to sleep

late uh actually no it doesn’t mean to

sleep late

to sleep late means just to sleep until

a late

time in the day oversleep means

sleeping beyond the time you wanted to

get up so for example

if my alarm is set for 8 o’clock

but i wake up at nine o’clock i

overslept

i slept beyond my wake-up time so we can

use oversleep to talk about

times when you sleep too much you sleep

more than your body needs you to so

maybe your body needs

depending on the person like six to nine

hours or so

but if you sleep like 14 hours we can

say that’s over

sleeping you’re sleeping too much that’s

the nuance here in a sentence

i overslept on my first day of work

nap the next word is nap nap

is a short sleep so a nap is maybe 30

minutes

one hour just a short sleep a short rest

so

a lot of people will take a nap in the

afternoon for example

or maybe children actually take naps for

example

in preschool or when they’re very very

young they have an afternoon

nap a short sleep like yeah just

like an hour or so i imagine in a

sentence i love naps

actually i do like naps i don’t like

naps because when i take a nap

it becomes asleep it’s always like i

wake up four hours later and i’m like

okay well i’ve destroyed my sleep

schedule

dream the next word is dream

dream so dreams are those those visions

those

images you see those maybe experiences

it seems like you have when you are

asleep

in a sentence i always have weird dreams

nightmare so the next word is nightmare

nightmare is a word which means bad

dream or scary dream

negative dream so children

maybe have nightmares a lot they wake up

crying or

they’re really upset by nightmares

monsters

terrifying things happening and so on in

a sentence

do you ever have nightmares to go to bed

the next word is to go to bed so before

we talked about to get up or to get out

of bed

this is the opposite to go to bed means

to get in your bed

uh to to try to go to sleep to go to bed

in a sentence i usually go to bed fairly

late

to hit the hay to hit the sack the next

expression

is kind of a s i don’t know a slang

expression uh we have to hit the hay

and to hit the sack these both mean to

go to bed

um they both mean to try to fall asleep

but we just use them in more casual

situations

the image here of hit the hay is with

your body

hitting hay like laying down in hay

i believe historically because uh hay

was used to stuff

um things that people slept on so that’s

why

we have this expression to hit the hay

with your body

same thing for to hit the sack so a sack

full of something soft

to sleep on uh is where this expression

comes from in a sentence i think i’m

gonna hit the hay

to fall asleep the next expression it is

to fall asleep to fall asleep you’re in

bed

and you finally you lose consciousness

you you stop being aware you are asleep

in that moment we say you fall asleep

in a sentence it takes me a long time to

fall asleep

all right hi everyone i’m christine from

englishclass101.com

in this video we’ll be talking about 10

phrases to help you in

an emergency let’s begin

help use this phrase when you need help

or when you want someone to rescue you

in case of an emergency dial 9-1-1

in the united states the phone number

you can dial in case of an emergency is

9-1-1

for police also dial 9-1-1

the number is the same for calling the

police it’s easy to remember

call the police please use this phrase

when you need someone to call the police

please state the nature of your

emergency this is what the 911 call

center or an officer

will say to ask for more details about

your emergency

i need a doctor use this phrase when you

are not feeling very well and want to

get medical help

i need an ambulance use this phrase when

you need an ambulance to come and take

you to the hospital

there’s a fire this is a very simple way

to catch people’s attention in case of a

fire

after saying this you need to explain

what happened and where the fire is

i want to report a crime use this phrase

when you want to report a crime that has

happened to you or someone else

my location is when you call for help

through the phone

you’ll need to say where you are start

your explanation with this phrase

hi everyone it’s christine welcome back

to another episode of top words

today we’ll be talking about 10 reasons

to start learning a language

let’s go it’s a beautiful language

every language has specific

characteristics and some people like the

way certain languages sound

some languages might sound better to you

than others

my family comes from a place where the

language is spoken

for many people their cultural heritage

is very important to them

if your family speaks another language

you might not be able to talk to some of

your relatives

or fully understand your background so

many people try to learn the language

of the place they’ve descended from i

love the culture and the people who

speak the language

if you’re really interested in a

specific country and its culture

this can be a great reason to learn a

language it’s also shown that being

interested in a culture

motivates language learners to work

harder and get better results

i just love learning languages some

people learn because they have to

and some people just learn because they

find it interesting

learning a language takes time and

effort and some people

love the challenge the language is

useful

for my job gaining new skills is

important for many professionals

being able to speak another language can

potentially help your business make more

money

and maybe even get you a promotion i

live in a country that speaks the

language

living in a country and not being able

to speak the language can be hard

learning the language of the place you

live can help you make friends

get a job and have an easier life

i want to open my mind and become more

international

for many people feeling connected to

other cultures and broadening their

horizons is especially important

learning a new language can change how

you interact with the world

i want to understand my favorite songs

movies and tv shows

if you’re really into a culture learning

that culture’s language can help you

enjoy

even more learning a new language can

add depth to your appreciation of a

culture

i love traveling people who have been

bitten by the travel bug

but traveling to a place where you don’t

know the language can be hard

for example if you can speak spanish

there are

so many different countries you can

visit it’s part of my university studies

most universities require you to take

language class for a few semesters to

graduate

but it doesn’t have to feel like work

learning a language for university can

open

great opportunities in the future vamos

hi everybody welcome back to top words

my name is alicia and today we’re going

to be talking about

10 gamer speak words i am excited about

this one

let’s go first word is achievement

achievement is used when you have

completed a mission

in some games there’s a very famous

phrase that says like achievement

unlocked

good feeling beta beta it’s for

something that’s not quite finished but

that’s maybe in like a testing

phase you could hear like the beta

release of something or like the beta

test version of blah blah blah for

example

i am beta testing a running game right

now that is true

next is boss if you’ve ever played a

video game probably you know about a

boss battle

you’ve been playing through a level at

the end of that level there’s a boss

that you have to fight

it’s kind of interesting now thinking

about it how we use boss for

the main challenger that you have to

defeat in a video game level but we also

use it for like our managers at work

so um the next word is role-playing game

role-playing game is commonly

abbreviated commonly shortened

to rpg this is a very popular style of

game

a role playing game meaning you play

a role role playing games have evolved

over years

now you can play for example mmo rpgs

massively multiplayer online role

playing games i have been playing

role playing games since i was like 11

and my brother

convinced me to play final fantasy vii

the next word is checkpoint you might

also hear

save point you save your game and then

you continue on in the game and then if

you die

you go back and you respawn you come

back to life from that checkpoint i feel

like checkpoint is used more in like a

racing game but

save point is used more in an rpg the

next one is

noob n-o-o-b i love the word noob

mostly to talk about myself actually

when i’ve made like a really stupid

decision

noob means rookie it means someone who

is inexperienced at something

you can use noob in a game if you find

someone who’s just joined the game

they’re a brand new player

they are a noob they don’t know anything

farming

let’s talk about farming in gaming terms

it means

you’re trying to collect a certain item

it has like kind of a reputation for

being a bit boring because you’re just

killing like the same creature over and

over again npc

npc means non-playable character there

are other characters within the game

that move 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 the

camper you can use

camping as a verb too 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 a massively multiplayer online game

means you can play online with a lot of

different people essentially

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