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hi everybody my name is alicia in this

lesson i’m going to talk about the

differences between

despite in spite and although

these three words or three phrases are

very commonly used in

similar ways so i’m going to talk about

the differences

in using them in sentences let’s get

started

okay first i want to look at despite

and as i do i want to make a special

note about this first point here

i have here despite means even though

we’ll see in this lesson actually all of

these

mean even though so they all have this

even though meaning so that means even

though

a b this is kind of like a common

pattern we’ll see in the example

sentences today

so even though there’s this condition

there’s another condition

so we’ll see this a lot today when we

use despite

we need to position it before a noun

phrase it needs to come before a noun

phrase

we’ll see this with in spite as well so

this is commonly used with these two

patterns so uh first is the

fact that this means the expression

despite the fact

that and then you describe your

condition this is one

very common way to use despite we can

drop

that here so despite the fact or despite

the fact that those are both very common

ways to use

despite we can also use despite

before a verb in the ing form so here

we’re making it into

a noun so despite having or despite

studying or despite walking despite

sleeping

so we’re using that ing form we can use

both of those patterns with despite it’s

very common

so let’s take a look at how this appears

in sentences then

first despite the fact he had no money

he took an expensive vacation

despite the fact so here i have the fact

he had no money he took an expensive

vacation

so we have to use some kind of noun

expression here when we’re talking about

rather when we’re using it despite so

this despite

he had no money this is incorrect this

is an incorrect sentence

we need to use a noun here so in this

case the fact

so here the fact means this part

he had no money this is the fact

we’re talking about here so the fact

fact means true

information 100 true information

so despite the fact this 100 percent

true information

he took an expensive vacation so again

even though a b

so we could change the sentence around

we could say

he took an expensive vacation despite

the fact he had no money

that’s also okay it’s up to you to

choose that part

so let’s look at another example using a

different pattern with despite

here she took the day off work despite

having a lot to do so here i’ve used

this verb

in the ing form so despite

having a lot to do not despite have

but despite having a lot to do

again if i remove this it’s not correct

despite a lot to do it’s not correct we

need to use a

noun there so she took the day off work

despite having a lot to do

again we could change the order of the

sentence

despite having a lot to do she took the

day off work that’s also

okay all right one more example here

we were pickpocketed at the airport

despite that we had a great

trip this is another common way that we

use

despite here my noun is that

in this case that refers to

the point in the previous sentence or in

the previous clause in this case

despite the fact we were pickpocketed at

the airport so despite

this situation despite this condition

we had a great trip so you’ll commonly

hear

despite that used to refer to the

statement okay so this is how we use

despite now let’s compare that with

in spite so in spite again means even

though just as all of these do

in this lesson and just like in

sorry just like despite rather it needs

to be positioned before

a noun phrase so that means we can use

the same

patterns here as we used with despite

so for example the fact that can be used

with

spite and there’s one more point here

that’s

key we have to use

of when we use in spite so not just

in spite but in spite of something

so in spite of the fact that

or another verb in the ing form

pattern here this is also okay with in

spite

of so in spite of having or in spite of

losing these kinds of patterns are okay

as well

so this is a key point within spite

you must use of in spite of

some noun phrase so let’s take a look at

a few examples of this

first in spite of the fact

we lost the game the coach took the team

out for pizza

so here is my noun phrase here i’ve used

of in spite of the fact we lost the game

so that’s my a here even though a

the coach took the team out for pizza b

even though a b in spite of a b

so there was this condition we lost the

game

even though that was the situation the

coach took the team out for pizza

so we could use in spite of here another

example

he didn’t get the job he wanted in spite

of that

he was cheerful and optimistic so again

here i’ve used that as my noun phrase

where that

refers to the previous sentence

so he didn’t get the job he wanted maybe

a disappointing

thing despite that or in spite of that

here we can use um to refer to that

to mean like even though this was the

case he was cheerful and optimistic

so you heard me just now use despite

instead that’s a pretty good clue then a

pretty good hint

that actually we can use in spite of and

despite

to mean exactly the same thing they have

exactly the same meaning

the only difference is this of here we

need to use

of within spite and we do not use of

with despite so they are totally

interchangeable you can choose which you

prefer

i think i tend to use despite more which

is why i used it just now

if you want to you can use in spite of

two to me in spite of feels a little bit

more formal but it could be just

personal preference there

so we can use these two in exactly the

same way

we just need to consider this of point

before the noun phrase

okay finally let’s look at although

although so yes although again

means even though as the others do

a key difference here though is although

does not need to be

positioned in front of a noun phrase so

we talked about using

the fact or using a verb in the ing form

we do not do that with all though so

let’s look at some examples of how we do

use it here although good weather was

expected

it rained on the day of the event so

here you’ll notice there’s no

the fact there’s no that or anything

here

we just continue right from although

into the condition

so we describe the condition good

weather was expected this was the

condition

it rained on the day of the event so

even though

a b we follow the same pattern we

followed here

but the structure of the sentence at

this point is just a little bit

different there’s no noun phrase there

if we said although the fact that it

would not be correct we do not use it

this way

we do not say although that we do not

use that either

we don’t use this verb form too although

having

is not something we use either okay

let’s look at another one so again we

just begin describing the condition

right after all though so although we

spent a lot of time

planning we didn’t finish the project

on time so here although even though

we spent a lot of time planning so

here’s my condition a

we didn’t finish the project on time

so again there’s no like noun phrase we

need to insert here we just begin

the situation talking about the

situation

okay one final example with although in

the middle of the sentence

she was happy about her test score

although she looked disappointed so here

i’ve reversed it this is like b

although a or b even though

a she was happy about her test score

although she looked disappointed

so we can use this in this way too

you’ll also notice

i haven’t used although like with this

i used that with in spite of and

despite we don’t use it in this way we

don’t say like

although that we don’t use it in that

way if you want to refer

back to the previous sentence it might

sound nicer to use despite or in spite

of so that’s a case

where maybe one of these would be better

to use than although

so you can see that although as a

conjunction

does a nice job of connecting these

ideas

and then we can use despite and in spite

kind of like

to refer back to go back to another

point that’s how i like to use these

anyway so maybe it’s helpful for you

so these all follow kind of one pattern

that i’ve mentioned many times in this

lesson

which is this even though

a b

so lots of these example sentences

followed this pattern

so even though a b and here

i mentioned an opposite pattern b

even though

a so these are both correct

you can just choose whichever you prefer

like if you want to emphasize

one point more than another point you

could start the sentence with that

so both patterns are fine and you can

use all of these to communicate very

similar ideas

you just need to think about how you

build the sentence

so i hope that this introduction to

these three expressions helps you of

course if you have questions or comments

or if you want to practice making a

sentence with one of these

please feel free to do so in the

comments section of this video of course

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soon bye-bye hi

everybody my name is alicia in this

lesson i’m going to talk about

expressions for talking to kids i’ve

prepared this lesson with

parents in mind but if you have kids in

your life and you want to

practice english with them these are a

few expressions that you can use to do

that

let’s get started i want to begin this

lesson

by talking about requests so i’ve made a

simple list

of a few regular things you might need

to ask

children to do these are kind of

requests for maybe

elementary school or maybe junior high

school level students

but i think that the pattern that i’m

using here is quite simple so you can

create your own request

of course depending on how you’re

feeling you might use

please before the request but these are

some very common

examples like i took from my childhood

for example so

please clean your room or please help me

with dinner or

please help me make dinner so this is

one you would use if you’re a parent or

if you are

just another person connected to the

child

and you want to ask for help of course

you could change this person

like please help your dad make dinner or

please help your mom make dinner please

help your grandpa

make dinner others please

brush your teeth brush your teeth

another common one please

take off your shoes and please take out

the trash

so as you can see these are all common

household

chores this is a common theme for a lot

of these points today

chores so chores is the word that we use

to mean

small household tasks everyday household

tasks like washing dishes or doing

laundry

so these are tasks that at least in the

u.s

uh young children are expected to be

able to do themselves

these are like kids responsibilities to

take out the trash or

to wash the dishes or to clean their

rooms

so these are all examples of chores

maybe brushing your teeth is a hygiene

point

but these are some common chores then

i want to move on to requests to stop a

behavior so these are requests

to do something but if you want to tell

a child to stop

something we’ll use a pattern like stop

plus the verb in the ing

form so we do this because it’s

something that the child is doing

now it’s something that’s happening now

so we use the progressive or the

continuous form

so common examples stop kicking

progressive stop kicking your sister

stop kicking your brother or stop

hitting your sister stop hitting your

brother stop

fighting is another one if you have a

couple children

involved stop shouting stop shouting

stop

screaming stop yelling you can use all

of those again

in the progressive form or stop running

around

stop running around so this is one that

my parents would use if maybe we were

going to

like a polite event we were going to

something a little more formal

usually they would make this request

before we got to the event

so my brother and i were pretty well

behaved i think

they would usually say like try to be

quiet and calm like let’s be

polite that kind of expression so i’ve

used that

here this let’s be polite as kind of the

follow-up to this so we’ll often use

these expressions when we’re in a place

where it’s rude to be noisy or it’s just

a problem

for a kid to make a lot of noise or to

cause a scene or something

so this is a good expression to use to

follow up

like stop running around let’s be

polite let’s be polite so this here

this let’s point this leads into a

larger

topic i want to discuss so i introduced

these points for making requests and i

said these are kind of for like

elementary or junior high school level

students perhaps

but when talking with very young

children

like they’re just learning to speak so

maybe

preschool or kindergarten of like very

early elementary school

they’re still learning their maybe

native language and you want to practice

english with them you can use patterns

that parents use

and other adults use for very young

children

and that’s to use let’s with

our or let’s with a third person

so by this i mean we’re using let’s

to mean uh let’s do something together

or i want you to participate

with me so for example let’s

clean our room so up here

i made a request please clean your room

so this would be from a parent to a

child who can understand the request

when we’re talking to very young

children though

and we’re trying to do something

together we’ll use

a pattern like this let’s clean our room

so maybe it’s not your room it’s the

child’s room

but you want to do it together or you

want to show like this is a

responsibility

let’s begin this together we’ll use this

let’s clean our room let’s clean our

room

or let’s help grandpa with dinner

so this is how we would change this

sentence so i mentioned

help me with dinner we can change this

person here

to another person and by adding let’s

it sounds like together we’re going to

help grandpa with dinner

so this is what i mean by this third

person here

let’s help grandpa with dinner or let’s

take

off our shoes so for example if you

arrive someplace

and together you want to take off your

shoes

you can save this let’s take off our

shoes so this

sounds more gentle and like we’re doing

something together then

please take off your shoes so final

example let’s brush

our teeth so maybe if you brush your

teeth with your child you can use an

expression like this

so as i said we tend to use these for

very

young children and when the child gets

older

we use more formal request patterns to

ask about chores and things

okay let’s continue on then to

some information questions so you’ll

notice i’ve used this have you have you

have you

pattern for a lot of these so these are

questions that you can use to follow up

on your requests here so relating to

chores

or to homework for example have you done

or have you finished your homework have

you done your homework

have you finished your homework you

could say to did you finish your

homework that’s okay

that’s fine as well have you done your

homework is also okay to use

parents use both of these another one

have you done your chores have you done

your chores

this is a great example of a common

question we use

you’ll notice i’ve used chores here so

chores means not just one task

but all the tasks that are the child’s

responsibility

so for example when my brother and i

were growing up we

had to wash the dishes and like vacuum

the house

and like take out the trash i think

something like that those were our

chores so those three things those were

our responsibilities

so when my parents asked us have you

done your chores

we had to answer about all of those

responsibilities

chores so if you want to be specific you

could say have you washed the dishes

or have you vacuumed the house or to ask

about

everything you can ask have you done

your chores

again you could change this to finished

have you finished your chores

or did you do your chores is also okay

you can use a simple past tense there

too

another example have you cleaned your

room

have you cleaned your room or again did

you clean your room

that’s also fine to use if you want to

ask an information question

about something maybe the child doesn’t

have a responsibility for

you can use something like this like

what did you learn in school today

or who did you hang out with last

weekend

so you can use these wh patterns to ask

very simple past tense questions

or where are you going this weekend so

these are probably for

older children i think finally

i want to end this by introducing some

encouragement

expressions that we use these four are

great

and clear and i was always very happy to

hear these expressions

so they are good job and great job

awesome

and that’s cool that’s cool so

if i made something i drew a picture

or i created some things with i don’t

know i

i like to do kind of creative things

then when my parents or when my

relatives said like wow that’s

cool i felt so happy they would say

that’s cool or

awesome or if i finished my homework my

parents would say good job or

great job so these four phrases just

they always made me feel so so happy so

i would recommend

these words if you want to give

encouragement

to kids also if you do need to express

disappointment uh in something of course

you can use this

uh pattern like to stop doing something

if you want to express disappointment so

giving encouragement or

expressing disappointment you can use a

couple of

different expressions yes but the one

that always

made me feel the most

i guess sad about my behavior

was i’m disappointed

i’m disappointed so

i would suggest if you want to use

english

to with your child or with a child in

your family

i would suggest using this expression

sparingly that means

just a little bit maybe only in serious

times

so if my mother or father said i’m

disappointed or i’m disappointed

in you it was because i did something

seriously wrong i made a really bad

mistake

so maybe like i broke something valuable

or i didn’t take care of a very

important responsibility

or like i just i did something and i

did not tell them or i told a lie or

something

they would say i’m disappointed in you

so uh of course that made me feel very

sad and like i didn’t want to do it

again

in other situations just using this stop

pattern was enough really stop doing

that or stop touching me

so this was a pretty good one i don’t

i didn’t like hearing that very much so

again try to use it

just in the serious times i’m

disappointed or i’m disappointed

in you of course you could change that

we’re disappointed meaning your mother

and i or your father and i

are disappointed in you that one’s also

okay all right

so i hope that this helps you uh get

some expressions that you can use for

talking to

kids of course if you have any questions

or comments or want to practice making

some sentences

please feel free to do so in the comment

section below this video

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bye-bye hi everybody my name is alicia

in this lesson i’m going to talk about

using a little

and little and a few and few

i’m going to talk about the little

differences in using an article

and not using an article with these

words so let’s get started

okay first i want to look at a little

versus little so before we talk about

using

this article uh i want to mention

we use little or a little with

uncountable

nouns so nouns that we cannot count if

you’re not sure

about countable or uncountable nouns

please take a look at the videos

on our channel there are a few example

videos a few other videos you can check

to learn more about countable and

uncountable nouns

so we use little with uncountable nouns

nouns that we cannot count

we use a little to mean simply

a small amount of the noun

so using a little has a very neutral

feel so neutral means it’s not like

positive it’s not negative

it’s very neutral very flat depending on

the speaker’s

intonation it could be a little bit

positive it could have a positive feel

about it

so that you’ll just have to listen to

the person speaking or to think about

the situation you need to do that

but in most cases it’s just very neutral

there’s nothing positive

nothing negative then little

so no article here you’ll notice no

article

little means only

a small amount of the noun only a small

amount

so here we have a negative feel

often times we have a very negative feel

like there’s only a small amount of

something

and that’s bad or and that makes a

problem

so we use no article to communicate this

only feeling like this only and that’s

too bad

sort of idea so let’s look at an example

of this

first we have a little time

we have a little time and we have little

time

so first time is an uncountable noun so

we’re using little there

but we see we have a little time like we

have a little time to finish this

project

for example so showing uh with a little

here

or rather by using a little here we’re

communicating a very neutral point just

a simple

fact we have a little time or maybe if

i’m excited about something i could say

we have a little time we can do

something extra for the project

then it feels a little bit more positive

however

in the second sentence we have little

time

that’s usually the intonation we use we

have little time

so that sounds like there’s very little

time there’s only

a little time so that’s another way to

say that

but we have little time sounds like

perhaps there’s not enough time

or the deadline is quickly approaching

there’s not much time would be another

way to say that

it has a negative feel about it

i’m going to save this example sentence

this pair for a little bit later because

there’s another point i’d like to make

but let’s keep in mind that this use of

the article communicates a simple fact

and no article communicates a negative

okay so let’s look at this same idea

with a few and few

so we talked about using little and

a little with uncountable nouns few

and a few are used with countable nouns

nouns that we can

count with one two three and so on

so just as with a little and little

a few communicates a small number

of the noun and it’s just a general like

neutral kind of fact

statement there’s no positive no

negative unless the speaker

chooses to create some feeling like

they use their voice to make the

situation or to make the statement sound

more positive

we can use a few to do that using

no article creates this negative feeling

so using

few means only a small number of the

nouns so there’s that negative

feel again there so only a small number

like there’s not enough of something

or it’s too bad so something negative

perhaps has happened

so let’s take a look at an example that

uses few and a few

first he gave us a few ideas

he gave us a few ideas so you’ll notice

yes a few with the article here

and don’t forget your s so this is a

countable noun idea

we need to use the plural form a few

ideas

so he gave us a few ideas a general fact

just a simple statement

or if i’m excited i could say he gave us

a few ideas

like i sound happy i sound positive

about that

if however maybe i had some expectation

like this was a really creative person i

expected lots and lots and lots of ideas

but

he didn’t give us a lot of ideas i want

to communicate that

i can say he gave us few ideas

he gave us few ideas so we keep this

ideas in the plural form the only change

is no article in front of few he gave us

few ideas so this shows that like we

maybe had some expectation

or we hoped for something different so

he gave us few ideas and that’s

bad or that’s a negative thing so when

we want to communicate this using few or

little

we use an article or no article to

change the feeling to change the nuance

of the sentence

okay so i want to continue by looking at

these

last pairs of example sentences here

so i explained in both of these cases

that using

no article creates a negative feel

like most in most situations i would say

however if you’re dealing with a

situation

where your noun is a bad thing so

i’ve made a note here if the noun in

your sentence

refers to something bad or to something

negative

then the feeling actually changes the

feeling becomes

positive when you use no article

so let’s look at this example sentence

first

or this pair rather so in this case

my noun is pollution pollution

um means like a dirty environment like

dirty water

dirty air some kind of environment

problems so pollution is a bad thing

in most cases i think so pollution is a

bad thing

if i want to make a sentence using

little or a little

because pollution is an uncountable noun

i could say the city has a little

pollution

so that’s a statement of fact the city

has a little pollution

yes if i use no article here though

the city has little pollution actually

that’s a good thing

so we’re saying there’s only a little

of this so because pollution is a bad

thing using little shows

there’s not a large amount of this bad

thing

and that means it’s good so if this noun

is something that’s negative or that’s

not good

then using no article is going to create

a more

positive meaning there so let’s look at

one more example

same idea just a different noun and a

different

word here few so let’s look at this

countable noun problem so problem is a

bad thing a negative thing in many cases

so a problem

is something we don’t want

first we have a few problems we have a

few

problems so again just a simple

statement of fact

so i’m probably not happy about that i

would not say we have a few problems

i would say we have a few problems so

there’s a negative feel

with this actually same thing over here

as well

second though we have few problems so

this means only a small number

of this thing this bad noun in this case

so because there are few a small number

of these problems

this sentence expresses a good situation

so we have few problems that’s a good

thing

so in cases where your noun

is referring to something that’s not

good

you can actually change the meaning if

you do not use the article

in front of little or few so keep that

in mind

that’s just a kind of an exception in

most cases though

you’ll see it used as i talked about

in the beginning in most cases it

follows this rule this negative

feel but just pay attention to the noun

that little or few is modifying and you

can kind of understand

should it be negative feel or positive

feel okay

so this is an introduction or a quick

lesson on the differences between

a little and little and few and a few so

i hope that it was helpful for you

if you have any questions or comments or

if you want to practice making some

example sentences in the comments

section

please feel free to do so of course if

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much for watching this lesson and i will

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soon bye-bye hi everybody my name is

alicia

in this lesson i’m going to talk about

how to describe

an object’s dimensions dimensions means

the size

of an object all of the different sizes

of an object

i’m going to talk about a few key words

that we need

to describe these sizes and i’m going to

talk about how we make

sentences that use this kind of

information

so let’s get started first i want to

begin

with this list of keywords for this

lesson

so i want everybody to be careful

about the grammar of the sentences when

they build these sentences

so first let’s look at these words here

these words are all

nouns the words are length

length width width

height height and

depth depth so

each of these nouns when we use them

to talk about the size of an object

explains

some kind of like question so by that i

mean

with length for example length tells us

how long the object is

so length you can connect it with the

word

long remember though this is an

adjective

how long is the item length

is the noun form here similarly

width width tells us how

wide is the object how wide is the

object

so length is how long width is how

wide the object is height

tells us how tall the object is

how tall if that’s our question we’re

looking for the

height of the object how tall is the

object

my height is that’s what we would use to

talk about it as

a noun not tall which is the adjective

form

but height that’s the noun form

finally depth depth

we use depth to explain how

deep an object is so we might use this

for like things where we need to go

under the ground perhaps

in some cases it’s used for talking

about buildings like

how far back something goes we could

also use this to talk

about underwater measurements or maybe

as you’ll see later like a bathtub

measurement something that goes

down so depth tells us how

deep something is so to review length is

how long

something is width is how wide something

height is how tall something is and

depth is how deep something is

so when we are talking about these

points

we use measurements measurements so

a measurement is the unit that we use

to talk about these things so

there are two systems in the world that

are used

the u.s is one of i believe only

two countries that uses what’s called

the

imperial system in the imperial system

we use inches which we write in a short

way

an abbreviation as i n inches

and feet which we abbreviate as f

t feet f t inches i

n so there are 12 inches

in one foot so an inch is a small unit

a foot is a larger unit there are 12

inches inside

one foot this is the imperial system

now there are larger measurements in the

imperial system yes but for today’s

lesson i’m focusing on measurements

of objects so i’m not going to talk

about the larger measurements

okay but let’s compare this to the

metric

system the metric system most of the

world uses

the metric system in the united states

the imperial system

is used but most of the rest of the

world uses the metric system

for today’s lesson i want to focus on

these

three key vocabulary words they

are millimeters millimeters which we

abbreviate

we make short as mm we have

centimeters centimeters which we

abbreviate as

cmcm and finally we have

meters meters we abbreviate with

m so for reference inside

one meter inside one meter there are

100 centimeters centimeters

and there are 1 000 millimeters

millimeters so 1000 millimeters

100 centimeters inside a meter

so if you’re interested you can break

down this centa

and milli to learn more about the

histories of these words

but that’s a little bonus point for

those of you who are interested

let’s look at how we use this then to

describe

an object’s dimensions to talk about the

size of something with these words too

so i’ve drawn this object a box for this

lesson

and i have marked here 20 40

and 60. so i want to use these numbers

to talk about the size of the object so

let’s take a look

at a very basic way to describe these

dimensions

this box is 20 centimeters in this case

x 40 centimeters x

60 centimeters so very commonly

in english writing and in writing i

think maybe from other

languages too we see this x

between our measurements in english we

read this as

by by so naturally i would say

20 centimeters by 40 centimeters by 60

centimeters

and if it’s understood if this unit of

measurement is understood

we might say just 20 by 40 by 60

or 20 by 40 by 60 centimeters is also

okay

we often don’t need to say centimeters

centimeters centimeters after each one

because everything should be in the same

unit of measurement

so 20 by 40 by 60 is a very clear way to

say that

if you’re using inches actually these

are the same

measurements just in inches in the

imperial system

you might see for example a

dot in the number followed by a couple

more numbers

so these are the same measurements

actually just in the imperial system in

inches so to describe the dimensions of

this box

i would say this box is 7.84

inches by 15.74 inches

by 23.62

inches so again we’re using by here

we read this the dot as point

point you’ll also notice the number

or numbers before the dot are read as

regular

by that i mean 7 and 15

and 23 those are read as regular numbers

the numbers after that are read

individually

so 7.84 not 7.84

7.84 we read it one at a time each

number is read

one at a time 7.84 inches

by 15.74 inches

by 23.62 inches

so when you need to read these small

numbers after

the decimal point this is called a

decimal point here

we just read it as point make sure to

read these individually

not together so this is another small

point

about dimensions of course you may see

this in centimeters too maybe 20.5

centimeters for example

so this is how we read these portions

of the sentence and also a point about

reading the numbers

too so how do we use the word

long and length and so on so there are a

couple of different ways to describe

this

so as i’ve said here this is very common

using just the dimensions

like this we can do that if you want to

be very specific

about your dimensions you could say for

example this box

is 20 centimeters long that means the

length

of the box so in this case maybe this is

20 for example

and also maybe it’s like the

difference between width and length is

sort of just up to the person who

created

the object or maybe it’s just um for

reference purposes

so sometimes there’s not like

necessarily always a rule

for which is width and which is length

but length tends to be

longer than width so for this example

probably

40 we would say is the length and 20 is

the width but for this example sentence

this box is maybe 20 centimeters long

this is how i would use long in a

sentence

however if i want to use length

the noun form i talked about earlier

the length is 20 centimeters

so notice this sentence and this

sentence are sharing the same

information the length of the box

that’s the information but the grammar

of the sentence

changes this box is 20 centimeters

long adjective here the length is

20 centimeters or the length of this box

20 centimeters so note noun form

and adjective form length and long

they require slightly different sentence

structures

let’s look with wide and width then

so here this box is

40 centimeters wide this is my adjective

form

the width is 40 centimeters this is my

noun form

we can do the same thing with tall and

height

this box is 60 centimeters tall or

the height is 60 centimeters so again

tall is my adjective height is my noun

so depending on the word i use i need to

make sure

my grammar the structure of my sentence

is correct i

cannot say the tall is 60 centimeters

that is

incorrect because tall is an adjective i

must use a noun here i also cannot use

height in this pattern this box is 60

centimeters

height is incorrect because height is a

noun i

have to use an adjective here it’s 60

centimeters

tall this is correct we use the same

pattern when we’re talking about

people’s height so her height is 160

centimeters

or she is 160 centimeters

tall so please keep this in mind when

you’re talking about

the object dimensions the sizes of

objects

finally i mentioned the word deep

or the word depth to so you might use

this if you’re talking about like your

bathtub for example

my bathtub is 80 centimeters deep

so here deep again this is the adjective

form

to use depth we would make a pattern

like this

the depth of my bathtub is

80 centimeters for example so

this is how we introduce sizes in

english

so important points to take away are

this by

and this point this will help you sound

more natural

when you are reading dimensions for

things so when you make when you’re

taking a measurement of something

you can use this number 20 centimeters

and then as you’re taking the next

measurement it’s very common to say

bye so 20 centimeters by

40 centimeters by 60 centimeters

as you’re measuring something that’s a

very common way to express

that so i hope that this is helpful for

you

in terms of the measurements of objects

but if you have any questions or

comments or if there’s something

you would like to practice if you want

to make an example

measurement for example in the comment

section please feel free to do that as

well

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hi everybody welcome back to top words

my name is alicia and today we’re going

to talk about

10 words for persuading people so let’s

go urge the first word

is urge urge so to urge

someone to do something i urge you to

blah blah blah i urged him to blah blah

blah

i urged her to blah blah blah so you’ll

hear i’m using

i urge you to or i so we use

urge plus the object uh so him or her

or them whatever to do something to take

an action so i urge you to buy a new car

i urge you to get a new job i urge you

to talk to your boss

so to urge someone is to strongly

recommend them to

do something i strongly recommend blah

blah blah um

we’ll talk about the word recommend in

just a moment but i

urge you to do something urge is not

really

such a common word for persuading i

think

in casual conversation you might see

this in

like news reports from for example

politicians

or maybe like policymakers or kind of

people in influential positions like i

urge you to vote for such and such

person

you might hear it in those cases but in

everyday conversation we don’t use

urge so much so in a sentence i urge you

to make a change

recommend the next word is recommend

recommend is a very common very simple

way to make

a suggestion a suggestion based on your

opinion

so i recommend you uh drink a lot of

water or i recommend you eat healthy

or i recommend he so you’ll notice i

recommend you

i recommend he i recommend she not i

recommend

to uh blah blah blah but i recommend you

do something i recommend you take a

vacation i recommend you get a new

haircut

i recommend plus uh who who are you

recommending this to you can do that

also you can say you can follow the

recommendation you can follow the verb

with

like a noun phrase like i recommend

toothpaste

i recommend restaurant abc for dinner

tonight so you can follow recommend

with the item you are recommending so i

recommend

product a for this i recommend product b

for that

or you can follow it with a a pronoun so

i you me

i recommend well not i i recommend you

blah blah blah or i recommend

noun okay in a sentence he recommended i

see a doctor

consider the next word is consider

consider so consider to consider

something means to think about

something consider is a little more

formal than think about so this is think

about maybe

consider is a step above uh think about

so please consider blah blah blah so

please consider

uh plus some noun phrase usually comes

after the verb

consider so uh please consider my new

plan or please consider

your mother’s feelings so again use

consider in

formal situations so please consider my

proposal

please consider a

change in the department for example so

use consider in more

formal situations to ask someone

to think about something so please

consider blah blah blah

in a sentence please consider all the

options

you should the next word is you

should you should or the next expression

is you

should blah blah so you should is

perhaps

the most common way to try to persuade

or to give a suggestion to someone

you should blah blah blah i think you

should get a new apartment i think you

should find a new job

i think you should be dating a different

person i think you should

ask for a refund so you should you

should is a very common way to give

advice

what do you think i should do is a way

to ask for it you should blah blah blah

to give your advice or to

try to persuade someone of your opinion

in a sentence i think you should find a

new apartment

suggest okay next word

the next word is suggest suggest so be

careful

with your pronunciation with this word

there are two

g’s here it is not sagest or sagester i

don’t even know i’ve heard some very

strange pronunciations

of this word it’s suggest so there’s a g

sound

and then it’s followed by a j sound

suggest

quickly happens there suggests what do

you suggest

um that’s a tricky one so practice

slowly sug

just suggest suggest fun okay

anyway so to suggest something is to

give a very soft recommendation for

something

uh so i suggest you study every day

i suggest you see a doctor

uh he suggested in the past tense

he suggested we take a vacation or

we suggest a new policy or

why don’t you suggest this to your

manager for example

so suggest is to give a kind of soft

recommendation to just sort of

share an opinion it’s a sort of soft

persuasion

okay in another sentence can i make a

suggestion

try the next word is try try so

try is commonly used just in the command

form try something so like try this food

try that drink

try something so we can use try to

kind of give these very direct uh

recommendations

it’s a more direct way to try to

persuade someone of something so

it’s probably best used in cases where

you are fairly

close to the other person so try my new

cake or did you you should try i’ve used

you should

you should try uh this pasta

for example or uh try my new product

if you’re trying to sell something or

try out our new

online course so try is a very direct

and quick and clear way to persuade

someone in a sentence

try new things why don’t

the next expression is why don’t why

don’t blah blah blah

you can use why don’t in the negative

don’t why

don’t we use this this negative form why

don’t you

why doesn’t he of course if the if we uh

if we change the sentence a little bit

why doesn’t he why doesn’t she why don’t

you why don’t we

why don’t they uh so we use this

as a very soft way to make a suggestion

why don’t we see a movie this weekend

why doesn’t he just talk to his

girlfriend

why don’t you tell me more about your

amazing plan uh why don’t we

go to bed so why don’t you or why don’t

why don’t why doesn’t he why doesn’t she

we can use these expressions to make a

suggestion please be careful there are

uh depending on your intonation you can

change the meaning of this sentence

for example if i say

why don’t you call me back if i ask in

like that complaining tone like why

don’t you call me back

it sounds very different from ah why

don’t you call me back

like uh it’s make if my second sentence

there ah why don’t you just call me back

later for example

uh sounds like a suggestion however if i

use a complaining tone of voice why

don’t you call me back

it sounds like there’s a uh like a

problem i’m trying to

uh to communicate so be careful here

depending on your intonation you might

cause some miscommunication so make it

make you make sure you use

a suggestion intonation why don’t you

blah blah

upward intonation why don’t you call me

back later or why don’t you meet me for

dinner

for example why don’t you meet me for

dinner sounds a lot different than

why don’t you meet me for dinner so

please be careful here

okay in another sentence why don’t you

take a break

how about next expression is how about

how about so uh you use how about to

make a suggestion

how about we go hiking this weekend how

about we have dinner tonight how about

we get a coffee how about a drink after

work

how about is very casual very

simple easy to use friendly way to make

a suggestion to try to persuade someone

in a very

friendly manner how about an activity

so in a sentence how about a trip to the

mountains this weekend

what do you think about the next

expression is

what do you think about what do you

think about

so what do you think about so not what

do you think about but

what do you think about what do you

think about

activity so what do you think about

going swimming what do you think about

going for drinks tonight what do you

think about studying for the test

together tomorrow

so again we use this as a soft

persuasion

expression so what do you think about

something so asking the

listener what do you think sounds like

you’re asking for their opinion

what do you think about doing this

activity together

it’s like you you’ve made a suggestion

you want to persuade that person

and you’re getting their opinion in

return so in another sentence

what do you think about italian for

dinner tonight

let’s the next word is let’s

let’s so let’s is very interesting

there’s a one common mistake i see a lot

with the word

let’s let’s by default

let’s on its own implies that you are

going to do

something with another person let’s

means

let us let us is the expanded form

of let’s let’s is the contracted form of

let

us the key here being us so let’s

implies let’s means therefore

that it is the speaker plus

the listener involved in the action so

for example

let’s cook something together or let’s

eat or

let’s get a drink or let’s study it

sounds already like there’s

the listener and the speaker are

involved sometimes i hear

let’s study with us something like that

not correct

let’s study you don’t need with in this

case

unless unless you’re talking about a

third party there’s someone else so

let’s study

with uh stevens or like let’s talk

let’s talk about this with stevens let’s

talk about this with the boss

so let’s means the people who are

involved in the conversation

let’s blah blah blah you can add with to

talk about

somebody who is not involved in the

planning conversation right now

so don’t use us here this should be

somebody not

involved in the conversation let’s is

the people involved in the conversation

be very careful here so we use let’s

again as a very

soft way to persuade someone just a

suggestion

a more casual expression let’s talk

about this at the next meeting

let’s talk about this with our manager

tomorrow let’s talk about

oh i’m doing lots of talking uh let’s

go to bed i’m tired for example so using

let’s

shows that there are a couple of people

at least the immediate group

whoever can listen at that point in time

they’re all involved there

so keep that in mind let’s is a very

interesting word all right in one more

sentence

let’s go to the movies all right those

are 10 words and 10 expressions you can

use when you’re persuading people i hope

that those are useful for you

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this is how i persuade people i just

advance

menacingly towards them until they agree

hi everybody welcome back to top words

my name is alicia and today we’re going

to be talking about

the top 20 useful phrases for a hair

salon

before we get to the main part of this

lesson make sure to check the link in

the description to get pdf cheat sheets

that you can use to build your

vocabulary and your phrase knowledge

you might take a look at this

conversational phrase cheat sheet

it includes some expressions that you

can use when making a reservation

or when making payments for things as

you’ll need to do when you visit a hair

salon so

make sure to check this out in the

description all right let’s get to the

video

okay the first expression is i would

like a simple haircut

i would like a simple haircut

okay this is a very basic phrase that

expresses that you want just a trim

essentially you don’t want to make any

crazy new styles

you want your existing style but just a

little bit shorter so you can use this

i’d like a simple haircut expression

next is

can i have a shave

can i have a shave so can i have a shave

typically refers to

shaving the hair on someone’s face so

you probably don’t want to ask for this

if you’re going into a hairdresser’s

to get the hair on your head cut there

are some styles that

use razors and so on for like the back

of the head or maybe the side of the

head to create interesting designs

so you can ask for those things

specifically but generally when we say

shave something it refers to the hair on

the face

okay let’s head to the next expression i

have to visit the stylist

i have to visit the stylist you can use

this expression to tell someone else

about your plans to visit your hair

stylist

so stylist here means hair stylist you

can use either word but stylist is just

a little bit shorter

so i have to visit the stylist i need a

haircut

okay next is i need to speak to the

hairdresser

i need to speak to the hairdresser

alright so

hairdresser is a little bit of an

old-fashioned word you might hear a hair

stylist or a stylist or maybe something

else

but generally when you need to speak to

a hairdresser it’s because you have some

idea for something you want to do with

your hair maybe you want to

make a new color or maybe you want to

create a new style for yourself or use

some specific kind of technique

either way you need to consult with your

hairdresser or your hair stylist you can

use this expression to do that i want to

try something different today

i want to try something different today

so when you come to the hair salon

or your stylist’s shop you can express

to them i want to try something

different today to mean you want to be a

little bit more adventurous with your

haircut

this means you’re open to their opinions

and their ideas

so if you feel comfortable asking your

hair stylist their opinion you can say

i want to try something a little

different today next is

can i request a different shampoo

so when you go to the hair salon and

it’s time to shampoo your hair

you might have specific needs for your

hair or your skin or maybe you have an

allergy to a certain ingredient

whatever if you need to request

something else be used from what the

hair stylist typically uses

you can use this expression of course

you can change shampoo

for conditioner or treatment or color or

whatever it is you need

next is my hair is damaged can i have it

fixed

my hair is damaged can i have it fixed

okay so if your hair has damaged that

means maybe it’s dry or there are split

ends maybe it has

damage from the sun whatever if you want

to make it clear to your hair stylist

that your hair has some damage and you

want a little bit of extra treatment for

it you can use this expression

my hair is damaged can i have it fixed

next is i’d just like a trim

i would just like a trim okay

the most basic request at a hair salon

just a trim you don’t even have to say i

would you can just say

just a trim please or even a trim please

that means

i want just a little bit removed from my

current hairstyle

just a tiny bit so just to trim is the

most basic and probably most common

request

you can have ready when you go to the

hair salon okay

next expression is could you cut a

little bit more

could you cut a little bit more all

right

at native speed this could you cut a

little bit more means could you please

cut a little bit more

of my hair so use this when the

hairstylist has already cut

some of your hair and you want it a

little bit shorter you want a little bit

more hair to be cut off

could you cut a little bit more next

expression is

could you straighten my hair could you

straighten my hair

okay so to straighten your hair means to

make your hair straight to use a hair

iron or use something

to create straight hair from wavy or

curly hair

if you want your stylist to finish your

hair and make it look straight you can

use this expression

could you straighten my hair make sure

to say straighten not

straight not straight but could you

straighten my hair

okay next expression is i don’t have an

appointment

do you have time today i don’t have an

appointment

do you have time today so if you decide

on the day that you need to go to the

hair stylist you can call them or maybe

drop in

and say i don’t have an appointment but

do you have some time today

you can try using this expression if you

need to see someone urgently like if you

have a hair emergency

so use this i don’t have an appointment

but do you have some time

okay the next expression is i would like

to dye my hair

i would like to dye my hair okay so if

you want to change the color of your

hair you can use this expression

i’d like to dye my hair or i want to dye

my hair

to be specific about the color you can

say i want to dye my hair black or i

want to dye my hair blue or i want to

dye my hair

pink whatever the color is can come

after this expression

you can also say i’d like to change the

color of my hair

or i want to color my hair these

expressions are also okay

all right next expression is what kind

of hairstyle do you recommend

what kind of hairstyle do you recommend

so this is an expression that you can

use to ask your hair stylist for some

advice

maybe they can look at your hair type

they can look at the shape of your face

consider your needs and help you to

choose a hairstyle that’s right for you

what kind of hairstyle do you recommend

okay the next expression is

can you make it look like this picture

okay so in lots of cases if you find a

new style

in a magazine or online or something

like that

you might think to yourself i should

bring this to the hair salon

when you do that you can point to the

picture and say can you make it look

like this picture

or you can also just say i’d like this

haircut can you do that

so showing something is a really helpful

way to indicate what kind of style you

want

you can do that with this expression can

you make it like this picture

okay the next expression is i would like

to change my hair color

i’d like to change my hair color so we

talked about this expression a little

bit earlier in i would like to dye my

hair

this is a very general expression i

would like to change my hair color so

you should expect a follow-up

what kind of color are you thinking

about or what color do you want to

change it to

so again if you want to change the color

of your hair this is another expression

that you can use

alright next expression is can you show

me different hairstyles

can you show me different hairstyles

so this is something you can use if

maybe you’re not very prepared when you

come to the hair stylist

if you need some advice or if you need

to see a few different pictures to help

you make a decision

you can ask your stylist for a few

different hairstyles with this

expression

can you show me some different

hairstyles okay next expression is

can i get a mohawk can i get a mohawk

so a mohawk is a very specific hairstyle

it’s one strip of hair in the middle of

the head usually and it’s kind of tall

or some people like to have

extremely tall extremely spiky mohawks

but you can use this pattern to talk

about any hairstyle you want

you can say can i get a hairstyle can i

get a bob or can i get a bowl cut

whatever type of cut you want you can

use this pattern to express it

okay next is i’d like a cut and blow dry

i’d like a cut and blow dry you can use

this expression when you make your

appointment or when you arrive at the

hair salon

so a cut means a haircut and blow dry

means you want them to blow dry your

hair as well

so it depends on the salon you go to

maybe at some salons there’s just a cut

and no hair washing or no hair treatment

options whatever

if you want to be specific that you just

want a cut maybe a wash and a dry you

can use this expression to do that

okay next is around what time will we be

finished

around what time will we be finished you

can ask your hair stylist this question

if you want to know about when your

appointment will be done

so if you’re a very busy person or you

have somewhere to be

you can ask your hair stylist about how

long they expect the appointment to take

you can say about what time will we be

finished

all right next is does this price

include shampoo

does this price include shampoo if you

have questions about the prices at your

hair salon you can ask something like

this

does this price include shampoo or maybe

does this price include

a style does this price include

treatment

whatever it is that you’re looking for

if you have a question about the price

and what it includes you can use this

pattern to do that

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the top 20 useful phrases for a hair

salon

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hi everybody welcome back to top words

my name is alicia and in this lesson

we’re going to talk about

10 phrases that you can use at the post

office let’s get started

before we get to the video a quick

reminder that you can find some free pdf

cheat sheets from the link below this

video check out the youtube description

to find this

you can find conversational phrases and

expressions that you can use in

everyday life so if you want to work on

building some skills

in your vocabulary and phrase knowledge

check them out

okay let’s get to the video okay first

one

my home address is this

my home address is this okay so if you

bring something to the post office you

want to send it somewhere

and it’s not clear which address is your

address the place you are sending

something from

you can tell the post office staff my

home address is

this and you can point as you say it or

you can reverse it as well

this is my home address you might also

hear slightly different pronunciations

you might hear

address or address both are fine so my

home address is this

or this is my home address both are fine

okay the next expression is can i

schedule a re-delivery

can i schedule a re-delivery this is

something you can use on the phone

if there’s not like an online delivery

option can i schedule a re-delivery

means you expect to receive a package

and the package came but you were not at

home

so you need to reach out to the post

office or to the delivery service

and schedule another delivery time you

can do this on the phone

can i schedule a re-delivery okay the

next expression is

how much does the shipment cost

how much does the shipment cost another

way to ask this question is how much

is shipping you might hear that used how

much is shipping

how much does this shipment cost means

how much will it cost me

to send this package or to ship this

package

you can use this when you’re not sure

how much something is going to cost if

you want to try to find a cheaper way to

ship something for example you can

confirm the price with this expression

okay let’s go to the next expression can

i have the package insured

can i have the package insured okay

so if you’re sending something valuable

or maybe something that’s breakable or

something really really

important you might want to buy

insurance

for your package or for your letter

whatever you’re sending

you can ask can i have this package

insured to mean i want to buy insurance

for this package

so you can use this when you send

something from the post office or the

delivery service

can i have this package in short okay

the next expression is

how long does the delivery take

how long does the delivery take how long

does the delivery take

or how long does shipping take you might

hear something similar to that

this means how many days will it take

for my package to reach the destination

how long will the delivery take so they

might say

two business days or five business days

or a week

but this will give you some idea of when

the other person can expect to receive

your package

okay the next expression is will the

recipient receive my package by the end

of this week

will the recipient receive my package by

the end of this week

so you can use this expression if you

have a specific deadline in mind

and you can change by the end of this

week to your deadline

you can say something for example to

change this a little bit

like will the package arrive by tomorrow

or will the package be there by the end

of the month

so you can change this expression the by

the

time to refer to your deadline so if you

want to confirm

when something will arrive you can use

this to do so all right

next expression is will i be able to

track the delivery

will i be able to track the delivery

another way to ask this might be

how do i track the delivery or can i

track the delivery

if you want to use online tracking

services you can ask this question

when you send your package will i be

able to track the delivery

they might give you a website or perhaps

some kind of

mobile phone number that you can call

depends on the delivery service

but if you want to track your package

and see where it is you can use this

question

okay on to the next expression how

reliable is the delivery process

how reliable is the delivery process

this is a question you might ask if

you’re shipping something that’s really

easy to break or something that’s really

valuable

or maybe if you need to ship something

to like a dangerous area or a place

where maybe

roads have been affected by something

recently so if you have some questions

about how safely your package will

arrive

you can use this question how reliable

is the delivery process

this might lead to asking some questions

about insurance for your package as well

okay on to the next expression i’d like

to send

it via first class i’d like to send it

via first class

you might also just hear i’d like to

send this first class

so you don’t have to use via but first

class means the highest level like a

premium level of shipping

so it’s more expensive yes but perhaps

there’s

insurance you might have faster shipping

times

whatever it depends on the delivery

service that you’re using

but if you want to get the best shipping

service available you can ask

for first class i’d like to send this

first class please

okay on to the next expression i’d like

to send several parcels at once

i’d like to send several parcels at once

so parcel is another way of saying

package you can

of course replace parcel for package

here you can say i’d like to send

several packages or maybe

you have a few things you want to send

the point is if you come to the post

office or the delivery service with many

things you want to send

you can express that to the person

working there you can say i have a few

things i want to send

or i have several parcels i’d like to

send so if you go to the post office and

you have a few things you need to send

you can use an expression like this

you can say something like i have

several parcels i’d like to send or more

casually

i have a few things to send or i’d like

to send a few packages please

you can use parcel or package whatever

sounds most comfortable to you

but this expression can help the other

person understand your needs you don’t

have just

one thing to send you have a few alright

that brings us to the end those are 10

phrases that you can use at the post

office what did you think you can let us

know in the comments

and don’t forget to click the link in

the description to get your free pdf

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english words and phrases

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print them out they’re yours to keep so

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bye hi everybody welcome back to top

words my name is alicia and in this

lesson we’re going to talk about

20 useful phrases you can use when

talking to your doctor

let’s get started before we start a

quick reminder that you can find

free pdf cheat sheets to download from

the link in the description

you can find a bunch of different topics

you can use these to build your

vocabulary you can use them

to find daily conversation expressions

and a lot more so have a look check the

link below the video

okay let’s get to the lesson i have an

appointment today

i have an appointment today when you

arrive at the doctor’s office you can go

to the reception desk or the person

working there who’s receiving

people and you can say i have an

appointment today

this means they should be expecting you

you can expect to give your name and

maybe some other personal information

after you say this okay let’s go to the

next expression

how are you feeling today how are you

feeling today

this is a key question that your doctor

will ask you

it’s a question about your condition

they’ll say how are you feeling today or

they might ask something like

what seems to be the problem or asking

something else about your specific

symptoms

so when your doctor says how are you

feeling today you can explain you’re

feeling good or not so good

depending on what kind of checkup you’re

doing you can express that something is

painful

or something doesn’t feel quite right

there are many different ways

to respond to this question so that’s up

to you okay

on to the next phrase not very well

not very well so not very well is a very

general way to respond to the question

how are you feeling today

when you say not very well you should

expect to provide

more detail so why don’t you feel very

well

so this means that you just don’t have a

very good feeling about your body about

your condition

okay on to the next expression i think i

sprained my left ankle

i think i sprained my left ankle okay

so this is an example of a more specific

way of explaining your condition

so in this case a sprain is a type of

sports injury

and we tend to see it around the ankles

or maybe around the wrists too

so if you think that you know what type

of injury you’re experiencing you can

express that with something like this

i think i sprained my ankle in this case

okay

let’s go to another way to express your

feeling

i feel a sharp pain in my right knee

okay so this is another way that you can

describe something that you’re

experiencing

if you’re not sure about the type of

injury for example but you want to

express you are feeling pain you can do

it with something like this

sharp pain is a knife-like pain so you

can use

i feel a sharp pain in my plus the body

part

in this case your right knee of course

you can change that

to any other body part to express that

you’re feeling sharp

knife-like pain in that place okay let’s

go to another example

my knee is aching my knee is aching

okay so here we have a knee as our

example place again

but in this case we’re using ache so

aching

refers to a kind of dull low pain

generally

that doesn’t go away so when you say

that something aches it’s

different from a sharp pain which we saw

in the previous example

because a sharp pain is like a very

strong knife-like pain

an ache is something that’s kind of

constant and low

so you can say my body part is aching to

mean that that’s the feeling that it has

now okay let’s go to the next expression

my throat hurts a little my throat hurts

a little

okay so most people have experienced a

sore

throat so you can say i have a sore

throat

or another way to say that is my throat

hurts

a little of course you can change throat

to any other body part

my finger hurts a little or my stomach

hurts a little

to express that there’s a little pain or

a little discomfort in that body part

okay on to the next one i have a

terrible stomach egg

i have a terrible stomachache okay

so if you have pain in your stomach so

you feel

sick to your stomach you can express

that with stomach ache so we talked

about the word

ache earlier that kind of low constant

pain

we have that in our stomach sometimes

when we eat something that we

disagree with or when we have some kind

of bacteria in our stomachs

so if you have a really really bad one

if it’s very very uncomfortable

you can express that with a terrible

stomach ache i have a terrible

stomachache

okay next expression

i’ve lost my appetite i’ve lost my

appetite

okay this expression means you no longer

want to eat

food your appetite is how hungry you

feel when you see

food so usually we want to eat a few

times a day

right but if you lose your appetite it

means you’re no longer interested in

food

so if you have this experience you can

tell your doctor this you can say

i’ve lost my appetite okay next

expression

i have a rash on my arm

okay so a rash is a part of your skin

that turns red or maybe even another

color

and that’s sometimes itchy or maybe kind

of painful

so if you have one of these spots on

your skin you can express that with

i have a rash on my plus the body part

so i have a rash on my arm

i have a rash on my neck and so on okay

next expression do you have a cough

do you have a cough this is a question

that will come

from the doctor so if they want to check

your symptoms they might ask

do you have a cough or do you have some

other symptom

a cough refers to an uncomfortable

feeling where you want to push the air

out of your lungs and this sound

is called a cough so your doctor might

ask you do you have a cough

to check your symptoms okay next

expression

i get tired very quickly

okay so this expression refers to

fatigue or a feeling of having no energy

if your doctor asks about your symptoms

and you want to express

that recently you don’t have much energy

you can say

i feel tired very quickly this helps the

doctor understand that there’s been a

recent

change in your energy levels okay next

expression

does it hurt when i press here

does it hurt when i press here this is

another question that will come from the

doctor

during a physical examination the doctor

may touch parts of your body

and the doctor might ask you does it

hurt when i press here which means do

you feel

pain when i press this spot on your body

so just answer yes or no to respond

okay next expression take this medicine

and rest take this medicine

and rest this is an instruction from the

doctor

after your examination your doctor might

tell you to take some medicine

so they might also tell you to get some

rest in this case it’s both

take some medicine and rest it means

take the medicine the doctor is giving

you

and rest your body okay next expression

you might need surgery you might need

surgery

okay so this is something that will come

from the doctor

after your physical examination if your

injury or your sickness

cannot be treated just by using medicine

you might have to have an operation

or surgery so there are very simple

surgeries and there are more complex

surgeries

so it depends on your condition but if

the doctor thinks you may need something

like this

they’ll tell you with an expression like

you might need surgery

okay next expression i need a medical

certificate

i need a medical certificate if you need

a document that describes your health

condition or your medical history

you can ask for one with this expression

i need a medical certificate

you might not have to ask your doctor

specifically for this

in many cases you can simply ask the

reception desk for this information

okay next expression i’d like to get a

second opinion

i’d like to get a second opinion okay

this expression means i’d like to get a

second

doctor’s opinion so after your physical

examination

if you’re not sure about this doctor’s

conclusion

you might want to talk to another doctor

and get their opinion

about your condition you can express

that with i’d like to get a second

opinion

okay next expression that’s a relief

that’s a relief okay that’s a relief is

an expression that you can use when you

feel relieved about the doctor’s

conclusion

if you thought you might have a serious

illness but the doctor says you just

have a cold and it’s no problem

you can express that feeling of relief

with this expression

ah that’s a relief it’s just a cold okay

next expression

please come back next week for a checkup

this is an instruction you may receive

from your doctor

so after your first examination maybe

you receive some medicine or you have

some other kinds of care or treatment

guidelines

your doctor wants to check your

condition again in a week they will say

something like this

please come back next week for a checkup

okay

next expression thank you i will confirm

the date of my visit

thank you i will confirm the date of my

visit

all right this is an expression that you

would typically use if you are making a

schedule for upcoming treatment or an

upcoming doctor’s appointment

you might say this on the phone or in

person to someone if you need to check

your schedule

before you confirm something thanks i

need to confirm the date of my visit

all right that brings us to the end of

20 useful phrases you can use when

talking to your doctor

what did you think you can let us know

in the comments and don’t forget to

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your free

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thanks very much for watching this video

and i will see you again next time

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the first step in your language learning

journey that will guarantee your success

here’s a question for you when you want

to learn a language how do you usually

get started with that goal

you might say the inspiration comes

first and that motivates you to start

then you get a textbook or an app and go

from there right

that’s a pretty standard answer but how

does that tend to work out

most people end up falling off a week or

a month later

why do you think that happens leave a

comment with why you think people tend

to lose inspiration quickly

more often than not it happens because

you pick a goal a learning routine or a

resource that overwhelms you and just

isn’t right for you

here’s a typical example let’s say you

work an 8 hour day and you want to try

to start learning

most people would try to squeeze in

learning for one or two hours at night

or you could try and wake up an hour

early and usually that doesn’t work out

because you’re trying to do things that

you’re not used to

wake up earlier and study earlier it

doesn’t fit your current lifestyle

so what should you do differently well

let’s take an example from language

schools

before you start learning language

schools force you to take an assessment

test on the first day

why so that they make sure the language

lessons

fit your level and put you in the proper

class the goal of an assessment test is

to find out where you are and meet you

there

that’s something most solo learners

don’t do

and the problem is if you’re a solo

learner no one assesses you

and you yourself don’t know what routine

works best for you how much time you can

set aside and how much studying you can

comfortably do

we all imagine we can do an hour a day

but realistically speaking it’ll be a

lot less than that

so that’s where self-assessment comes in

before you start learning a language or

do any goal for that matter

it’s important to know where you are in

life what your daily

schedule is like when you’re busy and

when you’re free so you can set your

expectations

know how much time you can put in and so

you can start learning at a pace that

works for you

now how do you actually assess yourself

there are three assessments you can do

one a life assessment

two a routine assessment and three

language assessment

language assessment will only be helpful

if you already have some experience

if you’re brand new you won’t need this

first

life assessment here the goal is to see

how the language will fit into your life

and how you generally deal with goals as

in if you succeeded with the goal before

what helped you succeed you could take

that and apply it here

if you failed before find out why so you

can avoid it this time

so you’ll need to answer the following

questions why are you learning this

language

how will it help your life what current

connections do you have to this language

for example listening to music watching

tv you have a relative

you have neighbors or friends that speak

it what have you been doing so far to

learn

have you learned languages before have

you failed any goals before

how or why have you succeeded with any

goals before

how or why write these questions out and

answer them

next the routine assessment write out

your daily routine for a whole week

for example wake up at 7am breakfast at

8 a.m

commute to work at 8 30 a.m arrive at

work at 9 30 a.m

lunch at 1 p.m and so on do this for

every day of the week

the goal here is to see what your daily

routine is like so you know when you’re

free

when you’re busy and where you can fit

in language learning that way if you’re

super busy on mondays and five minutes

is all you can do then that’s good

enough

you won’t feel bad about doing only five

minutes if you see that you spend 30

minutes on commuting add language

learning on top of that existing routine

if you take walks or go for a jog play

an audio lesson there

or even if you’re cooking at a certain

time play an audio lesson in the

background

remember look for an existing routine

that you already stick with like

commuting

and where you can multitask don’t try to

create new routines

for example waking up at 7am to learn

will set you up for failure

if you usually wake up at 8am waking up

at 7am will be even harder

and then actually trying to learn a

language at 7am makes it even harder

this is where new learners start having

trouble you’re trying to do two things

at once

trying to learn the language and trying

to stick to a new routine

one is hard enough trying to do two can

overwhelm you

so piggyback off of your existing

routines first so you can build momentum

and finally there’s language assessment

if you’re an absolute beginner you won’t

need much of an assessment

just start with our absolute beginner

recommended learning pathway

but if you have experience and want to

assess yourself there are two things you

can do

first if you’re a premium plus user then

you’re asked to do an assessment test

when you join

but you can always request it again from

your teacher and second if you’re a

premium user

check our recommended pathways we assign

these pathways level 1 to level 5

based on your learning level from

absolute beginner to advanced

at the start of each pathway there’s a

diagnostic test you can take that to

assess yourself

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what’s your reason for learning language

is it a personal goal

a hobby or do you have dreams of moving

to a country where it’s spoken

in this video you’ll learn why your

reason is crucial for motivation

and for your success in language

learning we’ll look at the top 10

reasons for learning a language

from language learners just like you

what’s your number one reason for

learning a language

whatever your reason is whether big or

small knowing it

or knowing your why is crucial for

success and motivation

number one i love the culture and the

people who speak the language

this is a popular answer learning a

language can be a great way to learn

more about the culture

and open up new ways to experience it

number two i want to understand my

favorite songs movies and tv shows

that’s right songs movies and shows are

great ways to immerse yourself in the

language

if you’re spending your time learning

and also immersing yourself you’ll learn

faster

number three it’s a beautiful language

sometimes the answer is as simple as

that you have a genuine interest in the

language itself

number four my family comes from a place

where the language is spoken

this can be popular for students who

have moved to a new country and might

want to connect to their home country’s

culture

learning a language lets them learn

things about their heritage and

communicate with people who can teach

them more about their cultural history

if your grandmother speaks a different

language from you it can be pretty hard

to connect

so a lot of people want to learn a

language to connect to family members as

well

number five i want to speak to my

partner’s family in their language

similar to the reason above perhaps you

want to speak to your partner’s parents

or grandparents but they don’t speak

your language

not only can learning their native

language let you connect with them on a

more personal level but it’s also likely

to impress them

number six i’m learning the language to

impress someone

we have many students say that they want

to learn a new language to impress

someone in their life

this could be a teacher a parent a

friend or even someone they admire and

look up to

it always feels good to accomplish

something and have other people

recognize and be proud of your

achievement

and you see this very often in language

learning when you learn a new phrase or

can make a longer conversation

the people around you are bound to be

impressed

number seven a love of traveling there’s

no surprise here

many people want to learn a new language

to be able to travel more because you

can see new places and learn about

different cultures

traveling is a popular hobby for many

people

and what better way to connect with the

people that you meet on your travels

than by being able to speak with them

in their native language we have a lot

of students who just want to learn some

basic conversations to help them on

their trips

but even this can help you day to day

number eight

i want to live in a country that speaks

the language

after traveling around someone might

discover a country that really appeals

to them

and they might decide they want to move

there but their language skills could

use some work

or maybe for a job or family reason

someone has to move to a new country

not knowing the language can really make

adjusting to a new home

and even a new culture much more

difficult we have a lot of students who

want to learn a language to help them

when they move

number nine i just love learning

languages

this is popular for people whose hobby

is learning other languages

they fall in love with the process of

actually studying and being able to

speak in a new language

it’s a huge feeling of accomplishment

number 10

i want to open my mind and become more

international

it’s so important to expand your

horizons and learn about more than your

own culture

people around the world live their lives

in different ways and it’s good to learn

about them and how they interact

you never know what you could learn by

opening your ears and mind to new things

whatever your reason might be for

learning a new language as long as it

keeps you motivated it’s a good one

learning a new language is not an easy

journey it’s one filled with lots of ups

and downs

so keep in mind your reason and

motivation for learning

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bye want to know how to improve your

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be able to save conversations listen to

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well there is an easy way to do this in

this video we’ll go over how to speak

more using the dialogue track

so what is the dialogue track the

dialogue track is an

audio track with just the conversation

from the lesson

it’s only about 10 to 30 seconds long

let’s say you’re looking at a 5 minute

lesson about ordering food at a

restaurant

first you hear a conversation then our

teachers explain

every grammar rule and translate every

word so you know what it all means

that’s where the dialogue track comes in

it gives you just the conversation

here’s what makes the dialogue track so

powerful

first you can quickly review the

conversation without re-listening to the

lesson

the dialogue track is just 10 to 30

seconds long so it won’t take you very

long to cover both new

and old information this makes it

perfect for a quick review of what

you’ve just learned and it helps keep it

fresh in your brain

second you’ll remember the conversations

easier

listen on repeat like you would with a

song and the words phrases and grammar

rules will stick better

and the more you come back to re-listen

the better it will all stick

third you’ll speak more of your target

language

so if you have 10 20 or 100 dialogue

tracks like that

then you have 10 20 or 100 conversations

that you’ll know

inside out and that you can use in real

life for example

conversations like catching up with

friends ordering in a restaurant

talking about your family introducing

yourself and much much more

fourth you improve your listening skills

and can immerse yourself in the language

so imagine you’ve finished 20 lessons

and you’ve downloaded 20 dialogue tracks

to your

phone that’s 20 conversations you can

create a playlist and play those 20

tracks and get used to the language and

immerse yourself

to recap what we just learned here’s

what you do to make the most of the

dialogue tracks

first after you finish a lesson download

the dialog

track save it to your computer or phone

so you can listen to it on repeat

whenever possible

just replace three to 15 minutes of

music listening for some language review

next if you’ve finished 20 lessons you

should have 20 dialogue tracks

use those to create a playlist of these

dialogue tracks so that you can listen

to all kinds of conversations

and finally try shadowing the

conversations that you hear

this will become super easy once you’ve

heard the conversation enough times

but if you’re still struggling with a

word or two go back to the lesson and

check the line-by-line breakdown of the

conversation to find the words you need

to practice

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bye want to power up your language

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