Advanced English Conversation Vocabulary Phrasal Verb Pronunciation

Vanessa:
Hi, I’m Vanessa from SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com.

Let’s have a real English conversation, let’s
go.

Today I have something super special to share
with you.

I’m going to share a real English conversation.

A little over two years ago my husband, Dan,
and I bought our first house.

And today you are going to meet our realtor,
Brandi.

A realtor, or sometimes we call them a real
estate agent, is a professional who helps

you to find and buy a house.

In the US if you want to buy a house, you
need to hire a realtor.

If this job isn’t common in your country,
don’t worry, you’ll learn a lot about it today.

Brandi is really passionate about her job
and how her job has completely changed her

family’s life.

I’m sure that you also have things that you’re
passionate about, so it’s a good experience

to listen carefully and imitate the way that
we speak.

During our conversation you will see some
subtitles down here for some important vocabulary,

phrasal verbs, and pronunciation.

After you watch the conversation, there will
be a vocabulary lesson where my husband, Dan,

and I explain in detail some of the important
phrases so that you don’t waste your time

studying unimportant words.

Ingrain these in your memory.

It’s great to hear them in the conversation,
but when you also hear us explaining them

in the vocabulary lesson, it will be even
easier to remember them and use them yourself.

After the vocabulary lesson, you will have
a phrasal verb lesson where you will learn

some of the most important phrasal verbs from
the conversation with Brandi, so that you

can use them in your daily conversation.

And finally, after the phrasal verb lesson,
you will have a pronunciation lesson so that

you can speak more like an American and speak
clearly and understandably.

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any words.

And of course, to help you remember everything
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sample sentences, and you’ll be able to answer
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Brandi.

Hi everyone.

Brandi:
Hello.

Vanessa:
I’m here with Brandi.

Brandi is a real estate agent, realtor, but
also a friend now.

So let’s start by talking about the definition.

What is a real estate agent or a realtor?

Brandi:
Okay.

So a realtor and real estate agent are almost
interchangeable.

Vanessa:
Okay.

Brandi:
So all real estate agents in order to get

on our listing service, which means the access
to properties, we have to be a realtor, which

is this organization that has a set of ethics.

Vanessa:
Oh.

Brandi:
And so we have to follow certain ethical guidelines

to make sure that we don’t mislead clients
and we share all the important facts about

a house.

And when it comes to our activities we essentially
are the … I like to think of myself as a

consult.

So I help consult people in buying and selling
their home.

Vanessa:
Okay.

So it is essential if someone wants to buy
or sell a house that they contact a consult

or a real estate agent, a realtor, to help
them in that process?

Brandi:
So technically people can buy and sell on

their own.

Vanessa:
Oh?

Brandi:
If they want to.

Though I do think that working with a realtor,
you have somebody who does it as a job and

somebody who has seen hundreds of experiences
of buying and selling and really understand

how the market works.

What a good deal is, what isn’t a good deal,
what important repairs are, what non-important

repairs are.

Vanessa:
Yeah.

Brandi:
So some people try and sell on their own and

sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t,
and then they connect with a realtor to engage

their expertise.

And then for buyers, at least in our state,
it’s pretty common that the seller pays the

realtor commission for the buyers.

So for buyers, the buyers don’t actually have
to pay anything out of pocket.

The seller pays the commission so it’s beneficial
for buyers especially.

Vanessa:
Yeah.

I remember when we bought this house, it didn’t
feel like we were paying you anything.

It was so weird.

You were helping us so much and then there
was no exchange of money.

So if we had decided, “Hey, we’re not going
to buy a house at all,” would you just be

out then?

You would’ve helped us all that time for nothing?

Brandi:
Yes, and it happens a lot.

Vanessa:
Oh no.

Okay.

But in the end, the expectation is that that
person will buy and then you’ll make a cut

of whatever the price of the house is-
Brandi:

Yes.

Vanessa:
-that they got.

Okay.

Because it seems like every country has a
different way of dealing with buying property,

but in the US it’s pretty common to use a
realtor who knows what they’re doing.

That’s your job, to know all those ins and
outs.

Especially for us as a first time buyer having
no idea of the process, it was so helpful

to have someone who was just guiding you.

Especially when we’ve got other stuff going
on in our life.

You don’t have time to know every detail about
who is the best person to sign these papers

or what’s the next step?

It was really nice to have help.

So thank you.

Brandi:
Yeah, you’re welcome.

And I feel like my role too is also to help
make it as stress free as possible for all

parties.

So as much as possible if a repair is needed
and a seller doesn’t have time to be there,

I’ll meet the repair person at the house because
buyers and sellers, they have jobs, they have

things they have to do.

And so if a buyer can’t make an inspection
because their schedule is really busy, I go

to the inspection for them.

Of course there’s a report, though I want
to be there to be able to help explain to

them what’s important, what’s not important,
those kind of things.

So I feel like another job for a realtor is
really just to make it as easy and as smooth

as possible.

Vanessa:
Yeah, and that’s what a good realtor should

do.

Brandi:
Yes.

Not all do that.

Vanessa:
That’s the ideal.

Brandi:
Yes.

Vanessa:
So now that we kind of have a general overview,

I’m curious about you personally.

How did you get into this?

Or why did you get into being a real estate
agent?

Brandi:
Yeah.

So I was bartending, so I was serving drinks
at the Grove Park Inn which is this beautiful

resort in our area.

And I met this woman named Samantha and she
was there with her team and we just started

talking and they were ordering a lot of drinks.

Vanessa:
So they were talking a lot.

Brandi:
They were having a really good time and we

ended up talking a little bit and getting
to know each other.

And I asked, “Well, why are you here?”

It’s normally a question that I ask just to
kind of engage customers.

And she said, “Oh, we’re celebrating a huge
business success.”

And I was like, “Oh, what was that business
success?

I want to know.”

And she’s like, “Oh.

Well, I was the top agent in all of Western
North Carolina.”

And I was like, “Like top real estate agent?”

And she’s like, “Yeah, yeah.”

And I was like, “How many houses did you sell
last year?”

And she’s like, “54.”

And I was like-
Vanessa:

That’s a house a week almost.

Brandi:
That’s more than a house a week technically.

So I was like, “Wow.”

And then I was like, “I think people make
3% and then house prices are like this.

That’s a lot of money.”

Vanessa:
It’s a pretty lucrative business, especially

if you do it well.

Brandi:
Yeah.

I was like, “Wow, that’s amazing.”

And then I just tapped back in to my past,
and I always helped my dad and my mom find

their houses.

Vanessa:
Oh.

Brandi:
Back in the day before the internet was as

huge as it was, I would look through … there
was these flyers.

And I would look through the flyers and highlight
all the different properties for sale or rent

and help my parents find them.

I found my parents almost every house.

Vanessa:
Really?

Brandi:
Yeah, as a 12 year old.

Vanessa:
Wow.

So it is inside of you.

Destiny.

Brandi:
I was like “I loved this growing up.”

And then I was like, “If she can do it, she’s
nice and all, but I don’t see that she has

something that I don’t have.”

So I guess it was just an opportunity for
me to be like, “I can do it too.”

Vanessa:
Yeah.

Brandi:
And so long story short, I was actually seven

months pregnant when I decided I wanted to
do that.

Vanessa:
Great time to make a big life change.

Brandi:
Yeah, and I already had one baby.

So I was like, “It’s now or never.”

While he’s inside of me, it’s going to be
easier than when he’s not.

So I signed up immediately for a real estate
course.

So I worked full time five days a week, Monday
through Friday, and then I would drive two

hours away to go to real estate school Saturday
and Sunday.

And so I did that for eight weeks and then
I graduated and I got my license eight days

before I gave birth.

Vanessa:
Oh my goodness.

That just makes me a little stressed thinking
about it.

Brandi:
So most people don’t pass that exam on their

first try.

Vanessa:
But you were like, “This is it.

I got to do it now.”

Brandi:
I was like, “I literally don’t have an option.

I can’t do this with a one week old baby.”

Vanessa:
Yeah.

Brandi:
And so I’m like, “I’m just going to study

super hard and try not to panic in the test
room.”

Vanessa:
But you did it.

Brandi:
I did it.

Vanessa:
Wow.

Wow.

So at that time, I guess talking with Samantha
must have been just a page turning that this

is a new career.

This is a new option for me that I didn’t
know existed before, or didn’t think about

as a path.

Brandi:
Yeah, I never really thought about it because

I owned my own business for a while.

I was a yoga studio owner and I loved that.

And so I kind of just like, “Well, I’m just
going to do that again eventually.”

And bartending was just my in between because
since we had just moved from a different state.

And then when I met her, I was like, “That
sounds like a great thing to be able to support

my family really abundantly.”

And yeah, I ended up joining her team because
she-

Vanessa:
Cool.

Brandi:
-got me information as a good realtor does,

and followed up as a good realtor does.

Vanessa:
Yep.

Brandi:
And she was like, “Oh, so are you thinking

about buying a house?”

And I was like, “Actually, I’m in real estate
school.”

She’s like, “Oh.”

Vanessa:
You inspired me.

I am here now.

Brandi:
She literally followed up while I was at school.

I was on lunch break when she happened to
call and I was like, “Oh, the universe.”

Vanessa:
It is crazy how if you have one real estate

agent, they will follow you throughout your
life.

My parents used to live in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
and the house that they bought there when

I was two years old, when we moved to South
Carolina, even 20 years later, they still

would get Christmas cards from him.

And it’s like, “We don’t even live in the
same state.”

This kind of networking connection to those
people is insane, especially if you’re like

Samantha, good at networking and keeping up
with potential customers, but also in a friendly

way.

Brandi:
Yeah.

Vanessa:
Not just like, “Are you going to buy something?”

But really just connecting.

Brandi:
And that’s important.

Vanessa:
Yes, not being too pushy.

Brandi:
To not be pushy, because I think a lot of

people that goes over their head.

They’re like, “So who do you know looking
to buy, sell, or invest in real estate?”

That’s a script.

Vanessa:
Yeah.

Well, I feel like something I really appreciated
the first time we talked to you is we had

also contacted Samantha when we were looking
for a house.

We stumbled upon her contact information and
had talked with her and we’d kind of been

looking for a place on and off for a year,
just looking at listings.

And I think we’d driven by maybe two places,
maybe looked at a place or two.

But then when we talked to you, you were like,
“Okay, this seems like something you really

want.

How about next week you try to find three
places that you like and we can walk in them

and just get a real grasp for what you want
after looking at concrete places?”

And just that wording to me felt like, “Oh,
I’m kind of excited to actually see places.”

Even though I know, not with a thought like,
“These are my three dream houses,” but just

like, “We’re going to analyze these places
and see how you really feel about them.”

And that felt to me less definite like, “I
have to find the perfect place and that’s

the only place I can look in.”

It’s like, “Oh, let’s look at these places
and get a real feeling for how you feel about

them.”

Instead of just, I felt really serious.

“I need to find the perfect place before I
go in it.”

So I appreciated that not pushy, but let’s
just get a feeling for what you really want.

And I think that helped us to get the ball
rolling in a real way.

Brandi:
Yeah.

Vanessa:
So that was a really comforting kind of conversation.

Brandi:
I mean not that House Hunters on HGTV, our

network here, should be how we look at houses.

But I think House Hunters … I loved that
growing up by the way.

Vanessa:
Yeah?

Brandi:
I was obsessed with HGTV.

I would watch all these weird home things.

So I guess it was in my blood.

Vanessa:
Yeah.

Brandi:
As a teenager, who does that?

Anyways.

I’d stay up until midnight watching Curb Appeal.

But anyways.

So yeah, but on there what I learned too is
that people start … when you look at different

houses, you’re like, “Oh.

Well I like this and I don’t like this and
I like this about out this house, but not

this house.”

And eventually after you see enough, you really
start getting a feel.

I mean, you can also get to the point where
you’ve seen too many and then it gets a little-

Vanessa:
Overwhelming.

Brandi:
Yeah.

But if you just see a few, it starts to give
you an idea.

Like you said, a concrete feeling of, “Yes.

This is what I like.

This is what I don’t like.”

I think we saw one house that was gorgeous.

It was a little bit higher price point but
you were just like, “There’s just something

about the feeling of it.”

Vanessa:
Too overwhelmingly big or that sense that

you get.

Brandi:
It’s a lot to take care of for you guys.

And so when you found this one, you were like,
“Oh, this is perfect.

It’s nice.

Though it’s also concise.”

Vanessa:
Yeah.

Brandi:
Is maybe a good word for it.

Vanessa:
It’s not big, especially for an American house.

But it was a good step up from where we were
before.

Brandi:
You were at a tiny apartment.

Vanessa:
Yeah, I mean.

Brandi:
So this is a lot more space.

Vanessa:
This is double or more than double the space,

which to us felt huge.

Brandi:
The other one would’ve been quadruple.

Vanessa:
Yeah, and I think that is something to think

about.

Where are you now?

What kind of lifestyle change will your new
house give you?

And do you want that?

Brandi:
Yes.

Vanessa:
So yeah.

So I’m curious, I have already been through
this because we were your clients.

But for students too, a lot of people live
in the US and maybe would be in this process

or don’t live in the US and have bought houses
in their own home country, just to kind of

compare from how the US does it.

If I wanted to buy a house and I called you
and said, “Hey, Brandi.

You were recommended to me.

I’m looking to buy a house.”

What happens at that point?

What’s the process that you would go through
with someone?

Brandi:
Gotcha.

Well first I like to listen a lot in the very
beginning because it’s not about me.

Right?

It’s about them and what they want.

So the first thing that I do is ask them a
bunch of things.

So kind of just be ready to share with the
realtor, “Okay, this is what I’m looking for.”

So have a list of your needs and your wants
and that kind of thing and be ready to go

there.

So that’s the first thing that I do, is a
thorough needs analysis.

And then the next step, and I honestly think
that connecting with a mortgage lender after

you talk to a realtor is a good idea because
the realtor will be able to recommend a mortgage

lender.

Because often big banks and people that you
bank with can be a little bit slower.

They work on salary, not commission.

So local lenders are typically more motivated
to actually help you and get you to closing.

Whereas big banks, they just work on a salary.

They’re not as motivated.

Vanessa:
Oh.

Brandi:
And then so a realtor can sometimes recommend

somebody that they were work with a lot.

They work really well together.

They know that they’re going to hit the deadlines
appropriately and not be late.

And then so getting that mortgage loan would
be the next step.

And then once you’re approved, because especially
in our market, I think it’s like this globally

right now.

It’s just a really strong housing market in
general.

I don’t know about globally, but definitely
within the continental US.

Right?

Though I guess US and Hawaii and Alaska are
doing good too.

I have some friends there.

But anyways so basically once you have that
approval and you’re ready to go, like literally

could make an offer, that’s when you start
touring properties.

Drive bys are great.

Though honestly in today’s market, it really
just depends.

Vanessa:
Like it might already be sold?

Brandi:
Yeah.

Vanessa:
Don’t have the time to-

Brandi:
I’ll drive by today and we’ll make an offer

tomorrow.

No, let’s just go today and offer today.

Vanessa:
Yeah.

Brandi:
Because sometimes right now we’re talking

… like in California, people post in real
estate groups that I’m in on Facebook and

people are receiving 50+ offers sometimes.

Vanessa:
That’s crazy.

Brandi:
I mean just an insane amount.

So you really want to get in there as soon
as possible obviously.

And then even here, we’re not that hot.

But recently I’ve been involved in 11 offers.

There’s five offers.

So it’s still, it’s a lot.

It’s a lot of competition so it’s good, at
least right now in today’s market, to move

quickly.

Vanessa:
Do you think today’s market means post-COVID,

that kind of has changed to make the market
different?

Is that what you mean by the changing market?

People leaving cities, and that’s kind of
what I imagine is people want to leave New

York City and move to the mountains to Asheville
or something like that.

Or is it just in general the way the world
is this current moment?

Brandi:
Yeah.

So when I say today, I literally mean today
because tomorrow there could be a political

announcement that changes the market forever.

Vanessa:
Ah.

Brandi:
We don’t know what tomorrow’s market will

look like quite literally.

We don’t know if the mortgage rates are going
to go up, because right now they’re still

at a historic low and it happened for a little
while now though.

So with rates being so low, it’s a great time
to get a mortgage.

That’s why so many people are buying.

Vanessa:
Like the interest rate?

Brandi:
Interest rate.

Yeah.

So the interest rate, basically the amount
that you pay now for a $300,000 house is significantly

less than what you would’ve paid five years
ago for a $300,000 house.

So for the same amount of money, you’re paying
less per month.

Vanessa:
Because that percentage of interest is just

so low over the 15 or 30 years.

Brandi:
And so the monthly payments are a lot lower.

I mean, you’re talking sometimes really significant
differences.

If you’re talking 5% versus 3% over a 30 year
time, it makes a really, really big difference.

Vanessa:
Yeah.

Brandi:
Especially with those big numbers.

So yeah, so the market could shift.

There’s some whispers of inventory rising
because of the economy in the next few months.

But people are also seeing the economy will
stay strong because the stock market’s been

doing well so the wealthy have enough to purchase.

Vanessa:
It seems so complex.

Brandi:
It’s super complex.

That’s why literally the market of today is
the market of today.

Of course it’s probably tomorrow’s market.

Is it next week’s market?

I don’t really know.

So it can change at any point.

But as of right now, yes, post-COVID, a lot
of people are moving from places that they

disagree with their policies to places where
they agree with policies, both directions.

Vanessa:
Oh.

Brandi:
If that makes sense.

Vanessa:
Yeah.

Brandi:
And not to get too political about it, but

when people want or like a certain policy
in a certain region, they want to live there.

Vanessa:
Yeah, that makes sense.

You want to live near people who get you and
you understand.

Brandi:
And large acreage is also going really quickly

now.

Vanessa:
Oh.

Brandi:
Because people are now seeing the value in

having a bunch of space after maybe they’ve
lived in an apartment for the last year and

been stuck in their apartment with whatever
neighbors they have.

I’m really glad I don’t.

Vanessa:
That would be so tough.

Brandi:
Yeah.

With all the lockdowns and stuff, I think
it’s really brought awareness to people’s

living situations and people have realized
they either love it or they don’t.

And I think most people, after a year being
stuck in one place, are kind of like, “You

know?”

Vanessa:
“I kind of want more space.”

And we live in the mountains where-
Brandi:

It wouldn’t be terrible.

Vanessa:
-people are selling acreage.

They’re selling big plots of land.

Brandi:
The property I was talking to her earlier

today about was, it’s 150 acres.

And so again, there’s a lot of people wanting
different chunks and different splits of this.

Vanessa:
Oh.

Brandi:
And it’s expensive, though also a lot of people

want it because it’s such a large tract of
land.

Vanessa:
Yeah, that’s like a whole mountain side.

Brandi:
It’s literally a whole mountain with a creek

and up, and then the views.

It’s all cleared and it’s gorgeous.

Vanessa:
That sounds amazing.

Brandi:
Yeah, it’s really cool.

Vanessa:
Yeah.

I mean those kinds of things two years ago
might have been less sought after.

I mean that sounds like a pretty unique situation,
but in general.

Brandi:
No, it would’ve been.

Because there’s another property, it was 100
acres.

It was listed for $750, actually less than
this one was listed for, and the views were

incredible and the house was 10 times better.

It was this beautiful old Victorian house
and it was super magical, and it sat on the

market for years.

Vanessa:
What?

Brandi:
And it just sold because the market’s crazy

now.

But people didn’t-
Vanessa:

It’s like that’s what people want now.

Brandi:
Yeah.

But a few years ago people are like, “Why
do I want to live in the middle of nowhere

with 100 acres?”

Vanessa:
Wow.

Brandi:
Now people are like, “Please.

Yes.”

Vanessa:
That’s so interesting.

So yeah, it can just change.

Brandi:
Yeah.

Vanessa:
Very quickly.

Brandi:
In a few months.

Again, years for that to sell.

And then all of a sudden they were getting
so much interest, they ended up getting a

really good price in it.

So yeah.

Vanessa:
Wow.

That’s so strange because I feel like if that
is how people are feeling who are buying now,

I remember we felt like that even a year and
a half ago.

Is it just a bubble right now?

Is it really high price for the past or historically
or whatever and are we just spending too much

money?

And then you never know what the future holds.

Brandi:
And you just found out you have 20% equity

essentially.

Vanessa:
Crazy.

But those things can always … you never
know what’s going to happen.

Brandi:
Yeah.

I mean, it’s amazing.

You don’t, right?

Because at that time … there was this meme
that basically it was a skeleton on a chair

and it said, “Buyers waiting for the market
to crash.”

Vanessa:
Oh my goodness.

Brandi:
Because people keep saying that like, “Oh,

it’s a bubble.

It’s a bubble.”

It just keeps going to stronger and stronger
and stronger and stronger.

And we’re like, “We don’t know, that’s why
it’s today’s market.”

Vanessa:
Wow.

So if you want it and you find the best thing
for you, just do it.

Brandi:
Yeah, especially with mortgage interest rates

so low.

And even if it does pop if you’re planning
on staying there a few years, it’s going to

go back up.

It’s just how inflation works essentially.

Vanessa:
Yeah.

The market is always going to be changing
and shifting.

Brandi:
Yep.

Vanessa:
So let’s say that the bank has said, I don’t

know the exact terminology, but the bank has
said you are approved to buy a house for $300,000.

You find a house that’s that much.

Great, you want to buy it.

But there’s three other people who also want
to buy it.

Like our situation, five other people, whatever
it was.

What happens at that point?

Because it seems like right now that’s really
common, that you’re going to have other people

putting offers on the same house that you
want.

Do you fight it, duke it out?

What happens?

Brandi:
So what is stressful about those situations

is that all the offers are blind.

And so we had this conversation, right?

Vanessa:
“What are other people going to offer?

I don’t know.

How much do we want to offer?”

Brandi:
Yeah.

And there are terms other than cash that can
be incentives, but sometimes you don’t want

to waive those terms.

And so an example would be an inspection period.

You found some things in the inspection that
you wanted addressed and they addressed them.

Vanessa:
Yeah.

Brandi:
And that happens a lot.

Even if it’s a great condition house, as this
one was, there’s still going to be some items

that you want fixed or repaired or might help
you renegotiate from the price.

So some people … in different states it’s
different by the way, so very different.

So we have an inspection period where you
can choose three weeks, 30 days, whatever

it is, and you can get as many inspections
as you want.

In other states, their rules are you have
to choose what inspections you want up front.

Vanessa:
Oh.

Before you find out the results of the inspections.

Brandi:
Yeah.

So in other states, people are like, “I’ll
waive all of the inspections,” because that’s

a part of their offer and their contract.

Ours, luckily, is very different.

I would be more stressed if it was that because-
Vanessa:

Yeah.

Brandi:
-telling people to waive their inspection

is risky on my end too.

Because I can be held liable if I encourage
something and they find out something later.

Vanessa:
Yeah.

Brandi:
But anyway, so if it’s multiple offers, obviously

price is going to be the biggest factor that’s
going to motivate somebody.

Emotion is another thing.

So the letter you wrote definitely helped,
and the pictures and stuff.

There’s some legal iffiness about that because
technically there’s fair housing stuff that

people could get in trouble for.

Vanessa:
Like, “You didn’t like-”

Brandi:
…fair housing stuff that people could get

in trouble for.

Vanessa:
Oh, yeah.

Like, you didn’t like us because I have brown
hair and-

Brandi:
Or skin color, whatever people want to say

about why they didn’t choose them.

So, there’s a little bit of stuff with that,
but I leave it up to the buyer to decide if

they want to write a letter or not, with keeping
those things in mind.

Vanessa:
So, how did you enjoy that with Brandi?

Was it a little fast, a little tricky?

Did you understand everything?

Well, now you are going to get a vocabulary
lesson where my husband Dan and I explain

in detail some of the most important phrases
from the conversation, so that you can also

use them in your daily life.

You’re also going to be able to see a short
clip from the original conversation with Brandi,

so that you can see it in its original context.

Let’s get started with the vocabulary lesson.

Welcome to the Fearless Fluency Club, Vocabulary
Lesson.

Today, I’m here with my husband, Dan.

Dan:
Hello.

Vanessa:
We’re going to be explaining 17 useful daily

English expressions that you heard in the
conversation with Brandi.

We’re going to be going over these in detail,
and then you’re going to see a clip from the

original conversation, so that you can see
the context and also get a better idea about

how to use this yourself.

Are you ready to get started?

Dan:
I’m ready.

Vanessa:
Let’s do it.

The first expression that we’re going to talk
about is to be on one’s own, or to be on your

own.

This means that you’re doing something independently,
without help, you’re doing it by yourself.

So, for example, in the conversation with
Brandi, most people use a realtor or a real

estate agent to sell their house.

But she said that some people try to sell
their house on their own.

That means they do the marketing, they schedule
all of the visits, it’s just by themselves.

They do it on their own.

Before we talk about any other examples for
this expression, I want you to notice the

grammar in the middle of this phrase.

We can change one word.

They did it on their own.

I did it on my own.

He did it on his own.

Notice how the subject, I, matches the word
in the middle, that’s going to be our possessive

pronoun.

I did it on my own.

He did it on his own.

That always needs to match, when you use this
expression.

Let’s talk about some other examples for this
phrase.

How would you use this?

Dan:
Sometimes we say, on your own, or you are

on your own.

So, if you say this to somebody else, likely
you are maybe somebody’s teacher.

So, if you’re teaching somebody how to do
something, and then you say, you’re on your

own, that means now it’s time for you to do
it by yourself independently.

Vanessa:
Yeah.

Dan:
I would say, on your own, or on my own, often

is a good thing.

So, for example, sometimes we say, I’m on
my own now, once you leave your parents' house.

So, if you live with your parents and they
took care of all sorts of things, and then

you move out and you have your own place and
you do whatever you want, you could say, I’m

on my own now.

I’m responsible.

I think sometimes though too, it could just
mean alone.

I was on my own on the way to the park, walking
through the woods.

But I would say maybe this is a little less
common.

Vanessa:
Yeah.

I think it does have this sense of independence,
maybe some freedom.

As we said, for a teacher, a teacher could
say this or someone who maybe is a boss telling

the employees, okay.

I have given you these skills, now you’re
on your own.

So, I can say this to you after you watch
this English lesson, you are on your own.

That means, I have given you the tools that
you need to use these expressions, but now

it’s your choice.

You need to decide what to do with these expressions.

Are you going to just forget about it, or
are you going to write them down, write some

sentences?

Use them with someone else in the course,
this course, the Fearless Fluency Club?

A lot of people speak together.

They choose to find a Skype speaking partner
or speak in a group on Zoom.

This is a great way to use these expressions.

So, after this lesson, you are on your own.

You need to be able to use this material yourself.

We’ve given you the tools.

All right, let’s go to the original clip from
the conversation with Brandi, so that you

can see how it was originally used.

Let’s watch.

Brandi:
So, some people try and sell on their own,

and sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t,
and then they connect with a realtor.

Some people try and sell on their own.

Some people try and sell on their own.

Some people try and sell on their own.

Dan:
The next expression is, to pay out of pocket,

or out of pocket expenses.

This means that you pay for something from
your personal funds, and this is almost always

in a setting like in an organization, or in
a business, or insurance.

So, what comes to my mind is if you work in
a company and you go on a business trip.

A lot of times the company will pay for certain
things.

Maybe they’ll pay for your travel, maybe they’ll
pay for your food.

But if you have to pay for it yourself in
these situations, then you say, I had to pay

for it out of pocket.

Or maybe if you’re on a business trip and
you’re with your clients and you buy them

drinks, but the company doesn’t pay for that.

You could say, yeah.

I paid for those drinks out of pocket.

It was from my own money.

Vanessa:
Yes.

Or those were an out of pocket expense.

You can imagine your own pocket or your own
wallet, and that’s what you’re paying from.

You’re not paying from the business' pocket,
you’re paying from your own pocket, it’s out

of pocket.

And like Dan said, we often use this in a
business situation.

This is really common in the US to use in
an insurance situation.

So, your insurance will cover or will pay
for certain things, but it might not pay for

other things.

So, for example, maybe your insurance doesn’t
cover birth control.

You might say, we need to pay for birth control
out of pocket.

This is a very common situation, and you’re
talking about an organization, the insurance,

you think they should cover this but they
don’t.

So, you need to pay for it from your own personal
money.

Dan:
Yeah.

Or they may even list some things as out of
pocket expenses.

So, stuff you just have to pay for yourself.

You’re on your own, buddy.

Vanessa:
Yep.

You’re on your own.

So, I want to let you know that if you go
to a bar with some friends, whenever we can

do that again, and each of you pays for your
own drink, you wouldn’t say I paid for my

drink out of pocket.

Dan:
This is just with your friends casually.

Vanessa:
Yeah.

There’s not a business that’s paying for most
of the expenses, and then a little bit of

it you are paying for it.

We usually use this in a business situation
or insurance.

There might be some other situations where
there is an organization paying for most of

it, but a small percentage you need to pay
out of pocket.

You don’t say out of my pocket, just out of
pocket.

All right.

Let’s watch the original clips that you can
see how it was used in the conversation with

Brandi.

Let’s watch.

Brandi:
So, for buyers, the buyers don’t actually

have to pay anything out of pocket.

The seller pays the commission.

So, the buyers don’t actually have to pay
anything out pocket.

The buyers don’t actually have to pay anything
out of pocket.

Vanessa:
The third expression that we’re going to talk

about is to make a cut.

Is this talking about scissors or cutting
something?

Not really.

This is a little more figurative.

Usually this means that you’re receiving part
of the profits, or the money from something.

So, for example, in the conversation with
Brandi, when you hire a real estate agent,

you don’t need to give them money immediately.

When you hire them, instead when you buy a
house, they will receive a portion or part

of the total amount of the house.

So, they’ll get a bigger cut if you purchase
an expensive house.

They’ll get more money.

If you purchase an inexpensive house, they’ll
get less money.

So, they receive a cut of the total price.

So, this is a part of the amount, and this
is pretty typical in sales situations.

Maybe your business is like this.

If you sell a lot of products, maybe you will
receive a cut.

You’ll get some extra money because you sold
more of those products.

Dan:
Yeah.

I think this is a pretty casual expression.

It sounds casual, but we do use it in certain
professional circumstances.

For example, if you sell a product online
and you get a portion of the proceeds if you

sell something, then you get a cut.

We do say that.

But other times I associate this with maybe
drug deals.

Vanessa:
Oh.

Dan:
So, if you help somebody do something shady,

like a drug deal, you get a cut of the profits
or you get a cut of the drugs, something like

that.

Maybe I’ve watched too many TV shows, but
I associate it with that as well.

But this bleeds into all society as well.

So, it’s very common.

Vanessa:
Yeah.

And you notice that we use, to get a cut.

You can also say, to make a cut.

Both of those verbs are perfectly fine with
this expression.

Usually get in English is a little more informal,
and we use this in a lot of different situations,

but you can also say, I made a cut on the
sale of this expensive house, because my clients

bought an expensive house.

One situation that I want to mention that
is pretty common, and because a lot of you

watch YouTube videos.

You often see people on YouTube saying, this
is my favorite…

Dan:
Makeup.

Vanessa:
Makeup.

You should buy this makeup.

Well, this is an advertisement, and they are
receiving, or they are making, or they’re

getting, a cut of the profit.

So, if you purchase that makeup, they will
get a percentage.

10%, 20%, 50%.

I don’t know.

So, you have to, of course, trust the person.

If that person is trustworthy and you think
that they really love that product, they’re

not just doing it to get a cut, then it’s
worth buying.

You can get it, but you need to make sure
that they are trustworthy, because they are

making a cut.

There is money here that’s being exchanged
when you per just the product from their recommendation.

They’re making a cut.

All right.

Let’s watch the original clip from the conversation
so that you can see how to use this fun expression,

a cut.

Okay.

But in the end expectation is that that person
will buy and then you’ll make a cut of whatever

the price of the house is.

Expectation is that that person will buy,
and then you’ll make a cut of whatever the

price of the house is.

Expectation is that that person will buy,
and then you’ll make a cut of whatever the

price of the house is.

Dan:
The next expression is lucrative, and this

means that something, or some activity, produces
wealth or money.

Usually we think of this as a lot of money,
so it’s a polite way to say something can

make you rich.

For example, real estate.

Now, a lot of people try to do real estate
and it’s a lot more difficult than they expect,

and they don’t make a lot of money, so it’s
not lucrative for them.

But if you’re really good at real estate,
you’re really good at selling houses and you

get a large cut from these million dollar
houses that you’re selling, well real estate

could be very lucrative.

Or there’s people who buy houses and then
they fix them up, and then…

It’s called flipping houses.

So, they fix it and make it better, and then
sell it at a profit.

So, that can also be very lucrative, but these
are tricky things in the real estate business.

Vanessa:
Yeah.

It might not always be lucrative if you’re
not good at that business.

So, the word lucrative, like Dan mentioned,
is a polite way to talk about lots of money,

because in English, at least in the US, it’s
not very polite to say, I can make a lot of

money with my business, I am rich.

This is very proud or uncomfortable in conversation
to say that.

So, when you say lucrative, it’s a much more
soft way, more indirect way to say, it’s possible

to make a lot of money with my job.

So, you can see, when Brandi says this word,
she’s a little bit uncomfortable, but she

uses that word lucrative, instead of saying,
I wanted to become a real estate agent because

I wanted a lot of money.

Dan:
Yeah.

Vanessa:
It’s more polite to say, wow.

I realized that real estate could be really
lucrative if I did it really well.

So, it’s a more polite way to talk about money.

I think it’s understandable.

We don’t want to work a job where we don’t
make any money.

We would like to get a job where we make more
money, or what’s at least required for life.

So, I think that’s a good word to be able
to add to your vocabulary.

All right.

Let’s watch the original clip.

You can see how the word lucrative was used.

Let’s watch.

Brandi:
That’s a lot of money.

Vanessa:
It’s a pretty lucrative business, especially

if you do it well.

Brandi:
Yeah, I was-

Vanessa:
It’s a pretty lucrative business, especially

if you do it well.

It’s a pretty lucrative business, especially
if you do it well.

The next expression is to not have an option,
or to be out of options.

This is a little bit self explanatory, and
it means that you don’t have a choice.

Usually it’s desperate.

You’ve tried everything, and this is all that
you have left.

So, for example, in the conversation with
Brandi, she was talking about how she needed

to finish real estate school before she had
her baby, because when you have a one week

old baby, you can’t go to real estate school.

So, she didn’t have an option.

She had to finish real estate school before
she gave birth.

She didn’t have an option.

Or we could say she was out of options.

She was out of options, this was the only
thing that she could do.

Finish real estate school now.

Dan:
Yeah.

Vanessa:
It’s a desperate thing that she was doing.

Dan:
Yeah.

This is a figurative expression usually.

Like, sometimes you literally don’t have any
options at all.

But a lot of times, say if you need a new
job, you might have a selection of jobs but

you really want money right now.

Or you just don’t know what the future holds,
so maybe there’s a job you don’t really want

to do, let’s just say working at McDonald’s,
not to rip on McDonald’s employees, but it’s

probably not on the top of people’s lists.

So, you would say, I was out of options, I
had to take the job at McDonald’s.

Well, maybe you did have a little bit of savings,
but if you actually said that, you probably

really don’t have very much money.

If you say I’m out of options, I have to do
X, Y, or Z.

Vanessa:
Yeah.

Dan:
That means that you’re pretty desperate, and

you need to get a job now.

Vanessa:
Yep.

You’re out of options.

Or I don’t have an option, I have to do this.

It’s a good way to explain yourself if someone
says, why did you take that job at McDonald’s?

You were working at Google last month.

That was a great job.

It was a lucrative job.

Why are you working at McDonald’s now?

You might say, well, I got fired or I lost
my job because I-

Dan:
I blew all my money at the casino.

Vanessa:
Because of the pandemic, now I’m out of options.

I have to get a job at McDonald’s for the
next couple months until I find something

else.

So, this kind of desperate plea.

All right.

Let’s watch the original conversation so that
you can see how, I don’t have an option or

I’m out of options was used with Brandi.

Let’s watch.

You’re like, this is it.

I’ve got to do it now.

Brandi:
I literally don’t have an option.

I can’t do this with a one week old baby.

I literally don’t have an option.

I literally don’t have an option.

I literally don’t have an option.

Dan:
The next expression is, a page turning, or

to turn the page.

Turning pages, anything with pages in a book,
these kinds of expressions, if we’re using

it in the figurative way and depending on
the context, you’ll understand that this means

that there was a big change in your life,
or that it was very sudden.

So, for example, Brandi was talking about
when she decided to become a real estate agent,

she had talked to another real estate agent,
and Vanessa said that moment was a page turning.

So, that means that, oh, I’m doing this one
thing, and now I’m going to change my life

completely and do something else.

It was a page turning.

But she could have also said, Brandi turned
the page on that chapter in her life being

a bartender.

Now, she’s a real estate agent.

Vanessa:
Yeah.

We can use this in a very poetic, beautiful,
figurative way, but it’s a great thing to

talk about, to use when you’re talking about
a big event that changes your life.

Maybe getting married, having a baby, moving
to a new city, changing your job or deciding

to learn English.

Maybe you could say, when I found Vanessa’s
lessons, it was like a page turning in my

life.

I decided that I was excited about English.

I hope that’s true for you.

Or you might say, I decided to turn a page
in my life and start to learn English and

enjoy it.

Instead of feeling that stress and anxiety
about studying grammar, I decided to turn

a page in my life.

There is one little bonus expression I would
like to add, and sometimes in these situations

we say, to turn a new leaf.

You can imagine a leaf on a tree.

We don’t exactly turn a leaf over, but sometimes
we use the word leaf to talk about a page.

This is an old fashioned word to talk about
pages, like the leaves of the book.

We don’t really use that in daily conversation
anymore, but that is an old fashioned way

to talk about a page.

So, you will hear people say, I’m ready to
turn a new leaf.

I’m going to leave my job and find a new career.

This is a total change.

Dan:
Yes.

I was going to add that that’s another way
we use this.

If you say, I’m ready to turn the page, or
ready to turn the leaf, this means that you

want to make the change.

So, it hasn’t already happened yet.

So, maybe you just had a breakup with your
boyfriend or girlfriend, and you say, I’m

just ready to turn the page on this feeling
or relationship.

I’m over it.

I’m ready to move on.

Vanessa:
Yes.

You can turn a new leaf and begin a new life.

Well, I hope that your journey with English
is like that, that you are ready to turn a

new leaf, to turn the page on your English
journey and really take a hold of your learning.

You can do it.

All right.

Let’s watch the original clip from the conversation
with Brandi, so that you can see how this

was used in our conversation.

Let’s watch.

Wow.

So, at that time, I guess talking with Samantha
must have been just like a page turning, that

this is a new career- Talking with Samantha
must have been just like a page turning.

Talking with Samantha must have been just
like a page turning.

The next expression is to go over one’s head,
or to go over my head.

We often use this expression with our hand.

It went over my head.

This means-
Dan:

And you make a whooshing sound.

Vanessa:
Really fast.

Whoosh.

This means that you didn’t understand something,
maybe it was too complicated, maybe there

was some kind of joke.

This is often used with a joke that you don’t
understand.

Maybe someone’s speaking English and it’s
too fast.

If someone is speaking really fast and you
just don’t understand what they’re talking

about, because they’re just going on so quickly,
and they’re talking about stuff that you don’t

know-
Dan:

Maybe this is Vanessa.

Vanessa:
Well, you might say, I didn’t understand anything

Vanessa said.

It just went over my head.

We can imagine the words flying over your
head.

This is a really common expression to talk
about, I just didn’t understand it.

Dan:
Yeah.

Vanessa:
It went over my head.

Dan:
I usually think of this expression being used

with a joke.

So, when you’re in school, people use this
all the time.

So, sometimes they literally just say the
joke, whoosh.

They don’t even finish the expression.

So, if somebody doesn’t understand, you say
the joke or sometimes it’s mean, if you’re

making fun of somebody and they’re like, what
are you talking about?

You could say the joke just went right over
their head, or the joke went over your head.

I guess you usually say that to other people,
not that person, but anyways.

So, it’s often used for a joke, other times
it could be used for maybe a complex science

or math problem.

So, for me, big math problems that I did in
high school, my dad would be trying to help

me with these math problems.

I could just say, yeah.

This is over my head.

These math problems are over my head, I don’t
understand it, it’s beyond where I can reach.

Beyond my understanding.

Vanessa:
That happened to me a lot too.

Both of our dads are engineers and they understand
complex math problems that normal people like

us don’t understand.

Dan:
For some reason I was taking calculus.

I don’t know why.

Vanessa:
That sounds very complicated.

But even for more simple math classes, my
dad would try to explain things to me too,

and so many times it just went over my head.

He tried so hard to explain it, and I’m sure
he was doing a great job of explaining it,

my brain just wasn’t ready to accept that
information yet.

It went over my head.

So, if you’re in this kind of situation where
you’re speaking in English with someone else,

or you’re having a dinner and everyone’s speaking
in English, and someone says a joke and you

don’t get it.

Well, if you have a friend in that group,
you could say, hey.

That joke went over my head.

Can you explain it?

Or I didn’t understand that joke.

It just went over my head.

You can use this expression to say, I didn’t
understand, I didn’t get it, could you help

me?

And if you would like to understand some jokes
in English, I have a couple of videos on YouTube

where I talk about some popular jokes in English,
and I will try to link those for you so that

you can immerse yourself in some English humor.

All right.

Let’s watch the original clip from the conversation
with Brandi.

I hope that her expression will not go over
your head.

I hope you’ll be able to understand it.

Let’s watch.

Dan:
Whoosh.

Vanessa:
Yes.

Not be too pushy.

Brandi:
Because I think a lot of people, that goes

over their head.

They’re like, so who do you know looking to
buy, sell or invest in real estate?

Because I think a lot of people, that goes
over their head.

Because I think a lot of people, that goes
over their head.

Dan:
The next expression is to get a feeling for

something, which we often shorten to, get
a feel for something.

This means to get a sense of something, get
some experience.

For example, I used to work in a coffee shop,
and when you first look at an espresso machine

you just feel really confused.

You’re like, how does this thing work?

You have to get a feel for it.

You have to practice on it, or explore it,
look at the different buttons, watch somebody

do it.

Getting these kinds of experiences with something
helps you get a feel for that thing.

In my example, the espresso machine at the
coffee shop.

Vanessa:
Yeah.

So, in this situation, Dan is getting a feel
for a physical item.

Dan:
Yeah.

Sometimes literally.

Vanessa:
Yeah.

Getting a feel for the espresso machine.

But in the conversation with Brandi, I used
it in a more emotional way.

So, when Dan and I were looking for a house
that we wanted to buy, it felt really overwhelming.

There was just a lot of options, we felt really
picky about what we wanted, and when we first

talked to Brandi, she said, all right.

Let’s just check out a few houses that you
think are okay.

They don’t need to be perfect.

Let’s get a feeling for what you like, and
what you don’t like, and then we can go from

there.

So, it wasn’t so definite, you have to find
the perfect house.

No, let’s just get a feeling for what you
like.

In this way, we’re actually talking about
our emotions, a feeling.

Let’s try to see, do I like this house, do
I not like this house?

What do I not like about it?

So, we’re talking about our feelings.

So, in this more emotional sense, you can
use, I got a feeling about the house, or I

got a feel, you can use both in this emotional
sense.

But in the physical sense that Dan talked
about, get a feel for the espresso machine,

we would really only use, feel.

Not a feeling.

Get a feeling for the espresso machine, that
sounds like you’re thinking, should I fall

in love with the espresso machine?

Do I have a feeling, an emotion?

We’re not talking about emotions.

We’re just talking about your experience.

Dan:
Yeah.

Vanessa:
And trying to learn how to use it.

Dan:
Perhaps a single word that can explain this

is, test.

It’s like a small test.

You’re testing how you feel when you see these
houses.

Vanessa:
Yeah.

Dan:
You’re testing out the espresso machine and

feeling how it works.

Vanessa:
Yeah.

So, we would say, to get a feel, or to get
a feeling.

All right.

Let’s watch the original clip from the conversation
with Brandi, and you can see how I used it

in this positive way, talking about our first
experience when we first met Brandi a long

time ago.

All right.

Let’s watch the clip.

I appreciated that.

Not pushy, but let’s just get a feeling for
what you really want, and I think that helped

us to get the ball rolling.

Let’s just get a feeling for what you really
want.

Let’s just get a feeling for what you really
want.

The next expression is, a bunch of something.

We often pronounce this, a bunch of, a bunch
of something.

It’s a casual way to say a lot.

Maybe it’s a little bit less than a lot.

So, in the conversation with Brandi, she says,
when I get to know someone, when I first meet

a client, I ask them a bunch of questions.

Maybe there’s 30 questions, maybe there’s
10 questions, but she asks them a lot of questions.

Dan:
I’m going to say more than three-

Vanessa:
All right.

Dan’s official answer is-
Dan:

…a bunch.

Vanessa:
…is more than three.

Dan:
Maybe four.

Vanessa:
This is not a strict number.

Dan:
Yes.

Vanessa:
But it’s the general sense that it’s not a

little bit, it’s not a lot, but it’s just
a casual way to say kind of a lot.

Dan:
Yes.

That’s the casual way.

I believe technically a bunch means a group
of similar things.

For example, a bunch of bananas.

So, literally the bunch of bananas that you
buy in the store, that’s what it’s called.

It’s a bunch.

Vanessa:
A bunch of bananas.

Dan:
The group of bananas, they’re all the same

thing, it’s a bunch of bananas.

But again, we use this much more casually,
just to mean a lot-

Dan:
But again, we use this much more casually

just to mean a lot more than four.

Vanessa:
Okay, more than four.

If you’re going to plant a garden, like what
we’re doing, you might go to the plant nursery.

The plant nursery is a store that sells little
tiny plants or seeds or something.

You could go to the plant nursery and say,
“Whoa, there are a bunch of options.

There are a bunch of plants here.

I don’t know which vegetable I should buy.

There’s so many tomatoes.

There are a bunch of different tomatoes that
I could buy.”

We’re talking about just a large quantity,
usually of something in the same group, like

a bunch of plants, like Dan said, a bunch
of bananas, a bunch of options.

This can be used in a lot of different ways,
but it’s a great word to add to your vocabulary

because we use it in conversational English
all the time.

Dan:
Oh, and I just remembered, sometimes we just

say bunches.

Vanessa:
Oh, okay.

Can you explain that?

When would you say that?

Dan:
Well, is it improper English, technically?

Vanessa:
No.

Dan:
It seems like the wrong way to say it, but

if you have a lot of something you can just
say, “I have bunches.”

Vanessa:
Yeah, maybe this isn’t the most proper thing

to say, but-
Dan:

Yeah, it’s like what kids say a lot of times.

“I have bunches of toy cars.”

Vanessa:
Oh, okay.

Dan:
“I’ve got bunches.”

Vanessa:
Yeah, maybe if Dan asked, “How many plants

did you buy the nursery?” and I say, “Bunches,”
it’s kind of a silly way.

Maybe that’s just if you’re going to use it
as an adult, you use it in a joking way because

it’s not perfect grammar, but you are going
to use it in kind of a silly way, “Oh, I bought

bunches.

You won’t believe, it’s just piles of plants.

I got so many, bunches.”

It could be in a joking way too.

Yeah, well, that’s a fun way to add it.

All right, let’s watch the original conversation
so that you can see how the word a bunch of

was used.

Let’s watch.

Brandi:
The first thing that I do is ask them a bunch

of things, so just be ready to share with
the realtor, like, “Okay, this is what I’m

looking for.”

The first thing that I do is ask them a bunch
of things.

The first thing that I do is ask them a bunch
of things.

Dan:
The next expression is post, and we mean post

as in the prefix to some word or expression.

This means after something, usually some kind
of event.

A very common way to say this is post-war.

This means after the war, so post-World War
II America.

This is usually the time after the war, not
when the war’s going on.

Post-World War II America saw a baby boom,
lots of babies were born when the soldiers

came home.

I wonder why?

But sometimes it also means this thing is
still going.

For example, sometimes casually you might
say, “My life post-kids has been crazy.”

This means that once you had children, after
that time, life got really crazy for you.

Vanessa:
Yeah, you still have kids.

Dan:
But it doesn’t mean the kids went away, even

though you said post-kids, it just means after
they were born.

Vanessa:
Yeah, so this expression is a little bit vague

about whether the event is still continuing
or not, because when we use this with war,

like Dan said, post-World War II, post-World
War II, there was a baby boom in America,

that means definitely World War II is over.

Everyone will understand that this means World
War II is finished when the baby boom happened.

But when you say, “Post-kids, my life has
changed a lot,” that doesn’t mean my kids

are gone, my kids are finished.

It just means my kids were born and now my
life is different.

A page turned when my kids were born and our
life is a lot different.

We just could say in that situation, post-kids.

Now, the opposite of this is pre, “Pre-kids,
we had a lot more free time.”

What did I even do in my free time?

I don’t even know.

Pre-kids or pre-World War II, pre some event,
and that means definitely before the event.

But in the conversation we used post, we talked
about post-COVID and-

Dan:
This one’s a little unclear, I think.

Vanessa:
Yeah, because COVID is not finished, at least

when we had this conversation, COVID is not
over.

Dan:
Hopefully it’s finished now.

Vanessa:
I don’t know, you’re going to see this in

just a couple weeks so I’m not sure about
that.

But we’re talking about an event, COVID, the
pandemic, that’s still continuing and we are

in the middle of it.

Post-COVID the world has changed a lot, post-COVID
people have moved into different areas of

the US, this is during the period of COVID,
not when COVID is finished.

It’s a little bit unclear, but I think that
you can get a general sense that it’s after

an event or after an event has started.

All right.

Let’s watch the original clip from the conversation
so that you can see how we used this to say

post-COVID.

Let’s watch.

Brandi:
But as of right now, yes, post-COVID, a lot

of people are moving from places that they
disagree with their policies to places where

they agree with policies.

Post-COVID, a lot of people are moving.

Post-COVID, a lot of people are moving.

Vanessa:
The next expression is to duke it out.

Like you can see from Dan’s example here,
it means to fight.

This could be a physical fight or it could
be a verbal fight where you’re just arguing

about something, you’re duking it out, so
you’re fighting with someone.

This expression has a very strange and complex
origin because the phrase, to duke it out,

is very American.

It’s pretty much exclusively used in the US,
but the origin came from London in the UK.

As far as I remember-
Dan:

I did the research.

Vanessa:
… duke is a slang word for-

Dan:
Your hands.

Vanessa:
… your hands, and then it turned into to

fight, to duke it out with your hands.

It seemed a little bit complicated.

Dan:
Right.

Well, it originally came from Cockney slang.

Is that what it’s called?

Cockney?

Vanessa:
Cockney rhyming slang.

Dan:
Cockney rhyming slang.

Vanessa:
Cockney is like an accent, an accent in the

UK.
Dan:

They would say dukes of York for forks, but
then somehow forks became your fingers, and

then somehow your duke and forks or dukes
and Yorks or something became-

Vanessa:
Just dukes.

Dan:
… hands and fingers.

Anyways, somehow in the end dukes became your
fists, your hands.

Vanessa:
It’s a long historical story.

Dan:
It’s a strange tale.

Vanessa:
Yeah, but it’s quite interesting if you want

to do any research about Cockney rhyming slang.

This is a historical way of speaking in a
certain area in London.

They had a certain type of slang or rhymes
that they would use.

Some interesting expressions came from that
type of slang, even American expressions like

this.

Dan:
Yes, and I think the original thing they would

say is, “Put up your dukes.”

Vanessa:
Oh, okay, to fight.

Dan:
Put up your dukes.

Vanessa:
Put up your dukes and fight me.

Dan:
But in America, somehow we turned it into

duke it out.

Vanessa:
Yeah, so let’s talk about some physical ways

we can use this and more figurative, verbal
ways we can use this.

How-
Dan:

Yeah, the most literal way is a fist fight,
literally just fighting, punching each other.

That’s literally duking it out.

But we often use this for verbal debate, especially
one-on-one.

If you’re arguing with just one person and
you’re yelling at them, or even in America,

we have presidential debates, you could even
say that they’re duking it out.

They are duking it out on TV, they’re having
a debate and everybody’s watching.

They’re adversaries, they’re not friends.

Vanessa:
Yeah.

They’re not maybe yelling, but they are arguing,
they’re having this fight, so to speak, but

we can also just say, “Yeah, those two guys
at the bar, they got drunk and they just duked

it out.

They just fought.”

This is a very violent, physical thing.

All right, let’s watch the original clip from
the conversation so that you can see how duke

it out was used.

That you’re going to have other people putting
offers on the same house that you want, like

you fight it, duke it out.

… that you want, like you fight it, duke
it out.

… that you want, like you fight it, duke
it out.

Dan:
The next expression is an idiom and it is

upfront.

This means at the beginning, or usually telling
somebody something at the beginning before

a process happens, or it means direct and
honest.

They’re actually similar.

I’ll start with the first one.

Brandi was talking about during a real estate
agreement with the owners of a house, in some

places you have to get the inspection chosen
upfront.

That means, at the very beginning, you need
to choose the inspector and then tell the

owners who that inspector is.

Other places, you don’t have to do that, you
don’t have to tell them upfront who you’re

going to get to inspect the house.

This is kind of a technical way she used it,
but you get the idea that at the beginning,

upfront, you need to choose the inspector.

But even that one kind of has the same meaning
as being upfront as in director or honest,

kind of has to do with honesty, both parties
know what’s going on upfront.

Vanessa:
Yeah, in the very beginning you know what’s

going to happen.

Actually, in the conversation with Brandi,
I think it was even more specific than knowing

who’s going to do the inspection, it was which
inspections are you going to do.

Dan:
Oh, okay.

Vanessa:
You’ve never seen the house, you haven’t looked

at it, you don’t know about the problems,
but you have to choose, I want the basement

inspected, I want a termite inspection, I
want the roof inspected, but maybe you don’t

know that there’s an electrical problem and
you didn’t choose the electrical inspection

upfront.

Well, that’s a problem because when you buy
the house, if you buy the house, and there’s

an electrical problem, well, that’s your fault
because you didn’t choose the right inspections

upfront.

This means at the very beginning, but like
Dan said, we often use this to mean direct

or honest communication.

For example, when you purchased this course,
I hope that I was upfront with you.

I hope that it was very clear and I was direct
and honest with you that this is not one-on-one

speaking lessons, you will not be booking
lessons with me on Skype.

I tried to be very clear about this, that
you will receive a lesson set material, these

lessons, and you’ll have the chance to speak
together with other members, once a month

you have a chance to speak with me, but it’s
kind of a different situation, this is not

one-on-one lessons.

For your sake, and for mine, I need to be
up front with you.

If you are working at a business, you might
say this too, it’s important to be upfront

with your clients.

You need to tell them exactly what they can
expect, exactly what your product is.

You need to be direct and honest.

It’s that idea, at the beginning, you need
to present the information, not after a while,

but you need to be upfront.

That’s kind of the sentence construction here.

Dan:
Right, and on the flip side, if you say somebody’s

not being upfront, that means that they’re
hiding something, that they’re not being honest.

“He’s not being upfront with me.

I think he has some dirty secret.”

Maybe let’s say you’re in a relationship with
a girl or a boy, you could say, “They’re not

being upfront to me.

I think they’re chatting with somebody else
on their phone.

Who is that?”

Vanessa:
Mm, yeah.

Or maybe if you have been on a couple dates
with someone and then after the first couple

dates, they pull out a cigarette and start
smoking.

Dan:
He was hiding that.

Vanessa:
You might think, “Oh, he wasn’t upfront with

me that about his smoking habit.

That would’ve changed how I thought about
him.

He wasn’t upfront with me.”

Or if you want to be upfront with someone,
you could say, “All right, I want to be upfront

with you and let you know that occasionally
I do smoke.”

Dan:
“I smoke a pack a day, I drink a six-pack

of beer.”

Vanessa:
“Here’s all of my problems.”

Or you can just tell someone something that
you think might be useful information to them,

“I want to be upfront with you that occasionally
I do smoke.

I have some anxiety and this helps me to relieve
it, but I’m working on it.”

Okay, you’re just telling them directly and
honesty something that they might find useful

or informative.

Dan:
Yeah, usually it’s kind of challenging information.

Vanessa:
Yeah, yeah, but it’s important to be upfront

in a relationship.

I think that helps solid, healthy relationships.

All right, let’s watch the original conversation
so that you can see how upfront was used.

Brandi:
In other states, their rules are you have

to choose what inspections you want upfront.

Vanessa:
Oh, before you find out the results of the

inspections.

Brandi:
Their rules are you have to choose what inspections

you want upfront.

Their rules are you have to choose what inspections
you want upfront.

Vanessa:
How did you enjoy that vocabulary lesson?

Now it’s time for grammar, phrasal verbs.

You are going to be learning some of the most
important phrasal verbs from the conversation

with Brandi so that you can use them yourself.

In the full Fearless Fluency Club phrasal
verb lesson, there is an extra material section

for each phrasal verb, where I explain some
movie clips, TV show clips, and song clips

that use the phrasal verbs.

This is a great way to see the phrasal verbs
in real life context, but unfortunately, here

on YouTube, I can’t add those clips because
of copyright problems.

I’m sorry if the editing seems a little bit
choppy, I had to cut off that section, but

if you join the full course, you will be able
to see that part.

All right, let’s get started with the phrasal
verb lesson.

Dan:
Welcome to the Fearless Fluency Club grammar

lesson.

Vanessa:
Today, I’m here with my husband, Dan.

Dan:
Hello.

Vanessa:
And we’re going to be talking about some phrasal

verbs that you heard in the conversation with
Brandi.

These phrasal verbs are commonly used in daily
conversation, so I hope that it will help

you to understand daily conversation, but
also be able to integrate them into your own

speaking and daily life.

First, Dan and I are going to be explaining
the phrasal verb meaning, and then we’re going

to go to an extra material section.

During that extra material section, I’m going
to be explaining some movie clips, TV show

clips, song clips, and also the clip from
the original conversation so that you can

get a broader context for the phrasal verbs,
because we often use them with a different

intonation or just a slight different look
in our eyes that makes it mean something different.

You’ll be able to see that in those TV and
movie clips.

Let’s get started with the definitions and
some general ideas, and then we’ll move on

to that extra material section.

Are you ready?

Dan:
I’m ready.

Vanessa:
Let’s do it.

The first phrasal verb that we’re going to
talk about is, to think about.

You might think that this phrasal verb is
pretty straightforward, that maybe you’re

just using your head, you’re thinking, but
there are some nuances in this expression

that I want you to understand.

Sometimes when we use phrasal verbs in conversation,
they replace textbook words.

You might have learned the word, reflect.

“Hmm, sometimes I reflect on my childhood,”
or, “Hmm, I need to consider all of the options,”

consider, reflect.

These are great words, but they’re often a
little too formal for daily conversations

so instead we often exchange words like this
for a phrasal verb.

We can do that with the word, think about.

We could say, “Yesterday, I was thinking about
my first experience going to the movie theater

and I can’t believe my parents let me watch
The Matrix when I was six years old.”

Here, we can exchange reflect, “I was reflecting
on my first experience at the movie theater.”

This isn’t true, I did not see The Matrix
when I was six years old, but it’s the idea

of exchanging a phrasal verb, to think about,
to sound more natural and more comfortable

instead of reflect, this high level, maybe
more formal type of word.

Dan:
Right, or you could use it in the past tense,

I thought about it.

“I went to the movies and I was going to watch
this movie with my friends, but then I thought

about all the other scary movies I watched
and I thought about how scared I was.”

You’re kind of thinking back, reflecting on
the past.

Vanessa:
Yes.

We can start by thinking about this, thinking
about this phrasal verb.

We use it so much.

Dan:
That’s the second way.

Vanessa:
Yes.

In the past, I was the thinking about something,
you’re reflecting on something, but let’s

take it to the present.

If we give a statement, a fact, like when
you are in a relationship, you should think

about your partner.

Dan:
Oh, what?

Vanessa:
Okay.

You should consider your partner.

This is exchanging think about with a different
word, consider.

I should think about Dan’s perspective.

What is his experience in our relationship
like?

What is his experience like?

I should think about Dan.

It doesn’t mean I need to sit on the couch
and think, “Oh, Dan, Dan.

I’m thinking, Dan is in my head, Dan.”

No, this means I’m considering, I’m being
thoughtful about his experience.

You should think about your partner.

Dan:
Yeah, sometimes this is like a command or

a suggestion.

If you want somebody to think more, you could
say, “Think about what you’re doing.”

This really makes people stop and think, “What
am I doing?”

Think about what you’re doing, or think about
how I feel when you don’t wash the dishes

at night.

We always use dishes as an example.

Vanessa:
It’s a very classic couple situation, right?

Dan:
Right.

You’re asking somebody to consider this problem
or issue or anything really.

Vanessa:
Yeah.

I think that this is a common type of command
in close relationships, so maybe in your marriage

or with your kids, sometimes authorities will
say this to someone under them.

Parents could say this to children, teachers
could say this to their students, “Think about

your actions, think about what you did wrong.”

Dan:
Yes, and it could also be hypothetical, like,

“Think about the children.”

Vanessa:
Oh.

Wait, can you explain this, because this is
kind of digging a little deeper.

Dan:
This is almost a meme to the point of being

a joke if you say, “Think about the children.”

That’s like saying this thing that’s happening
in society, let’s say you really hate a certain

kind of music and the girls are dancing like
crazy and showing their stuff, well, you might

say, “Think about the children, there’s children
watching this.”

It’s kind of this whole big picture, stop
and think about what you’re doing.

Vanessa:
Mm, sure.

Dan:
But in a more hypothetical, maybe large scale

sense.

Vanessa:
Yeah, yeah.

We could say, “Think about the environment.

Think about the future,” these type of big
ideas.

We talked about the past and the present,
what about the future?

If I said to you, “I’ll think about it.

I’ll think about it.

I will think about it.”

This is the future.

I will think about it, not now, but later.

I’ll think about it.

Dan:
Yeah, that expression has a lot of meaning

baked in.

If you say, “I’ll think about it,” sometimes
this means that you’re very serious, like

you actually will, but a lot of times when
we say, “I’ll think about it,” that means

that you are just telling them yes now, but
you’re probably going to say no later.

This is very common to say if somebody asks
you, “Oh, Sarah’s having a party on Friday,

do you want to come?”

If you probably don’t want to go, or yeah,
you really don’t want to go, it’s polite to

say, “I’ll think about it,” but that person
knows that if you don’t show up, they’re not

surprised.

Vanessa:
Yeah, because you already didn’t show strong

interest.

Dan:
You’re not like, “Yeah, I’ll clear my schedule.”

No, it’s not like that.

I’ll think about it.

Vanessa:
Yeah.

There is an underlying tone of I don’t want
to be negative right now.

I don’t want to say no, so instead I’ll be
indirect and just say, “I’ll think about it.”

You could be serious and say, “Okay, I’ll
think about it,” but sometimes this also means,

“No, I’ve already decided no, but I don’t
want to tell you that directly right now.”

Dan:
Yeah.

I think if you want to be more serious, a
lot of times if there’s a problem, you might

say something like, “I’ll have to think about
that,” or, “I’ll have to think about it.”

Vanessa:
That’s a good one.

Dan:
That makes it sound a little bit stronger,

when you say, “I’ll have to,” just kind of
a different emphasis.

Vanessa:
Yeah, yeah.

Dan:
A lot of it depends on your tone.

Vanessa:
Mm-hmm (affirmative), yeah.

I think that if you said, “Oh yeah, I’m having
a birthday party this weekend and you’re invited,

do you think you can come?”

I might say, “I’ll think about it,” and that
means probably not, but if I said, “Oh, I’ll

have to think about it,” that kind of means
I’m a little more serious.

Dan:
You’ll want to qualify it though, like, “Oh,

I’m really busy, but I’ll have to think about
it.

I would like to.”

You’d add a lot more if you were serious.

Vanessa:
Yeah.

You notice that a lot of times here, we said
it, “I’ll think about it.”

We sometimes just leave it as that.

Instead of saying, “I’ll think about if I
can go to your party.

I’ll think about whatever that situation might
be.”

Instead of repeating it and saying it, we
just stick with the phrase, “I’ll think about

it.”

It’s very clear and simple to say this.

What we are going to do next is you’re going
to go to an extra material section where you’re

going to see a bunch of different situations
that use this phrase from movies, TV shows,

songs, also the conversation with Brandi.

I hope that it will help you to dive deeper
and understand the different situations so

that you can use this yourself.

Also, if someone says it to you, you invite
them somewhere and they say, “I’ll think about

it,” you really know what they’re saying.

I hope this will help you gain a deeper understanding.

All right, let’s go to the extra material
section.

In this extra material section about the phrasal
verb, to think about, we’re going to take

a look at six different clips.

Actually, it’s eight clips, but three of them
were going to put together.

The first one is from the conversation with
Brandi, the next few are from movies or TV

shows, and the final one is from a famous
song.

Let’s start with the conversation with Brandi.

We were talking about how Brandi had never
thought about real estate as a future career

for her.

In the conversation we said, “This is a new
option for me that I didn’t know existed before

or didn’t think about as a path.”

This is something that she didn’t consider
as an option for her future, because she’s

talking about the present, this is just a
statement, “I didn’t think about that.”

This is something that she didn’t consider.

This is a new option for me that I didn’t
know existed before or didn’t think about

as a path.

Brandi:
Yeah, I never really thought about it.

Vanessa:
Or didn’t think about as a path.

Brandi:
Yeah, I never really thought about it.

Vanessa:
Or didn’t think about as a path.

Brandi:
Yeah, I never really thought about it.

Vanessa:
The next phrasal verb is, to follow up.

This can also be used as an adjective or a
noun, but we’ll talk about that at the end

of this section.

First, we’re going to talk about the more
literal meaning, which isn’t used as often.

We’re going to be focusing on the more figurative
meaning, which is more common in daily conversation.

But if I said that a famous singer, who’s
a famous singer, Taylor Swift, had a really

popular album, this means a bunch of songs,
she had a really popular album and then she

followed that up with a less popular album.

What would that mean to you?

Dan:
This sounds like it just literally means the

next thing, but usually if we say followed
up with, that means it’s something extra or

surprising, or maybe it’s an event.

“We followed up the big party with another
party at my house,” so you were just having

a partying night.

This is kind of extra, if you’re saying the
next thing we did was something a little more

than usual, then we could use follow up.

Vanessa:
Yeah, if you’re just giving someone a list

of things to do, like, “To make bread, you
need to put the flour in the bowl.

Then you need pour in the water,” you can’t
say-

Dan:
Then you need to follow up with sugar.

Vanessa:
Yeah, you wouldn’t-

Dan:
No.

Vanessa:
You wouldn’t say it in this way because it’s

not something surprising or more, it doesn’t
really have that sense.

When we use it in the more literal sense,
to follow one event with another event, to

follow up an event, it has to be surprising
or a little bit more.

That’s what we mean about the literal meaning,
but I want to focus more on the figurative

sense because this is the one that’s used
more commonly in daily conversation.

What if I said to you, “Hey, can you give
Sam a call?

He never finishes his projects on time.

Can you follow up with him?”

Dan:
Or you need to follow up on him even.

You might say on him in that situation, like
if you’re somebody’s boss.

Vanessa:
What does this mean in general?

Dan:
It means that you need to check in on somebody.

You need to make sure that they’re doing the
right thing, or maybe you had told them that

you are going to talk to them later.

A lot of times, if you say, “Oh yeah, I’ll
get back to you on this problem or this project,”

well, then if you follow up on that, you’re
going to either call somebody back, a lot

of times this is used with the phone.

“I need to follow up on John and see how the
project going.

Beep.

I’m following up right now.”

You wouldn’t say that, but that is an act
of following up.

I can only think of phrasal verbs really,
checking in on somebody, making sure they’re

okay.

Vanessa:
Yeah.

I would say that this is contacting someone
to get additional or more information, at

the base that’s kind of what you’re doing.

You’re seeing are they finished with the project,
how is it going, you realize that something

should be happening or is happening and you
want to contact them to get more information

about it.

What if I said, “Can you follow up with him?

Can you follow up on him?

Can you follow up on the project,” or, “Let’s
follow up about the project?”

There are a lot of prepositions that can be
used after this phrasal verb, and there’s

a couple different rules-
Vanessa:

… single verb.

And there’s a couple different rules; they’re
maybe not strict rules, but conversational

rules for which preposition we use at which
time.

And I know that prepositions can be really
tricky for English learners.

For me, as I’ve been learning French, my second
language, prepositions are also tricky in

French.

So maybe they are for people learning your
language too.

So let’s try to specify; when can you say
follow up with…

Is it someone or something?

What do you think?

Dan:
It could be either one.

Vanessa:
Yes.

So, I’m going to follow up with the project
or follow up with him.

Dan:
Mm-hmm (affirmative).

It’s a little more, I’d say gentle than follow
up on.

So, if you’re following up on somebody, you’re
kind of in charge or if I’m following up on

a project, it means it’s important and you
need to get it done.

But if you’re following up with, I think that
sounds a little more gentle, like maybe you’re

in a team project, or you maybe have an appointment
or something.

It’s just a little bit different.

Vanessa:
Yeah.

And what about following up about a project?

Dan:
I’d say that’s used the least.

Vanessa:
I think-

Dan:
Like maybe if you’re talking to somebody about

something at that moment, like if you’re introducing
something to somebody on the phone, like,

“Hey John, I just wanted to follow up about
the project.”

That’s kind of the situation you would say
about.

Vanessa:
Yeah.

When you’re introducing why are you calling?

Well, I’m following up about something.

And I was trying to think about why, think
about, use our other phrase over, why we don’t

use to follow up about in a question, because
it sounds okay to say I’m following up on

the project.

It sounds okay to say I’m following up about
or on the project.

But if you say, can you follow up on the project?

Great.

Can you follow up about the project feels
a little bit weird.

So, the conclusion that we came to is that
you can’t really use follow up about something

in a question.

It’s more of a statement about why you’re
contacting someone.

So, if I called Dan and said, “Hey, Dan, I
just wanted to follow up about the project.”

I just wanted to follow up about the project.

It’s a statement.

It’s not a question.

But if I was asking Dan to do that, I could
say, “Hey, can you follow up on the project?”

“Hey, can you follow up with Sam about the
project?”

So it’s not really used in a question form,
which is something that is maybe a little

bit tricky if you haven’t thought through
all of those things, that’s why we’re here.

I also want to talk about how we can use follow
up as an adjective and as a noun.

So if I said to you, I have a followup appointment
next week.

What would that mean to you?

Dan:
That means that you’ve already had one appointment

and that you already scheduled another one.

So that means you have a followup appointment.

One that’s already scheduled that’s after
the first one.

Vanessa:
Yes.

This kind of goes back to that literal meaning
of one event before another event or after

another event.

So, we can use it as an adjective, a followup
appointment or you could just say, I have

a followup next week.

This is as a noun.

I have a followup.

And what we understand or what is implied
in this is that there’s an appointment or

a meeting, something you’ve already talked
about that topic.

You’re already talking about going to the
doctor and how did your last doctor’s visit

go?

And you say, oh, well, I have a followup next
week.

So, I’ll get more information about it.

And we know it’s the doctor’s appointments.

Dan:
Yeah.

I would say maybe a little bit more rarely,
you can even say he has a lot of follow up

or he doesn’t have a lot of follow up.

People also use the expression, follow through,
which kind of means the same thing.

But if you say, oh yeah, he doesn’t like follow
up or he doesn’t have a lot of follow up-

Vanessa:
As a noun.

Dan:
That means that he doesn’t call people back.

He doesn’t finish things.

It’s kind of negative things if you say he
doesn’t have follow up.

Vanessa:
Yeah.

So, we could use it in that literal sense
to say, I have a followup, I have another

appointment.

But if you’re talking about someone’s character
and say he doesn’t have a lot of follow up,

usually we use it in a negative way.

He doesn’t have a lot of follow up.

It has that same sense that nothing happens
afterwards.

Something should happen.

There should be some kind of conclusion to
the task that he’s working on, but that doesn’t

happen, instead it’s kind of cut short.

So, he doesn’t have a lot of follow up could
be a way that you could use it to describe

someone’s character or personality.

And like Dan said we use this a little less
frequently, but you might hear this.

So, I hope it will add to your toolbox of
knowledge.

All right, let’s go on to our extra material
section where you’ll be able to dive a little

deeper and see some other situations where
to follow up is used.

Let’s watch.

In this extra material section for the phrasal
verb to follow up, we’re going to take a look

at five different clips.

Ones from the conversation with Brandi, three
are from movies and TV shows.

And the final ones from a song.

Let’s start with Brandi.

Brandi was explaining that she met a real
estate agent named Samantha or Sam.

And Sam told her about their job with real
estate and Brandi said, all right, I’m changing

my life.

I’m going to go to real estate school, but
she didn’t tell Samantha about that.

And then Samantha called her and said, “Hey,
how you doing?

You expressed an interest in real estate.

I wanted to follow up with you.”

And Brandi explained to me that she, Sam,
literally followed up while I was at real

estate school.

So, Brandi had already taken action and Sam
was following up on their previous conversation.

So in our clip, we used the phrase just follow
up.

She followed up while I was at real estate
school.

We could have said she followed up with me
while I was at real estate school or she followed

up on our previous conversation while I was
at school.

She could have used something else, but she
just cut that short and said she followed

up and she called her and wanted to get some
more information, see how things were going.

You inspired me.

I am here now.

Brandi:
She literally followed up while I was at school.

Like I was on lunch break when she happened
to call.

And I was like, oh, the universe.

She literally followed up while I was at school.

Like she literally followed up while I was
at school.

Vanessa:
So were those phrasal verbs new for you?

Let’s go on to the pronunciation lesson.

We’re going to be taking an in depth look
at a couple sentences that use the vocabulary

and phrasal verbs and break down the pronunciation
so that you can sound more like an American

speaker and speak clearly and understandably.

During this pronunciation lesson, try to repeat
out loud with me, speak out loud because it’s

great to listen, but it’s even more important
when you shadow and imitate my voice.

So, try to do that during this pronunciation
lesson, let’s go.

Hi, welcome to the pronunciation lesson in
the Fearless Fluency Club.

Today, we’re going to be focusing on five
sentences that you heard in the conversation

with Brandi.

Each of those sentences includes a vocabulary
expression or a phrasal verb that we talked

about in the vocabulary or grammar lesson.

So, I hope that this will help you to remember
that phrase because we’ll be talking about

it a lot, but more importantly, I hope that
today you will be active and imitating what

I’m saying, speaking with me, speaking out
loud during this lesson, so that you can feel

more comfortable pronouncing the sounds of
English.

When you hear your own voice speaking in English,
it really helps you to become comfortable

with the sounds that you’re making, to improve
those sounds to be more clear and understandable.

So, I challenge you to take action today instead
of just listening to me, speaking out loud.

I’ll be asking you, please repeat with me,
say this with me or say it after I have a

little pause, take some courage to do that,
but you can do it.

So, let’s go on to our first sentence.

You’re going to be listening to a sentence
from the conversation a few times and then,

we will break it down in detail so that you
can really understand every sound that we’re

saying and also you can say it yourself.

All right, let’s listen to our first sentence.

Brandi:
So, some people try and sell on their own.

And sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t.

And then they connect with a realtor.

Some people try and sell on their own.

Some people try and sell on their own.

Some people try and sell on their own.

Vanessa:
And the phrase you heard was to be on your

own or to be on one’s own, to do something
by yourself.

And the original phrase that you heard was
some people try and sell on their own.

Some people try and sell on their own.

Before we talk about this, I want to explain
a little grammatical point that is happening

here.

She says some people try and sell on their
own.

Now, we could also say some people try to
sell on their own, but sometimes we add and

here after try, I’m going to try and call
my friend.

I’m going to try and pass the test instead
of try to pass the test, try to call my friend.

And this is in spoken English, a very common
type of phrase.

We don’t really write like this, try and instead
of try to, but this is very common in spoken

English and it’s not wrong.

So, if you want to include this as part of
your conversation, that’s perfectly fine,

but I don’t recommend writing in a formal
way, like a formal business email or in an

exam.

I don’t recommend writing, try and plus a
verb instead try to plus a verb, but you will

absolutely hear this in conversation just
like in this clip.

And you can use it yourself in conversation.

So, let’s break this down pronunciation wise,
starting at the beginning.

She said some people, people.

Let’s talk about this word people, what’s
happening to the O in this word, P-E-O, it’s

just gone.

We don’t say people, we need to say P, say
it with me, people.

So, the final sound is P-U-L, pul, pul, people,
people.

Can you say those two words with me?

Some people, some people, some people.

Let’s go to the next part.

Here, we have our two verbs, try and sell,
try and sell.

What’s happening to the word and?

It’s just getting reduced to, nn, try and
try and sell, try and.

This happens all the time with the word and
especially when we’re listing things, for

example, zebras are black and white, black
and white.

I didn’t say black and white very clearly
instead I reduced and to just, nn, this is

quite common.

So, do you think you can say it with me?

Yes.

Let’s say it together.

Try and sell, try and sell.

It kind of sounds like the word in, in, I’m
going in the store, try and sell.

So, if you need that kind of a image in your
head or those words in your head that could

help as well, try and sell, try and sell,
try and sell on their own, on their own.

This is the final part of our phrase.

And let’s focus on the final word own, own.

What’s happening to the W, own?

It’s not very clear.

This word is not on, O-N, so we’re not forgetting
the W but we’re not saying own, own with a

woo, a very clear W sound.

Instead, it needs to be own, own.

Can you say that with me?

Let’s put it together in that phrase, on their
own, on their own, on their own.

All right.

Do you think we can put this whole sentence
together?

Let’s try to emphasize the right words too.

Some people try and sell on their own, we’re
emphasizing, try, sell, own.

Say it with me, some people try and sell on
their own.

Some people try and sell on their own.

Can you think you can say this a little bit
quicker and then, I’ll pause and you can say

it all by yourself.

Ready?

Some people try and sell on their own.

Some people try and sell on their own.

Okay, I’m going to pause.

And I want you to say this sentence out loud,
no matter where you are in the world, my ears

will listen to you.

I will be able to hear you wherever you are.

This is teacher magic.

So, I want you to say the sentence out loud.

Some people try and sell on their own.

Go ahead.

It’s your turn.

Great work.

All right.

Let’s listen to the original sentence one
more time or actually a couple more times,

so that you can really pick out all of the
things we talked about.

Listen for the pronunciation of people, listen
for try and sell, try and sell.

And then our emphasized words, try, sell,
own.

Listen for that carefully when you watch this
clip, let’s watch.

Brandi:
So, some people try and sell on their own.

And sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t.

And then they connect with a realtor.

Some people try and sell on their own.

Some people try and sell on their own.

Some people try and sell on their own and.

Vanessa:
Did you hear people try and sell?

I hope so.

All right, let’s go to our second clip where
you’re going to hear the phrase out of pocket.

I want you to listen for this, this expression,
but I also want you to listen for the full

phrase and try to understand what’s happening
because we’re going to break it down.

Let’s watch.

Brandi:
So for buyers, the buyers don’t actually have

to pay anything out of pocket.

The seller pays the commission.

The buyers don’t actually have to pay anything
out pocket.

The buyers don’t actually have to pay anything
out of pocket.

The buyers don’t actually have to pay anything
out pocket.

Vanessa:
In this clip, she said, the buyers don’t actually

have to pay anything out of pocket.

There are so much pronunciation we can talk
about in this short, quick sentence.

So, let’s start at the beginning.

The buyers don’t, listen to that negative
contraction, the buyers don’t, don’t.

Do you hear don’t that T is just gone.

This happens a lot with negative contractions
that we end the word with a stopped T. This

means that your tongue is in the position
of making a T, so it’s flat at the top of

your mouth.

Don’t, don’t, but you don’t let the air pass
through to make the T, don’t, that air is

stopped.

So instead you need to say don’t, don’t.

Do you think you can say that with me?

Let’s say those first couple words together,
the buyers don’t, the buyers don’t, it helps

if we link it with the next word, but the
next word has a lot going on.

So, let’s talk about that before we link it.

The next word is actually, actually.

Let’s break this down.

There are a couple different ways that we
can say, actually.

We could say it a little bit clearly like
I just did, actual, with an oo, vowel, actually

or we can reduce it further, which is what’s
happening in the conversation, actually, actually,

actually, actually.

So, the first part is act, can you say that
with me, act, act, the next is just S-H-L-Y,

shly, shly, actually, actually, actually.

Actually, I’m pretty tired today, so I’m not
going to go.

Actually, it’s a beautiful day.

I thought it was going to rain, but actually
it’s amazing.

Actually.

You think you can link this together with
the first part?

Let’s do it.

The buyers don’t actually, the buyers don’t
actually, the buyers don’t actually, the buyers

don’t actually, the buyers don’t actually,
the buyers don’t actually what?

Let’s go to the next part.

Have to pay, have to pay.

This is an extremely common reduction have
and to become havta, havta.

Can you say that with me?

Havta, havta.

I have to study English today.

I have to go outside, it’s a beautiful day,
havta, havta.

So, let’s put that together, have to pay.

Can you say it with me?

Have to pay, have to pay.

Let’s put all of it together so far, the buyers
don’t actually have to pay.

It’s a lot to remember.

You got it.

The buyers don’t actually have to pay, have
to pay what?

Let’s see, pay anything, pay anything.

Something a little funny is going on at the
beginning of the word anything, the a, anything

is not so strong.

It’s not that we cut it out completely, but
that it’s really linked together in such a

fast way that it almost sounds like nything,
nything, pay nything, pay.

You can almost think about it like in, pay
in, in like I-N, pay anything, pay anything,

pay instead of pay a, a, anything like a clear
A sound.

Instead, we’re going to say pay anything,
pay, pay anything, pay anything.

And then we have our key phrase out of pocket,
out of pocket.

I want you to listen to what is happening
at end of the word out.

Listen to this, out of pocket, out of pocket.

Is it out of pocket?

No, instead this is another extremely common
American pronunciation technique where a T

between two vowels is going to change to a
D sound.

This is called a flap T usually because the
T is changing to a D. So, we’re going to link

these two words together and say out, out
of pocket, out of pocket.

Can you say it with me?

Out of pocket, out of pocket, out, out of
pocket.

All right, let’s take a deep breath.

I’m going to try to put it all together in
this whole sentence.

I want you to say it out loud with me.

Repeat with my voice.

This is called shadowing.

I’m speaking.

And you’re speaking exactly with me trying
to keep up.

Let’s do it.

The buyers don’t actually have to pay anything
out of pocket.

One more time.

The buyers don’t actually have to pay anything
out of pocket.

You think we can speed this up a bit?

Yes.

You got it.

Let’s try to speed it up and try to say it
exactly with my voice.

Let’s do it.

The buyers don’t actually have to pay anything
out of pocket.

This is also going to help us emphasize the
right words.

The buyers don’t actually have to pay anything
out of pocket.

Can you say that with me?

The buyers don’t actually have to pay anything
out of pocket.

So, we’re going to emphasize buyers, pay anything,
and pocket.

It’s a lot to remember.

You got it.

Let’s say it all together.

The buyers don’t actually have to pay anything
out of pocket.

I want to pause.

And I want you to try to say all of this together.

Are you ready?

Go ahead.

It’s your turn.

You did it.

Great work.

All right.

Let’s listen to this in the original conversation.

And I want you to listen for all of the things
we talked about to pay anything, or actually

or out of pocket.

Listen for those linkings and reductions in
the original clip.

Let’s watch.

Brandi:
So for buyers, the buyers don’t actually have

to pay anything out of pocket.

The seller pays the commission.

The buyers don’t actually have to pay anything
out pocket.

The buyers don’t actually have to pay anything
out pocket.

The buyers don’t actually have to pay anything
out of pocket.

Vanessa:
Great work.

Are your pronunciation muscles warmed up?

I hope so.

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Vanessa：
嗨，我是来自 SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com 的 Vanessa。

让我们来一场真正的英语对话，
走吧。

今天我有一些非常特别的东西要
和大家分享。

我要分享一个真正的英语对话。

两年多前，我和丈夫丹
买了我们的第一套房子。

今天，您将见到我们的房地产经纪人
Brandi。

房地产经纪人，有时我们称他们为
房地产经纪人，是帮助

您寻找和购买房屋的专业人士。

在美国，如果你想买房子，你
需要聘请房地产经纪人。

如果这份工作在你的国家并不常见，
别担心，你今天会学到很多。

Brandi 对她的工作
以及她的工作如何彻底改变了她的

家庭生活充满热情。

我相信你也有你
热爱的事情，所以

仔细聆听并模仿我们说话的方式是一种很好的体验
。

在我们的对话中，您会
在此处看到一些重要词汇、

短语动词和发音的字幕。

看完对话后，
会有一个词汇课，我丈夫丹

和我会详细解释一些重要的
短语，这样你就不会浪费时间

学习不重要的单词。

这些在你的记忆中根深蒂固。

很高兴在对话中听到它们，
但是当您也听到我们

在词汇课中解释它们时
，记住它们并自己使用它们会更容易。

词汇课结束后，您将参加
短语动词课程，您将从与 Brandi 的对话中学习

一些最重要的短语动词
，以便您

可以在日常对话中使用它们。

最后，在短语动词课程之后，
您将有一个发音课程，以便

您可以像美国人一样说话
，并且清晰易懂地说话。

您可以随时点击本课的CC
查看完整的字幕，这样您就不会错过

任何单词。

当然，为了帮助你记住
今天漫长课程中的所有内容，我创建了一个

免费的 PDF 工作表，你将在其中记住
所有的词汇、短语动词、发音、

例句，你将能够回答
Vanessa 的挑战问题

免费 PDF 工作表的底部。

您可以单击说明中的链接，
立即下载该免费工作表。

如果你喜欢这节课，我邀请你
加入 Fearless Fluency Club，在那里

你终于可以学习真正的美式英语
并自信地说话。

我们的课程成员 Ildikó 说：“这门
课程太棒了。

我最喜欢你教我们真正的英语。”

谢谢伊尔迪科。

让她吃惊。

她说：“更令我惊讶的是，这里
的社区很棒，有机会

与来自世界各地的许多朋友见面和互动

。说自信的英语。

我的课程使用会话分解
法。

这种方法可以帮助你抓住
对话的真正含义，并能够

用相同类型的表达方式和术语
和发音来表达自己，以便您可以理解。

今天的YouTube视频只是课程的一个简短示例
。

整个课程有五个模块
，今天 你只看到了其中

一个模块的一半。

所以让我们
在 Fearless Fluency Club 中测试会话分解法，让我们见见

Brandi

。大家好

。Brandi：
你好

。Vanessa：
我和 Brandi 在这里

。Brandi 是房地产 经纪人，房地产经纪人，但
现在也是朋友。

所以让我们从定义开始。

什么是房地产经纪人或房地产经纪人？

布兰迪：
好的。

所以房地产经纪人和房地产经纪人几乎
可以互换。

凡妮莎：
好的。

布兰迪：
所以所有的房地产经纪人为了

获得我们的挂牌服务，也就是
获得房产，我们必须是一个房地产经纪人，

这是一个有一套道德规范的组织。

瓦内萨：
哦。

Brandi
：因此，我们必须遵循某些道德准则

，以确保我们不会误导客户，
并且我们会分享有关房屋的所有重要事实

。

当涉及到我们的活动时，我们基本上
是……我喜欢将自己视为

顾问。

所以我帮助咨询人们购买和出售
他们的家。

瓦内萨：
好的。

因此，如果有人想购买
或出售房屋，他们必须联系顾问

或房地产经纪人、房地产经纪人来帮助
他们完成这个过程？

Brandi：
所以从技术上讲，人们可以

自己买卖。

瓦内萨：
哦？

Brandi：
如果他们愿意的话。

尽管我确实认为与房地产经纪人一起工作，
但有人将其作为一份工作，并且

有人已经看到了数百次
买卖经验并真正

了解市场的运作方式。

什么是好的交易，什么不是一个好的交易，
什么是重要的维修，什么是不重要的

维修。

瓦内萨：
是的。

布兰迪：
所以有些人尝试自己销售，

有时会奏效，有时会失败，
然后他们会与房地产经纪人联系以利用

他们的专业知识。

然后对于买家来说，至少在我们的州
，卖家

为买家支付房地产经纪人佣金是很常见的。

所以对于买家来说，买家实际上
不必自掏腰包支付任何费用。

卖方支付佣金，因此
对买方尤其有利。

瓦内萨：
是的。

我记得当我们买了这所房子的时候，
感觉我们并没有付给你任何钱。

太奇怪了。

你帮了我们这么多，然后
就没有换钱了。

所以如果我们决定，“嘿，我们根本不
打算买房子”，你会

出去吗？

你会一直帮助我们吗？

Brandi：
是的，而且经常发生。

瓦内萨：
哦，不。

好的。

但最终，期望是那
个人会买，然后你会

从房子的价格中分得一杯羹——
Brandi：

是的。

瓦内萨：
-他们得到了。

好的。

因为似乎每个国家都有
不同的购买房产方式，

但在美国，使用
知道自己在做什么的房地产经纪人是很常见的。

那是你的工作，了解所有这些
来龙去脉。

特别是对于我们作为不了解流程的首次购买者而言，

有一个只是指导您的人非常有帮助。

尤其是当我们的生活中有其他事情发生
时。

您没有时间了解有关
谁是签署这些文件的最佳人选

或下一步是什么的所有细节？

能得到帮助真是太好了。

所以谢谢。

布兰迪：
是的，不客气。

而且我觉得我的角色也是帮助
各方尽可能减轻压力

。

因此，如果需要维修
而卖家没有时间去那里，

我会尽可能地在房子里会见维修人员，因为
买家和卖家都有工作，

他们有必须做的事情。

因此，如果买家
因为他们的日程安排很忙而无法进行检查，我会

为他们进行检查。

当然有报告，虽然我
想在那里帮助

他们解释什么是重要的，什么不重要，
诸如此类的事情。

所以我觉得房地产经纪人的另一份工作
真的只是让它尽可能简单和顺利

。

瓦内萨：
是的，这就是一个好的房地产经纪人应该

做的。

布兰迪：
是的。

并非所有人都这样做。

瓦内萨：
这就是理想。

布兰迪：
是的。

瓦内萨：
所以现在我们有了一个大致的了解，

我个人对你很好奇。

你是怎么进入这个领域的？

或者你为什么成为一名房地产
经纪人？

布兰迪：
是的。

所以我在调酒，所以我在我们地区
这个美丽的度假胜地 Grove Park Inn 提供饮料

。

我遇到了一位名叫萨曼莎的女士，她
和她的团队在那里，我们刚开始

交谈，他们点了很多饮料。

瓦内萨：
所以他们谈了很多。

Brandi：
他们玩得很开心，

最后我们聊了一会儿，
互相了解了。

我问，“好吧，你为什么在这里？”

这通常是我问的一个问题，只是
为了吸引客户。

她说，“哦，我们正在庆祝一个巨大的
商业成功。”

我当时想，“哦，那是什么商业
成功？

我想知道。”

她就像，“哦。

好吧，我是整个北卡罗来纳州西部的顶级经纪人
。”

我当时想，“像顶级房地产经纪人？”

她就像，“是的，是的。”

我想，“你去年卖了多少房子
？”

她说，“54”。

我就像-
Vanessa：

那是几乎一个星期的房子。

Brandi：
从技术上讲，这不仅仅是一个星期的房子。

所以我就像，“哇”。

然后我想，“我认为人们赚了
3%，然后房价就是这样。

那是很多钱。”

Vanessa：
这是一项非常有利可图的业务，尤其是

如果你做得好的话。

布兰迪：
是的。

我当时想，“哇，这太棒了。”

然后我只是回到了我的过去
，我总是帮助我爸爸和妈妈找到

他们的房子。

瓦内萨：
哦。

Brandi：
在互联网如此

庞大之前的那一天，我会翻阅……
有这些传单。

我会浏览传单并突出显示
所有不同的待售或出租物业，

并帮助我的父母找到它们。

我几乎每家每户都能找到我的父母。

瓦内萨：
真的吗？

布兰迪：
是的，作为一个 12 岁的孩子。

瓦内萨：
哇。

所以它在你里面。

命运。

布兰迪：
我就像“我喜欢这个成长过程”。

然后我想，“如果她能做到，她
很好，但我看不出她

有我没有的东西。”

所以我想这对我来说只是一个机会
，“我也能做到”。

瓦内萨：
是的。

布兰迪
：长话短说，

当我决定要这样做时，我实际上已经怀孕七个月
了。

瓦内萨：是
时候做出重大的生活改变了。

布兰迪：
是的，我已经有了一个孩子。

所以我想，“现在或永远不会。”

当他在我体内时，这会
比他不在时容易。

所以我立即报名参加了房地产
课程。

所以我每周工作五天，从周一
到周五，然后我会

在周六和周日开车两个小时去房地产学校
。

所以我这样做了八周，然后
我毕业了，我在分娩前八天拿到了执照

。

瓦内萨：
哦，天哪。

这只是让我想到它有点压力
。

Brandi：
所以大多数人在第一次尝试时都没有通过考试

。

瓦内萨：
但你说，“就是这样。

我现在必须这样做。”

布兰迪：
我当时想，“我真的别无选择。

我不能对一个一周大的婴儿这样做。”

瓦内萨：
是的。

布兰迪
：所以我想，“我只是要

超级努力地学习，尽量不要在考场里惊慌失措
。”

瓦内萨：
但你做到了。

布兰迪：
我做到了。

瓦内萨：
哇。

哇。

所以在那个时候，我想和萨曼莎的谈话
一定只是翻页，这

是一个新的职业。

这对我来说是一个新的选择，我以前不
知道它存在，或者没有把它

当作一条路。

布兰迪：
是的，我从来没有真正考虑过，因为

我拥有自己的企业有一段时间了。

我是瑜伽馆的老板，我很喜欢。

所以我有点喜欢，“好吧，我
最终会再做一次。”

调酒只是我的中间人，
因为我们刚从另一个州搬来。

然后当我遇到她时，我就像是，“
能够真正丰富地支持我的家人，这听起来是一件很棒的事情

。”

是的，我最终加入了她的团队，因为她-

Vanessa：
酷。

Brandi： -
像一位优秀的房地产经纪人那样为我提供信息，

并像一位优秀的房地产经纪人那样跟进。

瓦内萨：是的
。

布兰迪
：她就像，“哦，那你在

考虑买房子吗？”

我当时想，“实际上，我在房地产
学校。”

她就像，“哦。”

瓦内萨：
你启发了我。

我现在在这里。

布兰迪：
我在学校的时候，她真的跟进了。

当她碰巧
打电话时，我正在午休，我就像，“哦，宇宙。”

Vanessa：
如果你有一个房地产

经纪人，他们会在你的一生中跟随你，这太疯狂了
。

我的父母以前住在宾夕法尼亚州的匹兹堡，
他们在我两岁时在那里买的房子

，当我们搬到南卡罗
来纳州时，即使是 20 年后，他们仍然

会从他那里收到圣诞贺卡。

就像，“我们甚至不住在
同一个州。”

这种与这些人的网络联系
是疯狂的，特别是如果你像

萨曼莎一样，擅长建立网络并
与潜在客户保持联系，而且以友好的

方式。

布兰迪：
是的。

瓦内萨：
不仅仅是“你要买东西吗？”

但实际上只是连接。

布兰迪
：这很重要。

瓦内萨：
是的，不要太咄咄逼人。

布兰迪
：不要咄咄逼人，因为我认为很多

人都过头了。

他们就像，“那么你知道谁
想要购买、出售或投资房地产？”

那是一个脚本。

瓦内萨：
是的。

好吧，当
我们第一次与您交谈时，我觉得我真的很感激我们在

找房子时也联系了萨曼莎
。

我们偶然发现了她的联系信息，
并与她交谈过，我们一直在

寻找一个断断续续的地方一年，
只是看看列表。

而且我认为我们可能会经过两个地方，
也许看过一两个地方。

但是当我们与你交谈时，你会说，
“好吧，这似乎是你真正

想要的东西

。下周你试着找到三个
你喜欢的地方怎么样，我们可以

走进去，真正掌握什么 你
想看看具体的地方吗？”

只是这个措辞对我来说就像，“哦，
我很兴奋能真正看到一些地方。”

尽管我知道，但不是想
“这是我梦寐以求的三个房子”，而是

想“我们将分析这些地方
，看看你对它们的真实感受。”

这对我来说不太明确，就像“我
必须找到一个完美的地方，这

是我唯一能看到的地方。”

就像，“哦，让我们看看这些地方
，真正感受一下你对

它们的感受。”

而不是只是，我觉得真的很认真。

“在我进去之前，我需要找到一个完美的地方
。”

所以我很欣赏这不是咄咄逼人，但
让我们感受一下你真正想要的东西。

而且我认为这帮助我们
以真正的方式让球滚动起来。

布兰迪：
是的。

Vanessa：
所以那是一次非常令人欣慰的谈话。

Brandi：
我的意思不是 HGTV 上的 House Hunters，我们

这里的网络，应该是我们看待房屋的方式。

但我认为房屋猎人……顺便说一句，我喜欢这种
成长。

瓦内萨：
是吗？

布兰迪：
我对 HGTV 很着迷。

我会看所有这些奇怪的家事。

所以我猜它在我的血液里。

瓦内萨：
是的。

布兰迪
：十几岁的时候，谁做的？

无论如何。

我会熬夜到午夜看遏制上诉。

但无论如何。

所以是的，但是在那里我也学到
了人们开始……当你看到不同的

房子时，你就像，“哦。

我喜欢这个，我不喜欢这个，
我喜欢这个 房子，但不是

这个房子。”

最终，当你看够了之后，你真的
开始有了感觉。

我的意思是，你也可以达到
你已经看到太多然后它变得一点点 -

Vanessa：
压倒性的。

布兰迪：
是的。

但如果你只看到一些，它就会开始给
你一个想法。

就像你说的，一种具体的感觉，“是的。

这就是我喜欢的。

这是我不喜欢的。”

我想我们看到了一所漂亮的房子。

这是一个更高的价格点，但
你就像，“它

的感觉就是这样。”

瓦内萨：
太大了，或者

你得到的那种感觉。

Brandi
：你们有很多事情要照顾。

所以当你找到这个时，你会说，
“哦，这太完美了

。很好。

虽然它也很简洁。”

瓦内萨：
是的。

Brandi
：也许是个好词。

Vanessa：
它并不大，尤其是对于美国的房子。

但这比我们以前的水平有了很大的进步
。

Brandi：
你在一个小公寓里。

瓦内萨：
是的，我是说。

Brandi：
所以这是一个更大的空间。

Vanessa：
这是两倍或多于两倍的空间

，对我们来说是巨大的。

布兰迪
：另一个会是四倍。

瓦内萨：
是的，我认为这是值得考虑的

事情。

你现在在哪里？

你的新房子会给你带来怎样的生活方式改变
？

你想要吗？

布兰迪：
是的。

瓦内萨：是的。

所以我很好奇，
因为我们是你的客户，所以我已经经历过这一切。

但是对于学生来说，很多人生活
在美国，也许会在这个过程中，

或者不在美国生活
，而是在自己的祖国买了房子，只是为了

与美国的做法进行比较。

如果我想买房子，我打电话给
你说：“嘿，布兰迪。

你被推荐给我了。

我想买房子。”

那时会发生什么？

你会和某人一起经历什么过程
？

布兰迪：
明白了。

好吧，首先我一开始就喜欢听很多，
因为这不是关于我的。

对？

这是关于他们和他们想要什么。

所以我做的第一件事就是问他们
一堆事情。

所以有点准备好与
房地产经纪人分享，“好吧，这就是我要找的。”

因此，列出您的需求和愿望
以及诸如此类的事情，并准备好去

那里。

所以这是我做的第一件事，就是
彻底的需求分析。

然后下一步，老实说，我
认为在与房地产经纪人交谈后与抵押贷款人联系

是一个好主意，
因为房地产经纪人将能够推荐抵押

贷款人。

因为通常大银行和与您
一起银行的人可能会慢一点。

他们靠薪水工作，而不是佣金。

因此，本地贷方通常更有
动力真正帮助您并让您完成交易。

而大银行，他们只是靠薪水工作。

他们没有那么积极。

瓦内萨：
哦。

布兰迪
：然后，房地产经纪人有时可以

推荐他们经常合作的人。

他们一起工作得很好。

他们知道他们将适当地按时完成任务
并且不会迟到。

然后获得抵押贷款将
是下一步。

然后一旦你被批准，因为特别是
在我们的市场，我认为现在全球都是这样

。 总的来说，

这只是一个非常强劲的房地产
市场。

我不知道全球范围内的情况，但肯定
在美国大陆范围内。

对？

虽然我猜美国、夏威夷和阿拉斯加也
做得很好。

我在那里有一些朋友。

但无论如何，基本上一旦你获得
批准并且你准备好了，就像字面上

可以提供报价一样，那就是你开始
参观房产的时候。

开车兜风很棒。

虽然老实说在今天的市场上，这
真的取决于。

瓦内萨：
好像它可能已经卖掉了？

布兰迪：
是的。

Vanessa
：没时间——

Brandi：
我今天开车过去，明天我们会出价

。

不，让我们今天就去今天提供。

瓦内萨：
是的。

Brandi：
因为有时我们现在正在谈论

……就像在加利福尼亚州，人们
在 Facebook 上发布我所在的房地产组，

有时人们会收到 50 多个报价。

瓦内萨：
这太疯狂了。

布兰迪：
我的意思是一个疯狂的数量。

所以你真的很想尽快进入
那里。

即使在这里，我们也没有那么热。

但最近我参与了 11 次报价。

有五个优惠。

所以还是这样，很多。

竞争很激烈，所以
至少在当今市场上，快速行动是件好事

。

瓦内萨：
你认为今天的市场是否意味着后 COVID，

这种变化使市场变得
不同？

这就是你所说的不断变化的市场吗？

人们离开城市，这
就是我想象的人们想要离开

纽约市并搬到山上去阿什维尔
或类似的地方。

或者这只是当前世界的总体
情况？

布兰迪：
是的。

因此，当我说今天时，我的字面意思是今天，
因为明天可能会有一个政治

公告永远改变市场。

瓦内萨：
啊。

Brandi：
我们不知道明天的市场

会是什么样子。

我们不知道抵押贷款利率是否
会上升，因为目前它们仍

处于历史低位，而且这种情况发生了一段
时间。

因此，由于利率如此之低，现在是
获得抵押贷款的好时机。

这就是为什么这么多人购买的原因。

瓦内萨：
喜欢利率吗？

布兰迪：
利率。

是的。

所以利率，基本上
是你现在为 300,000 美元的房子支付的金额，远远

低于你五
年前为 300,000 美元的房子支付的金额。

因此，对于相同数量的钱，您每月支付的费用
更少。

Vanessa：
因为

在过去 15 年或 30 年中，利息百分比太低了。

布兰迪
：所以每月付款要低得多。

我的意思是，您有时会谈论非常显着的
差异。

如果你在 30 年的时间里谈论 5% 和 3%
，这会产生非常非常大的差异。

瓦内萨：
是的。

布兰迪：
尤其是那些大数字。

所以，是的，所以市场可能会发生变化。

由于未来几个月的经济，有一些库存上升的传言。

但人们也看到经济将
保持强劲，因为股市

表现良好，富人有足够的购买力。

瓦内萨
：看起来很复杂。

Brandi：
这非常复杂。

这就是为什么今天
的市场就是今天的市场。

当然，这可能是明天的市场。

是下周的市场吗？

我真的不知道。

所以它可以随时改变。

但就目前而言，是的，在 COVID 之后，
很多人正在从他们

不同意他们的政策的地方搬到他们同意政策的地方
，双向。

瓦内萨：
哦。

布兰迪：
如果这有意义的话。

瓦内萨：
是的。

布兰迪
：不要太政治化，但是

当人们想要或喜欢某个地区的某种政策
时，他们想住在那里。

瓦内萨：
是的，这是有道理的。

你想住在那些了解你并且
你理解的人附近。

Brandi
：现在大面积的种植面积也

很快。

瓦内萨：
哦。

Brandi：
因为人们现在看到了

拥有一堆空间的价值，因为他们可能
在去年住在公寓里，并且和

任何邻居都被困在公寓里
。

我真的很高兴我没有。

瓦内萨：
那太难了。

布兰迪：
是的。

有了所有的封锁之类的东西，我认为
这真的让人们意识到了人们的

生活状况，人们已经意识到
他们要么喜欢它，要么不喜欢它。

而且我认为大多数人在
被困在一个地方一年之后，都会有点像，“你

知道吗？”

瓦内萨：
“我有点想要更多的空间。”

我们住在山里——
Brandi：

这不会很糟糕。

Vanessa：-
人们正在出售土地。

他们正在出售大块土地。

布兰迪
：我今天早些时候和她

谈过的那块土地是 150 英亩。

再说一次，有很多人想要
不同的块和不同的分割。

瓦内萨：
哦。

布兰迪：
而且它很贵，不过也有很多人

想要它，因为它是一大片
土地。

瓦内萨：
是的，那就像整个山坡。

Brandi：
它实际上是一整座山，有一条小溪

，然后是风景。

一切都清理干净了，很漂亮。

瓦内萨：
听起来很神奇。

布兰迪：
是的，真的很酷。

瓦内萨：
是的。

我的意思是，两年前的这类东西
可能不太受欢迎。

我的意思是这听起来像是一个非常独特的情况，
但总的来说。

布兰迪：
不，应该是。

因为还有另一处房产，那是100
英亩。

它的标价为 750 美元，实际上
比标价要低，而且景色

令人难以置信，房子要好 10 倍。

这是一座美丽的维多利亚式老房子
，超级神奇，在

市场上坐了很多年。

瓦内萨：
什么？

布兰迪
：它刚刚卖掉是因为现在市场很疯狂

。

但人们没有——
Vanessa：

这就是人们现在想要的。

布兰迪：
是的。

但几年前人们会说，“我
为什么要住在

100 英亩的荒地中？”

瓦内萨：
哇。

布兰迪：
现在人们就像，“拜托。

是的。”

瓦内萨：
这太有趣了。

所以，是的，它可以改变。

布兰迪：
是的。

瓦内萨：
很快。

布兰迪
：几个月后。

再一次，多年的销售。

然后突然之间，他们引起了
如此多的兴趣，他们最终得到了一个

非常好的价格。

嗯是的。

瓦内萨：
哇。

这太奇怪了，因为我觉得如果这
就是现在购买的人的感受，

我记得我们甚至在一年半前也有这种感觉
。

现在只是泡沫吗？

过去或历史上的价格真的很高吗？
我们只是花了太多

钱吗？

然后你永远不知道未来会怎样。

Brandi
：你刚刚发现你基本上拥有 20% 的股权

。

瓦内萨：
疯了。

但那些事情总是……你永远不
知道会发生什么。

布兰迪：
是的。

我的意思是，这太神奇了。

你没有，对吧？

因为当时……有一个表情包
，基本上是椅子上的骷髅

，上面写着“买家在等待
市场崩盘”。

瓦内萨：
哦，天哪。

布兰迪：
因为人们一直在说，“哦，

这是一个泡沫。

这是一个泡沫。”

它只会越来越强大，越来越
强大，越来越强大。

我们就像，“我们不知道，这就是为什么
它是今天的市场。”

瓦内萨：
哇。

因此，如果您想要它并且找到最
适合您的东西，那就去做吧。

布兰迪：
是的，尤其是在抵押贷款利率

如此之低的情况下。

如果你打算
在那里呆几年，即使它确实流行起来，它

也会回升。

这就是通货膨胀本质上的运作方式。

瓦内萨：
是的。

市场总是在变化
和变化。

布兰迪：是的
。

Vanessa
：假设银行说，我不

知道确切的术语，但银行
说你被批准以 300,000 美元的价格买房。

你会找到这么多的房子。

太好了，你想买。

但是还有另外三个人也
想买它。

就像我们的情况，另外五个人，
不管是什么。

那时会发生什么？

因为现在这似乎很
普遍，您将让其他人为

您想要的同一所房子提供报价
。

你打它，一决胜负？

怎么了？

布兰迪：
所以这些情况的压力

是所有的报价都是盲目的。

所以我们进行了这次对话，对吧？

Vanessa：
“其他人会提供什么？

我不知道。

我们想提供多少？”

布兰迪：
是的。

除了现金之外，还有其他条款可以
作为激励措施，但有时您

不想放弃这些条款。

一个例子就是检查期。

您在检查中发现了一些
您想要解决的问题，他们解决了这些问题。

瓦内萨：
是的。

布兰迪：这种情况经常发生。

即使它是一栋状况良好的房子，就像这栋房子
一样，仍然会有一些

您想要修理或修理的物品，或者可能会帮助
您重新协商价格。

所以有些人……在不同的州它是
不同的方式，非常不同。

所以我们有一个检查期，你
可以选择三周，30天，

不管是什么，你可以得到尽可能多的检查
。

在其他州，他们的规则是你
必须预先选择你想要的检查。

瓦内萨：
哦。

在您了解检查结果之前。

布兰迪：
是的。

所以在其他州，人们会说，“我会
放弃所有的检查”，因为这

是他们的报价和合同的一部分。

幸运的是，我们的情况非常不同。

如果是这样，我会更加紧张，因为-
Vanessa：

是的。

Brandi：-
告诉人们放弃检查

对我来说也是有风险的。

因为如果我鼓励
某事而他们后来发现某事，我可能要承担责任。

瓦内萨：
是的。

Brandi：
但无论如何，如果是多个报价，显然

价格将成为激励某人的最大因素
。

情绪是另一回事。

所以你写的信肯定有帮助，
还有图片和东西。

这在法律上有一些不确定性，因为从
技术上讲，

人们可能会因为公平住房而惹上麻烦。

Vanessa：
比如，“你不喜欢——”

Brandi：
……人们可能会因此

惹上麻烦的公平住房。

瓦内萨：
哦，是的。

就像，你不喜欢我们，因为我有一头棕色的
头发和-

Brandi：
或者肤色，不管人们想说

什么他们为什么不选择他们。

所以，有一些东西，
但我让买家决定

他们是否想写一封信
，记住这些事情。

瓦内萨：
那么，你和布兰迪在一起的感觉如何？

是不是有点快，有点棘手？

你明白一切了吗？

好吧，现在你要上一堂词汇
课，我和丈夫丹会

详细解释谈话中一些最重要的
短语，这样你也可以

在日常生活中使用它们。

您还将能够看到
与 Brandi 的原始对话中的一个短片，

这样您就可以在其原始上下文中看到它。

让我们开始词汇课。

欢迎来到 Fearless Fluency Club，词汇
课。

今天，我和我的丈夫丹在这里。

丹：
你好。

Vanessa：
我们将解释

你在与 Brandi 的对话中听到的 17 个有用的日常英语表达
。

我们将详细讨论这些内容，
然后您将看到

原始对话的剪辑，这样您就可以
看到上下文并更好地了解

如何自己使用它。

你准备好开始了吗？

丹：
我准备好了。

瓦内萨：
让我们做吧。

我们要谈论的第一个表达
是独自一人，或

独自一人。

这意味着您正在独立做某事，
没有帮助，您是自己做的。

因此，例如，在与 Brandi 的对话中
，大多数人使用房地产经纪人或

房地产经纪人来出售他们的房子。

但她说，有些人试图
自己卖房子。

这意味着他们进行营销，他们安排
所有的访问，这只是他们自己。

他们自己做。

在我们讨论这个表达式的任何其他例子之前
，我想让你注意

这个短语中间的语法。

我们可以换一个字。

他们是自己做的。

我自己做的。

他自己做的。

请注意主语 I 是如何与中间的单词匹配的
，这将成为我们的所有格

代词。

我自己做的。

他自己做的。

当你使用这个表达式时，它总是需要匹配
。

让我们谈谈这个短语的其他一些例子
。

你会怎么用这个？

丹：
有时我们说，靠你自己，或者你

靠自己。

所以，如果你对别人这么说，很
可能你是别人的老师。

所以，如果你在教别人如何
做某事，然后你说，你靠

自己，这意味着现在是你自己独立做的
时候了。

瓦内萨：
是的。

丹：
我想说，靠你自己，或者靠我自己，通常

是一件好事。

因此，例如，有时我们会说
，一旦你离开父母家，我现在就一个人了。

所以，如果你和你的父母住在一起，他们
照顾了各种各样的事情，然后

你搬出去，你有自己的地方，
你可以做任何你想做的事，你可以说，

我现在一个人了。

我负责。

我有时也想，这可能只是一个人的
意思。

我独自一人在去公园的路上，
穿过树林。

但我会说也许这不太
常见。

瓦内萨：
是的。

我认为它确实有这种独立感，
也许是一些自由。

正如我们所说，对于老师，老师可以
这样说，或者可能是老板

告诉员工的人，好吧。

我已经给了你这些技能，现在你
靠自己了。

所以，在你看完这节英语课后，我可以对你说
，你是靠自己的。

这意味着，我已经为
您提供了使用这些表达式所需的工具，但现在

它是您的选择。

您需要决定如何处理这些表达式。

你是要忘记它，
还是要把它们写下来，写一些

句子？

在课程中与其他人一起使用它们，
这门课程，Fearless Fluency Club？

很多人一起说话。

他们选择在 Zoom 上找一个 Skype 演讲伙伴
或在一个小组中演讲。

这是使用这些表达式的好方法。

所以，在这节课之后，你就靠自己了。

您需要自己能够使用这种材料。

我们已经为您提供了工具。

好吧，让我们转到
与 Brandi 对话的原始剪辑，这样您

就可以看到它最初是如何使用的。

让我们来看吧。

布兰迪：
所以，有些人尝试自己销售

，有时会奏效，有时会失败，
然后他们会与房地产经纪人联系。

有些人尝试自己出售。

有些人尝试自己出售。

有些人尝试自己出售。

丹
：下一个表达是，自掏腰包，

或自掏腰包的费用。

这意味着您从
个人资金中支付某些费用，这几乎总是

在组织、
企业或保险等环境中进行。

所以，我想到的是，如果你在
一家公司工作，你去出差。

很多时候，公司会为某些
事情买单。

也许他们会为你的旅行买单，也许他们会
为你的食物买单。

但是，如果您在这些情况下必须自己支付
，那么您会说，我

必须自掏腰包支付。

或者，如果你在出差，
你和你的客户在一起，你给他们买

饮料，但公司不付钱。

你可以说，是的。

我自掏腰包买了那些饮料。

那是我自己的钱。

瓦内萨：
是的。

或者这些是自付费用。

您可以想象自己的口袋或
钱包，这就是您的支付方式。

您不是从企业的口袋里掏钱，
而是从自己的口袋里掏钱，这

是自掏腰包。

就像丹所说，我们经常在
商业环境中使用它。

这在美国很常见，
用于保险情况。

因此，您的保险将承保或
支付某些费用，但可能不支付

其他费用。

因此，例如，您的保险可能不
包括节育。

你可能会说，我们需要自掏腰包支付避孕费用
。

这是一种非常常见的情况，你
说的是一个组织，保险，

你认为他们应该涵盖这个，但他们
没有。

因此，您需要用自己的个人
资金支付。

丹：
是的。

或者他们甚至可能将一些东西列为
自付费用。

所以，你只需要为自己支付的东西。

你是一个人，伙计。

瓦内萨：是的
。

你自己一个人。

所以，我想让你知道，如果你
和一些朋友去酒吧，只要

我们可以再去一次，你们每个人都
为自己的酒水买单，你不会说我

是自掏腰包买酒的。

丹：
这只是和你的朋友随便的。

瓦内萨：
是的。

没有一家企业支付
大部分费用，

然后你支付了一小部分费用。

我们通常在商业情况
或保险中使用它。

可能还有其他一些情况，其中
大部分费用由组织支付

，但您需要自掏腰包支付一小部分
。

你不说从我的口袋里掏出来，只是
从口袋里掏出来。

好的。

让我们观看原始剪辑，您可以
看到它在与 Brandi 的对话中是如何使用的

。

让我们来看吧。

Brandi：
因此，对于买家而言，买家实际上

不必自掏腰包支付任何费用。

卖方支付佣金。

因此，买家实际上不必自掏腰包支付
任何费用。

买家实际上不必自掏腰包支付任何费用
。

Vanessa：
我们要讨论的第三个表达方式

是削减。

这是在说剪刀还是剪
东西？

并不真地。

这个比较形象一些。

通常这意味着您获得了
部分利润，或某物的钱。

因此，例如，在与 Brandi 的对话中
，当您聘请房地产经纪人时，

您不需要立即给他们钱。

当您雇用他们时，而不是当您购买
房屋时，他们将获得

房屋总额的一部分或一部分。

因此，如果您购买昂贵的房屋，他们将获得更大
的收益。

他们会得到更多的钱。

如果您购买便宜的房子，他们会
得到更少的钱。

因此，他们会从总价中分一杯羹。

因此，这是金额的一部分，这
在销售情况下非常典型。

也许你的企业就是这样。

如果你卖了很多产品，也许你会
得到一个削减。

你会得到一些额外的钱，因为你卖出了
更多的这些产品。

丹：
是的。

我认为这是一种很随意的表达方式。

这听起来很随意，但我们确实在某些
专业情况下使用它。

例如，如果您在网上销售产品，
并且您在

销售某物时获得部分收益，那么您将获得分成。

我们确实这么说。

但其他时候我把这与
毒品交易联系起来。

瓦内萨：
哦。

丹：
所以，如果你帮助某人做一些阴暗的事情，

比如毒品交易，你会从利润中分一杯羹
，或者你会从毒品中分一杯羹，

诸如此类。

也许我看过太多电视节目，但
我也将其与此联系起来。

但这也渗入了所有社会。

所以，这很常见。

瓦内萨：
是的。

你注意到我们使用 , 来削减开支。

你也可以说，做一个削减。

这两个动词都非常适合
这种表达方式。

通常 get in English 有点不正式
，我们在很多不同的情况下都使用它，

但你也可以说，我在
出售这栋昂贵的房子时减价，因为我的客户

买了一座昂贵的房子。

我想提到的一种
情况很常见，因为你们很多人都在

看 YouTube 视频。

你经常在 YouTube 上看到人们说，这
是我最喜欢的……

Dan：
化妆。

瓦内萨：
化妆。

你应该买这个化妆品。

嗯，这是一则广告，他们正在
接受，或者他们正在赚取，或者他们正在

获得利润的一部分。

因此，如果您购买该化妆品，他们将
获得一定比例。

10%、20%、50%。

我不知道。

所以，当然，你必须相信这个人。

如果那个人值得信赖，并且您
认为他们真的很喜欢该产品，那么他们

这样做不仅仅是为了获得收益，那么就
值得购买。

你可以得到它，但你需要
确保他们是值得信赖的，因为他们

正在削减。

当您根据他们推荐的产品时，这里有钱正在交换。

他们正在削减。

好的。

让我们观看对话中的原始剪辑，
以便您了解如何使用这个有趣的表达方式

，即剪辑。

好的。

但最终的期望是那个人
会买，然后你会从房子的价格中分一杯羹

。

期望是那个人会买，
然后你会从房子的价格中分一杯羹

。

期望是那个人会买，
然后你会从房子的价格中分一杯羹

。

丹
：下一个表达是有利可图的，这

意味着某事或某项活动会产生
财富或金钱。

通常我们认为这是一大笔钱，
所以这是一种礼貌的说法，说某事可以

让你变得富有。

例如，房地产。

现在很多人都想做房地产
，比他们想象的要困难得多，

而且他们赚的钱也不多，所以
对他们来说并不有利可图。

但是如果你真的很擅长房地产，
你真的很擅长卖房子，并且你

可以从你卖的这些百万美元的房子中获得一大笔收益
，那么房地产

可能会非常有利可图。

或者有人买了房子，然后
他们把它们修好，然后……

这就是所谓的翻转房屋。

因此，他们修复它并使其变得更好，然后
将其出售以获利。

所以，这也可能是非常有利可图的，但这些
在房地产业务中是棘手的事情。

瓦内萨：
是的。

如果您
不擅长该业务，它可能并不总是有利可图。

所以，像 Dan 提到的那样，有利可图这个词
是谈论很多钱的一种礼貌方式，

因为在英语中，至少在美国，
说我可以

通过我的生意赚很多钱并不是很礼貌，我 我有钱。

在谈话中这样说是非常自豪或不舒服的
。

所以，当你说有利可图时，这是一种更
温和、更间接的方式

，我的工作可以赚很多钱。

所以，你可以看到，当布兰迪说这个词的时候，
她有点不舒服，但她

用了这个词，利润丰厚，而不是说，
我想成为一名房地产经纪人，因为

我想要很多钱。

丹：
是的。

瓦内萨：
说，哇，更有礼貌。

我意识到，
如果我做得很好，房地产会非常有利可图。

因此，这是一种更礼貌的谈论金钱的方式。

我认为这是可以理解的。

我们不想
做不赚钱的工作。

我们想找到一份可以赚更多
钱的工作，或者至少是生活所需的工作。

所以，我认为这是一个很好的词，
可以增加你的词汇量。

好的。

让我们看看原始剪辑。

你可以看到利润这个词是如何被使用的。

让我们来看吧。

布兰迪：
那是一大笔钱。

Vanessa：
这是一项非常有利可图的业务，尤其是

如果你做得好的话。

Brandi：
是的，我是-

Vanessa：
这是一项非常有利可图的业务，尤其是

如果你做得好的话。

这是一项非常有利可图的业务，尤其是
如果您做得好的话。

下一个表达是没有选择，
或者没有选择。

这有点不言自明，
这意味着您别无选择。

通常是绝望的。

你已经尝试了一切，而这就是
你所剩下的一切。

因此，例如，在与 Brandi 的谈话中
，她谈到了

在生孩子之前她需要完成房地产学校
，因为当你有一个一周

大的婴儿时，你不能去房地产学校。

所以，她别无选择。

她必须在分娩前完成房地产学校的学业
。

她别无选择。

或者我们可以说她别无选择。

她别无选择，这
是她唯一能做的。

现在完成房地产学校。

丹：
是的。

凡妮莎：
她正在做一件绝望的事情。

丹：
是的。

这通常是一个比喻性的表达。

就像，有时你根本没有任何
选择。

但是很多时候，比如说如果你需要一份新
工作，你可能有很多工作可供选择，但

你现在真的很想要钱。

或者你只是不知道未来会怎样，
所以也许有一份你真的

不想做的工作，比方说在麦当劳工作，
不要撕毁麦当劳的员工，但它

可能不在人们的名单上 .

所以，你会说，我别无选择，我
不得不接受麦当劳的工作。

好吧，也许你确实有一点积蓄，
但如果你真的这么说，你可能

真的没有多少钱。

如果你说我别无选择，我必须做
X、Y 或 Z。

Vanessa：
是的。

丹：
这意味着你很绝望，

你现在需要找份工作。

瓦内萨：是的
。

你别无选择。

或者我别无选择，我必须这样做。

如果有人
说，你为什么在麦当劳接受那份工作，这是一个很好的解释自己的方式？

上个月你在谷歌工作。

那是一项很棒的工作。

这是一份利润丰厚的工作。

你为什么现在在麦当劳工作？

你可能会说，好吧，我被解雇了，或者我丢
了工作，因为我——

丹：
我在赌场把所有的钱都花光了。

瓦内萨：
因为大流行，现在我别无选择。

在接下来的几个月里，我必须在麦当劳找到一份工作
，直到我找到别的

东西。

所以，这种绝望的请求。

好的。

让我们看一下最初的对话，这样
你就可以看到，我没有选择或

我没有选择是如何与布兰迪一起使用的。

让我们来看吧。

你就像，就是这样。

我现在必须去做。

Brandi：
我真的没有选择。

我不能对一个一周大的婴儿这样做。

我真的没有选择。

我真的没有选择。

我真的没有选择。

丹
：下一个表达是，翻页，

或者翻页。

翻页，书里有页的任何东西，
这些表达方式，如果我们

以比喻的方式使用它，
根据上下文，你会明白这

意味着你的生活发生了很大的变化，
或者说 这很突然。

因此，例如，布兰迪
谈到她决定成为一名房地产经纪人时，

她曾与另一位房地产经纪人谈过，
而瓦内萨说那一刻是翻页。

所以，这意味着，哦，我正在做这
件事，现在我要彻底改变我的生活

，做其他事情。

这是一个翻页。

但她也可以说，布兰迪
在她作为调酒师的生活中翻开了那一页

。

现在，她是一名房地产经纪人。

瓦内萨：
是的。

我们可以用一种非常诗意、美丽、
比喻的方式

来使用它，但是当你谈论
一个改变你生活的大事件时，这是一件很棒的事情。

也许结婚、生孩子、
搬到新城市、换工作或

决定学习英语。

也许你可以说，当我找到 Vanessa 的
课程时，就像是我生命中的一页翻页

。

我决定我对英语很感兴趣。

我希望这对你来说是真的。

或者你可能会说，我决定翻开
人生的一页，开始学习英语并

享受它。

我没有感到学习语法的压力和焦虑，而是决定翻开

我生活中的一页。

我想补充一点额外的表达
，有时在这些情况下

我们会说，是为了翻开新的一页。

你可以想象一棵树上的一片叶子。

我们并不完全翻页，但有时
我们使用叶子这个词来谈论一页。

这是一个老式的词来谈论
页面，就像书的叶子一样。

我们不再在日常对话中真正使用它
，但这是

谈论页面的老式方式。

所以，你会听到人们说，我准备好
翻开新的一页了。

我要离开我的工作并找到一个新的职业。

这是一个彻底的改变。

丹：
是的。

我要补充一点，这是我们使用它的另一种方式
。

如果你说，我准备好翻页，或者
准备翻页，这意味着你

要做出改变。

所以，它还没有发生。

所以，也许你刚刚和你的
男朋友或女朋友分手了，你说，我

刚刚准备好翻开这段感情
或关系的一页。

我已经结束了。

我准备好继续前进了。

瓦内萨：
是的。

你可以翻开新的一页，开始新的生活。

好吧，我希望你的英语之旅
就是这样，你准备好翻开

新的一页，翻开你的英语
之旅的一页，真正掌握你的学习。

你能行的。

好的。

让我们观看与 Brandi 对话的原始剪辑
，以便您了解

我们的对话中如何使用它。

让我们来看吧。

哇。

所以，那个时候，我猜想和Samantha谈话
一定就像翻页一样，

这是一个新的职业——和Samantha谈话
一定就像翻页一样。

与萨曼莎交谈一定
就像翻页一样。

下一个表达是越过自己的头，
或者越过我的头。

我们经常用手来使用这个表达方式。

它超越了我的头。

这

意味着—— 丹：你发出嗖嗖声。

瓦内萨：
真的很快。

嗖。

这意味着你没有理解一些东西，
也许它太复杂了，也许

有什么玩笑。

这通常与您不理解的笑话一起使用
。

也许有人在说英语，而且
速度太快了。

如果某人说得非常快，而你
只是不明白他们在说

什么，因为他们说得太快了，
而且他们在谈论你不知道的东西-

Dan：

也许这是 Vanessa .

瓦内萨：
嗯，你可能会说，

瓦内萨说的我什么都听不懂。

它刚刚超越了我的头。

我们可以想象你头上飞过的话
。

这是一个很常见的表达方式
，我只是不明白。

丹：
是的。

瓦内萨：
它超出了我的想象。

丹：
我通常认为这个表达方式是

用来开玩笑的。

所以，当你在学校时，人们一直在使用
它。

所以，有时他们只是说
笑话，嗖嗖的。

他们甚至没有完成表达。

所以，如果有人不明白，你就
开个玩笑，或者有时很刻薄，如果你

在取笑某人，他们就像，
你在说什么？

你可以说这个笑话就在
他们头上，或者这个笑话在你头上。

我猜你通常对其他人说，
不是那个人，但无论如何。

因此，它通常用于开玩笑，有时
也可能用于复杂的科学

或数学问题。

所以，对我来说，我在高中做的大数学题
，我父亲会试图帮助

我解决这些数学题。

我只能说，是的。

这是在我头上。

这些数学问题在我头上，我不
明白，它超出了我的能力范围。

超出我的理解。

瓦内萨：
这也发生在我身上。

我们的两个父亲都是工程师，他们了解
像

我们这样的普通人无法理解的复杂数学问题。

丹：
出于某种原因，我正在学习微积分。

我不知道为什么。

瓦内萨：
这听起来很复杂。

但即使是更简单的数学课，我
父亲也会尝试向我解释事情，

而且很多次都让我想不通。

他非常努力地解释它，我相信
他在解释它方面做得很好，

我的大脑还没有准备好接受这些
信息。

它超越了我的头。

所以，如果你在这种情况下，
你正在和别人说英语，

或者你正在吃晚饭，每个人都在
说英语，有人说了一个笑话，你

不明白。

好吧，如果你在那个小组中有一个朋友，
你可以说，嘿。

那个笑话在我脑海里浮现。

你能解释一下吗？

或者我没听懂那个笑话。

它刚刚超越了我的头。

你可以用这个表达方式说，我没
听懂，我没明白，你能帮帮

我吗？

如果您想了解一些
英语笑话，我在 YouTube 上有几个视频，我会在

其中谈论一些流行的英语笑话
，我会尝试为您链接这些视频，以便

您沉浸在一些英语幽默中。

好的。

让我们看一下与布兰迪对话的原始剪辑
。

我希望她的表情不会超出
你的想象。

我希望你能理解它。

让我们来看吧。

丹：
嗖。

瓦内萨：
是的。

不要太咄咄逼人。

布兰迪：
因为我认为很多人，这

超出了他们的想象。

他们就像，那么你知道谁想要
购买、出售或投资房地产？

因为我认为很多人，这
超出了他们的头脑。

因为我认为很多人，这
超出了他们的头脑。

丹
：下一个表达是对

某事有感觉，我们经常简称为，
对某事有感觉。

这意味着获得一些感觉，获得
一些经验。

例如，我曾经在一家咖啡店工作
，当你第一次看到浓缩咖啡机时，

你会感到非常困惑。

你想，这东西是怎么工作的？

你必须对它有感觉。

你必须练习它，或者探索它，
看看不同的按钮，看着别人

做。

获得这些对某事的体验
可以帮助你对那件事有一种感觉。

在我的例子中，咖啡店的浓缩咖啡机
。

瓦内萨：
是的。

所以，在这种情况下，Dan 对实物有了感觉
。

丹：
是的。

有时字面意思。

瓦内萨：
是的。

感受一下浓缩咖啡机。

但在和布兰迪的谈话中，我
用了一种更情绪化的方式。

所以，当丹和我在寻找
我们想买的房子时，感觉真的很压抑。

只有很多选择，
我们对自己想要的东西真的很挑剔，当我们第一次

和布兰迪交谈时，她说，好吧。

让我们看看一些你
认为还可以的房子。

他们不需要完美。

让我们感受一下你喜欢
什么，不喜欢什么，然后我们可以从

那里开始。

所以，它不是那么确定，你必须
找到完美的房子。

不，让我们感受一下你
喜欢什么。

这样，我们实际上是在谈论
我们的情绪，一种感觉。

让我们试试看，我喜欢这个房子，
我不喜欢这个房子吗？

我不喜欢它什么？

所以，我们在谈论我们的感受。

所以，在这种更情绪化的意义上，你可以
使用，我对房子有一种感觉，或者我

有一种感觉，你可以在这种情绪化的
意义上使用两者。

但在丹谈到的物理意义上
，感受一下浓缩咖啡机，

我们真的只会使用，感受。

不是感觉。

感受一下浓缩咖啡机，
听起来你在想，我应该

爱上浓缩咖啡机吗？

我有感觉、情绪吗？

我们不是在谈论情绪。

我们只是在谈论你的经历。

丹：
是的。

Vanessa：
并尝试学习如何使用它。

丹：
也许可以用一个词来解释这

一点，测试。

这就像一个小测试。

当你看到这些房子时，你正在测试你的感受
。

瓦内萨：
是的。

丹：
你正在测试浓缩咖啡机并

感受它的工作原理。

瓦内萨：
是的。

所以，我们会说，去感受，或者
去感受。

好的。

让我们看一下与 Brandi 对话的原始片段
，你可以看到我是如何

以这种积极的方式使用它的，谈论
我们很久以前第一次见到 Brandi 时的第一次经历

。

好的。

让我们看一下剪辑。

我对此表示赞赏。

不要咄咄逼人，但让我们感受
一下你真正想要什么，我认为这有助于

我们顺利进行。

让我们感受一下你真正
想要什么。

让我们感受一下你真正
想要什么。

下一个表达是，一堆东西。

我们经常发这个，一堆，
一堆东西。

这是一种随意的说法。

也许它比很多少一点。

所以，在与布兰迪的谈话中，她说，
当我认识某人时，当我第一次

见到客户时，我会问他们一堆问题。

也许有 30 个问题，也许有
10 个问题，但她问了他们很多问题。

丹：
我想说的不止三个——

瓦内萨：
好的。

丹的官方回答是——
丹：

……一堆。

瓦内萨：
……不止三个。

丹：
也许四个。

Vanessa：
这不是一个严格的数字。

丹：
是的。

Vanessa：
但一般的感觉不是一

点点，也不是很多，只是
一种随意的表达方式。

丹：
是的。

这就是随意的方式。

我相信从技术上讲，一堆意味着一
组类似的东西。

例如，一束香蕉。

所以，从字面上看，你
在商店里买的那束香蕉，就是它的名字。

是一堆。

瓦内萨
：一堆香蕉。

丹：
那组香蕉，都是一样的

东西，就是一串香蕉。

但是再一次，我们用这个更随意，
只是为了意味着很多-

丹：
但同样，我们更随意地使用这个

只是为了意味着比四个多得多。

Vanessa：
好的，超过四个。

如果你要种植一个花园，就像
我们正在做的那样，你可能会去植物苗圃。

苗圃是一家出售
小植物或种子之类的商店。

你可以去苗圃说，
“哇，有很多选择。

这里有很多植物。

我不知道我应该买哪种蔬菜。

西红柿太多了。

有很多不同的
我能买到的西红柿。”

我们谈论的只是大量，
通常是同一组中的某些东西，比如

一束植物，就像丹所说的那样，
一堆香蕉，一堆选择。

这可以以多种不同的方式使用，
但它是一个可以添加到您的词汇表中的好词，

因为我们一直在会话英语中使用它
。

丹：
哦，我记得，有时我们只是

说束。

瓦内萨：
哦，好吧。

你能解释一下吗？

你什么时候会这么说？

丹：
嗯，从技术上讲，是不是英语不合适？

Vanessa：
不。

Dan：
这似乎是错误的说法，但

如果你有很多东西，你可以
说，“我有束。”

Vanessa：
是的，也许这不是最合适

的说法，但是-
Dan：

是的，就像孩子们经常说的那样。

“我有一堆玩具车。”

瓦内萨：
哦，好吧。

丹：
“我有束。”

瓦内萨：
是的，也许如果丹问，“

你买了苗圃多少株植物？” 我说，“束，”
这是一种愚蠢的方式。

也许这只是如果你打算
作为成年人使用它，你会以开玩笑的方式使用它，因为

它不是完美的语法，但你会
以一种愚蠢的方式使用它，“哦，我买了

束。

你 不会相信，这只是一堆植物。

我有这么多，一堆。”

也可能是开玩笑的。

是的，嗯，这是一种有趣的添加方式。

好吧，让我们看一下原始对话，
这样你就可以看到一堆这个词是如何

使用的。

让我们来看吧。

Brandi：
我做的第一件事就是问他们

一堆事情，所以准备好
与房地产经纪人分享，比如，“好吧，这就是我

要找的。”

我做的第一件事就是问他们
一堆事情。

我做的第一件事就是问他们
一堆事情。

Dan
：下一个表达式是 post，我们的意思是 post

作为某个单词或表达式的前缀。

这意味着在某事之后，通常是
某种事件。

一种非常常见的说法是战后。

这意味着战后，二战后的
美国。

这通常是战后的时间，而不是
战争正在进行的时候。

二战后的美国出现了婴儿潮，
士兵们回家后出生了很多婴儿

。

我想知道为什么？

但有时这也意味着这件事
还在继续。

例如，有时您可能会不经意地
说：“我的后孩子生活很疯狂。”

这意味着一旦你有了孩子，在
那之后，生活对你来说真的很疯狂。

瓦内萨：
是的，你还有孩子。

丹：
但这并不意味着孩子们离开了，

即使你说的是后孩子，这只是意味着
他们出生后。

Vanessa：
是的，所以这个表达有点

含糊，事件是否还在继续
，因为当我们用这个来形容战争时，

就像丹说的，二战后，二
战后，有一个婴儿 美国的繁荣，

这绝对意味着第二次世界大战已经结束。

每个人都会明白，这意味着
当婴儿潮发生时，第二次世界大战就结束了。

但是当你说“后孩子，我的生活
发生了很大变化”时，这并不意味着我的孩子

已经走了，我的孩子已经完蛋了。

这只是意味着我的孩子出生了，现在我的
生活不同了。

当我的孩子出生时翻过一页，我们的
生活大不相同。

我们只能说在那种情况下，后孩子。

现在，与此相反的是 pre，“学前班的孩子，
我们有更多的空闲时间。”

我什至在空闲时间做了什么？

我什至不知道。

前儿童或第二次世界大战前，在某些事件之前
，这绝对意味着在事件发生之前。

但是在我们使用 post 的对话中，我们
谈到了 COVID 后和 -

Dan：
我认为这个有点不清楚。

Vanessa：
是的，因为 COVID 还没有结束，至少

当我们进行这次谈话时，COVID 还没有
结束。

丹：
希望现在已经完成了。

Vanessa：
我不知道，你会在几周内看到这个，

所以我
不确定。

但我们谈论的是一个事件，COVID，
大流行，它仍在继续，我们正

处于其中。

后 COVID 世界发生了很大变化，后 COVID 的
人们已经搬到

了美国的不同地区，这是在 COVID 期间，
而不是在 COVID 结束时。

有点不清楚，但我认为
您可以大致了解它是

在事件之后或事件开始之后。

好的。

让我们观看对话中的原始剪辑，
以便您了解我们如何用它来表示

COVID 后。

让我们来看吧。

Brandi：
但就目前而言，是的，在 COVID 之后，

很多人正在从他们
不同意他们的政策的地方转移到

他们同意政策的地方。

COVID后，很多人都在搬家。

COVID后，很多人都在搬家。

瓦内萨
：下一个表达是决一胜负。

就像你从丹的例子中看到的那样，
它意味着战斗。

这可能是身体上的争吵，也
可能是口头上的争吵，你只是

在为某事争论，你在争吵，所以
你在和某人打架。

这个表达有一个非常奇怪和复杂的
起源，因为这个短语，为了解决这个问题，

非常美国化。

它几乎只在美国使用，
但起源于英国伦敦。

据我记得——
丹：

我做了研究。

Vanessa:
… duke 是俚语——

Dan:
你的手。

瓦内萨：
……你的手，然后它变成

了战斗，用你的双手决斗。

这似乎有点复杂。

丹：
对。

嗯，它最初来自伦敦俚语。

就是这么叫的吗？

伦敦？

Vanessa：
伦敦押韵俚语。

丹：
伦敦押韵俚语。

Vanessa:
Cockney 就像一个口音，在英国的口音

。
丹：

他们会说约克公爵的叉子，
但不知何故，叉子变成了你的手指，

然后不知何故，你的公爵和叉子或公爵
和约克或其他东西变成了-

Vanessa：
只是公爵。

丹：
……手和手指。

无论如何，最终不知何故，公爵变成了你的
拳头，你的手。

Vanessa：
这是一个漫长的历史故事。

丹：
这是一个奇怪的故事。

Vanessa：
是的，但如果你想

对伦敦押韵俚语进行研究，那会很有趣。

这是
伦敦某个地区的一种历史说法。

他们有特定类型的俚语或
韵律可以使用。

一些有趣的表达来自
这种俚语，甚至像

这样的美国表达。

丹：
是的，我想他们最初会

说的是，“举起你的公爵。”

瓦内萨：
哦，好吧，战斗。

丹：
举起你的公爵。

瓦内萨：
举起你的公爵来和我战斗。

丹：
但在美国，不知何故我们把它变成

了杜绝。

Vanessa：
是的，所以让我们谈谈

我们可以使用它的一些物理方式，以及我们可以使用它的更形象的口头
方式。

How-
Dan：

是的，最直接的方式是拳打脚踢，
实际上就是打架，互相拳打脚踢。

这实际上是在争吵。

但是我们经常用它来进行口头辩论，尤其是
一对一的辩论。

如果你只和一个人争论并且
你对他们大喊大叫，或者甚至在美国，

我们有总统辩论，你甚至可以
说他们在争吵。

他们在电视上对决，他们
正在辩论，每个人都在观看。

他们是对手，他们不是朋友。

瓦内萨：
是的。

他们可能不是在大喊大叫，而是在争吵，
他们在打架，可以这么说，但

我们也可以说，“是的，
酒吧里的那两个家伙，他们喝醉了，然后就

吵架了。

他们只是打架了。”

这是一件非常暴力的、物理的事情。

好吧，让我们看一下对话中的原始剪辑，
这样你就可以看到

它是如何使用的。

您将让其他人为
您想要的同一所房子提供报价，就像

您争吵一样，一决高下。

……你想要的，就像你打它一样，一决
胜负。

……你想要的，就像你打它一样，一决
胜负。

丹
：下一个表达是成语，它是

前面的。

这意味着在开始时，或者通常
在过程发生之前在开始时告诉某人某

事，或者它意味着直接和
诚实。

他们其实很相似。

我将从第一个开始。

布兰迪在
与房主签订房地产协议时谈到，在某些

地方，您必须预先选择检查
。

这意味着，在一开始，您
需要选择检查员，然后告诉

业主该检查员是谁。

其他地方，你不必这样做，你
不必提前告诉他们你要找

谁来检查房子。

这是她使用的一种技术方式，
但你会想到，一开始

，你需要先选择检查员。

但即使是那种与
导演或诚实的坦率相同的含义

，也与诚实有关，双方都
知道发生了什么。

Vanessa：
是的，一开始你就知道

会发生什么。

实际上，在与 Brandi 的对话中，
我认为这比知道

谁将进行检查更具体，即
您将进行哪些检查。

丹：
哦，好吧。

瓦内萨：
你没看过房子，你没

看过，你不知道问题，
但你必须选择，我要

检查地下室，我要检查白蚁，我
要检查屋顶 ，但也许您不

知道存在电气问题并且
您没有预先选择电气检查

。

嗯，这是个问题，因为当你
买房子的时候，如果你买了房子，并且出现

了电气问题，那是你的错，
因为你没有预先选择正确的检查

。

这意味着一开始，但就像
丹所说，我们经常用它来表示直接

或诚实的沟通。

例如，当你购买这门课程时，
我希望我能提前告诉你。

我希望很清楚，我
对你很直接和诚实，这不是一对一的

口语课，你不会
在 Skype 上和我一起预订课程。

我试图非常清楚这一点，
你将收到一个课程设置材料，这些

课程，你将有机会
与其他成员一起交谈，每月一次

你有机会和我交谈，但它很
友善 换一种情况，这不是

一对一的课。

为了你，为了我，我
需要站在你面前。

如果您在一家企业工作，您可能
也会这样说，

与您的客户坦诚相待很重要。

你需要准确地告诉他们他们可以
期待什么，准确地告诉他们你的产品是什么。

你需要直接和诚实。

就是这个想法，一开始，你
需要展示信息，而不是过了一会儿，

但你需要提前。

这就是这里的句子结构。

丹：
是的，另一方面，如果你说某人

不坦率，那就意味着他们在
隐瞒一些事情，他们不诚实。

“他没有对我坦诚。

我认为他有一些肮脏的秘密。”

也许假设你和
一个女孩或一个男孩有关系，你可以说，“他们没有

对我坦白。

我认为他们正在和其他人
在手机上聊天。那

是谁？”

瓦内萨：
嗯，是的。

或者，如果您与某人进行了几次约会
，然后在第一次

约会之后，他们会抽出一支烟开始
吸烟。

丹：
他隐瞒了这一点。

瓦内萨：
你可能会想，“哦，他对

我的吸烟习惯并没有坦率地说。

那会改变我对
他的看法。

他对我没有坦率。”

或者，如果你想对某人坦诚，
你可以说，“好吧，我想

对你坦诚，让你知道
我偶尔会吸烟。”

丹：
“我一天抽一包，我喝六

包啤酒。”

凡妮莎：
“这是我所有的问题。”

或者你可以告诉某人一些
你认为可能对他们有用的信息，

“我想坦率地告诉你，
我偶尔会吸烟。

我有一些焦虑，这有助于我缓解
它，但我正在努力 。”

好吧，你只是直接和
诚实地告诉他们一些他们可能会觉得有用

或信息丰富的事情。

丹：
是的，通常这是一种具有挑战性的信息。

瓦内萨：
是的，是的，但在一段关系中坦诚相待很重要

。

我认为这有助于建立稳固、健康的关系。

好的，让我们看一下原始对话，
以便您了解如何使用前期。

Brandi：
在其他州，他们的规则是你

必须预先选择你想要的检查。

瓦内萨：
哦，在你知道检查结果之前

。

Brandi：
他们的规则是你必须

预先选择你想要的检查。

他们的规则是你必须
预先选择你想要的检查。

Vanessa：
你觉得那堂词汇课怎么样？

现在是语法，短语动词的时候了。

您将从与 Brandi 的对话中学习一些最
重要的短语动词，

以便您自己使用它们。

在完整的 Fearless Fluency Club 短语
动词课程中，每个短语动词都有一个额外的材料

部分，我在其中解释了一些使用短语动词的
电影剪辑、电视节目剪辑和歌曲剪辑

。

这是在现实生活中查看短语动词的好方法
，但不幸的是，

在 YouTube 上，由于版权问题，我无法添加这些剪辑
。

很抱歉，如果编辑看起来有点
断断续续，我不得不剪掉那部分，但

如果你参加完整的课程，你将
能够看到那部分。

好吧，让我们开始学习短语
动词课程。

Dan：
欢迎来到 Fearless Fluency Club 语法

课。

瓦内萨：
今天，我和我的丈夫丹在这里。

丹：
你好。

Vanessa
：我们将讨论

你在与 Brandi 的对话中听到的一些短语动词
。

这些短语动词在日常
会话中很常用，希望能帮助

你理解日常会话，
也能将它们融入到你自己的

口语和日常生活中。

首先，丹和我将
解释短语动词的含义，然后我们

将进入额外的材料部分。

在那个额外的材料部分，我
将解释一些电影剪辑、电视节目

剪辑、歌曲剪辑，以及原始对话中的剪辑，
以便您

可以获得更广泛的短语动词上下文，
因为我们经常使用它们 用不同的

语调或只是在我们眼中略有不同的表情
，这使它意味着不同的东西。

您将能够在这些电视和电影剪辑中看到这一点
。

让我们从定义和
一些一般性的想法开始，然后我们将继续

讨论额外的材料部分。

你准备好了吗？

丹：
我准备好了。

瓦内萨：
让我们做吧。

我们要讨论的第一个短语动词
是，思考。

你可能认为这个短语动词
非常简单，也许你

只是在用你的头脑，你在思考，但我想让你理解
这个表达中的一些细微差别

。

有时，当我们在对话中使用短语动词时，
它们会取代教科书上的单词。

你可能已经学会了这个词，反思。

“嗯，有时我会反思我的童年”，
或者，“嗯，我需要考虑所有的选择，”

考虑，反思。

这些词很棒，但
对于日常对话来说它们通常有点过于正式，

所以我们经常用这样的词来代替
短语动词。

我们可以用这个词来做到这一点，想想。

我们可以说，“昨天，我在想
我第一次去电影院的经历

，我不敢相信
我六岁的时候父母让我看黑客帝国。”

在这里，我们可以交流反思，“我在
反思我在电影院的第一次经历。”

这不是真的，我六岁的时候没有看到黑客帝国
，但它

是交换一个短语动词的想法，思考
，听起来更自然，更舒适

而不是反映，这个高水平，也许
更多 词的正式类型。

丹：
对，或者你可以用过去时，

我想过。

“我去看电影，我打算
和朋友一起看这部电影，但后来我

想到了我看过的所有其他恐怖电影
，我想到了我有多害怕。”

你有点回想，
反思过去。

瓦内萨：
是的。

我们可以从思考这个开始，
思考这个短语动词。

我们经常使用它。

丹：
这是第二种方式。

瓦内萨：
是的。

过去，我是在思考某事，
你在思考某事，但让我们

把它带到现在。

如果我们给出一个声明，一个事实，比如当
你处于一段关系中时，你应该

考虑你的伴侣。

丹：
哦，什么？

瓦内萨：
好的。

你应该考虑你的伴侣。

这是换个
词换个思路，考虑一下。

我应该考虑一下丹的观点。

他在我们的关系中的经历是
怎样的？

他的经历是怎样的？

我应该想想丹。

这并不意味着我需要坐在沙发
上想，“哦，丹，丹。

我在想，丹在我的脑海里，丹。”

不，这意味着我正在考虑，我
正在考虑他的经历。

你应该想想你的伴侣。

丹：
是的，有时这就像一个命令或

一个建议。

如果你想让别人多想，你可以
说，“想想你在做什么。”

这真的让人们停下来思考，“
我在做什么？”

想想你在做什么，或者想想
你晚上不洗碗时我的感受

。

我们总是以菜肴为例。

Vanessa：
这是一个非常经典的情侣情况，对吧？

丹：
对。

您是在要求某人考虑这个问题
或问题或其他任何事情。

瓦内萨：
是的。

我认为这是亲密关系中常见的命令类型
，因此也许在您的婚姻

或与您的孩子一起，有时当局会对
他们下属的人这么说。

父母可以对孩子说，老师
可以对学生说：“想想

你的行为，想想你做错了什么。”

丹：
是的，也可以是假设性的，比如

“想想孩子们”。

瓦内萨：
哦。

等等，你能解释一下吗，因为这
有点深入挖掘。

丹：

如果你说“想想孩子们”，这几乎是一个笑话。

这就像说社会上正在发生的
事情，假设你真的很讨厌

某种音乐，而女孩们正在
疯狂地跳舞并展示他们的东西，那么你可能会

说，“想想孩子们，有孩子们在
看这个。”

这是整个大局，停下
来想想你在做什么。

瓦内萨：
嗯，当然。

丹：
但从更假设的意义上说，也许是大规模的

。

瓦内萨：
是的，是的。

我们可以说，“想想环境。

想想未来，”这类大
创意。

我们谈了过去和现在，
那么未来呢？

如果我对你说：“我会考虑的。

我会考虑的。

我会考虑的。”

这就是未来。

我会考虑的，不是现在，而是以后。

我会考虑的。

丹：
是的，这个表达有很多

含义。

如果你说，“我会考虑的”，有时
这意味着你很认真，就像

你实际上会的那样，但很多时候
我们说 , “我会考虑的”，这

意味着你现在只是告诉他们是的，但
你以后可能会说不。

如果有人问
你：“哦，莎拉星期五要开派对，

你想来吗？”这句话很常见。

如果你可能不想去，或者是的，
你真的不想去，

说“我会考虑一下”是礼貌的，但那个人
知道，如果你不出现，他们 ‘并不

感到惊讶。

Vanessa：
是的，因为你已经没有表现出强烈的

兴趣。

丹：
你不喜欢，“是的，我会清理我的日程安排。”

不，不是那样的。

我会考虑的。

瓦内萨：
是的。

我
现在不想消极。

我不想说不，所以我会
间接地说，“我会考虑的。”

你可以很严肃地说，“好吧，我会
考虑的”，但有时这也意味着，

“不，我已经决定不，但我
现在不想直接告诉你。”

丹：
是的。

我想如果你想更严肃一点，
很多时候如果有问题，你可能会

说，“我必须考虑一下
”，或者“我必须考虑一下”。

瓦内萨：
那是一个很好的。

丹：

当你说“我必须这样做”时，这让它听起来更强烈一些，只是
强调的不同。

瓦内萨：
是的，是的。

丹
：很大程度上取决于你的语气。

瓦内萨：
嗯，嗯（肯定），是的。

我想如果你说，“哦，是的，
我这个周末要办生日派对，你被邀请了，

你觉得你能来吗？”

我可能会说，“我会考虑一下”，这
意味着可能不会，但如果我说，“哦，

我得考虑一下”，那意味着
我会更认真一点。

丹：
不过，你会想要限定它，比如，“哦，

我真的很忙，但我必须考虑
一下。

我愿意。”

如果你是认真的，你会添加更多。

瓦内萨：
是的。

你注意到这里很多时候，我们
说，“我会考虑的。”

我们有时只是这样。

而不是说，“我会考虑我是否
可以参加你的聚会。

我会考虑那种情况可能
是什么。”

与其重复并说出来，我们
只是坚持“我会考虑一下”这句话

。

说这话很清楚也很简单。

我们接下来要做的是，您
将进入一个额外的材料部分，在那里您

将看到
电影、电视节目、

歌曲以及与 Brandi 的对话中使用该短语的一堆不同情况。

我希望它可以帮助您更深入地
了解并了解不同的情况，

以便您可以自己使用它。

另外，如果有人对你这么说，你邀请
他们去某个地方，他们说，“我会

考虑的”，你真的知道他们在说什么。

我希望这将有助于您获得更深入的了解。

好的，我们进入额外材料
部分。

在这个关于短语动词的额外材料部分中
，考虑一下，我们将

看一下六个不同的剪辑。

实际上，它是八个剪辑，但其中三个
是要放在一起的。

第一个来自与布兰迪的对话
，接下来的几个来自电影或电视

节目，最后一个来自一首著名的
歌曲。

让我们从与布兰迪的对话开始。

我们谈论的是布兰迪从未
想过房地产是她未来的职业

。

在谈话中，我们说：“这对我来说是一个新的
选择，我以前不知道它存在

或没有考虑过作为一条道路。”

这是她不考虑
作为她未来的选择的事情，因为她在

谈论现在，这只是一个
声明，“我没有想到那个。”

这是她没有考虑到的。

这对我来说是一个新的选择，我以前不
知道存在或没有考虑过

作为一条道路。

布兰迪：
是的，我从来没有真正想过它。

瓦内萨：
或者没有考虑作为一条道路。

布兰迪：
是的，我从来没有真正想过它。

瓦内萨：
或者没有考虑作为一条道路。

布兰迪：
是的，我从来没有真正想过它。

Vanessa
：下一个短语动词是，跟进。

这也可以用作形容词或
名词，但我们将在

本节末尾讨论。

首先，我们将讨论
不常用的字面意思。

我们将专注于更具象征
意义的意义，这在日常对话中更为常见。

但如果我说一位著名歌手，也
就是著名歌手泰勒斯威夫特，有一张非常

受欢迎的专辑，这意味着一堆歌曲，
她有一张非常受欢迎的专辑，然后她

又推出了一张不太受欢迎的专辑。

这对你意味着什么？

丹：
这听起来就像它的字面意思是

下一件事，但通常如果我们说
跟进，这意味着它是额外的或

令人惊讶的，或者可能是一个事件。

“我们
在我家举办了另一个派对，”所以你只是在

度过一个派对之夜。

这是额外的，如果你说
我们接下来做的事情

比平时多一点，那么我们可以使用跟进。

Vanessa：
是的，如果你只是给某人列出

要做的事情，比如，“做面包，你
需要把面粉放在碗里。

然后你需要倒入水，”你不能
说——

丹：
那你需要跟进糖。

Vanessa：
是的，你不会-

Dan：
不。

Vanessa：
你不会这样说，因为这

并不令人惊讶或更多，它
真的没有那种意义。

当我们在更字面意义上使用它时，
用另一个事件

跟踪一个事件，跟进一个事件，它必须令人惊讶
或更多。

这就是我们所说的字面意思，
但我想更多地关注比喻

意义，因为这是
日常对话中更常用的意思。

如果我对你说：“嘿，你能给
山姆打个电话吗？

他从来没有按时完成他的项目。

你能跟他跟进吗？”

丹：
或者你甚至需要跟进他。

在那种情况下，你可能会对他说，
就像你是某人的老板一样。

Vanessa：
这通常意味着什么？

丹：
这意味着你需要检查某人。

您需要确保他们在做
正确的事情，或者您可能已经告诉他们

您稍后将与他们交谈。

很多时候，如果你说，“哦，是的，我
会就这个问题或这个项目与你联系

”，那么如果你跟进，你
会打电话给某人，很多

有时这与手机一起使用。

“我需要跟进约翰，看看
项目进展如何。

哔。

我现在正在跟进。”

你不会这么说，但那是一种
跟进行为。

我真的只能想到短语动词，
检查某人，确保他们

没事。

瓦内萨：
是的。

我会说这是联系某人
以获取更多或更多信息

，这就是你正在做的事情。

您会看到他们是否完成了项目，
进展如何，您意识到

应该发生或正在发生某些事情，并且您
想联系他们以获取

有关它的更多信息。

如果我说，“你能跟进他吗

？你能跟进他吗

？你能跟进项目吗？”或者，“让我们
跟进项目吗？”

在这个短语动词之后可以使用很多介词，并且

有一些不同的规则 -
Vanessa:

… 单个动词。

还有一些不同的规则； 它们
可能不是严格的规则，而是

我们在什么时候使用哪个介词的会话规则
。

而且我知道介词
对于英语学习者来说真的很棘手。

对我来说，因为我一直在学习法语，我的第二
语言，介词在法语中也很棘手

。

所以也许他们也适合学习你的
语言的人。

因此，让我们尝试指定； 你什么时候可以说
跟进…

是某人还是某事？

你怎么认为？

丹
：可能是其中之一。

瓦内萨：
是的。

所以，我要跟进项目
或跟进他。

丹：
嗯-嗯（肯定）。

这有点多，我会说温和而不是
跟进。

所以，如果你正在跟进某人，你
有点负责，或者如果我正在跟进

一个项目，这意味着它很重要，你
需要完成它。

但如果你正在跟进，我认为这
听起来更温和一些，就像你

在一个团队项目中，或者你可能有约会之类的
。

只是有点不同。

瓦内萨：
是的。

那么跟进一个项目呢？

丹：
我会说这是用得最少的。

Vanessa：我想——
。”

这就是你要说的那种情况
。

瓦内萨：
是的。

当你介绍你为什么打电话？

嗯，我正在跟进一些事情。

我试图思考为什么，
思考，使用我们的其他短语，为什么我们不

使用跟进问题，因为
说我正在跟进项目听起来不错

。

可以说我正在跟进
或跟进该项目。

但如果你说，你能跟进项目吗？

伟大的。

你能跟进这个项目吗？
感觉有点奇怪。

因此，我们得出的结论是，
您不能真正使用跟进

问题中的某些内容。

它更多地是关于您为什么要
联系某人的陈述。

所以，如果我打电话给 Dan 说：“嘿，Dan，我
只是想跟进这个项目。”

我只是想跟进这个项目。

这是一个声明。

这不是一个问题。

但如果我让丹这样做，我可以
说，“嘿，你能跟进这个项目吗？”

“嘿，你能跟 Sam 跟进一下这个
项目吗？”

所以它并没有真正用于问题形式，

如果你没有考虑
所有这些事情，这可能有点棘手，这就是我们在这里的原因。

我还想谈谈我们如何将
跟进用作形容词和名词。

所以如果我对你说，我下周有一个跟进预约
。

这对你意味着什么？

丹：
这意味着你已经有一个约会

，并且你已经安排了另一个。

所以这意味着你有一个后续约会。

一个已经安排
在第一个之后的。

瓦内萨：
是的。

这种回溯到
一个事件之前或另一个事件之后的字面意思

。

因此，我们可以将其用作形容词、跟进
预约，或者您可以说，我

下周有跟进。

这是一个名词。

我有一个跟进。

我们的理解或其中暗示
的是，有约会

或会议，你已经
谈到了那个话题。

你已经在谈论去看
医生了，你上次去看医生的情况如何

？

你说，哦，好吧，我下周有一个跟进
。

所以，我会得到更多关于它的信息。

我们知道这是医生的预约。

丹：
是的。

我会说可能很少一点，
你甚至可以说他有很多跟进，

或者他没有很多跟进。

人们也使用这种表达方式，follow through，
这意味着同样的事情。

但是如果你说，哦，是的，他不喜欢
跟进，或者他没有很多跟进-

Vanessa：
作为名词。

丹：
这意味着他不会给人们回电话。

他没有完成事情。

如果你说他没有跟进，这是一种消极的事情
。

瓦内萨：
是的。

所以，我们可以从字面意义
上说，我有一个跟进，我有另一个

约会。

但是如果你在谈论某人的性格
并说他没有很多后续行动，

通常我们会以负面的方式使用它。

他没有太多的跟进。

它具有相同的意义，即之后什么都没有发生
。

应该发生一些事情。

他正在处理的任务应该有某种结论，但这并

没有发生，相反，它有点被打断了。

所以，他没有太多的跟进可能
是一种你可以用它来描述

某人的性格或个性的方式。

就像 Dan 说的那样，我们使用它的
频率较低，但你可能会听到这个。

所以，我希望它会增加你的
知识工具箱。

好的，让我们继续我们的额外材料
部分，您将能够

更深入地了解并查看
使用跟进的其他一些情况。

让我们来看吧。

在这个短语动词的额外材料部分中
，我们将看

一下五个不同的剪辑。

一个来自与布兰迪的对话，
三个来自电影和电视节目。

最后是一首歌。

让我们从布兰迪开始。

布兰迪解释说她遇到了
一位名叫萨曼莎或山姆的房地产经纪人。

山姆告诉她他们在房地产方面的工作
，布兰迪说，好吧，我正在改变

我的生活。

我要去上房地产学校，但
她没有告诉萨曼莎这件事。

然后萨曼莎打电话给她说：“嘿，
你好吗？

你表示对房地产感兴趣。

我想跟进你。”

布兰迪向我解释说，她，山姆，
在我上房地产学校的时候确实跟进了

。

所以，布兰迪已经采取了行动，山姆
正在跟进他们之前的谈话。

所以在我们的剪辑中，我们使用了“just follow
up”这个短语。

当我在房地产学校时，她跟进了
。

我们可以说她
在我上房地产学校的时候跟进了我，或者她在我上学的时候

跟进了我们之前的谈话
。

她本可以使用其他东西，但她
只是简短地说她

跟进并打电话给她，想获得
更多信息，看看事情进展如何。

你启发了我。

我现在在这里。

布兰迪：
我在学校的时候，她真的跟进了。

就像她碰巧打电话时我正在午休
。

我就像，哦，宇宙。

我在学校的时候，她真的跟进了。

就像我在学校时她真的跟进了一样
。

Vanessa：
那么这些短语动词对你来说是新的吗？

让我们继续上发音课。

我们将深入
研究几个使用词汇

和短语动词并分解发音的句子，
这样你就可以听起来更像一个美国

演讲者，并且说得清楚易懂。

在这堂发音课上，试着
和我一起大声重复，大声说出来，因为这

很好听，
但当你模仿和模仿我的声音时更重要。

所以，试着在这个发音课上这样做
，走吧。

您好，欢迎来到
Fearless Fluency Club 的发音课。

今天，我们将重点关注
您在与 Brandi 的对话中听到的五个句子

。

这些句子中的每一个都
包含我们

在词汇或语法课中讨论过的词汇表达或短语动词。

所以，我希望这能帮助你记住
这句话，因为我们会经常谈论

它，但更重要的是，我希望
今天你能积极地模仿

我说的话，和我说话，说出来
在这节课中大声，这样你就可以

更舒服地发音英语的声音
。

当您听到自己用英语说话时，
它确实可以帮助您对自己

发出的声音感到舒服，从而使
这些声音变得更加清晰易懂。

所以，我挑战你今天采取行动，而
不是只听我说，大声说出来。

我会问你，请跟我重复一遍，
跟我说这个，或者在

我停顿片刻后再说，鼓起勇气去做，
但你可以做到。

那么，让我们继续我们的第一句话。

您将听
几次对话中的一个句子，然后，

我们将对其进行详细分解，以便
您真正理解我们所说的每一个声音，

并且您也可以自己说出来。

好吧，让我们听我们的第一句话。

Brandi：
所以，有些人尝试自己销售。

有时它起作用，有时它不起作用。

然后他们与房地产经纪人联系。

有些人尝试自己出售。

有些人尝试自己出售。

有些人尝试自己出售。

Vanessa：
你听到的那句话是

独自一人或独自一人，自己做某事
。

你听到的原始短语是
有些人尝试自己销售。

有些人尝试自己出售。

在我们谈论这个之前，我想解释
一下这里发生的一点语法问题

。

她说有些人尝试自己出售
。

现在，我们也可以说有些人尝试
自己销售，但有时我们会

在尝试后添加，我会尝试给
我的朋友打电话。

我要试着通过考试，而
不是试图通过考试，试着给我的朋友打电话。

这是英语口语，一种非常
常见的短语。

我们真的不会这样写，尝试而
不是尝试，但这在英语口语中很常见

，而且没有错。

所以，如果你想把它
作为谈话的一部分，那很好，

但我不建议以正式的
方式写作，比如正式的商务电子邮件或

考试。

我不建议写作，尝试加一个
动词，而是尝试加一个动词，但你

绝对会在对话中听到这个，
就像在这个剪辑中一样。

您可以在对话中自己使用它。

所以，让我们从头开始分解这个发音
。

她说一些人，一些人。

让我们来谈谈人
这个词，这个词中的 O 发生了什么，P-E-O，它就这样

消失了。

我们不说人，我们需要说 P，
和我一起说，人。

所以，最后的声音是 P-U-L, pul, pul, people,
people。

你能跟我说那两个字吗？

有些人，有些人，有些人。

让我们进入下一部分。

在这里，我们有两个动词，try and sell，
try and sell。

和这个词怎么了？

它只是被简化为，nn，尝试和
尝试并出售，尝试和。

这个词经常发生，
尤其是当我们列出一些东西时，

例如，斑马是黑白的
，黑白的。

我没有很清楚地说黑白，
而是我减少了，只是，nn，这

很常见。

所以，你觉得你可以跟我说吗？

是的。

一起来说说吧。

尝试和销售，尝试和销售。

这听起来像是在，在，我
要去商店，尝试和销售这个词。

因此，如果您需要在您的脑海中出现这种图像
或在您的脑海中也可以提供帮助的那些词，请

尝试和销售，
尝试和销售，自己尝试和销售。

这是我们短语的最后一部分。

让我们专注于最后一个词自己，自己。

W怎么了，自己的？

这不是很清楚。

这个词没有打开，O-N，所以我们没有
忘记 W，但我们没有说 own，拥有

woo，非常清晰的 W 音。

相反，它需要是自己的，自己的。

你能跟我说吗？

让我们把它放在那个短语中，靠他们
自己，靠他们自己，靠他们自己。

好的。

你认为我们可以把整个句子
放在一起吗？

让我们也尝试强调正确的词。

有些人尝试自己销售，我们
强调，尝试，销售，拥有。

跟我说吧，有些人尝试
自己销售。

有些人尝试自己出售。

你觉得你能不能说
得快一点，然后，我会暂停，你

可以自己说。

准备好？

有些人尝试自己出售。

有些人尝试自己出售。

好的，我要暂停了。

而我要你大声说出这句话，
无论你在世界的哪个角落，我的耳朵

都会听你的。

无论您身在何处，我都能听到您的声音。

这是老师的魔法。

所以，我希望你大声说出这句话。

有些人尝试自己出售。

前进。

轮到你了。

做得好。

好的。

让我们再听
一遍或实际上再听几遍原句，

这样你就可以真正
把我们谈到的所有事情都挑出来。

听人的发音，
听try and sell，try and sell。

然后我们强调的话，尝试，出售，
拥有。

当您观看此剪辑时，请仔细聆听
，让我们观看。

Brandi：
所以，有些人尝试自己销售。

有时它起作用，有时它不起作用。

然后他们与房地产经纪人联系。

有些人尝试自己出售。

有些人尝试自己出售。

有些人尝试和自己出售。

瓦内萨：
你有没有听到人们试图推销？

但愿如此。

好的，让我们转到我们的第二个剪辑，
您将在其中听到这个短语。

我想让你听听这个，这个表达，
但我也想让你听完整的

短语，试着理解发生了什么，
因为我们要分解它。

让我们来看吧。

Brandi：
所以对于买家来说，买家实际上

不需要自掏腰包支付任何费用。

卖方支付佣金。

买家实际上不必自掏腰包支付任何费用
。

买家实际上不必自掏腰包支付任何费用
。

买家实际上不必自掏腰包支付任何费用
。

Vanessa：
她说，在这个片段中，买家实际上

不需要自掏腰包支付任何费用。

我们可以
在这个简短而快速的句子中谈论很多发音。

所以，让我们从头开始。

买家不听，听负
收缩，买家不听，不要。

你听到没有，T 刚刚消失了。

这种情况经常发生在
我们以停止的 T 结束单词的负面收缩中。这

意味着你的舌头
处于制作 T 的位置，所以它在你的嘴巴顶部是平的

。

不要，不要，但是你不要让空气
通过来形成T，不要，空气

停止了。

所以你需要说不要，不要。

你觉得你能和我这么说吗？

让我们一起说前几个词
，买家不，买家不，

如果我们将它与下一个词联系起来会有所帮助，但
下一个词有很多事情要做。

所以，在我们链接它之前，让我们先谈谈它。

下一个词实际上是，实际上。

让我们分解一下。 实际上

，我们可以说几种不同的方式
。

我们可以像
我刚才所做的那样，把它说清楚一点，实际，用一个 oo，元音，实际上，

或者我们可以进一步减少它，这就是
对话中发生的事情，实际上，实际上，

实际上，实际上。

所以，第一部分是表演，你能不能
跟我说，表演，表演，下一个就是S-H-L-Y，

害羞，害羞，其实，其实，其实。

其实，我今天很累，所以我不
打算去。

事实上，这是美好的一天。

我以为会下雨，但实际上
它是惊人的。

实际上。

你认为你可以把它
和第一部分联系起来吗？

我们开始做吧。

买家实际上没有，买家实际上没有
，买家实际上没有，买家

实际上没有，买家实际上没有，
买家实际上没有什么？

让我们进入下一部分。

必须付出，必须付出。

这是一个非常常见的减少，
并成为 havta，havta。

你能跟我说吗？

哈维，哈维。

我今天必须学习英语。

我必须出去，这是美好的一天，
havta，havta。

所以，让我们把它放在一起，必须支付。

你能跟我说吗？

必须付出，必须付出。

到目前为止，让我们将所有这些放在一起，买家
实际上不必付款。

有很多要记住的。

你说对了。

买家实际上不必支付，
必须支付什么？

让我们看看，支付任何费用，支付任何费用。

在任何东西的开头发生了一些
有趣的事情，a，任何

东西都不是那么强烈。

并不是我们完全把它删掉了，
而是它真的以如此

快速的方式联系在一起，以至于听起来几乎什么都没有，
什么都付钱，付钱。

你几乎可以把它想象成 in, pay
in, in like I-N, pay any, pay any,

pay 而不是 pay a, a, 任何类似清晰的
A 音。

相反，我们会说支付任何
费用，支付，支付任何费用，支付任何费用。

然后我们从口袋里拿出我们的关键词，从口袋里
拿出来。

我想让你听听
在这个词结束时发生的事情。

听这个，自掏腰包，自掏腰包。

它是从口袋里掏出来的吗？

不，相反，这是另一种非常常见的
美式发音技巧，

两个元音之间的 T 将变为
D 音。

这通常被称为襟翼 T，因为
T 正在变为 D。所以，我们将

把这两个词连接在一起，然后说 out, out
of pocket, out of pocket。

你能跟我说吗？

从口袋里拿出来，从口袋里拿出来，
从口袋里拿出来。

好吧，让我们深吸一口气。

我将尝试在整个句子中将所有内容放在一起
。

我要你和我大声说出来。

用我的声音重复。

这称为阴影。

我在说话。

你说的正是我
试图跟上。

我们开始做吧。

买家实际上不必自掏腰包支付任何费用
。

再一次。

买家实际上不必自掏腰包支付任何费用
。

你认为我们可以加快速度吗？

是的。

你说对了。

让我们试着加快速度，试着
用我的声音准确地说出来。

我们开始做吧。

买家实际上不必自掏腰包支付任何费用
。

这也将帮助我们强调
正确的词。

买家实际上不必自掏腰包支付任何费用
。

你能跟我说吗？

买家实际上不必自掏腰包支付任何费用
。

因此，我们将强调买家，支付任何费用，
然后掏腰包。

有很多要记住的。

你说对了。

一起来说说吧。

买家实际上不必自掏腰包支付任何费用
。

我想暂停一下。

我希望你试着一起说出所有这些。

你准备好了吗？

前进。

轮到你了。

你做到了。

做得好。

好的。

让我们在原始对话中听听这个。

我希望你倾听
我们谈论的所有事情，以支付任何费用，或者实际上

或自掏腰包。

聆听原始剪辑中的那些链接和缩减
。

让我们来看吧。

Brandi：
所以对于买家来说，买家实际上

不需要自掏腰包支付任何费用。

卖方支付佣金。

买家实际上不必自掏腰包支付任何费用
。

买家实际上不必自掏腰包支付任何费用
。

买家实际上不必自掏腰包支付任何费用
。

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伟大的工作。

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