Let Yourself Do It
hi i’m vanessa from speak english with
vanessa calm let yourself enjoy this
lesson let’s get started you probably
already know the word allow allow but
today i want to give you another word
that you can add to your vocabulary it’s
the word let let let’s talk about some
sample situations so that you can use
this as naturally as possible
when i was little my mom didn’t let me
have dessert unless i had eaten some
vegetables first this is a true story I
had to eat some vegetables before I had
dessert my mom didn’t let me have
dessert unless I had eaten some
vegetables I could say my mom didn’t
allow me to have dessert without eating
some vegetables but it sounds a little
bit formal so in this situation let is a
much more natural word she didn’t let me
but there are a few situations where we
use allow so maybe as you’re watching
English TV shows movies you’ll hear
people use the word allow I want you to
recognize the situation that they’re
using it in so that you can realize that
that is a natural situation so for
example a common phrase that we use for
allow is I’m not allowed to do that he
is not allowed to do that we are not
allowed to do that in this type of
situation you can use allow but most of
the time
let is going to be casual and natural
with the word let you’re giving
permission to someone I let him go to
the movies I let him go to the movies in
this sentence I’m not talking about my
husband unless your husband has to have
permission to go to the movies but I’m
talking about my son my imaginary son I
don’t have a son but we could say I let
him go to the movies I gave him
permission I allowed him to go to the
movies I let him go to the movies and
you know what you can use this about
yourself as well you could say
I need to let myself relax more I need
to let myself relax I’m working too much
or if you’re on a diet you could say I
let myself have one unhealthy meal per
week or per day or per hour it’s up to
you
I let myself I allow myself to have one
unhealthy meal
I let myself on my website I’m going to
give some more details and sample
sentences using this expression let so
if you’re not on my website click the
link below this video so that you can
see the full free lesson and now I have
a question for you what is something
that your parents let you do when you
were a kid or maybe what was something
that your parents didn’t let you do when
you are a kid or what should you let
yourself do I’m looking forward to
seeing your awesome sample sentences
using this expression let write a sample
sentence below this video and I’ll try
my best to give you some feedback and
read each other sentences as well
I recommend it you can learn from each
other as well I’ll talk to you later
goodbye
you
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