90 English Words Youll Hear in Conversations
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to cook I’m going to cook dinner tonight
to cook is to prepare a meal using heat
tonight I’m going to cook chicken
marsala I’m going to cook beef stew to
fry two fry I don’t want to fry the
chicken because it’s too unhealthy to
fry something is to cook something in
hot fat or oil french fries are fried
and fried things are unhealthy so when
you eat fried foods you want to eat in
moderation I don’t because fried stuff
is delicious but you should to add to
add before you eat you should taste the
food and add salt if necessary to add in
this context means to add something else
onto a dish to put more of something
onto a dish so you might add salt to a
dish or add some paprika to the chicken
to cut to cut could you please cut up
that beef to cut is to use a knife to
cut food to make it into smaller pieces
usually so you can bite it or so you can
mix it more easily I cut my steak so I
can eat it you make food smaller into
more bite-sized pieces by cutting to mix
to mix mix all of the spices in a bowl
before putting them in your dish to mix
is to combine so you might combine or
mix all of your ingredients together
before cooking or doing something else
with them you might mix ingredients
together to create a dish breast feed
alright the first word is breastfeed
breastfeed means feeding a baby
using the milk from the mother so
there’s like baby formula which you can
give to babies or there’s just natural
milk the mother’s milk which is breast
milk or what the verb that we use is to
breastfeed a baby so in a sentence many
mothers choose to breastfeed their
children in this sentence you’re not
supposed to drink alcohol while
breastfeeding change a diaper the next
expression is change a diaper change a
diaper so diapers are the pieces of
cloth or like the disposable things that
babies wear because babies of course
don’t have the ability to use the
bathroom like a grown human or like even
like children can so babies need diapers
so to change a diaper means to take off
a used diaper and put a new clean diaper
on a baby in a sentence I had hoped that
I’d never have to change a diaper in my
life put on a bib the next expression is
to put on a bib so a bib is any is like
a protective cloth that goes right here
so and actually it’s some restaurants
even for adults like where there’s a
like a lot of oil or even like rib
restaurants I think sometimes they’ll
give you like customers a bib but for
babies who are very messy eaters you can
put a bib on the baby to protect the
baby’s clothes while they eat so in a
sentence put on his bib and give him
some mashed carrots change clothes the
next expression is change clothes again
of course you can use this for yourself
or for adults this is not an a baby only
phrase this is not a baby only phrase so
to change clothes if the baby’s clothes
are dirty or it’s just time to I don’t
know you just need to change the baby’s
clothes you can say let’s see like let’s
change the baby’s clothes so in a
sentence after her accident she had to
change her clothes
that’s a weird out of context sentence
sing a lullaby
the next expression is singing a lullaby
sing a lullaby lullaby is a song that is
especially to help a child go to sleep
so they’re usually really like
quiet soft songs they have like a nice
like soothing sound to them so singing a
lullaby is like a classic way to calm an
upset child down so for example let’s
see when I was little my mother used to
sing me a lullaby before going to sleep
that’s true she’s saying the Edelweiss
from The Sound of Music my mom used to
sing me lullabies that she’d made up on
the spot that’s that if I ever become a
mom that’s gonna be me like I’m just
making up a little bio maybe like go to
sleep I’m really tired I hope you go to
sleep now I think you should the first
expression is I think you should bla bla
bla I think you should is a very neutral
not so strong not so weak way to give
advice I think you should get a
different haircut I think you should
find a new job I think you should give
me all your money
can’t hurt I think you should is a very
typical way to give advice or just I
think it’s okay or you should is okay
too in this sentence I think you should
find a new apartment why don’t you the
second expression is why don’t you bla
bla bla so it uses the negative why
don’t you so that means it’s a bit
softer it’s a bit more of a weak way to
give advice so why don’t you take a day
off or why don’t you help me with my
homework that’s sort of a sneaky way to
give advice and ask for help at the same
time why don’t you
I don’t know find a new hobby for
example so these are kind of weak ways
to give advice in this sentence why
don’t you get a bit have you thought
about have you thought about blah blah
blah so have you thought about it sounds
it’s you’re giving your advice but this
is a question for the listener so have
you thought about blah blah blah it’s at
your you’re sharing your opinion but
you’re kind of making it sound like
maybe it was the listeners idea or maybe
the listener has thought of this thing
before so this is also a fairly soft way
to give advice so like have you thought
about going to a different city have you
thought about moving in with your
friends something like that so these
these are probably going to be questions
that are a little bit more serious like
I don’t feel like we would use this for
really casual or really light questions
but maybe for something a little more
serious and a softer way to give advice
in the sentence have you thought about
looking for a new job I don’t know if is
a good idea so this is kind of a
negative way to give advice or to share
your opinion it’s I don’t know if while
blah blah is a good idea so you’re
you’re giving someone advice not to do
something so for example I don’t know if
getting a pet is a good idea or I don’t
know if starting a new project is a good
idea these are different ways that you
can say you don’t think or you think
that the other person should not do
something but this is a soft way to
express it in this sentence I don’t know
if taking a year off work is a good idea
maybe you should try the next one is a
suggestion to try something so this is a
soft but kind of encouraging expression
maybe you should try blah blah blah
maybe you should try Bova so you are
encouraging someone to attempt something
to try something maybe not forever but
just for a short period
of time so maybe you should try
volleyball maybe you should try playing
sports maybe you should try
spicy food maybe you should try
something so it’s encouragement to do
something new this is kind of positive
but it’s a fairly soft way to give your
advice here maybe you should try
studying a new skill a table for three
please a table for three please you tell
them the number of people that you are
total so that the host can bring you to
an appropriate table a table for two
please a table for five please could I
please see a menu could I please see a
menu
usually menus are given to you as soon
as you sit down at your table but if
that’s not the case and you need to ask
this is a polite way to do it
did I please see a menu I’d like to try
this dish
I’d like to try this dish when looking
at a menu hopefully you’ll find
something you want to eat I’d like to
try this dish could you leave out the
onions could you leave out the onions if
there’s an ingredient in the dish that
you’re ordering that you don’t want you
can always ask the waiter if it could be
prepared without that ingredient so for
example I might say can I get the burger
but with no cheese could you pass the
salt could you pass the salt when you’re
at a restaurant especially if you’re at
a big table with a lot of people you
might not always be able to reach things
so you would ask could you pass me the
salt could you pass me the ketchup cuz
you pass me another napkin sing along to
a favorite song alright so the first tip
for improving your pronunciation is to
sing along to a favorite song
so if you I should add though this
favourite song should be in your target
language so if you’re studying English
pick a favorite English song and sing
along to that song or try to sing to the
song just from memory too so singing
along to your favorite song can help you
with pronunciation can help you with the
rhythm sometimes of the language you’re
trying to learn so it can be really fun
and it can be a good way to practice
your pronunciation in a sentence I like
singing along to my favorite songs read
out loud
the next tip for your pronunciation is
to read out loud so reading out loud you
can choose something that’s interesting
for you and your in English if english
is the language you’re studying so pick
something maybe it’s a news article or
maybe it’s a book you’re interested in
maybe there’s an author you’re
interested in find something in your
target language in English and try
reading it out loud so don’t just read
in your mind but read the words out loud
speak them so that you can get
comfortable pronouncing those words and
you can try reading the same passage or
the same sentence multiple times to make
it smoother so this can be a really good
tip for and I think it also improves
your natural ability to pick up grammar
too because if you’re reading something
like in a book for example you can kind
of pick up the natural rhythm of grammar
and you also slowly get a feeling for
the correct ways that words should
connect together so this I think is a
really good tip in a sentence I
sometimes read out loud to practice
pronunciation that’s true
repeat lines you hear in TV shows the
next tip is to repeat lines you hear or
the words you hear in TV shows or movies
things like that so this means not only
words don’t only repeat single
vocabulary words yes maybe you find a
vocabulary word that is really
interesting or it sounds funny or
something like that but by repeating a
full sentence or a full line in a TV
show or in a movie you’re putting the
words together so not just one word but
making a whole sentence so feeling kind
of the flow of your language that you’re
studying so this can be a better way to
actually practice making sentences and
repeating sentences instead of just
words so you can repeat after characters
and TV shows I sometimes do this when
I’m like watching Japanese TV oh and
then I try and spit it back out it’s
hard to do sometimes when it’s like the
first time you’ve heard a word or the
first time you’ve heard a grammar point
but you can still understand that
it’s interesting so try to say it and
it’s kind of fun actually in a sentence
try repeating lines from TV shows to
practice practice speaking in phrases
not single vocabulary words the next tip
this is very similar to my TV show tip
is to practice speaking in phrases not
in vocabulary words not just single
vocabulary words even if you’re not
repeating lines from TV shows when you
practice speaking don’t just speak in
noun so sometimes for example I’ll hear
people just use noun like they’ll use a
noun and maybe a verb like I tomorrow
Beach something like that and yes we can
probably guess based on that how like
the the meaning the speaker’s meaning
but you need to practice making a whole
sentence so yes you know those words I
tomorrow in beach and the listener can
probably guess what you mean but you
need to practice all those little words
in the middle like like I’m going to the
beach tomorrow
so make a full sentence practice making
full sentences don’t only practice
single vocabulary words make the whole
line it’s really good sometimes I think
my students get irritated like they’ll
like I force them to practice full
sentences like so I’ll say like hmm have
you ever been to Germany and they’ll say
yes I’m like okay for the purposes of
practice can you make a full sentence
and they’ll say I have been to Germany
like that’s an extreme example but like
I try to push that you know making the
full sentence it’s it’s silly sometimes
but just trying to do that okay so in a
sentence speaking in entire phrases is
helpful for practicing the rhythm of a
new language speak a lot with your
teacher and ask them to be strict with
you on words okay so the next tip is to
speak a lot with your teacher and ask
them to be strict with you so this is
kind of two tips in 1 1 speak with your
teacher so if you have a teacher make
sure you’re speaking in their class if
you
if wherever possible sometimes I’ll have
students join my class and maybe they
feel shy or whatever and they don’t
speak very much but please speak with
your teacher so that your teacher can
correct you your teacher can give you at
least if they’re a native speaker or
maybe even if they aren’t a native
speaker
your teacher can give you corrections
and if you don’t speak your teacher
cannot help you in most cases so please
speak with your teacher and if you like
you can tell them please be strict about
my pronunciation so sometimes people
will say please help me with my
pronunciation specifically and then I
can stop them every time they make a
mistake and we practice that sound
especially 80h sounds like that like
using using your mouth a little bit
differently can be really uncomfortable
for some people but if you’re a teacher
can point out those things like th
sounds the this that these those those
th sounds ending ER sound practicing
those with your teacher can be a really
good way to work on your pronunciation
hmm so in a sentence speak a lot with
your teacher they can correct you and
help you improve concert the first word
for talking about music is concert
concert is a live show concert is yeah
the performance is happening in front of
your eyes so concerts are really popular
worldwide I think depending on where you
live you might hear them called live
shows but usually in American English we
just say concert a concert so in a
sentence I’m going to a concert this
weekend to see in concert the next
expression is the verb we use for a live
show so the next expression is to see in
a concert or to see in concert so we use
the artists name along with this phrase
so for example I’m going to see Coldplay
in concert I’m going to see Adele in
concert so you use I’m going to see
artist name in concert or
in a concert where’s the in concert or
in a concert both are okay so in a
different sentence I’m going to see my
favorite band in concert meaning live
who do I want to see in concert I want
to see Michael Jackson in concert yeah I
would have loved to see him in concert
he’s my favorite to listen to music to
listen to artists the next word or the
next phrase is to listen to Plus music
or to listen to an artist so you can use
this verb with the type of music or with
a specific artist or band or group that
you like so I like to listen to rock
music I like to listen to pop music
whatever another sentence is I like
listening to Beyonce
I like yes so you can use to listen to
or listening to both are fine here I
like listening to funk it’s fine I like
listening to funky artists is fine I
like listening to Queens of the Stone
Age it’s fine all of these are great who
do you listen to I listen to to write a
song to write music the next expression
is to write a song or to write music so
if you want to make music yourself you
can say write a song which just means
one song maybe three or four minutes
usually in popular music or to write
music in general so you can use both of
these expressions song is more specific
music is more general so in a sentence
my friends started writing songs
recently or in a different sentence
writing music is really fun track the
next expression is track track so we can
use song yes but for example when you
look at an album like on iTunes or maybe
like a CD for example each each song is
assigned a number that’s the track
number so we can say I like track number
3 or track 3 we use track to talk about
a song so you can say this is a good
song or this is a good track both
are okay to use song and track are both
fine so in a sentence I really like that
track from his album happy the first
word is happy as you might have guessed
happy happy is a happy word when you
feel good when you feel positive when
you are excited you can say I’m happy I
was so happy to see my friend the other
day what makes me happy food I’m happy
right now
energetic energetic when you feel happy
perhaps you also feel energetic you have
that sort of like uplifting feeling this
chair is squeaking every time I don’t
really describe my friends or people as
energetic I might say a dog or a cat is
energetic like wow your dog is so
energetic what is she doing she’s
running everywhere is she okay maybe I
would say about myself I’m very
energetic today if I’ve had a lot of
coffee lonely the next word is lonely
lonely I don’t want to talk about this
word it’s maybe you’ve been spending a
lot of time alone or there’s someone
that you really want to see or you want
to see your family members or maybe
you’re working too much I don’t know
whatever it is maybe your you just you
feel like you want to talk to people or
you want to see people be around people
but you can’t you can use the word
lonely to describe that feeling I I’ve
only been working for the last few
months I haven’t had a chance to spend
much time with my friends I’m feeling
kind of lonely nervous the next word is
nervous nervous is used for any tension
any anxiety excited but in a bad way
about something when I was a child
before my piano performances I would get
so nervous I would be so nervous my
hands would start to shake and then I
couldn’t play the piece I’d been
practicing for months that’s why this is
great because you’re not here upset
upset is a really really useful word any
time you feel sad angry depressed
disappointed unhappy in general you can
say I’m upset or he or she is upset it’s
just a general
happy word but it doesn’t mean unhappy
it just means something is wrong there’s
a way a person usually behaves but I’m
upset means something’s not right in his
sentence I might say I’m really upset
about my performance last year I was too
nervous and my parents are disappointed
in me I’m sad now Wow yeah okay equation
the next math word is equation equation
so up until now we’ve been talking about
a part of an equation but the whole math
problem everything there is called the
equation so the process that you need to
do in order to solve an equation an
equation is something that you do to
solve a problem this this part is the
equation this part is the solution the
the ending the result is the is the
solution the problem is called the
equation the process the math process
you do to find a solution percent
percent this is very a very useful word
you can use of course when doing math or
math problems but you can also use this
when shopping for example so a sale is
five percent off ten percent off it
represents a discount you can also use
percent to describe effort levels for
for example a sports team a coach might
tell his team I need you to work at a
hundred percent today so it it’s used to
express the level of something but it
can also be used in sales and in math
related terms NPC NPC means non playable
character there are other characters
within the game that moved the story
forward but that you cannot play as you
cannot become that character but you
interact with them I have to talk to an
NPC in order to move this quest forward
next is camper a camper is someone who
is waiting for a creature to spawn so a
person who’s waiting for the monster to
appear is called a camper you can use
camping as a verb to to talk about that
like I’m camping this monster really
people camp other players
I suppose so depending on the kind of
game you’re playing MMO is
massively multiplayer online game means
you can play online with a lot of
different people essentially the next
word is sister a female sibling is your
sister you can also use sister for a
female person that you feel very very
close with so I might call my female
friend who’s I’m very close to my sister
my brother likes to shorten it to sis
you might also hear sista as well if you
are silly sister Whoopi Goldberg was in
a famous movie called sister act the
next word is brother brother is a male
sibling you can also use brother to
refer to a close male friend common
variations of brother are brother bro
bra Rosie broski depending on what kind
of person you are you can choose to use
any number of those like I might
sarcastically say to my friend cool
story bro look if he’s told me a story
that’s not very exciting in mario for
example the name of the mario game is
actually super mario brothers but
brothers is abbreviated as BRS super
mario bros yeah just be careful about
your use of bro because it sounds a
little bit like a college-age boy that’s
kind of the kind of the feeling of the
word bro oh brother where art thou
sandcastle the next word is sand castles
sand castles are usually kids make them
they use like buckets so kids will like
put sand in a bucket or like they move
sand into piles and design castles or
these really complicated mazes or
something they make things make
buildings out of sand we call those sand
castles so in a sentence my brother and
I used to make sand castles on the beach
when we were kids that’s true in this
sentence
get the buckets and we’ll make a sand
castle cooler so cooler is a noun in
this case cooler is the place you keep
your drinks and your food it’s a it
looks like a suitcase but it has a
special lining inside that keeps cold
things cold so you can put ice inside
and it will keep your food and drinks
cold while you are at the beach in the
hot weather so in a sentence
did you put a bunch of beers in the
cooler I forgot ice for the cooler the
next word is small small small
our smallest small and little are
extremely similar I would pretty much
use them in the same way however we
don’t say when I was a small kid we say
when I was a little kid or you could say
when I was small the next word is large
large and big are very much the same I
will say though that large is used on
clothing sizes big is not when we talked
about big we talked about how big can be
used to refer to something that’s very
popular large is not used to refer to
something that’s that’s popular large is
used on for for sizing I feel only so
like a house can be large but it’s used
to Richard like the physical size of
something large and in charge large
larger largest this is the largest
bottom is in the zoo daughter daughter a
daughter is a female child I wonder if I
will ever have a daughter brother-in-law
brother-in-law so we use in law to mean
our married partners family members not
my brother but my partner’s
brother-in-law is used after any family
members position or family members title
to show they belong to my partner’s
family originally but now they’re part
of my extended family as well I’m going
out for drinks with my brother-in-law
tomorrow night father-in-law
father-in-law so we have in law here
meaning my partner’s father
so my father-in-law is very kind the
next word is work be careful about using
work as a noun and work as a verb your
work refers to your job your
responsibilities your tasks at your
office or your workplace you can use it
in a phrase like I have a lot of work to
do or please help me with my work I like
to go to work it can be used to just
refer to anything artistic in general so
it can mean it can be a painting it can
be a building it can be a sculpture it
can be I don’t know whatever anything
artsy can be referred to as work as in I
really like that new work by that artist
or did you see so-and-so’s new work
twerk the next word is weak weak refers
to the seven-day period that we have
decided is one week here in the modern
world calm
we used in expressions relating to your
activities as in I go to the gym once a
week or I see my friends twice a week or
I have to work every day of the week
Monday through Friday is referred to as
weekdays Saturday and Sunday weekend
next word is month month is there are 12
months in a year my favorite month
depending on which country I’m in I
generally like autumn months like
October I think I usually like the month
of October September October is good
because it’s not too hot not too cold
halloween is coming and that’s my
favorite holiday Hannah Montana try oh
my gosh try is the next word oh I’m
trying my best
I try every day to work very hard have
you ever tried ramen
I tried ramen yesterday and it was
really good do you try to exercise every
day
I’m trying to sleep go away the next
verb is leave leave leave me alone
leaves your doors and locks
don’t leave your doors unlocked I have
never left a hot air balloon without
first taking a picture the next verb is
called call it the next friend give me a
call please call me later call me maybe
call your mom on her birthday every year
she’ll be happy Cole Cole you’re a
seagull have you ever called the wrong
number have you ever called a dog by
another dog’s name clothing clothing
cloud cloud
beard
beard
beautiful beautiful
bed bed
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out the next phrase is cut it out now
this is usually what a parent would say
to a child when they want them to stop
doing something stop it in other words
cut it out
really it’s any situation that you want
to have stopped now let’s say my friend
likes to click her pen all the time and
I’m getting really annoyed I would turn
to her and say cut it out Michelle I’m
upset the next phrase is I’m upset upset
here means not happy angry frustrated
I’m upset you can say this in many
different ways the intonation is
important if you’re trying to remain
calm what’s wrong Becky I’m upset I mean
I’m really upset but I’m not going to
show you or you can really just yell
this like I’m upset with you I’m upset
who do you think you are who do you
think you are so you say this to someone
when you feel that they’re being way too
proud maybe way too selfish they think
they’re number one they’ve done
something and you can’t believe they
were so bold as to do that like who do
you think you are Superman you can’t run
that marathon tomorrow with no training
who do you think you are who do you
think you are the President of the
Universe watch your mouth watch your
mouth we say this when someone is using
bad language or language we think is too
strong for the situation a lot of
parents will say this to their kids or a
lot of you know people fighting in a
relationship might say that to each
other so I’m not going to use the
language here but if I said something
very strong very rude my mom or my
friend might say hey hey watch your
mouth
be careful about what you say you’re not
listening to me
the next phrase is you’re not listening
to me pretty clear right yeah you’re not
listening to me let me say it again I
don’t want to go or something like that
you’re not listening to me is used when
we’re getting angry because we really
don’t think that person is listening to
us so we say hey you’re not listening to
me I’ve been saying it many times but
you’re not listening to me let me say it
again I want a raise
let’s stay together loving you whether
times are good or bad happy or sad Al
Green from let’s stay together our first
amazing love quote is from Al Green from
his song let’s stay together now first
I’m going to say it for you then I’m
gonna sing it okay let’s stay together
loving you weather times are good or bad
happy or sad now for Al Green it’s very
important that you get very what we call
groovy
you gotta get me feel feel the groove
and this chorus this it comes from the
chorus let’s let’s stay together loving
you weather times are good or bad happy
you’re sad Thank You Al Green that was
beautiful Al Green love it every time
nice slow song playing on a Friday night
with your girlfriend or boyfriend so
this quote I love it because it means
that Al Green or whoever is singing it
to you is going to love you no matter if
it’s good times or bad times if you’re
happy or if you’re sad and it kind of
reminds me of the classic American
wedding vows that we say we say I will
love you this is AG not exact but we say
I will love you in sickness or in health
till death do we part I like this song a
lot
we should love each other in good times
and bad right it’s not your love if
you’re just loving in good times right I
want you there in the bad times to Bette
Midler from wind beneath my wings our
second amazing love quote is you are the
wind beneath my wings we first heard
this from Bette Midler in her song wind
beneath my wings now this is a very
beautiful song about it comes from a
movie called beaches that was about to
basically best friends so she’s singing
this to her best girlfriend and she’s
saying you are the wind beneath my wings
in fact you are the person who gives me
this feeling that I can fly and you
support me so that I feel like I can fly
so you’re the wind kind of beneath my
wings and it’s this line is in the
chorus repeated many times in the song
and it goes like this do you ever know
that you’re my hero you’re everything I
would like to be I can fly higher than
an eagle for you a little wind beneath
my wings something like that I love that
maybe will make you cry by the way girls
get the tissues ready oh and then the
spell was cast and here we are in heaven
for you are mine at last
Eddie James from at last okay our third
amazing love quote is Etta James this is
from her song at last oh and then the
spell was cast and here we are in heaven
for you are mine at last now let me talk
for a minute about the phrase the spell
was cast it’s kind of like a witch that
can cast a spell on you and so if you
have a spell cast
on you it’s like you are under this like
this command from someone else and you
are acting different because they made
you do something but it’s like you’re so
in love with this person that it’s like
you’ll do anything for them you’re under
a spell you know we might say and so
it’s like we’re in heaven together it
feels like we’re in heaven I’ve been
waiting so long to be with you here we
are you are mine at last
now this may not surprise you but this
is a popular wedding song Etta James
sang this I want to say back in the
1960s I might have that wrong but it
also became popular from the Beyonce
movie a few years ago where she played
Etta James and Beyonce sang this song as
well this quote is right in the middle
of the song so don’t be don’t be
surprised when I start very strong here
here we go oh and then the spell was
cast and here we are in heaven for you
there’s a lot of quaver in the voice in
that song actually it does come at the
end of the song sorry not the not the
middle but beautiful song recommend that
song at last
check it out by Etta James I keep the
ends out for the tie that binds because
you’re mine I walk the line Johnny Cash
from I walk the line our next amazing
love quote is from Johnny Cash one of my
favorites the quote is a little
difficult I think so listen closely I
keep the ends out for the tie that binds
because you’re mine I walk the line the
tie that binds means a like a tie or a
connection to someone you’re bound to
that person and Johnny actually wrote
this song for his first wife Vivian as
kind of a promise to her that he would
cheat on her on the road so buy this
lyric he’s saying I keep my eye out in
case anyone I keep the ends out here he
says there’s like his eye I keep the eye
my ends out for any potential connection
I don’t want to be connected to anyone
else
because you’re mine I walk the line now
walking the line means like to follow a
strict line or path and not go out or
away from that line to follow the rules
basically because you’re mine I’m
following the rules I am keeping my eye
out in case I make any connections that
I’m not hoping or wanting to make I keep
the ends out for the time that binds
because you’re mine I walk the line
sorry Johnny had to go high on that one
Johnny did not follow those rules in
fact when he met his second wife June
Carter Cash who turned out to be the
love of his life and on the day he met
her he said you’re the woman I’m gonna
marry someday my baby don’t care for
shows my baby don’t care for clothes my
baby just cares for me Nina Simone from
my baby just cares for me oh my god I
love this song oh my god oh my god I
love this song the next amazing love
quote is I’m gonna say it’s my favorite
I just love this song that’s by one of
my favorite singers of all time Nina
Simone absolute legend wonderful pianist
okay here’s the quote my baby don’t care
for shows my baby don’t care for clothes
my baby just cares for me
now maybe by the end there you realize
my baby is not her actual baby like baby
no no this is her lover her love
interest so she’s saying my baby don’t
care for shows my baby doesn’t care
about going to plays or maybe movies my
baby don’t care for clothes my baby
doesn’t my lover doesn’t care about
buying the latest fashion trends
my baby just cares for me my lover just
cares about me so we don’t need anything
fancy we don’t have to do anything
special
we just need to care and be with each
other and so it’s a it’s a great it’s a
great quote also notice here the grammar
is completely wrong my baby don’t you
should say my baby doesn’t but this is
for a stylistic flair if you will so
here is part of this amazing song here
we go my baby don’t care for shoes my
baby don’t care for clothes my baby just
cares for me oh where is my piano backup
that song is gorgeous please check out
the whole song phrase number one I get
to check this off my bucket list
in English we have this phrase to kick
the bucket which means to die so to make
a bucket list is to make a list of
things to do before you die now for me
one of mine was to go in a hot air
balloon I had tried to do it for the
first time in 2009 but the morning I
went the trip was canceled so here I am
again more than 6 years later and I’m
trying again and this time it was
successful so I get to check it off my
bucket list I get to do this thing
before I die and I did it English class
101 listeners it was so exciting so you
should make a list of things to do
before you die your own bucket list
phrase number two will you marry me
so today is actually Valentine’s Day and
it’s very popular on Valentine’s Day and
anytime you’re planning to propose to
your special someone to go to a special
place and I can’t think of a more
special place than in a hot-air balloon
there’s enough space trust me in the
basket to kneel down at least from my
country the USA it’s customary to get
down on one knee it doesn’t really
matter which knee at least I’ve never
thought so and you get down you kneel on
one knee and you say will you marry me
now unfortunately listeners I did not
see any marriage proposals on my balloon
yesterday but I bet you today there are
over 30 balloons that go off here in
begum am
I bet you someone proposed oh it would
have been such a beautiful moment will
you marry me that is phrase number two
phrase number three this is a first for
me
so going in a hot-air balloon as I said
I had never done it before so it is a
first for me a first being the first
time I have done something I’m sure
there are many firsts that you can think
of in your life that you’ve had and
maybe many more first that you’d like to
have so this was a first for me
or this is a first for me phrase number
three may be a first for you could be
the first time that you’ve ever had
sushi or the first time that you’ve ever
climbed a mountain I mean there are so
many firsts that you can have this is a
first for me getting at a hot air
balloon phrase number four the view is
incredible from up here now this is
something that we use in English to say
whatever we’ve gone to the top of an
observation tower the top of a mountain
the top of a temple like I went to this
morning or really any high place that
you go to to take a great photo or to
get an incredible view we say the view
is incredible from up here phrase number
five what a ride champagne time so at
the end of my balloon ride yesterday as
soon as we dropped into the field below
we had a beautiful picnic basket
unfurled on the field in front of us and
we got to enjoy a glass of champagne to
celebrate and when we finished something
some incredible rides some maybe could
be in a car on a bus it could be from a
bad experience or a good but we say what
a ride what a ride and when we’re about
to drink champagne we say champagne time
this expression from after riding in a
hot-air balloon
originally came from the pilots of these
balloons wanting to make sure the
farmers in the fields where they landed
didn’t get too upset so they would offer
the farmers some champagne along with
any guests they may have in their
balloons and that’s where the tradition
first came from so what a ride
paying time phrase number five how much
is it - how much is it - how much is it
- the airport
you might ask this question to find out
how much it costs to take a train or a
bus or a taxi to where you need to go if
you get into a taxi for example and you
ask how much is it to the airport the
taxi driver will tell you 30 dollars
he’ll tell you the price you need to pay
to get to the airport if you’re taking a
train
you might ask the ticket seller how much
is it to the airport and the ticket
seller will tell you the train to the
airport costs 10 dollars for example
that way you know how much it costs to
go to where you need to be does this bus
go - does this bus go - does this bus go
to the suburbs does this bus go to is a
way of asking whether or not the bus
that you’re looking at has the
destination that you need so you might
get on the bus and ask the bus driver
does this bus go to the suburbs whatever
destination and the bus driver will
answer and tell you yes get on or no you
want a different bus what time is the
next bus what time is the next bus what
time will the next bus arrive by asking
what time is the next bus you’re asking
when the bus is going to come to the bus
stop or whatever station the bus will
stop at this way you know what time you
need to be at that bus stop the train is
running late the train is running late
the train is running late again this is
something I say all the time in New York
City the train is running late if the
train is running late that means you
will probably be running late when you
get off the train
where are the ticket machines where are
the ticket machines where are the ticket
machines in this station
a ticket machine is a machine that you
go to to purchase your tickets you might
see this in any station whether it’s a
subway station or a regular train
station or sometimes even a bus station
there will be kiosks that you can go to
to enter the information and purchase
your ticket by watching English movies
and TV shows and enjoying the feeling
when you can understand a word or a
sentence yeah I do this too when you
enjoy something when you find
entertainment value in something like
music movies TV and you there’s that
moment when you pick up or when you
understand what your favorite character
said or you understand like a key point
in the story it’s a really really good
feeling it makes you want to continue
watching I think so that’s a really
really nice feeling I think and you can
do that by enjoying media so it’s a fun
way to learn and it’s a fun feeling to
experience okay
the next way to motivate yourself is by
reading English news articles blogs and
magazines to get a feel for formal and
casual language so the style that we use
here like an English class 101 and this
on the videos on this channel is quite
casual most of the time or at least in
these videos it’s very casual but the
way that I speak in the way a newspaper
is written the way a magazine is written
the way a a newscaster presents the
information these are all different ways
of communicating we’re using the same
language yes but there are different
styles so it’s important to try to
understand those differences and to
become familiar with them so try to find
a few different things that you can
enjoy the next way to motivate yourself
is after dinner you write about your day
in a journal in English okay this is an
interesting idea so just take a few
minutes after dinner or before you go to
bed to write something in English about
what you did that day or maybe so you
have a chance to talk about future tense
or to use the future tense you can use
you can talk about your upcoming plans
or the things you’re going to do the
next day so you can talk about past
10:00
what you did that day maybe
present-tense how you’re feeling as
you’re writing your journal for the day
and future tense to talk about your
upcoming plan so journaling can be a
really effective exercise for motivating
you okay the next way to motivate
yourself is by practicing with
flashcards of useful words and phrases
for 15 minutes every day on the train I
actually do do this I use but I use an
application to study in Japanese to
study kanji and 15 minutes every day
adds up over the course of a week you
can learn a lot of information in a
short period of time and if you live in
the country where your target language
is spoken then you might even find the
word you studied on the train you see it
like after you leave the train you might
see that word later on in your day so
you can immediately feel like an extra
sense of motivation by knowing that this
thing you’re studying is applicable it’s
something you can use right away it’s a
really cool feeling so this is a tip I
honestly I use this last I make sure to
thank anyone and everyone who corrects
my English yeah I think this is really
important because people are really nice
they don’t want to correct you when you
make a mistake but sometimes people do
they’re really polite about it and they
tell you the more tell you a more
natural way or they give you a
suggestion for how to improve your
English make sure you say thank you like
repeat after them and then say thank you
so that you know it’s motivation for
them to tell you again in the future to
help you again in the future so make
sure to say thank you to anyone who
helps you with your English personally I
think that or I would just use I think
that personally makes it sound a little
bit more polite I think you can use this
to introduce an opinion for example
personally I think that pizza is amazing
personally I think that dinosaurs would
have been delicious personally I think
that cars should be made to enjoy with
friends personally I think that you
shouldn’t worry about it yes it’s
probably much more useful sentence than
dinosaurs would be the next expression
is what does blah blah blah mean so
we’re here is the word you don’t know so
for example what does pasta mean what
does Stegosaurus mean so a word like
Stegosaurus is a really strange word
that you probably don’t know Stegosaurus
is a type of dinosaur we’re gonna marry
dinosaurs I don’t know
Jurassic we’re on a Jurassic adventure
at the moment so this is a pattern you
use when you don’t know when you don’t
know the meaning of the word and you
would like someone to explain it to you
so if you say what does Stegosaurus mean
then someone can say oh it’s a dinosaur
it’s kind of like it’s a sort of short
guy it has a bunch of spikes on its back
and it has a long tail and it gets into
a fight with a Tyrannosaurus Rex if you
saw the movie Fantasia by Disney okay in
this sentence what does complication
mean it means problem okay
the next pattern you can use is can you
tell me more about bla bla bla so on a
topic that you would like more
information about you can say can you
tell me more about the soccer game last
week can you tell me more about the plan
for the party next week so something you
would like more information about you
can say can you tell me more about this
thing okay so in a sentence can you tell
me more about your sandwich options that
is a useful sentence that is a useful
sentence okay in this sentence here we
don’t have that back home can you tell
me more about it
mmm this is used to the reverse pattern
okay the next expression is if it were
up to me if it were up to me I had two
teachers in a class couple weeks ago
actually if it were up to me means if I
could make the decision if this was my
if this were my decision
bla bla bla so meaning if I could make
the choice this is what I would do but
one point here is the
nuance is it is not my decision this is
not my decision
but if it were my decision I would do
blah blah blah so for example if it were
up to me every day would be Saturday
whoo but it’s not right so that’s that’s
always the underlying that’s always the
kind of basic nuance of this phrase some
this decision is not mine
okay here the example is if it were up
to me I would take my boss to dinner
oh my things just got scandalous the
next pattern is I feel like bla bla bla
you can use I feel like when you
introduce a suggestion or something that
you would like to do especially for food
drinks or activities so for example I
feel like coffee
I feel like Italian food I feel like an
action movie there’s some activity or
something you would like to do at the
end of this pattern
I feel like bowling this afternoon
something needs to go here some sort of
activity of course you can use this
expression to talk about your feelings I
feel like something but this something
must be a noun it must be a noun like if
you feel really great I feel like a
million bucks for example if you feel
really bad I feel like garbage that’s a
nice expression that somehow it just
came out of my head anyway you can use
this in two ways but this must be
completed with a noun phrase at the end
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